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How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 4/15/2026

4:23 PM on Wednesday, April 15

U.S. stocks have hit a record following their big rally over the last two weeks

FILE - New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York Governor Kathy Hochul arrive at a press conference at Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, March 3, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

New York governor pitches a new tax on pricey pied-à-terres

3:10 PM on Wednesday, April 15

For months, New York Gov_ Kathy Hochul has resisted calls to increase taxes on the wealthy, beating back progressives who have hounded her from Manhattan to San Juan bellowing chants of “tax the rich.”

PB Financial Corporation Reports First Quarter 2026 Earnings

2:35 PM on Wednesday, April 15

FILE - Mississippi State Auditor Shad White speaks at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Auditor demands private prison company pay $7.4M to Mississippi, calls for AG to enforce

1:36 PM on Wednesday, April 15

State Auditor Shad White says a private prison company must pay $7.4 million to Mississippi for not maintaining enough staff for safety

FILE - The Bank of America logo is seen on a branch office, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

BofA's trading desk avoided a single daily loss in Q1 amid market turmoil

1:00 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Recent market volatility, partly due to the War in Iran, continues to boost Wall Street profits

FILE - The BBC logo is displayed outside the company's headquarters in London, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

BBC will cut up to 2,000 jobs to reduce costs by about 10%

12:15 PM on Wednesday, April 15

The BBC plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs to save 10% of its annual budget

FILE - Jenniffer Gonzalez speaks after she was sworn in as governor outside the Capitol in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File)

US faces demand to restore $350 million in federal funding to help power Puerto Rico

12:00 PM on Wednesday, April 15

Nearly 200 organizations are urging the Trump administration and Puerto Rico’s governor to restore $350 million in federal funding that was meant to finance the installation of rooftop solar and battery systems for 12,000 low-income families across the U.S. territory

FILE - The Douglas County Google Data Center complex is seen, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Lithia Springs, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

The data center boom meets resistance in Maine as lawmakers pass a yearlong freeze

11:35 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Maine’s legislature has passed the nation’s first statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers

FILE - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, right, and President Donald Trump look over a document of cost figures during a visit to the Federal Reserve, Thursday, July 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Prosecutors sought access to Federal Reserve building as Trump threatens to fire Powell

9:31 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Federal prosecutors made an unannounced visit this week to a construction site at Federal Reserve headquarters that is the focus of an investigation into a $2.5 billion renovation project, according to two people familiar with the visit

FDA to weigh easing limits on unproven peptides favored by RFK Jr. and other MAHA figures

9:15 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Federal health officials will meet this summer to consider easing restrictions on a controversial group of drugs popular with followers of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement

An Arizona state personal income tax form is shown Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

It's Tax Day. Treasury says 53 million filers used new Trump tax breaks before the deadline

8:03 AM on Wednesday, April 15

The tax filing deadline for most Americans is Wednesday, and President Donald Trump's administration is highlighting the impacts of Republicans' massive tax and spending law

FILE- In this Feb. 15, 2018, photo, Susan Prendergast, reference supervisor at the Eudora Welty Library, in Jackson, Miss., adds additional federal tax filing information booklets on a shelf. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Tax procrastinators, this is how to seek an extension and some other tips at the IRS deadline

7:48 AM on Wednesday, April 15

It’s officially Tax Day in the U.S. And if you’ve waited till the last minute to file your taxes, don’t panic

Guests collect their smartphones at the end of a weekly phone-free gathering at the home of organizer Dan Fox in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

A small but growing movement wants you to put down your phone. But first read this

7:02 AM on Wednesday, April 15

Two decades after Steve Jobs premiered the iPhone, a small but intensely passionate movement is rebelling against the omnipresent screen

Walmart is repackaging its Great Value brand to reflect changing consumer habits

5:57 PM on Tuesday, April 14

Walmart is redesigning the packaging of its Great Value products to make them more appealing to customers and to help shoppers spot nutritional information more quickly

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