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How major US stock indexes fared Thursday 4/2/2026

4:46 PM on Thursday, April 2

Stocks overcame early losses to finish with slim gains and close out their first winning week since the start of the Iran war

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

4:06 PM on Thursday, April 2

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

What to know about the battle over lawsuits alleging that Roundup weedkiller can cause cancer

3:56 PM on Thursday, April 2

A new Kentucky law could shield agrochemical maker Bayer from lawsuits claiming it failed to warn that Roundup weedkiller could cause cancer

FILE - Gucci Mane performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans on July 1, 2023. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Rapper Pooh Shiesty charged with kidnapping over alleged dispute involving rapper Gucci Mane's label

3:40 PM on Thursday, April 2

Federal prosecutors have accused rapper Pooh Shiesty and eight others of robbing three men at gunpoint and kidnapping them in Texas following a contract dispute in January involving rapper Gucci Mane’s record label

William Tucker Jr, a council member of the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation from El Cajon, Calif., checks out a display at the Indian Gaming Association's annual convention in San Diego, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Prediction markets challenge tribal casinos’ hard-won place in US gambling

3:38 PM on Thursday, April 2

At the Indian Gaming Association’s annual convention in San Diego this week, two words have dominated the agenda: Prediction markets

Lt. Jennifer Penton and from left, troopers David Montanez and Edwin Rodriguez are arraigned in Worcester Superior Court on Thursday, April 2, 2026 in Worcester, Mass. (Rick Cinclair/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP, Pool)

Massachusetts State Police troopers arraigned over recruit's death in boxing match

2:21 PM on Thursday, April 2

A supervisor and two instructors with a Massachusetts State Police tactical unit have been arraigned in connection with the 2024 death of a recruit following a boxing match during training

Environmental Protection Agency director Lee Zeldin speaks at EDSI Cables, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Auburn Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water

2:01 PM on Thursday, April 2

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could eventually lead to new limits on those substances for water utilities

FILE - University of Wisconsin System President Jay Rothman prepares his materials before a UW Board of Regents meeting on Sept. 18, 2025, at Gordon Commons at UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. (Owen Ziliak/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

Exclusive: Universities of Wisconsin leaders looking to oust system president who refuses to quit

1:18 PM on Thursday, April 2

The president of the multi-campus Universities of Wisconsin has said in letters obtained by The Associated Press that he’s been told to resign or he will be fired

In this image taken from police body camera video released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, golfer Tiger Woods performs a field sobriety test for sheriff's deputies following a car crash in Jupiter Island, Fla., Friday, March 27, 2026. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Bodycam shows a stunned Tiger Woods handcuffed after a Florida rollover crash

12:04 PM on Thursday, April 2

Newly released body camera footage shows that Tiger Woods expressed astonishment as he was handcuffed after crashing his vehicle last week in Florida

FILE - Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of an airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai, File)

Pakistan says a new round of peace talks with Afghanistan is underway in China

6:25 AM on Thursday, April 2

Pakistan confirms it is holding peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban government in China

Mourners gather during a funeral procession for Alireza Tangsiri, head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, and others killed in Israeli strikes in late March, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran fires on Israel and Gulf neighbors as Trump claims threat from Tehran nearly eliminated

3:44 AM on Thursday, April 2

Iran has fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states, demonstrating Tehran’s continued ability to attack

President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

The Latest: Iran and Israel keep up attacks as Trump insists US will hit even harder

12:09 AM on Thursday, April 2

U.S. President Donald Trump says America will keep hitting Iran “extremely hard” even though he says all his military objectives have been met or exceeded

President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP Pool)

Stocks recover from early losses and close with a weekly gain. US oil tops $110 a barrel

10:46 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Stocks overcame early losses to finish with slim gains and close out their first winning week since the start of the Iran war

Girls wait inside a church for their Children's Holy Thursday procession during Holy Week in Tunja, Colombia, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Photos show Christians marking Holy Week across the world

1:28 PM on Monday, March 30

People stand in a queue at a filling station as they wait to fill their containers with gas in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, April 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Ali Raza)

Photos show the effects of the Iran war on global energy worldwide

7:58 AM on Monday, March 30

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