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Bipartisan spirit reigns as John McCain lies in state in Capitol Rotunda

Pool | Getty Images United States Senators Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell stand near the casket of late Senator John McCain in the Capitol Rotunda as he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, DC on Friday, August 31, 2018.  WASHINGTON—John McCain was honored Friday in a way …

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Sen. John McCain lies in state at the Capitol

Drew Angerer | Getty Images Cindy McCain, wife of John McCain, touches the casket during the ceremony honoring the late Senator inside the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, August 31, 2018 in Washington, DC. Abraham Lincoln. John F. Kennedy. Ronald Reagan. Rosa Parks. Unknown soldiers. Sen. John McCain has joined …

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Canada’s Freeland says NAFTA deal not reached after Trump comments on trade talks

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland arrives for trade talks at the office of the US Trade Representative in Washington, DC, August 29, 2018.  President Donald Trump has sought to revise the three-nation trade agreement, which he says has punished American workers since it …

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Argentina peso sell off stops as investors await government plan

Eitan Abramovich | AFP | Getty Images Currency exchange values are seen in the buy-sell board of a bureau de change in the financial district of Buenos Aires. The Argentinian peso opened Friday trading in a calmer fashion after a traumatic two days that saw the currency shed 20 percent …

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Here’s the conversation we really need to have

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc., speaks during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.  Let’s get this out of the way first: There is no basis for the charge that President …

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Big Lots shares plummet 10% after earnings disappoint

Emile Wamsteker | Bloomberg | Getty Images A customer exits a Big Lots store in Clifton, New Jersey. Shares of Big Lots plunged in premarket trading Friday after the discount retailer reported second-quarter earnings that fell short of Wall Street expectations. The company’s stock dropped more than 10 percent before …

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Galaxy Edge to include Oga’s Cantina

Getty Images Handout image provided by Disney Parks, Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced at D23 EXPO 2015 that Star Wars-themed lands will be coming to Disneyland park in Anaheim, California and Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida. What would a Star Wars land be without a …

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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: AOBC, LULU & more

Getty Images National Rifle Association members look over pistols in the Smith & Wesson display at the 146th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits on April 29, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: American Outdoor Brands shares skyrocketed 20 percent in the extended session …

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San Francisco denies scooter permits to big players, picks Scoot, Skip

Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Bird and Lime scooters sit parked in front of a building on April 17, 2018 in San Francisco, California. The city of San Francisco announced it’s granting scooter permits to small start-ups Scoot and Skip, shutting out well-funded hometown businesses including Uber, Bird, Lime and …

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Mueller gets more time to decide whether to retry Manafort 

Dana Verkouteren | AP This courtroom sketch shows Paul Manafort listening to U.S. District court Judge T.S. Ellis III at federal court in Alexandria, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018.  A federal judge on Thursday gave special counsel Robert Mueller extra time he had requested to decide whether to seek a …

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