(Bloomberg) – US stock index futures rose after published data on a possible Covid-19 vaccine showed an encouraging response in a safety trial. September contracts with the S&P 500 rose 1% at 9:10 a.m. in Tokyo, while Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.7%. The results published Tuesday in the New England …

CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta interrupted President Donald Trump’s Rose Garden speech Tuesday night, alleging that the reason no one in the White House stopped him was because staff are “on the lookout for Kool-Aid drinkers and their families. “ In what was initially touted as a press conference …

The founder of a southern California synagogue that was attacked last year in what prosecutors have called a deadly hate crime pleaded guilty Tuesday to a multi-million dollar tax fraud plan, authorities said. Rabbi Ysiroel Goldstein, 58, a former director and founder of Chabad of Poway, admitted to secretly reimbursing …

Scientists reported Tuesday that the first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the US boosted people’s immune systems as scientists expected, as the vaccines are about to begin key final tests. “No matter how this is cut, this is good news,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert for the US …

The Seattle Sounders’ 2-1 loss to the Chicago Fire presented a different set of frustrations than the goalless draw against the San Jose Earthquakes, but at least in the latter, the Sounders scored. Failing to rack up points against the Fire leaves the Sounders in a precarious position to advance …