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The price of Brent crude oil, the international standard, spiked back over $100 as Iranian strikes hit ships in the regions waters and the ongoing American-Israeli war with Iran showed so signs of slowing. Thursday’s major developments include Iranian attacks against commercial ships around the Strait of Hormuz and Iraq’s port of Basra, escalating a …
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Defending champion Jack Draper rallied from a set down and beat five-time champ Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) Wednesday night in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open. The 24-year-old Draper, who is coming back after missing eight months due to an arm injury, advanced to the quarterfinal …
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Caitlin Clark made a triumphant return from an injury in her U.S. senior national team debut, finishing with 17 points and 12 assists as the Americans beat Senegal 110-46 on Wednesday in the FIBA Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament. Clark sustained a right groin injury in a WNBA game …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 03-06-55-58-63, Powerball: 12, Power Play: 2 (three, six, fifty-five, fifty-eight, sixty-three, Powerball: twelve, Power Play: two) Estimated jackpot: $59 million Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Photos You …
JAKARTA, March 12 (Reuters) – Indonesia and Australia are planning to expand their security cooperation to include Japan and Papua New Guinea, Jakarta’s Defence Minister said on Thursday after a meeting with his Australian counterpart. (Reporting by Ananda Teresia; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by David Stanway) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters. Photos You Should See …
MOSCOW, March 12 (Reuters) – Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Thursday he had discussed the current energy crisis with his U.S. counterparts as part of a meeting of the U.S.-Russia working group on economy that took place in Florida. Nearly 20 million barrels per day (bpd) of supply – roughly a fifth of …
March 12 (Reuters) – Roughly one-third of Americans cut back on food, utilities or other daily expenses to pay for healthcare last year, research from the West Health-Gallup Center showed on Thursday, as steeper prices and rising living costs hit households. A nationally and state-representative survey of nearly 20,000 U.S. adults in all 50 states and …
Like many school systems facing teacher shortages, South Carolina’s Allendale County has looked overseas for help. A quarter of the teachers in the rural, high-poverty district come from other countries. The superintendent praises the international educators — mostly from Jamaica and the Philippines — for their skill and dedication, but she is preparing to lose …
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For more than a century, Utah has kept gambling almost entirely out of the state. There are no casinos, no lotteries and no racetracks that allow bets, a prohibition rooted in the conservative ideals of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which views gambling as a vice that …
President Donald Trump announced early last year an end to penny production, saying it was wasteful. It cost 3.7 cents to make each 1-cent coin in 2024, according to the U.S. Mint. The move led to a shortage of pennies in cash registers last summer, forcing consumers and businesses to confront a penniless future in …