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Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia student who has been detained in North Korea since early January, attends a news conference in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released by Kyodo February 29, 2016. Kyodo | File Photo | Reuters The former U.S. diplomat who secured the release from […]

U.S. Attorney General William Barr testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the proposed budget estimates for the Department of Justice in Washington, U.S. April 10, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said on Monday that Attorney General William Barr must testify before […]

3M has adopted a more aggressive playbook to mitigate the challenges it faced during the first three months of 2019, CEO Michael Roman told CNBC on Monday. “We were behind the curve in what we were doing to take costs down in Q1,” he said in a one-on-one interview with […]

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday took another look at the best stocks to play the years-long global rollout of the next generation of wireless technology. In February, he declared that Skyworks Solutions, Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Xilinx were the top five semiconductor companies that stand to benefit from the building […]

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday said it’s “counterproductive” for stocks to rally into an earnings report. He pointed to Alphabet, among other stocks, to illustrate his case. “A gentle dip ahead of earnings can be the best vaccination against a sell-off,” the “Mad Money” host said. When stocks, like Google’s […]

Former vice president Joe Biden speaks during his first campaign event as a candidate for US President at Teamsters Local 249 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 29, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday kicked off his first campaign rally as a 2020 […]

Google’s New York City office in lower Manhattan. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Alphabet tanked more than 6% in extended trading Monday following the release of the tech giant’s mixed first-quarter results. Alphabet reported earnings per share of $11.90 […]

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (R) speaks as FBI Director Christopher Wray (L) listens during a news conference to announce a China-related national security law enforcement action December 20, 2018 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general whose appointment […]

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (R) speaks as FBI Director Christopher Wray (L) listens during a news conference to announce a China-related national security law enforcement action December 20, 2018 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general whose appointment […]

Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (C) attends an event in Bandar Seri Begawan on April 3, 2019. Brunei’s sultan called for Islamic teachings in the country to be strengthened as strict new sharia punishments, including death by stoning for gay sex and adultery, were due to come into force on April […]