Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and several artificial intelligence companies signed a pledge at the White House on Wednesday to bear the cost of new electricity generation to power their data centers. The agreement is meant to help mitigate concerns that Big Tech's data centers are driving up U.S. electricity costs...
Top Republican in Congress Shrugs off Economic Risks of Iran War Ahead of US Midterms
The top Republican in the U.S. Congress said on Wednesday he was not concerned that economic fallout from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran could overshadow Republican messaging on affordability in the November midterm elections. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson told Reuters that Republicans have been consistent on economic issues...
Are the US Attacks on Iran Legal?
The U.S. military has joined Israel and attacked more than 1,000 targets in Iran and killed many of its top officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. On Wednesday, a U.S. submarine sunk an Iranian navy vessel near Sri Lanka. Below is a look at the legality of the U.S....
US Diesel Hits $4 per Gallon as Fuel Costs Rise Amid Escalating Middle East Conflict
Average U.S. retail diesel prices surpassed $4 a gallon for the first time in nearly two years on Wednesday and are set to rise further later in the week as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran dragged on, threatening to hit consumers with sticker shocks on everything from food to furniture. Prices for...
After Burrito Shop Collapse, City of Fresno Sues for Wage Theft
A now-shuttered burrito shop is the subject of a wage theft lawsuit filed by the city of Fresno. Meanwhile, the owner and manager of Biggie Burrito Taqueria are pointing fingers at each other. The city filed the action Feb. 23 — one of two recent actions taken by City Attorney...
Wall Street Gains After Report of Iran’s Secret Outreach to US
U.S. stocks climbed further on Wednesday afternoon, after a news report that Iran had signaled openness to talks and a pledge by President Donald Trump to steady oil markets calmed investor anxiety about the Mideast clash. Investors flocked again to tech shares, lifting the Nasdaq 1.52% and keeping the tech‑heavy...
Bruce Froemming, Baseball’s Iron Man Behind the Plate, Dies at 86
Bruce Froemming, an authoritative, sometimes brusque but widely respected umpire who called the third-most games in Major League Baseball history, including four no-hitters from behind home plate, died on Feb. 25 in Milwaukee. He was 86. His son Steve said Froemming had fallen backward on his head at his home...
Grief, Devastation, Worry, Celebration: Images of the Iran War
As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran expands in the Middle East, photographers from The New York Times and Reuters are documenting the horrifying impacts. Below are images capturing the scenes, devastation, emotions, and people of this expanding war: Missile Strike in Lebanon Destruction in Tehran Mourning in Beit Shemesh, Israel...
Trump Weighing US Role in Iran After Conflict, White House Says
President Donald Trump is discussing with his advisors what role the U.S could have in Iran after the military campaign while U.S. intelligence is monitoring reports that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran's slain supreme leader, has emerged as a frontrunner to succeed him, the White House said on Wednesday....
US Interior Secretary Burgum Meeting With Venezuela Acting President Rodriguez
U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was meeting with Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez on Wednesday afternoon, after arriving in the South American country earlier in the day, in an encounter filmed briefly by media outlets. The two met with the U.S. representative in Venezuela, Laura Dogu, in Caracas' Miraflores presidential palace....