EARNINGS: Twitter Q2 EPS $0.20 Adj. vs. $0.07 Est.; Q2 Revs. $1.19B vs. $1.07B Est. •

BREAKING: States reach a landmark $26 billion opioid settlement with the 3 largest U.S. drug distributors and J&J. @megtirrell  reports.

U.S., Germany strike a deal to allow completion of controversial Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline

U.S. weekly jobless claims total 419,000 vs. 350,000 estimate

Major websites go down in widespread internet outage

Service provider Akamai says its systems are fully operational again after major outage that briefly impacted many high profile websites

Cleveland Indians baseball team changes name to the Guardians

JUST IN: China says it will counter-sanction former U.S. officials including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (via @onlyyoontv  )

S&P 500 closes at record high, Dow ends above 35,000 for the first time