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How major US stock indexes fared Thursday 4/23/2026

4:15 PM on Thursday, April 23

U.S. stocks pulled back from their record heights on a shaky Wall Street

FILE - A sign reading Department of Justice is displayed at the FBI field office, in Portland, Ore., Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

6 plead guilty and 1 found not guilty in Mississippi drug trafficking bribery scheme

3:44 PM on Thursday, April 23

Six current or former Mississippi law officers have pleaded guilty to charges arising from what prosecutors described as a drug trafficking bribery scheme

FILE - University of Kentucky Director of Athletics Mitch Barnhart watches an NCAA college football game between Kentucky and Mississippi State, in Lexington, Ky., Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Clubb, File)

Retiring Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart won't take new high-paying role at school

3:33 PM on Thursday, April 23

Retiring Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart won’t take on a new high-paying role at the school after all

The city of Logan, Utah, a college and dairy farming town, is seen from the hillside on the Utah State University campus, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum)

What to know about a kidnapping case involving a child flown back to the US from Cuba

3:16 PM on Thursday, April 23

A couple from Utah face parental kidnapping charges after being accused of taking a 10-year-old child to Cuba amid a complicated custody fight involving the child’s gender identity

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr. misleads on Medicaid cuts

3:07 PM on Thursday, April 23

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been disputing claims of Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's 2025 tax and spending law

FILE - The Department of Justice seal is seen in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

US charges 2 Chinese nationals with managing cyberscam compound in Myanmar

3:02 PM on Thursday, April 23

Two Chinese nationals face charges in the U.S. that they managed a sprawling compound in Myanmar where authorities say workers were forced to participate in cryptocurrency investment fraud scams

Shown are marijuana joints at NJ Weedman's Joint dispensary in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

What to know about a federal order reclassifying medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug

2:32 PM on Thursday, April 23

President Donald Trump's administration has reclassified medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug

This illustration provided by researchers in April 2026 depicts a giant octopus that may have been a top marine predator millions of years ago. (Yohei Utsuki via AP)

A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs

2:11 PM on Thursday, April 23

The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus

Pennsylvania state Treasurer Stacy Garrity speaks during a news conference at the Treasury Department in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

Pennsylvania treasurer says 'no' to taxpayers footing $1M in security upgrades at Shapiro's home

1:45 PM on Thursday, April 23

Pennsylvania’s treasurer is refusing to approve payments for more than $1 million in security upgrades to the private home of Gov. Josh Shapiro

A cameraman records a board displaying individuals identified by law enforcement as members and associates of the Mexican Mafia at a news conference in Santa Ana, Calif., Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Federal authorities arrest 2 dozen Mexican Mafia members and associates in California

12:04 PM on Thursday, April 23

Federal authorities say they've arrested nearly two dozen members and associates of the Mexican Mafia during a crackdown across Southern California

USF police seek help after 2 doctoral students from Bangladesh vanish in Tampa

11:14 AM on Thursday, April 23

Two University of South Florida doctoral students have gone missing, and authorities are seeking help to find them

FILE - 2019 Kennedy Center Honoree conductor Michael Tilson Thomas arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Dec. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

Michael Tilson Thomas, renowned conductor and composer, dies at 81

10:19 AM on Thursday, April 23

Renowned American conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas has died at 81

Jason Meade, center, sits with his attorneys Mark Collins, left, and Kaitlyn Stephens, right, during opening statements in the retrial of the former Ohio sheriff's deputy charged with murder and reckless homicide in the 2020 killing of Casey Goodson Jr., inside Franklin County Common Pleas Court in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Doral Chenoweth/Pool photo via AP)

Murder retrial begins in deputy's killing of a Black man entering his grandmother's Ohio home

10:15 AM on Thursday, April 23

More than two years after an Ohio judge declared a mistrial, a murder retrial has begun for a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged in the December 2020 killing of a Black man

Grass and flowers surround the Archaeological Park of the Solstice, which some call the "Stonehenge of the Amazon" in Calcoene, Amapa state, Brazil, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Archaeological digs in Amazon provide clues about Indigenous inhabitants before colonization

9:01 AM on Thursday, April 23

Paving roads in the Amazon rainforest often causes deforestation that threatens the people who live there

Shown is marijuana at NJ Weedman's Joint dispensary in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

8:16 AM on Thursday, April 23

A cannabis industry group calls President Donald Trump’s reclassification of state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug “the most significant federal advancement in cannabis policy" in decades

FILE - Supporters hold a sign before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign event, Sept.12, 2024, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

What Hispanic adults, men and young Americans think of Trump, according to an AP-NORC poll

7:08 AM on Thursday, April 23

An AP-NORC poll finds many of the groups that helped elect Donald Trump as president again are deeply unhappy with his performance

FILE - The Chernobyl nuclear plant is seen in an aerial view, showing the damage from an explosion and fire on April 26, 1986, that sent a radioactive plume over Europe. (AP Photo/ Volodymyr Repik, File)

More countries are turning to nuclear power 40 years after the Chernobyl disaster

1:06 AM on Thursday, April 23

The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and other regions

Traders Jim Bodner, left, and Chris Lagana work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US stocks fall on a shaky Wall Street as Brent oil briefly barrels above $107

12:55 AM on Thursday, April 23

U.S. stocks pulled back from their record heights on a shaky Wall Street

In this courtroom sketch, David Anthony Burke, whose stage name is D4vd, is seen in court Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Los Angeles on charges of killing a 14-year-old girl whose dismembered body was found in his car. (Bill Robles via AP)

Evidence against singer D4vd in killing of 14-year-old girl will be revealed in court within days

12:06 AM on Thursday, April 23

Lawyers for singer D4vd are pushing prosecutors to reveal their evidence in the case of Celeste Rivas Hernandez's killing

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