Dan Schwartzman

The diplomatic progress came despite growing military deployments in the Persian Gulf,

with Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz for several hours earlier today to conduct military drills.

Oil fell on the news of the positive negotiations to under $63 a barrel.

Civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson is dead at the age of 84.

Jackson was considered one of the most prominent civil rights activists, as well as a two-time presidential candidate and the founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition.

His son, Jesse Jackson Jr., spoke about the void left by his father's death.

That's Jesse Jackson Jr., courtesy of WLS in Chicago.

Fellow civil rights activist Al Sharpton spoke about Jackson's legacy.

That's Al Sharpton.

Police are looking for fresh leads in the Nancy Guthrie case as a DNA profile from a glove found near her home produced no match in the FBI's national database.

Investigators are currently working to locate Guthrie's pacemaker and identify the suspect through retail purchases, including a backpack seen in surveillance footage.

The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information.

Apple is speeding up development of three new wearable devices as part of a shift toward artificial intelligence-powered hardware, a category also being pursued by OpenAI and MetaPlatforms.

The company is ramping up work on smart glasses, as well as a pendant that can be pinned to a shirt or worn as a necklace, and AirPods with expanded AI capabilities.

That's according to people with knowledge of the plans.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman with more.

That's Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

Ford Motor is gearing up for next year's debut of a budget-priced electric vehicle line to contend with China.

With a starting price of $30,000, that's about $20,000 cheaper than the average new car in the U.S.

Ford has engineered its next-generation EV to be lighter, sleeker, and more electrically efficient, with a driving range extended by around 50 miles.