Some 52,000 new Covid-19 infections were reported in the U.S., the highest single-day increase since Aug. 14, as some guidelines and practices for stopping the disease’s spread have been called into question.

Trian Fund Management has taken a stake in Comcast in a bet that the cable giant’s shares are undervalued. It has accumulated about 20 million shares in Comcast for a roughly $900 million stake, a person familiar with the matter said

As the partisan clash over replacing the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg escalates, many voters around the country say the vacancy isn’t influencing their choice for president or is just one of the issues they are weighing.

Laid-Off Workers Cut Spending as Extra Unemployment Benefits Run Out President Trump’s action last month put in place an extra $300 in benefits a week, but those benefits will last only six weeks. Congress, meanwhile, has yet to reach an agreement on a new federal jobless benefit.