Dow closes above 25,000 for the first time
(LA Times MLB)

The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 25,000-point mark Thursday, just five weeks after its first close above 24,000. The Dow broke past 1,000-point barriers in 2017 on its way to a 25% gain for the year, as an eight-year rally since the Great Recession continued to confound skeptics....