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Wildfires, driven by climate change, are raging across the Western United States crushing local economies. It's a wakeup call for the Trump administration.

Nearly half, 46%, of parents who are dealing with remote learning are concerned about their ability to continue working and caring for children at home this fall.

Barr also said too much deference is given to career prosecutors in remarks likely to further strain relations between Barr and some of the Justice Department's longtime attorneys.

Hurricane Sally moved northeast Thursday, where it was expected to bring more than a foot of rain to some areas, one day after it flooded streets and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses on the U.S. Gulf Coast.

The vitamin and dietary supplement market in the U.S. is worth almost $50 billion, according to the Nutrition Business Journal. Brick-and-mortar retailers like GNC, The Vitamin Shoppe and Vitamin World have faced an onslaught of competition from big-box retailers like Walmart and Target, grocery stores like Kroger and Whole Foods and e-commerce giants like Amazon.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves before the bell, including Snowflake, Carnival, Tesla, Moderna, and more.

The first volume of former President Barack Obama's memoir is coming out Nov. 17, two weeks after Election Day. It's called "A Promised Land" and will cover his swift and historic rise to the White House and his first term in office.

The coronavirus has infected 29.65 million people globally, as of Wednesday, and killed at least 936,905 people so far.

With homebuilder sentiment hitting all-time highs on the back of demand for suburban housing, two traders reveal their favorite ways to play the space.

Virgin founder Richard Branson is hoping to raise $460 million to create a new special purpose acquisition company.

Facebook has been focused on small business amid large brand boycotts of the social media and advertising giant, and it has a new platform to help Main Street at a time of crisis.

A military whistleblower says federal officials sought some unusual crowd control devices — including one that's been called a "heat ray" — to deal with protesters outside the White House on the June day that law enforcement forcibly cleared Lafayette Square.

The pandemic has had a "massive impact" on students, and there's a widening gap between those who can tap on online learning and those who can't, says Yale University's president emeritus.

Beijing-based ByteDance, which owns the popular short video sharing app, rejected Microsoft's bid to buy TikTok's U.S. operations and instead chose Oracle to become TikTok's U.S. technology partner.

Both the onshore and offshore Chinese yuan saw a dramatic strengthening this week from levels above 6.8 against the greenback. That came as data from China's National Bureau of Statistics showed the country's first positive retail sales report for 2020 in August.

Four experts debated about whether a leaderless and divided world will be the new norm at this year's Singapore Summit, which was held virtually.

Debt default risks are growing, especially in sectors hit hard by the pandemic, but there are still pockets of investing opportunities, said William Bohnsack, president of investment firm Oak Hill Advisors.

Pandemic-related movement restrictions stopped people from commuting and traveling, drastically reducing oil usage.

Geopolitical tensions between China and other countries can present new challenges for businesses, but the Asian giant's role in the world has not diminished, said Douglas Flint, chairman of Standard Life Aberdeen.

The two-year study is looking at whether data collected from the Apple Watch can help people with asthma predict potentially serious outcomes, which could lead to hospitalization. About 1.8 million people end up in emergency rooms from asthma each year.