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Gas prices eclipse $4 a gallon in the US, the highest since 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday, as the Iran war continues to push fuel prices higher worldwide.According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now $4.02 — over a dollar more expensive than it was before the war began on Feb. 28. That's the largest monthly jump the motor club has seen on record. And the last time U.S. drivers were collectively paying this much at the pump was nearly four years ago, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The price is a... Read More
S&P 500 surges 2.9% to its biggest gain since last spring as hopes build for an end to Iran war
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks surged to their best day since last spring, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared more than 1,100 points as doubt swings back to hope on Wall Street for a possible end to the war with Iran. The S&P 500 leaped 2.9% Tuesday for its largest gain since May. Just a day before, worries about the war had sent the main measure of Wall Street’s health more than 9% below its all-time high set early this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1,125 points and the Nasdaq composite surged 3.8%. Oil prices eased to fuel the rally.THIS IS A BREAKING... Read More
Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to suspend its construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House, barring construction work from proceeding without congressional approval.U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington granted a preservationist group’s request for a preliminary injunction that temporarily halts President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project.
Leon, who was nominated to the bench by Republican President George W. Bush, concluded that the National Trust... Read More
US journalist kidnapped in Baghdad and security forces hunt captors, Iraqi officials say
BAGHDAD (AP) — An American journalist was kidnapped Tuesday in Baghdad and Iraqi security forces are pursuing her captors, Iraqi officials said.The journalist was identified as freelancer Shelly Kittleson by one of the outlets she worked for.
The Iraqi interior ministry said in a statement that a foreign journalist had been kidnapped, without giving more details about the person's identity.
Two Iraqi security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case, said the kidnapped journalist was a... Read More
Supreme Court seems likely to rule for a Black death row inmate in Mississippi
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to rule for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him.The justices took up an appeal from Terry Pitchford in a case with similarities to that of another Black man on Mississippi's death row, whose conviction the high court overturned seven years ago.
The jury that sentenced Pitchford to death for his role in the killing of a grocery store owner in northern Mississippi had one Black juror. Doug Evans, a now-retired prosecutor with... Read More
Top Stories
- Gas prices eclipse $4 a gallon in the US, the highest since 2022
- S&P 500 surges 2.9% to its biggest gain since last spring as hopes build for an end to Iran war
- Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it
- Trump lashes out at allies as Iran war and strait closure push fuel prices higher
- Moon rocket and weather are on NASA's side for the first astronaut launch in decades
- US journalist kidnapped in Baghdad and security forces hunt captors, Iraqi officials say
- Citing First Amendment, federal judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS
- Trump officials exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species rules
- Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on âconversion therapyâ for LGBTQ+ kids
- King Charles to make a state visit to the US despite calls to cancel due to the Iran war
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