Several U.S. restaurant chains including Wingstop and Domino's reported weaker-than-expected sales growth in the latest quarter, saying that soaring gasoline
May 04, 2026
In the Labour stronghold of Hackney in east London, human rights lawyer Nadeshda Jayakody is one of many voters switching to the Green
May 04, 2026
Australia and Japan have beefed up their cooperation around critical minerals amid a state visit by Japan's prime minister, with the countries providing A$1.67 billion ($
May 04, 2026
A United Airlines aircraft on Sunday struck a light pole and a trailer during its final approach to Newark Liberty International Airport, the New
May 04, 2026
The first of 1,500 beagles being removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research business are adjusting to their new lives as animal welfare groups move them to shelters to prepare them for adoption
May 04, 2026
Tech billionaire pushes to restore Dungeness crab season for Thanksgiving
May 04, 2026
Mayor faces backlash over AI-enhanced cleanup photo
May 04, 2026
Families of Shreveport shooting victims say fundraiser money has not reached them
May 04, 2026
Sales of used electric vehicles on the rise in Minnesota amid gas price hikes
May 03, 2026
Rising gas prices force Twin Cities Lyft, Uber drivers to reconsider gig work
May 03, 2026
Seven countries in the OPEC+ grouping of oil-producing countries — including Saudi Arabia and Russia — say they’ve decided to a modest increase in production starting in June as part of a commitment to “market stability.”
May 03, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has brought U.S. onshore wind development to a halt, citing national security concerns, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
May 03, 2026
Backed by tech money, a moderate Democrat from Silicon Valley mounts a bid for California governor
May 03, 2026
The Asian Development Bank on Sunday announced a $70 billion programme to expand energy and digital infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region by 2035, aiming to strengthen
May 03, 2026
Ukraine has launched a wave of strikes against Russia’s oil export infrastructure, hitting a key loading port on the Baltic Sea and three tankers that Ukraine alleges were illegally used to transport Russian crude
May 03, 2026
Inside the complex, secretive business of buying ube, the internet’s new favorite food
May 03, 2026
President Donald Trump says he is reviewing a new Iranian proposal to end the war but expressed skepticism it would be acceptable
May 02, 2026
A rescue team has released from a barge in the North Sea a humpback whale that had been stranded in shallow waters near Germany since March, witnesses said
May 02, 2026
Bay Area teen's ReCap Project targets medical plastic waste for recycling
May 03, 2026
U.S. travelers lamented news of the shutdown of Spirit Airlines on Saturday, saying that the closure of the ultra-low-cost carrier eliminates one of the
May 02, 2026
Spirit Airlines canceled all flights and is going out of business
May 02, 2026
Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel on Saturday welcomed a recent court
May 02, 2026
Aging better isn’t just about adding more years. Tech to reduce chronic disease is just as important
May 02, 2026
OPEC+ has agreed in principle to raise oil output targets in June, two sources familiar with the group's thinking said on Saturday, but
May 02, 2026
Spring is when wildlife from birds to deer to alligators nest or bear young, often close to humans
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May 02, 2026
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will soon light the sky with debris from Halley’s comet
May 02, 2026
Expensive tortillas, fewer buses: How war in Iran is squeezing Latin America
May 02, 2026
Two people have been killed after a Russian drone attacked a minibus in Kherson, Ukraine, according to local officials
May 02, 2026
What oil crisis? China’s EVs are ready to dominate the 21st century
May 02, 2026
Ukrainian drones are flying deep into Russia to strike oil facilities
May 02, 2026
Building trades unions have long been considered a voice of the American worker
May 02, 2026
Cellphone tower operators across Africa are increasingly turning to solar power to reduce reliance on costly diesel fuel and expand connectivity in off-grid areas
May 02, 2026
Australia's government said on Saturday it was worried about a plague of mice in the west and would keep working with industry to curb its impact on food supply.
May 02, 2026
For the first time in decades, a radio-collared endangered Mexican wolf crossed from the U.S. into Mexico last week in New Mexico, a federal official said on Friday,
May 02, 2026
Barclays on Friday raised its 2026 Brent crude forecast to $100 per barrel from $85, citing the impasse in the Strait of Hormuz.
