Former Vice President Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump to win the U.S. presidential election, the Associated Press said, after a bitter campaign fought amid the economic and human tolls taken by the coronavirus.
Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership in the country’s northern Tigray region, where clashes between regional forces and those of the federal government have led to fears that a major African power could slide into civil war. Neither side appeared to welcome the dialogue that experts say is needed to avert disaster.
Former Vice President Joe Biden was edging closer to winning the presidency late Friday, as he led President Donald Trump in key battleground states and ballots continued to be processed late into the night.
Justice Samuel Alito reiterates prior court directive that mail-in ballots received during state’s grace period after Election Day be kept separate from those that arrived on Tuesday or earlier.
The Trump campaign has been concerned about its finances for months and has kicked off a postelection fundraising drive to finance legal efforts to reverse Joe Biden’s advantage in the vote count.
Just one day after the U.S. surpassed 100,000 new cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 in a singe day, it set a fresh record that was 20% higher, straining hospitals in areas of the Midwest and South as they struggle to cope with an influx of patients.
At last, we are learning more about what happened in the early days of 2020, when New Yorkers were oblivious to the highly infectious virus that was just beginning to take hold
By driving down bond yields, quantitative easing has driven a large chunk of stock-market gains since 2009, but the impact varies widely across U.S. indexes, say analysts at Société Générale.
The U.S. presidential election is still too close to call. Here’s what we know about the remaining states that have yet to be called for either former Vice President Joe Biden or President Donald Trump, with vote tallies from the Associated Press.
U.S. stock-index futures point lower Friday, with equities threatening to end a torrid election week rally as investors await October jobs data, monitor election results and weigh a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Zillow Group Inc. reported its largest quarterly profit on record Thursday, as the real-estate market continues to sustain through online services, and shares shot toward record highs in late trading.
Peloton Interactive Inc.’s pandemic surge continued through the summer, and the company expects that the holidays will bring its first-ever billion-dollar quarter.
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. produced no revenue for a second consecutive quarter Thursday, but said it expects to resume selling tickets to outer space next year after its long-awaited virgin voyage.
Jim Smigiel, chief investment officer of non-traditional strategies at SEI Investments, gives his take on how the election has impacted financial markets.