4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (645+ words) U.S. futures were modestly higher. The price of Brent crude jumped 3.4% on Wednesday, surging above $100 a barrel for the first time since July. It shed 0.8% to $100.39 early Thursday. U.S. benchmark crude lost 0.6% to $95.52 a barrel. The latest attacks between the U.S. and Iran…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (654+ words) The U.S. had already imposed 50% tariffs on about $20 billion in Canadian products — about 5% of the $381.92 billion worth of products that the country sent to the U.S. last year. The import bans announced late Tuesday target some of those products. Exporting products…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (429+ words) Fifty miles (80 kilometers) of ditches dug decades ago for an abandoned farming venture drained much of the water from thousands of years of accumulated peat — partially decayed organic matter up to 15 feet (4.6 meters) deep — leaving the site vulnerable to drought…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (464+ words) Alex Gibney, left, and Elon Musk While Elon Musk was celebrating last weekend’s far-right victory in the German elections, a new documentary about him that warns he is involved in right-wing political parties all over the globe made its world…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (257+ words) The Transportation Security Administration has launched a new program at some U.S. airports allowing eligible TSA PreCheck members without plane tickets to pass through security and enter the gates, reviving a tradition that largely disappeared after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks nearly 25 years…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (930+ words) U.S. stocks fell and Treasury yields rose Friday after the government reported that employers unexpectedly added 162,000 jobs last month, a development that could increase chances that the U.S. central bank will raise interest rates later this month. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%, though…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (634+ words) Houston Chronicle...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (374+ words) U.S. futures also declined. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 dropped 3% to 64,278.95. SoftBank Group, the Japanese multinational investment holding firm which invests in OpenAI, fell 6.3%. South Korea’s Kospi lost 3.6% to 6,588.95. Samsung Electronics declined 3.3%, while memory chipmaker SK Hynix fell 3.5%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped 0.8% to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (206+ words) NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - AUGUST 28: Ye performs onstage during Ye Live In New Orleans at Caesars Superdome on August 28, 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ye — otherwise known as Kanye West — has expanded his 2026 stadium tour to include a stop in Houston. He…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (742+ words) The Appalachian Trail Conservancy defines a thru-hike as completing all of the trail's sections in any order within a year, allowing for pauses. Sanders started Sept. 6 in West Virginia, hopscotched around with some brief breaks and finished Monday atop Maine's…...