Ukraine: President Viktor Yanukovych is holding talks with the opposition after demonstrations and violence continued. Demonstrators briefly occupied the energy ministry in Kiev and fires burned in the streets throughout the night. In a growing crisis for the government, demonstrators …

New Year’s Day The Gavel: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor yesterday blocked the provision of Obamacare that requires the healthcare plans of religious organizations to cover birth control. The justice acted on the request of an order of nuns in …

 Diving Dow: The Dow Jones is slightly down again this morning after a 353-point drop yesterday. A kneejerk selloff followed the Fed announcement that it will start raising interest rates later this year. That made for a 556-point dive in …

Money, Money: The Dow Jones index closed above 15,000 for the first time in history yesterday as the stock market races ahead of economic recovery for millions of unemployed Americans. The market is giving up some gains this morning. National: …

National: The Dow Jones is up again this morning after closing yesterday at an all-time high. The market is being fed by an improving economy and interest rate support from the Federal Reserve. Some analysts believe this is the beginning …

National: The Dow Jones hit a daytime record high of 14,198.10 shortly after the opening bell this morning. It kept climbing. If the market holds the Dow could close at an all-time record high as investors pour money and their …

National: The Dow Jones closed above 14,000 for the first time in five years on encouraging news about jobs and corporate earnings. A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest killing a Turkish guard at the American Embassy in Ankara yesterday, …