Author: Associated Press

By STAN CHOE NEW YORK — Doubt is taking over again from hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the war with Iran, and stocks are back to falling as oil prices rise Thursday. The S&P 500 sank 1.4%, more than erasing its gain from the day before, and is back on track for a fifth straight losing week. That stretches back to before the war with Iran began, and it would be the longest such streak in nearly four years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 384 points, or 0.8%, with an hour remaining in trading, and the…

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WEATHER By EMILIE MEGNIEN, JEFFREY COLLINS and JAMIE STENGLE DALLAS — Texas and Oklahoma braced for heavy snow and ice that could make roadways treacherous Friday in what is expected to be some of the initial effects of a huge, dayslong winter storm threatening catastrophic damage, extensive power outages and bitterly cold weather to more than 170 million people across the nation, the National Weather Service says — about half the population. A combination of heavy snow, freezing rain and sleet is in store from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday, the agency said. And even when that’s over, a…

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