S&P 500 and Nasdaq pull back from all-time highs

Stocks closed lower on Wall Street, pulling the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite below the records they set a day earlier. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back 0.6%. The Nasdaq composite slipped 0.2%. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note climbed to 4.42%.

A wedding for the ages in timeless Venice

VENICE, Italy (AP) – The Italian city of Venice was making waves Friday with the most anticipated wedding of 2025 – that of billionaire Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez. The sky itself is no limit for this couple who has traveled into space, and expectations are about as high.

Fallout over Epstein files cascades

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department and FBI are struggling to contain the fallout and appease the demands of far-right conservative personalities and influential members of President Donald Trump’s base after the administration’s decision this week to withhold records from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation.

The celebs attending Jeff Bezos' Venice wedding

VENICE, Italy (AP) – Oprah Winfrey arrived in Venice on Thursday, leading a star-studded guest list of celebrities descending on the lagoon city for the weekend wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez.

Fuel to Air India plane cut off moments before crash

NEW DELHI (AP) – Fuel control switches for the engines of an Air India flight that crashed last month were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, starving both engines of fuel, a preliminary investigation report said early Saturday.

Giorgio Armani, 90, will not attend Milan Fashion Week

MILAN (AP) – Giorgio Armani will not be present to take his bows after the Emporio Armani and Giorgio Armani runway shows at the upcoming Milan Fashion Week, his fashion house announced on Friday.

Editorials from Washington Post, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and others

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F1 rookie Kimi Antonelli passes final high school exams

BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) – Formula 1 rookie Kimi Antonelli passed his final exams to graduate from high school back home in Italy just like he’s been passing other cars on tracks around the world: without trouble.