The Consumer Price Index rose at an annual rate of 2.7% in the final month of 2025, in line with economists’ forecasts and unchanged from the prior month, capping a year when many Americans felt squeezed by price pressures. By the numbers The CPI was expected to rise 2.6% on an annual basis last month, … Read more
A blue micromoon will make a rare appearance this weekend, offering skywatchers a sight they won’t have a chance to witness again until the very end of 2028. The blue micromoon is a blue moon that’s the most distant and smallest-looking full moon of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, people will see the upcoming … Read more
The gunman who carried out the mass shooting last weekend in Austin, Texas, assaulted a woman three months earlier at a Tesla facility, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in Texas. The suit claims Ndiaga Diagne, who shot and killed three people and wounded more than a dozen others while wearing a shirt with Iranian … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally take ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly 2 million barrels of petroleum seized off the coast of Venezuela in December, another step by President Donald Trump’s administration to assert power over the country’s oil sector after capturing leader Nicolás Maduro. It’s the first … Read more