The price of bitcoin rose sharply on Monday with its price spiking up 7 percent Monday morning, according to Coindesk market data. The price of the cryptocurrency is up nearly 300 percent year to date. It was unclear what was behind Monday’s sudden move higher. Bitcoin is still under the …

Photo A portrait of the genius as a young boy: Iain Armitage stars in “Young Sheldon,” based on the “Big Bang Theory” character. Credit Sonja Flemming/CBS CBS’s big-swing comedy this fall is “Young Sheldon.” It’s about an alienated child with severe social limitations and the parents either unable or not …

Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images John Legere, chief executive officer of T-Mobile US. T-Mobile and Sprint are entering due diligence in a stock-for-stock deal that is expected to make Deutsche Telekom the controlling owner, sources tell CNBC’s David Faber. The exchange ratio for the stocks is expected …

Getty Images Jacksonville Jaguar players show their protest during the National Anthem during the NFL International Series match between Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium on September 24, 2017 in London, England. About two dozen players, including Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs and Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard …

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks with reporters in the basement of the Capitol before the Senate Policy luncheons on September 19, 2017. U.S. Sen. John McCain says doctors have given him a “very, very serious prognosis” as he battles brain cancer. …

Carlos Garcia Rawlins | Reuters Women carry containers filled with water as workers use a backhoe loader to remove mud and debris from the street after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico September 24, 2017. Hurricane Maria left the agricultural industry on Puerto Rico …

Photo Bobby Moynihan as mid-life Alex with Skylar Gray as his daughter, Abby. Credit Ron P. Jaffe/CBS CBS would love to have another “How I Met Your Mother,” a jovial and nostalgia-tinged sitcom with a built-in sense of both youthful folly and warm wisdom. The existence of “Me, Myself & …

David Mareuil | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Customers inspect new iPhone 8 and plus models at a telecom shop in Omotesando Avenue in Tokyo, Japan on September 22, 2017. The analyst revised his September quarter sales and earnings per share forecasts for Apple to $49.5 billion and $1.79 from …

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gary Cohn, director of the U.S. National Economic Council An Axios national political reporter said Monday he’d be “truly stunned” if President Donald Trump appointed top economic aide Gary Cohn as the next Fed chairman. “One thing I can confirm is that Donald …

Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images From left, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., hold a news conference to discuss block grant funding for healthcare on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Flickering hopes to repeal Obamacare this …