United States — Oil market responses to recent Middle East strikes pushed crude and gasoline prices higher this week. GasBuddy and AAA reported the national average gasoline price rose to about $2.94–$2.99 per gallon on Monday, with local averages ranging from $2.58 in Arkansas to $2.95 in Peoria and $2.92...
United States. Multiple companies announced corporate actions this week, including CTO Realty Growth's acquisition of Palms Crossing in McAllen, Texas for $81.6 million; enCore Energy's Executive Chair William M. Sheriff retiring and assuming roles with Verdera Energy while remaining an advisor; Petro‑Victory Energy starting drilling at the SJ‑12 well in...
Washington: On March 1, three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles supporting Operation Epic Fury were shot down over Kuwait at 11:03 p.m. ET in an apparent friendly-fire incident, United States Central Command said. Kuwaiti air defences mistakenly engaged the aircraft amid active combat that included attacks by Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles...
Campbell, Missouri and multiple U.S. communities reported residential and vegetation fires this week. Fire departments in Campbell, Thousand Oaks, Unalaska, Lafayette Parish, St. Lawrence County, and Selma responded to incidents between Sunday and Tuesday. Crews fought house, apartment, barn and grass fires, with several homes and one barn destroyed, one...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — State officials and family received the casket of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. as he lay in state at the South Carolina State House Monday, following his Feb. 17 death at age 84. Flags across the state were lowered from sunrise to sunset in his honor. Jackson, a...
Washington, Markets reacted to joint U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran this week, driving crude futures higher when trading resumed Sunday evening. Traders and analysts reported disruptions to shipments and attacks on vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, raising insurance costs and supply-risk premiums. Benchmark Brent and WTI climbed into...
Washington. Congress will vote this week after the United States and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran, killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of senior officials. Lawmakers from both parties are divided, with Democrats demanding the president seek congressional authorization and some Republicans defending the...
United States — A total lunar eclipse reddened the Moon early Tuesday, March 3, 2026, with totality beginning in Eastern time zones at about 6:04 a.m. local time. Observers across North and Central America saw varying visibility: western U.S. experienced the full eclipse, while eastern regions faced moonset and sunrise...
Washington, D.C. — Rep. Jim Baird’s office announced Sunday that his wife, Danise Baird, died from complications related to injuries sustained in a Jan. 5 car crash in Washington that hospitalized both. The statement said the couple, married 59 years with three children, built a life centered on faith, family...
Washington — President Donald Trump said Sunday that U.S. forces destroyed and sank nine Iranian naval ships and damaged Iran’s naval headquarters after joint strikes with Israel. U.S. Central Command reported overnight air operations involving B-2 bombers and said an Iranian Jamaran-class corvette was struck at the start of Operation...
