Stocks closed broadly lower Tuesday as another round of U.S. military strikes on Iran sent oil prices higher, stoking worries about stubbornly high inflation. A bond market sell-off deepened, putting more pressure on stocks.
Day: September 1, 2026
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall Tuesday afternoon along the Texas-Louisiana border after picking up a late burst of strength in the Gulf of Mexico, bringing ashore heavy rains and setting off flood warnings along the coast.
Deadly flooding at the Grand Canyon threatens to cause economic damage, with a washed-out pipeline severing the South Rim’s water supply and shutting down lodging at the popular tourist vista for an indefinite period.
The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday, leading Tehran to respond with missile and drone fire as hostilities flare once again between the two countries. U.S. Central Command said the latest strikes were in response to Iran trying to attack commercial ships and American forces in the Middle East. President Donald Trump offered an additional explanation, telling Fox News in a phone call that U.S. forces struck Iran’s radars.
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PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall Tuesday afternoon along the Texas-Louisiana border after picking up a late burst of strength in the Gulf of Mexico, bringing ashore heavy rains and setting off flood warnings along the coast.
Without discussion, Miami-Dade commissioners voted on Tuesday to raise the cap on Israel Bonds.
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial ended a fourth day of deliberations without a verdict Tuesday after earlier saying they couldn’t agree whether the Massachusetts mother is criminally responsible for killing her three young children.
VIENNA (AP) — Inspectors with the U.N. nuclear watchdog visited several sites in Syria in August and carried out verification work that confirmed the existence of a long-suspected nuclear site, according to a confidential report circulated to member states and seen Tuesday by The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iranian semiofficial media say the country has begun firing missiles and drones in response to U.S. strikes. The Fars and Tasnim news agencies, seen as close to Iran’s security forces, reported late Tuesday that it had launched such operations.