Why gas prices are ticking back up and why that's a problem for Biden and the Democrats
Gas prices have surged seven cents a gallon over past week and could jump even higher after OPEC announced it would cut oil production.
Gas prices have surged seven cents a gallon over past week and could jump even higher after OPEC announced it would cut oil production.
The United Nations and humanitarian agencies called Thursday for the immediate opening of a humanitarian corridor in Haiti to allow fuel to be accessed at the country’s main fuel terminal. “What we need is to unblock the fuel terminal so we can get fuel to pump clean water, to reopen the hospitals, to allow families to get access to potable water,” said Ulrika Richardson, the U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator for Haiti. The Varreux Terminal, which is Haiti’s main entry point for fuel... Читать дальше...
Gonzalez v. Google, an extraordinarily high-stakes tech policy case that the Supreme Court announced it will hear on Monday, emerged from a horrible act of mass murder. Nohemi Gonzalez was a 23-year-old American studying in Paris, who was killed after individuals affiliated with the terrorist group ISIS opened fire on a café where she and her friends were eating dinner. According to her family’s lawyers, she was one of 129 people killed during a November 2015 wave of violence in Paris that ISIS claimed responsibility for. Читать дальше...
The labor market is starting to slow down. Job openings have fallen, and employers are adding fewer jobs to the economy compared to earlier in the year. Although that may seem dim, economists say there is reason to believe that some employers could be more hesitant than in the past to lay off workers in a potential economic downturn. In August, job openings fell to 10.1 million, down about 1.1 million openings from the month before, according to Labor Department data released on Tuesday. The same month... Читать дальше...
The Australian sharemarket is set to open lower as Wall Street continues to retreat after its surge earlier in the week.
The number of murders rose nationally in 2021, according to new data released by the FBI on Wednesday. Or maybe it didn’t. If the FBI’s estimate is accurate, it would mean there were more murders in the US in 2021 than any year since 1994, with the highest murder rate since 1996. But that’s a big “if.” After a change in the FBI’s reporting system, nearly half of law enforcement agencies nationwide didn’t report a full year’s worth of data on crimes in their jurisdiction for 2021. The estimate was reached without data from New York City... Читать дальше...
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is preparing for spending cuts to "get Britain working." But with rising inflation and housing costs, experts say further government cuts could be detrimental for those already hit by the cost of living crisis. CNN's Nina dos Santos reports.
Sen. Marco Rubio and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell on Sunday detailed the destruction Ian wreaked in Florida as Rubio said there's no "comparison" between the deadly hurricane and past storms. "I don't think it has a comparison, not in Florida," Rubio, R-Fla., told "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "Fort Myers Beach no longer exists. It'll have to be rebuilt. It'll be something different. It was a slice of old Florida that you can't recapture." "There is a lot of devastation. Читать дальше...
The National Archives has still not recovered all the presidential records that should have been turned over at the end of the Trump administration, according to a new letter to Congress from the acting archivist. "We do know that we do not have custody of everything we should," Debra Steidel Wall, acting archivist of the United States, said in her letter to Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., suggesting that former officials had still not turned over electronic messages of official business done on personal accounts. Читать дальше...
"Avoid doing whatever they are asking," a Redditor said. "Deal with it through official channels. Screenshot everything."
The royal addressed her audience in French as she became the first royal to visit a central African nation.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) says a 41-year-old Tulsa man, a registered sex offender, has been arrested on possession and distribution child pornography charges.
Kara Swisher, host of "On with Kara Swisher" and "Pivot" podcasts, tells "Nightcap's" Jon Sarlin what Twitter would like under Elon Musk's control and how the social media app is not that influential today but used more as a "venting organism" app for politicians and entertainers. For more, watch the full Nightcap episode here.
Nintendo and Universal Pictures have dropped the first trailer for The Super Mario Bros Movie. It comes after a year...
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Royal expert Valentine Low, author of Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown, explained the reason why Prince Harry will never return to the UK during an appearance on Piers Morgan's TalkTV show.
Nick Wright didn't see the Indianapolis Colts starting off the season at 1-2-1 with 9 fumbles in the last four games. This bad start has lead many to question whether Nick was too high on "aging" Matt Ryan and the Colts. Nick defends his take and pleads ignorance.
The first trailer for the upcoming film The Super Mario Bros. Movie has been released! Chris Pratt is voicing the role of Mario in the upcoming film and his Mario voice was revealed in the teaser trailer. Also starring in the upcoming movie are Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black [...]
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A ‘technical glitch’ while changing the bank account of the Health Department has disrupted incentive disbursement to the workers, say officials
Nick Wright, Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes discuss reports Golden State Warriors Forward Draymond Green punched teammate Jordan Poole during an altercation at Warriors practice.
The negotiations are centered on ensuring that Elon Musk’s debt financing will remain in place and on conditions to stay litigation over the $44 billion deal until it closes. Both parties are racing to seal a pact by Monday.