Rising oil prices are sending stocks lower on Wall Street Thursday, as the price for a barrel of Brent climbs back above $104. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% and is on track for a second modest loss after setting its all-time high earlier this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 143 points, or...
safety
Two juvenile humpback whales stranded on sandbars off New York's coast returned to open water.
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The USS Lincoln carrier strike group will return to its homeport of San Diego, concluding a 10-month deployment where it played a key role in the war with Iran....
safety
Judges at the International Criminal Court have ruled that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is fit to stand trial on charges of crimes against humanity linked to the so-called war on drugs he waged while in office, the court announced Thursday. Duterte, 81, denies the ...
schools
With gas prices climbing, Amazon is giving Prime members a bigger break at the pump just in time for the holiday travel season. Amazon is doubling its Prime gas discount to 20 cents per gallon every Friday through Jan. 29, 2027. Abbott wants to eliminate school property taxes for...
business
The constable's office said two employees at the restaurant were involved in a stabbing that left one of them dead and another detained Wednesday night....
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Isaias (ees-ah-EE-ahs) has strengthened to a category one hurricane with winds packing 80 mph, the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season. The National Hurricane Center has Isaias reaching 110-mile-per-hour winds early Friday morning, this is just one mile per hour below Cat...
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In a conversation that has been leaked in pieces to multiple publications, the GOP Senate nominee called for “reasonable cuts to mandatory spending,” which is driven by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid....
parks
President Donald Trump rallied supporters in San Antonio as Republicans work to shore up several competitive races across Texas, including Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate bid and Carlos De La Cruz's campaign in the newly redrawn 35th Congressional District....
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President Trump says the FBI may investigate the death of Nolan Wells, the Mississippi 18-year-old who died on a July 4th boat outing with friends.
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The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits fell slightly last week as layoffs remain low and most American workers enjoy job security . The Labor Department said Thursday that initial jobless claims ticked down to 197,000 from a revised 199,000 the week before. ...
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President Trump appeared to be trying to add context to previous remarks about Iran potentially targeting Los Angeles and San Diego.
government
President Donald Trump, facing protesters and a poor political climate, fought to rally Texas voters behind Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Wednesday night in a bid to stave off sweeping Democratic victories in the nation’s most populous red state. The president’s message was inte...
