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Wall Street falls toward worst loss since Election Day

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling Friday toward their worst loss since Election Day as the big bump Wall Street got from last week’s victory for Donald Trump and cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve keeps fading. The S&P 500 sank 1.4% and was heading for a losing week and its worst day since October. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 310 points, or 0.7%, as of 2:44 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 2.4% lower. Makers of vaccines helped drag the market down after President-elect Donald Trump said he wants Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent ...

Austria says Russia’s Gazprom will cut off natural gas supply this weekend

VIENNA (AP) — Russia’s state-owned natural gas company Gazrom will cut off supplies to Austria’s OMV utility early Saturday, Austria’s chancellor said, adding that his country’s underground gas storage was full and that it had alternative, non-Russia supplies. The cutoff follows ...

Shoff makes deals at 29th annual garage door auction

A small crowd gathered at the Washington County Fairgrounds Sunday despite the rain to attend Shoff Door Co.’s 29th annual garage door and opener auction. The company holds the auction in Marietta once a year, according to Shoff Door Co. Office Manager Carrie Benadum, and they had at least ...

Wall Street cruises to more records as it closes its best week in a year

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks cruised to more records as they closed their best week in a year on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to cap its biggest weekly gain since early November 2023 and briefly crossed above the 6,000 level for the first time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 259 points, or 0.6%, while the Nasdaq composite added 0.1%. The relatively quiet trading followed huge gains earlier in the week after Donald Trump won the presidential election and the Federal Reserve cut interest rates again to make things easier for the economy. Axon Enterprise, which sells ...