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A banner for childhood learning company KinderCare hangs from the New York Stock Exchange ahead of the company&rsquo;s IPO on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024.

Stock market today: Wall Street sets more records after Shanghai’s worst drop since early COVID

A banner for childhood learning company KinderCare hangs from the New York Stock Exchange ahead of the company&rsquo;s IPO on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024.

October 9, 2024, 1:32pm Business

U.S. stocks set records Wednesday after the latest wild swerves for Chinese stocks left few ripples in markets worldwide. Read story

FILE - A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore.

Social Security’s scheduled cost of living increase ‘won’t make a dent’ for some retirees

FILE - A Social Security card is displayed on Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore.

October 9, 2024, 9:54am Business

Sherri Myers, an 82-year-old resident of Pensacola City, Fla., says the Social Security cost-of-living increase she'll receive in January “won't make a dent” in helping her meet her day-to-day expenses. Read story

Boeing Machinists Union members Steven Wilson, left, Dave Hendrickson, center,, and Mark Erickson, right, wave to passing traffic while on the picket line at the Renton assembly plant, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Renton, Wash.

Boeing withdraws contract offer after talks with striking workers break down

Boeing Machinists Union members Steven Wilson, left, Dave Hendrickson, center,, and Mark Erickson, right, wave to passing traffic while on the picket line at the Renton assembly plant, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Renton, Wash.

October 9, 2024, 8:37am Business

Boeing has withdrawn a contract offer that would have given striking workers 30% raises over four years after talks broke down. Read story

This combo of pictures show American biochemist David Baker, from left, American researcher John Jumper and Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind Technologies, the AI division behind Gemini.

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to 3 scientists for work on proteins, building blocks of life

This combo of pictures show American biochemist David Baker, from left, American researcher John Jumper and Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind Technologies, the AI division behind Gemini.

October 9, 2024, 8:20am Business

Three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to predict and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life — were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. Their work used advanced technologies, including machine learning, and holds the potential to transform how new drugs are made. Read story

FILE - Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, poses for photographers as she arrives for a meeting after a meeting on the sideline of the gender equality conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, July 1, 2021.

Melinda French Gates will give $250M to women’s health groups globally through a new open call

FILE - Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, poses for photographers as she arrives for a meeting after a meeting on the sideline of the gender equality conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, July 1, 2021.

October 9, 2024, 8:12am Business

Melinda French Gates will grant $250 million to support women’s health around the world through an open call for nonprofits to apply for funding. Read story

With less than 80 days ‘til Christmas, Postal Service unveils holiday shipping deadlines

October 9, 2024, 8:09am Business

Whether you’re using brown-paper packages tied up with string — or something less traditional — this holiday season, the U.S. Postal Service has come out with its recommendations for getting those gifts to loved ones on time. Read story

The Tropicana Las Vegas hotel tower is imploded Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas says goodbye to the Tropicana with a flashy casino implosion

The Tropicana Las Vegas hotel tower is imploded Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Las Vegas.

October 9, 2024, 8:08am Business

Sin City blew a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light Wednesday in an elaborate implosion that reduced to rubble the last true mob building on the Las Vegas Strip. Read story

American Water cyberattack renews focus on protecting critical infrastructure

October 9, 2024, 8:08am Business

A cyberattack continues to affect the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States, renewing a focus on the importance of protecting critical infrastructure sites. Read story