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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By YURI KAGEYAMA and MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writers U.S. futures are edging lower as oil prices resume their climb and high bond yields continue to pressure stocks. Futures for the S&P 500 dipped 0.1% on Wednesday. Dow Jones futures declined 0.2% and Nasdaq futures dropped 0.3%. Oil prices are now hovering between $90 and $100 per barrel as the U.S. war with Iran drags on, contributing to stubborn inflation.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation slowed a bit last month as Americans ramped up their spending, though price gains remained elevated and are a challenge for many voters as the midterm elections approach. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that consumer prices rose 3.4% in August compared with a year earlier, below the 3.7% economists had forecast.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a solid 2.2% pace from April through June as consumer spending and business investment came in strong. Growth in gross domestic product — the nation’s output of a goods and services — decelerated from a 2.5% pace from January through March, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline.org This fall, voters in at least nine states will decide whether to cut, cap or raise taxes through ballot measures that will give them a direct hand in steering state tax policy in a conservative or progressive direction. Some states, such as California, will weigh whether to tax — or untax — their wealthiest residents.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Emily Tate Sullivan for The 74 When Joel Francik became principal of Central Elementary School in 2019, all of his prior education experience had been in middle school — first as a teacher, then as an assistant principal. He wanted the job, he said, because he thought he could make a bigger difference in students’ lives if he met them earlier in their schooling.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military announced on Wednesday that it has completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group. The last U.S. troops left an air base in northern Iraq under a deal between Baghdad and Washington.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By AAMER MADHANI Iranian officials indicated Wednesday they have received an official U.S. response to Tehran’s latest proposal to end the seven-month war, which U.S. President Donald Trump had publicly rejected just days earlier. The officials did not say what the response contained, and whether it was a rejection or not.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Today is Wednesday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2026. There are 92 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 30, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Boulder Dam (now the Hoover Dam) on the Colorado River at the Arizona-Nevada border. Also on this date: In 1777, the Continental Congress — forced to flee by advancing British forces — moved to York, Pennsylvania, after briefly meeting in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LAIE, Hawaii — Steph Curry is no stranger to the taxing but refreshing grind of NBA training camp. Entering his 18th such event, and his second located on the beautiful BYU-Oahu campus in a town 30 miles north of Honolulu, the Warriors’ superstar has his camp routine down. Sort of. Curry is managing an aging and sometimes aching right knee, worn down by almost two decades of ripping around professional shots at breakneck pace.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By DOUG FEINBERG NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty are peaking at the right time and were able to complete a historic sweep of the Minnesota Lynx to advance to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs. Jonquel Jones had 21 points and 13 rebounds and the No. 8 seed Liberty beat the top-seeded Lynx 87-71 in Game 2 of their WNBA playoff series Tuesday night. New York became the first No. 8 seed to eliminate a No. 1 seed in the league’s 30-year history.