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Oil prices surged to a wartime high Thursday, with Brent crude, the international benchmark, topping $126 a barrel as concerns grew that the Iran was will drag on, tightening global energy supplies. Gasoline prices also reached a new high since the Middle East conflict began on Feb. 28, with the average U.S. cost jumping to …
Gas prices surge to their highest level since the war with Iran began as ceasefire negotiations appear to stall. Plus, there are new details about the man accused in the attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener.
The British government has pledged about $34 million to combat what one cabinet member is calling an antisemitism emergency facing the U.K., a day after two Jewish men were stabbed in broad daylight in north London in an incident being investigated as terrorism. The announcement, made by State Security Minister Dan Jarvis on Times Radio, …
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific hopes the new application it filed Thursday will be enough to persuade regulators that its $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern would be good for the country. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board rejected Union Pacific’s initial application because regulators wanted more details about how the deal would affect the …
The price of global benchmark Brent crude oil briefly surged past $126 a barrel early Thursday as stalled U.S.-Iran talks raised doubts over the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a permanent end to the Iran war. The $126 mark for a barrel of Brent crude is a four-year high. The last time it …
NEW YORK (AP) — Teenagers are more inclined than their elders to get news from nontraditional sources such as social media and influencers, heralding a generational shift in how people seek out information. A national study by the Media Insight Project finds 36% of U.S. adults say they get news from social media at least …
An iconic United States military ship that was sunk by a German submarine in World War I has been discovered by a diving team off the coast of Britain over a century after it was lost, officials revealed Wednesday. The sinking of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa in 1918 in the Bristol Channel killed 131 …
April 30 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Security Service, the SBU, said on Thursday its drones struck an oil refinery near Russia’s city of Perm, marking a second consecutive attack on oil facilities in the area as Kyiv seeks to curb Moscow’s energy revenues used to fund the war. The Lukoil-owned refinery, located more than 1,500 km …
April 30 (Reuters) – The latest criminal charges against James Comey are fundamentally flawed and will be dismissed on free speech grounds, according to legal experts, who said the former FBI director is being singled out for his criticism of President Donald Trump. The charges relate to a post Comey made on Instagram last May …
DUBLIN, April 30 (Reuters) – Gerard Hutch, named in a 2023 court case as the head of a well-known crime family in Ireland, will seek election to the Irish parliament in a by-election next month after narrowly missing out on a seat in a parliamentary election 18 months ago. Hutch’s name is among the confirmed …