U.S. stocks and bonds sold off Thursday and oil continued its weekslong upward trajectory, as optimism faded about possible peace talks or a U.S.-Iran ceasefire. The price of U.S. crude oil rose near $95 per barrel, up more than 4%. International Brent crude rose 5%, to more than $109 per…
LOS ANGELES — A jury found Meta and YouTube negligent in the design or operation of their social media platforms, producing a bellwether verdict in the first lawsuit to take tech giants to trial for social media addiction. The Los Angeles County Superior Court jury said that Meta’s and YouTube’s negligence…
“TODAY” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie will return to the NBC morning show on April 6, as investigators continue to search for her 84-year-old mother in Arizona. In her first interview since Nancy Guthrie went missing in February, Savannah Guthrie told Hoda Kotb she believes returning to “TODAY” is “part of my…
At least 40% of Russia‘s oil export capacity is at a halt following Ukrainian drone attacks, a disputed attack on a major pipeline and the seizure of tankers, according to Reuters calculations based on market data. The shutdown is the most severe oil supply disruption in the modern history of…
The two pilots killed in the collision between a passenger jet and a Port Authority fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday have been identified as Antoine Forest and Mackenzie Gunther. The pair have yet to be officially named by authorities, who have said only that both pilots…
WASHINGTON — On Sunday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., discussed an off-ramp with President Donald Trump to reopen TSA and end the long lines and delays at airports. It would fund all of the Department of Homeland Security except for ICE, which Democrats have refused to support without new…
U.S. stocks surged Monday, after President Donald Trump announced that he was postponing all military strikes on Iranian power plants for a five-day period. Trump said the U.S. and Iran had engaged in what he called “very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities…
The Defense Department will remove media offices from the Pentagon after a federal judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit challenging limits on reporters’ access to the building, a department official announced Monday. An area of the Pentagon known as “Correspondents’ Corridor” that reporters have used for…
This article is part of “Unaffordable America,” a series examining rising economic inequality in the U.S. and the policies that drive it. How’s the economy? Not bad if you’re rich. Demand for luxury yachts and private jets is surging thanks to last year’s tax law. Sales of $10 million-plus mansions…
The clock that was ticking toward a dramatic new escalation in the Iran war may now be counting down to a deal that would end it. That’s the latest stunning turn of events delivered by President Donald Trump’s social media account. Trump announced Monday that he was postponing his threatened…