The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war.
Iran and the United States traded threats on Wednesday after some of the heaviest military exchanges in weeks, including a strike on a wedding party that Tehran blamed on Washington and branded a war crime.
The House passes stopgap funding to avert pre-election government shutdown.
World
The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response.
The six-month war has led to a spike in oil prices, roiled the global economy and posed increasing political problems for President Trump's Republican Party ahead of November midterm elections.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were escorted by federal agents to a courthouse in New York City on January 5, 2026, two days after being captured in Venezuela.
Business
S&P 500 advanced 0.46% to 7,666.60 and Dow Jones added 295.07 points to end at 53,061.95 on Wednesday as Treasury yields took a breather from recent highs.
Apple stock jumped 2.7% to $325.13 on September 1 as John Ternus officially took over as CEO, succeeding Tim Cook.
Nike dropped to $38.07 on the first day of September, not trading at such lows for over twenty years.
Technology
OpenAI rated its next model a critical cyber risk, signaling escalating safety concerns about AI capabilities.
Uber cut 3,300 jobs, about 10% of its workforce, redirecting resources toward autonomous vehicle development and leadership consolidation.
Anthropic made AI agents cheaper while Apple's new chief executive teased an upcoming major product launch.
Science
Brain changes linked to Alzheimer's may begin at least seven years before amyloid plaques become detectable, revealed through tracking healthy older adults with repeated brain imaging over nearly 20 years.
Researchers searching for one exotic particle unexpectedly discovered evidence for two different structures belonging to the bizarre family of subatomic particles known as XYZ states.
A meter-long scorpion with massive pincers stalked ancient Britain 415 million years ago, long before forests and the age of giant insects.
Economy
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh flagged that underlying inflation is not slowing during his Jackson Hole speech, reinforcing the Fed's focus on price pressures.
The Fed held rates at 3.50%-3.75% for a fifth consecutive meeting in July, with three FOMC members dissenting and preferring a rate hike, leaving the door open to a rate increase in September.
The August jobs report will be released Friday at 8:30 a.m. Eastern, with economists expecting the U.S. to have added 58,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate to remain at 4.1%.
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