May 02, 2026
U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas to Asia jumped in April, with American producers helping offset reduced supplies from Middle Eastern exporters as
May 02, 2026
Purdue Pharma said on Friday that it has ceased operations and concluded its bankruptcy, re-emerging as a nonprofit focused on treating opioid addiction,
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A federal judge in New York is protecting about 3,000 refugees from Yemen from being forced to leave the U.S., saying the Temporary Protected Status that was repeatedly granted to them should be extended again
May 02, 2026
West Virginia's next Catholic bishop was born in El Salvador and has been critical of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown
May 02, 2026
The world’s maritime nations preserved a plan to adopt the first global carbon fee on shipping, as they agreed to keep working on it in the fall and adjourned their meeting
May 02, 2026
Driverless cars in California can now get traffic tickets under new DMV rules
May 02, 2026
More than 100 pro-Palestinian activists aboard boats carrying aid bound for Gaza were taken to the Greek island of Crete on Friday after Israeli forces seized
May 01, 2026
Exxon Mobil beat estimates for adjusted earnings on Friday, helped by higher output in Guyana and the Permian Basin, though net income dropped to its lowest
May 01, 2026
An Iranian proposal on negotiations with the U.S. sent crude oil futures diving on Friday, but prices remained on track for weekly gains, with Tehran still blocking the
May 01, 2026
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May 01, 2026
The war with Iran has boosted prices of globally traded natural gas by throttling exports from the Gulf.
May 01, 2026
Ukrainian forces have struck an oil terminal in the Russian Black Sea city of Tuapse, according to Ukraine’s General Staff
May 01, 2026
Russia launched more than 400 drones at Ukraine in a daytime attack, injuring 10 people in the western city of Ternopil, Ukrainian officials said on Friday.
May 01, 2026
Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub will retire next month after over a decade as one of the only female bosses of a top U.S. oil company,
May 01, 2026
Metro Atlanta pastors lose their home in fire after lightning strike
May 01, 2026
Georgia drought expands to 146 counties, driving up hay costs and raising food price concerns
May 01, 2026
A massive, fiery explosion at a house in Queens sent several New York City police officers flying through the air as they were responding to a call of a man inside armed with a knife and the smell of gas
May 01, 2026
Colgate-Palmolive on Friday said it expects about $300 million in additional raw material and logistics expenses for the year, joining a host of global companies flagging significant
May 01, 2026
Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse on Friday for the fourth time in 16 days as authorities struggled to cope with a mounting
May 01, 2026
The cost of sending some aid to Sudan - the world's largest displacement crisis - has more than doubled since the Iran war disrupted shipping, pushing
May 01, 2026
Chinese EV giant BYD's vehicle sales fell for an eighth straight month in April, down 15.5% from a year earlier and extending its longest-ever downturn as it struggles with
May 01, 2026
Mexico City is sinking nearly 10 inches every year, making it one of the world’s fastest-sinking metropolitan areas
May 01, 2026
The US and UK both face a housing crisis. But while US policy has stalled, the UK has just enacted major protections for renters.
May 01, 2026
As US gas prices climb, politicians are looking at ways to lower them. An economist breaks down what does − and doesn’t − move the number on the sign at the gas station.
May 01, 2026
Wild parrots copy their friends when deciding whether to try new foods, study finds
May 01, 2026
ExxonMobil and Chevron earnings fall, but bigger profits are on their way because of soaring oil prices
May 01, 2026
Chevron exceeded Wall Street estimates for its first-quarter earnings on Friday, as elevated oil prices linked to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran helped boost
May 01, 2026
Two years after his death, President Jimmy Carter is still inspiring Habitat for Humanity's efforts to build more affordable housing in the U.S. Over five days in May, nearly 1,000 volunteers with the international nonprofit will finish building 24 new housing units in Atlanta
May 01, 2026
New Zealanders are working to bring the kiwi back to the hills around Wellington
May 01, 2026
Iran said on Thursday it would respond with "long and painful strikes" on U.S. positions if Washington renewed attacks and
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Nearly 1,000 Ridglan Farms beagles to be transferred to rescue group
May 01, 2026
Advances in genetic engineering have enabled researchers to seek ways to program new life. But has synthetic biology actually changed medicine and the environment, nearly two decades on?
May 01, 2026
Gas prices in Massachusetts rise another 20 cents in past week
May 01, 2026
President Donald Trump has granted a key approval to a major new pipeline that would move oil from Canada into the central U.S. The three-foot-wide Bridger Pipeline Expansion would carry up to 550,000 barrels of oil a day from the Canadian border with Montana down through eastern Montana and Wyoming, where it would link up with another pipeline
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Australia's Woodside Energy is struggling to sell liquefied natural gas volumes from its planned Louisiana LNG export
May 01, 2026
Camp Mystic, the Texas summer camp where dozens of people died during July flooding, said on Thursday that it has decided to not open this summer after previously
May 01, 2026
Rivian said on Thursday it will get up to a $4.5 billion loan from the U.S.
May 01, 2026
The Trump administration has deferred an additional $91 million in Medicaid funding to Minnesota, citing concerns about fraud in state-run programs
May 01, 2026
Beagle farm break-in: Activist to stand trial, dogs to be sold
May 01, 2026
Fact check: Amid spike, prominent Republicans make false claims about gas prices
May 01, 2026
USGS report finds hundreds of thousands of metric tons of lithium oxide in Maine, New Hampshire
May 01, 2026
Residents of the Russian port city of Tuapse were ordered not to drink tap water and schools remained closed on Thursday, as authorities grappled with the aftermath of the third
April 30, 2026
Residents rally against plan to house federal inmates in neighborhood
May 01, 2026
Neighbors honored for heroically saving bedridden woman from house fire
May 01, 2026
Proposed mega data center draws concerns over 'heat island effect'
May 01, 2026
Brent crude oil prices, the global benchmark, surged above $125 per barrel on Thursday morning, as President Donald Trump mulls an extended blockade of Iranian ports. Kristie Lu Stout reports.
