The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to an all-time intraday high Friday, breaking above its previous record for the first time since the U.S.-Iran war erupted earlier this year, driven by strong corporate earnings and growing investor confidence that the Trump administration can negotiate an end to the conflict.
The Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified files on unidentified flying objects Friday, including historical sightings near a top-secret New Mexico nuclear facility and a recent firsthand account from a senior intelligence officer who says he watched a glowing orb split in two and accelerate in opposite directions.
The Justice Department on Thursday announced criminal charges against 15 defendants in a sweeping Minnesota Medicaid fraud crackdown, as the founder of the "Feeding Our Future" child nutrition scheme received a 41-and-a-half-year prison sentence and one suspect jumped from a four-story building to escape FBI agents.
