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Tech stocks were the major drivers, with both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 closing out the week with gains.

The S&P 500 rose 59 points, or nine-tenths of a percent, while the Nasdaq finished up 301 points.

The Dow finished up 183 points.

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Four soldiers were killed and at least 15 civilians were injured Friday when a suicide bomber and three gunmen attacked a military post in northern Pakistan.

The bomb's explosion caused nearby homes to collapse, injuring a number of civilians.

Pakistan's military says the attackers were killed during an ensuing gun battle.

The Trump administration has launched military strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria.

Officials say the strikes are in response for the recent ambush attack that killed two U.S.

troops and a civilian interpreter.

The administration says 70 targets have been hit, and they include Islamic State infrastructure, including weapons caches.

Donuts have been part of holiday celebrations across various traditions, and as NPR's Chloe Valpin reports, donut makers are seizing the opportunity.

And again on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 183 points, the S&P 500 up 59 points.

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Thousands of files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made public by the Justice Department on Friday.

Congress had passed a law requiring to have all government documents about Epstein released this week, but the Trump administration has admitted that they still hold many other files, with more being released at the end of the year.

Congressman Ro Khanna is a co-sponsor of that law.

He says he's frustrated by Friday's release.

Many of the documents released on Friday are also heavily redacted.