U.S. stocks opened mostly higher, with the Dow reaching a record high on still solid July retail sales data and gains in UnitedHealth.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its total private average hourly earnings by state, along with the average weekly earnings as of June 2025.

Retail sales rose 0.5% last month, a slowdown from a revised 0.9% in June, according to the Commerce Department’s report ...

Data from former students at Lexington-Richland School District Five was among items breached in a recent cyberattack.