April 30, 2026
Riverfront workshops use rain barrels to protect the Great Lakes and reduce backyard flooding
May 01, 2026
Dog rescued after 44 hours under tornado rubble reunites with owner
May 01, 2026
Police arrest man accused of running a meth lab inside a Michigan State University building
May 01, 2026
Officials ask residents to reduce water usage further ahead of dry summer
May 01, 2026
Stray dog on Blue Ridge Parkway injured after 'aggressive behavior,' NPS says
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April 30, 2026
The U.S. biodiesel industry, still recovering from one of its most difficult years, will have a hard time ramping up production
April 30, 2026
Governor Polis signs bill banning pet stores from selling dogs and cats
May 01, 2026
Colorado to crack down on "highly problematic," contaminated marijuana products
April 30, 2026
Oysters raised by students added to oyster reef
April 30, 2026
Saleha Bibi, 40, was one of hundreds of Afghan refugees waiting at the Pakistani border on Thursday to be repatriated to Afghanistan - a
April 30, 2026
ConocoPhillips on Thursday forecast lower annual output after the shale producer excluded Qatar from its near-term outlook, citing disruption to its
April 30, 2026
A celestial double feature in May — two full moons
April 30, 2026
Activists attempting to break Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza say Israeli forces have intercepted their flotilla near the southern Greek island of Crete
April 30, 2026
A Tennessee solar developer is betting that cattle-grazing and solar panels can coexist — and benefit farmers as well as the electric grid
April 30, 2026
The Trump administration is talking to oil companies and considering measures to increase production in the United States "really soon" to ease the impact of the Iran
April 30, 2026
15-year-old catches record-breaking golden rainbow trout in West Virginia
April 30, 2026
Royal Caribbean said on Thursday bookings for its luxury Mediterranean cruises have bounced back after about a month of disruption from the Iran war,
April 30, 2026
Voters head to the polls on Thursday in Antigua and Barbuda in a snap general election dominated by concerns over U.S. visa restrictions, with
April 30, 2026
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday that the OPEC+ group of leading oil producers would continue
April 30, 2026
The Supreme Court’s ruling that a Black-majority voting district in Louisiana is unconstitutional adds to a long and dismal history of government attempts to limit the power of minority voters.
April 30, 2026
Atlanta teens, advocates call for plan to prevent youth violence as summer approaches
April 30, 2026
Congress passed a law in 1990 mandating the return of all Native American items that federally funded institutions took without consent. Progress since then has been slow.
April 30, 2026
Rats and parasites are spreading through Gaza's tent camps for displaced Palestinians, biting children's fingers and toes as
April 30, 2026
‘Oil is literally falling from the sky’: Russian town fears environmental disaster after Ukrainian drone strikes on refinery
April 30, 2026
Democracy cannot thrive, or even survive, when its leaders see themselves as godlike and divide citizens into believers and heretics, a scholar writes.
April 30, 2026
First Choice, the crisis pregnancy center chain that brought the case, argued that merely issuing a subpoena can deter donors from making a gift.
April 30, 2026
A case involving the potential dangers of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed killer sold as Roundup, could affect broader consumer-protection efforts.
April 30, 2026
Astronauts report feeling profoundly awestruck when they go to space, an anthropologist reports. This experience shapes their perspectives even back on Earth.
April 30, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces a second day of grilling from Democrats on Capitol Hill, with senators getting their first opportunity to confront or praise the Pentagon chief over his handling of the Iran war
April 30, 2026
This company says nuclear fusion could finally power the grid — and soon
April 30, 2026
Japan's two biggest airlines, ANA Holdings and Japan Airlines (JAL), said on Thursday the Middle East conflict is keeping fuel costs elevated and the outlook uncertain.
April 30, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Try as they might, it’s impossible for markets to ignore the
April 30, 2026
Albany residents love Nipper, a giant dog statue perched atop a warehouse for nearly seven decades
April 30, 2026
Rice supply is expected to fall this year as farmers cut planting acreage across Asia because of fertiliser shortages
April 30, 2026
Tesla said on Wednesday its first Semi truck has begun rolling off a high-volume production line as the electric vehicle maker remains on track to launch large-scale manufacturing
April 30, 2026
Uber forecasts strong second-quarter bookings despite Middle East woes
Fresh forensic leads revive Italy's infamous Garlasco murder mystery
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