U.S. crude oil futures suddenly spiked more than 1 percent late Friday morning, erasing losses for the week, as tensions rose in the Middle East. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil futures traded 1.7 percent higher near $62.23 a barrel as of 1:05 p.m. ET. Crude oil performance on Friday Source: …

Spencer Platt | Getty Images People walk by a Wells Fargo bank branch on October 13, 2017 in New York City. Federal agents are interviewing employees of Wells Fargo’s wealth management division as the government expands its investigation of the bank’s sales practices, according to a report Friday in The …

Peter Nicholls | Reuters Police vehicles and officers guard the home of Nikolai Glushkov while his corpse is removed, in New Malden, Britain March 13, 2018. British police say they are treating the death of London-based Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov as a homicide, after a post-mortem revealed he died from …

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The silhouette of Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., is seen during the Oculus Connect 4 product launch event in San Jose, California, on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg deploy a “secret police” to …

Source: City of Plattsburgh A street in Plattsburgh, New York. Plattsburgh, New York, has become the first city in the US to ban cryptocurrency mining in the city for the next 18 months.The city council unanimously voted to impose the ban at a council meeting last night, and the mayor’s …

Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images White House Chief of Staff John Kelly watches as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with North Korean defectors in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, Feb. 02, 2018. President Donald Trump and his …

Getty Images People walk past the entrance to the Goldman Sachs investment offices in Peterborough Court on October 10, 2016 in London, England. Goldman Sachs on Friday reported a mean gender pay gap in Britain for its international business of 55.5 percent and a mean bonus gap for the unit …

Toby Melville | Reuters Police officers seal off the road on which Russian Sergei Skripal and his daughter have been staying in Salisbury, Britain, March 7, 2018. Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Friday it had opened a criminal investigation into the attempted murder of Yulia Skripal, daughter of former double …

Apple is having an event this month to “hear creative new ideas for teachers and students,” according to an invitation released to the media Friday. The event will be held at a Chicago high school on March 27 at 10 a.m, according to the invitation, which said “Let’s take a …

Tony Karumba | AFP | Getty Images Zimbabwean interim President Emmerson Mnangagwa is officially sworn-in during a ceremony in Harare on November 24, 2017. Mugabe withdrew Zimbabwe from the group in 2003 after he was criticized over the fairness of elections and violence in the country. Mnangagwa has said that …