U.S. stocks closed lower as Wall Street counted down to its main event for the week, a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell coming up on Friday.

DETROIT – Temperatures jump back above normal then fall right back down, all while we hunt for any sign of a single snowflake or raindrop. We’ll get there on Wednesday, with our warmest high of the week. Beyond that temperatures come right back to near normal levels, around 40 in the afternoons. The cold front that will drop temperatures for Thursday, along with a trailing trough, should sail through with very little moisture. AdNext Big ThingThe next big weather impact should come with a strong low pressure center arriving Wednesday.

2020 could turn out to be the best year for the IPO market in two decades. Newly public companies have piggybacked on the broader stock market, which made a soaring recovery in spring and summer after COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdowns derailed the longest bull run in history. Through August, 143 companies went public and brought in more than $50.4 billion in proceeds, the most since 2014. The IPO market will likely remain strong, Bell said, "as long as the market behaves." “Reality is sinking in for a lot of investors,” Bell said.

(CNN) - Two albino alligators at a Florida animal park are the proud parents of 19 gator eggs, and park officials are hoping for a bounty of the rare white creatures. The eggs were discovered this month at Wild Florida Airboats and Gator Park, about an hour's drive south of Orlando. Park officials crossed their fingers for a possible mating between the two and got their wish when they noticed the gators' changing behavior going into mating season. Because they are really, really rare, we want to pull them and just ensure they get every chance they can to hatch out and be successful," Biddle said in a video on the park's Facebook page. Park officials say that with the incubator, the eggs' chances of viability jump from about 60% to about 95%.