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How major US stock indexes fared Thursday, 8/28/2025

3:42 PM on Thursday, August 28

Stocks moved further into record territory on Wall Street

FILE - Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search, appears in court for a hearing, Feb. 21, 2025, in New York. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File)

Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO has inspired followers, prosecutors say

3:35 PM on Thursday, August 28

Federal prosecutors say the man who allegedly killed the UnitedHealthcare chief executive last December has inspired followers, such as the man who killed four people at a the National Football League headquarters last month

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from removing Voice of America director

3:17 PM on Thursday, August 28

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from removing Michael Abramowitz as director of Voice of America

FILE - Former Texas Rangers first baseman Mark Teixeira signs autographs before a baseball game between the Rangers and the Oakland Athletics on April 12, 2019, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File)

Former MLB star Mark Teixeira announces bid for US House seat in Texas

2:47 PM on Thursday, August 28

Former Major League Baseball star Mark Teixeira is seeking the Republican nomination for a House seat in Texas

This undated photo released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, shows a carton of large brown cage free "sunshine/omega-3 golden” yolk eggs sourced from Country Eggs, LLC. (FDA via AP)

Salmonella outbreak tied to recalled eggs has sickened 95 people since January

1:46 PM on Thursday, August 28

At least 95 people in more than a dozen states have been sickened in an outbreak of salmonella poisoning tied to recalled eggs

Prominent Miami defense attorney David Macey and his wife leave the Manhattan federal court Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)

Prosecutors suddenly drop case against Miami attorney accused of bribing DEA agents

1:33 PM on Thursday, August 28

Prosecutors have agreed to drop criminal charges against a prominent Miami defense attorney accused of orchestrating a bribery conspiracy involving two former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration supervisors

Printed copies of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are shown on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution to stop printing as it transitions to all-digital news

11:58 AM on Thursday, August 28

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will stop printing at year's end, making Atlanta the largest U.S. metro area without a printed major newspaper

FILE - A maintenance worker walks past the company logo on the side of a locomotive in the Union Pacific Railroad fueling yard in north Denver, Oct. 18, 2006. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Trump fires Democratic member of Surface Transportation Board ahead of huge rail merger decision

11:18 AM on Thursday, August 28

President Donald Trump has fired one of two Democratic members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to break a 2-2 tie ahead of the board considering the largest railroad merger ever proposed

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemeni capital, but no casualties reported

9:11 AM on Thursday, August 28

Israeli airstrikes have hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, targeting areas controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group

FILE - President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters as he meets with Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

What to know after the US deports more migrants to Africa

8:51 AM on Thursday, August 28

The Trump administration has deported more migrants from the United States as it expands its program to send people to countries they have no ties with

Fed official sues Trump over attempt to fire her, challenging his power over the independent agency

8:43 AM on Thursday, August 28

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is suing the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president’s attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed’s longstanding political independence

The gun used in the murder of Emmett Till is on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025 in Jackson, Miss.. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)

Gun used in Emmett Till's lynching is displayed in a museum 70 years after his murder

8:28 AM on Thursday, August 28

The gun used in the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till is now on display for the public to see, 70 years after the killing

A 'sea war' brews off Gambia as desperate local fishermen attack foreign vessels, and each other

7:38 AM on Thursday, August 28

A “sea war” is brewing off the West African nation of Gambia as desperate local fishermen attack foreign commercial fishing vessels, and each other

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