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Asian shares are mixed and US futures slip as Brent hovers at over $100 a barrel
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares wavered in Asia on Tuesday after a drop in oil prices helped send the U.S. stock market to its best day since the war in Iran began.The reprieve in prices for crude was short-lived, with Brent crude climbing nearly 3% early Tuesday to $103.17 a barrel. U.S. benchmark crude also climbed, to $96.20 after dipping to about $93 a barrel on Monday.
U.S. futures fell back, with the contracts for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.3%.
In Asian trading, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gained 0.4% to 53,928.25 and the Kospi in South... Read More
The Latest: UAE briefly closes airspace as Israel strikes Beirut and Tehran
A drone attack in the United Arab Emirates sparked a fire at an oil tank farm Tuesday in Fujairah, an emirate on the country’s east coast with the Gulf of Oman that has been repeatedly targeted, the state-run WAM news agency reported. It said no one had been injured in the blast.This came after a brief closure of the UAE's airspace when the military reported it was “responding to missile and drone threats from Iran.”
Also Tuesday, the Israeli military said it had launched new attacks across both Tehran and Beirut, with those on the Lebanese capital targeting... Read More
Trump's homeland security pick Mullin is poised to inherit a department beset by challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Should Sen. Markwayne Mullin be approved as the next secretary of Homeland Security, he will walk into the department's sprawling Washington, D.C., campus with his work cut out for him.Immigration enforcement is at a crossroads. Disaster-hit states and their lawmakers are angry at delayed federal assistance. Frustrated travelers face long airport security lines due to a monthlong funding battle in Congress.
Mullin would take over from embattled outgoing secretary Kristi Noem, who entered office with President Donald Trump’s backing but whose... Read More
Some flight cancellations and delays continue after US storms dump snow in the Midwest and head east
ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed Tuesday, one day after powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and upended air travel in a cross-section of cities. Travelers have been facing additional jams at airport security checkpoints as a partial government shutdown strains screener staffing.The disruptions come at an already challenging time for air travel, in part because the shutdown that began Feb. 14 has pressured staffing at some security checkpoints. At the same time, airports are crowded with spring break travelers and fans heading... Read More
A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — An advocacy group hoping to expand support for child and elder care plans to spend $50 million to back Democrats in congressional races, tying the costs of caregiving to the nation's affordability debate.The Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy, created a decade ago, aims to make caregiver issues more salient in elections. The announcement comes as the cost of child care continues to rise and as waiting lists for federal child care subsidies, which support working families in poverty, continue to grow.
Sondra Goldschein, executive director of the... Read More
Top Stories
- Some flight cancellations and delays continue after US storms dump snow in the Midwest and head east
- United Arab Emirates briefly closes airspace as Israel strikes Lebanon and Tehran
- A Utah woman who wrote a book on grief after husband's death found guilty of murdering him
- Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as it struggles with deepening energy crisis
- Afghanistan says 400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital
- Bombs explode in northeastern Nigeria, leaving scores killed and injured, authorities say
- Last protester in immigration detention after Trumpâs campus crackdown has been released
- Trump side-stepped diplomacy on his way to war in Iran. Now, he's asking China and others for help
- Storms cancel more US flights as TSA remains under pressure from partial government shutdown
- Judge blocks US government from slimming down vaccine recommendations
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- Iranian women soccer players granted asylum in Australia are pictured training in Brisbane
- Venezuela rallies past Italy 4-2 with 3-run 7th and will face US for World Baseball Classic title
- March Madness tips off with First Four in Dayton, with Miami (Ohio) in the field and close to home
- Alabama's Aden Holloway, the Tide's No. 2 scorer, is arrested on a felony drug charge