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U.S. stocks rose on Monday to start June trading as investors hoped to extend gains seen across both May and April.

Uber, Lyft and DoorDash have suspended operations in some cities during curfew hours that are in place across the United States.

Stocks closed higher to start the new month amid mounting bets on a successful economic reopening.

Some Americans and voting rights groups are concerned that the pandemic is forcing voters to choose between avoiding contact with people to stay healthy and exercising their right to vote. Come November, these concerns might still linger.

Illinois Gov. Jay Pritzker and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer criticized President Donald Trump for his comments on the George Floyd protests.

"Now is the time to go big" to keep America from dividing into two separate and unequal societies, Robert Johnson said in a CNBC interview.

As protests continued to roil U.S. cities in the week after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Wall Street CEOs expressed horror, anger and empathy in staff emails and messages posted to social media.

The company's CEO said that he pulling out of a deal with Facebook that would have been potentially lucrative. But he said he can't move forward until the company moderates post that incite violence.

A global pandemic, racial strife, political upheaval — and a rising stock market amid the chaos. While it sounds a lot like 2020 it also has echoes all the way from 1968.

"We're talking about reopening in one week in New York City and now we're seeing these mass gatherings over the past several nights that could in fact exacerbate the Covid-19 spread," Cuomo said at a news briefing Monday.

The World Health Organization cautioned world leaders about reports that the coronavirus is "losing potency," saying "this is still a killer virus" and thousands of people are still dying daily.

"It is WHO's wish for this collaborations to continue," WHO's top official says.

Pfizer reports disappointing trial results for a breast cancer drug. Chipotle rises on an analyst upgrade.

CNBC looked at how Floyd's death and its impact on some of the biggest names on Biden's VP shortlist: Rep. Val Demings and Sens. Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren.

Pandemic or not, a key aspect to consider is what would happen to your bank accounts, your home, your belongings — i.e., everything you own — and, perhaps, your dependents, if you're no longer here.

Protests in response to the death of George Floyd rocked the U.S. this past weekend.

AT&T's newest streaming service, HBO Max, may be filled with DC superheroes, wizards, hobbits and Looney Tunes, but that may not be enough for investors.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called for an immediate investigation on reports of police misconduct during the weekend's violent protests over the cop killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man — although he defended a "vast majority" of NYPD officers.

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that appointments to Puerto Rico's financial oversight board were constitutional.