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Flags fly on the side of the New York Stock Exchange with Trinity Church in the background on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in New York.

Stock market today: Losses for Big Tech companies lead Wall Street lower

Flags fly on the side of the New York Stock Exchange with Trinity Church in the background on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in New York.

August 28, 2024, 1:43pm Business

Stocks on Wall Street closed lower Wednesday, as a pullback in big technology companies outweighed gains elsewhere in the market. Read story

FILE - The Klamath River head gates are seen here on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Klamath Falls, Ore.

Workers are breaching Klamath dams, which will let salmon swim freely for first time in a century

FILE - The Klamath River head gates are seen here on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Klamath Falls, Ore.

August 28, 2024, 12:05pm Business

For the first time in more than a century, salmon will soon have free passage along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border — as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion. Read story

Multiple Atlanta Fire Rescue Department units and police park outside a Delta Maintenance facility near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport early Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024 in Atlanta.

2 workers killed and 1 injured in tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines facility in Atlanta

Multiple Atlanta Fire Rescue Department units and police park outside a Delta Maintenance facility near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport early Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024 in Atlanta.

August 28, 2024, 8:39am Business

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured Tuesday in a tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport. Read story

US appeals court revives a lawsuit against TikTok over 10-year-old’s ‘blackout challenge’ death

August 28, 2024, 8:29am Business

A U.S. appeals court revived on Tuesday a lawsuit filed by the mother of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who died attempting a viral challenge she allegedly saw on TikTok that dared people to choke themselves until they lost consciousness. Read story

FILE - Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov appears at an event on Aug. 1, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

French prosecutors say Telegram messaging app CEO has been freed from custody, will appear in court

FILE - Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov appears at an event on Aug. 1, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

August 28, 2024, 8:29am Business

French prosecutors on Wednesday freed Telegram CEO Pavel Durov from police custody after four days of questioning over allegations that the messaging app is being used for illegal activities. Read story

Cowlitz County, PUD suspend landfill power plan because of Ecology requirements

August 28, 2024, 8:29am Business

Cowlitz County and the Cowlitz Public Utility District have suspended their project to establish a new energy production system at Headquarters Landfill because they say the cost to meet state emissions requirements has risen. Read story

FILE - A BNSF locomotive heads south out of Oklahoma City, Sept. 14, 2022.

Railroad BNSF stresses safety but is still held back by longstanding industry issues, report finds

FILE - A BNSF locomotive heads south out of Oklahoma City, Sept. 14, 2022.

August 28, 2024, 8:24am Business

Freight railroad BNSF is generally striving to improve safety on a consistent basis, but that message doesn't always reach front-line workers who often don't feel comfortable reporting safety concerns for fear of being disciplined, according to an assessment released Wednesday by regulators. Read story

FILE - Drivers guide 2024 a Tesla Model 3 sedan and Model X utility vehicle, rear, along a test track at the Electrify Expo in The Yards on July 14, 2024, in north Denver.

Questions about the safety of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system are growing

FILE - Drivers guide 2024 a Tesla Model 3 sedan and Model X utility vehicle, rear, along a test track at the Electrify Expo in The Yards on July 14, 2024, in north Denver.

August 28, 2024, 8:23am Business

Three times in the past four months, William Stein, a technology analyst at Truist Securities, has taken Elon Musk up on his invitation to try the latest versions of Tesla’s vaunted “Full Self-Driving” system. Read story