RAFAH, Gaza Strip — International mediators appeared to make progress Wednesday on extending the truce in Gaza, encouraging Hamas militants to keep freeing hostages in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and further relief from Israel's air and ground offensive. The cease-fire will otherwise end within a day. Israel...
US Military Osprey Aircraft With 8 Aboard Crashes off Southern Japan, at Least 1 Dead
TOKYO — A crew member who was recovered from the ocean after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people crashed Wednesday off southern Japan has been pronounced dead, coast guard officials said. The cause of the crash and the status of the seven others on board were not immediately...
Charlie Munger, Who Helped Warren Buffett Build Investment Powerhouse Berkshire Hathaway, Dies at 99
OMAHA, Neb. — Charlie Munger, who helped Warren Buffett build Berkshire Hathaway into an investment powerhouse, has died at a California hospital. He was 99. Berkshire Hathaway said in a statement that Munger’s family told the company that he died Tuesday morning at the hospital just over a month before...
US Gas Prices Have Fallen or Remained Steady for 10 Weeks Straight. Here’s Why
NEW YORK — It's not just you. Across the U.S., prices at the pump have felt milder in recent months. Gas prices have fallen or remained steady since Sep. 19 — marking about a 70-day trajectory of decline, Andrew Gross, spokesperson for motor club AAA, said Tuesday. As of Tuesday,...
A Conservative Attack on Government Regulation Reaches the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a challenge to the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to fight fraud, part of a broad attack on regulatory agencies led by conservative and business interests. The case before the justices Wednesday involves the Biden administration's appeal of a lower-court ruling that threw...
Oakland Is Getting a New Minor League Team — The Oakland B’s
OAKLAND — They will call themselves the Oakland B’s, short for Ballers. The minor league B's will carry on the city's green-and-gold color scheme. Otherwise, they don't plan to be anything like the A's, whose heartbroken fans they hope to support through the team's painful departure for Las Vegas. The B's...
Oakland City Council Calls for Permanent Cease-Fire in Israel-Hamas War
OAKLAND — Oakland's City Council on Monday passed a carefully crafted resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war after hours of hearing impassioned rhetoric about the deaths of thousands of civilians in Gaza. Resolution Details The council in the California Bay Area city voted 8-0 in favor of a...
Cities Crack down on Homeless Encampments. Advocates Say That’s Not the Answer
PORTLAND, Ore. — Tossing tent poles, blankets and a duffel bag into a shopping cart and three wagons, Will Taylor spent a summer morning helping friends tear down what had been their home and that of about a dozen others. It wasn't the first time and wouldn't be the last....
American Consumers More Confident in November as Holiday Shopping Season Kicks into High Gear
After declining for three straight months, American consumer confidence ticked up in November as the all-important holiday shopping season kicks into high gear. The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 102 this month from 99.1 in October. Analysts were expecting a reading...
The US Tells Israel Any Ground Campaign in Southern Gaza Must Limit Further Civilian Displacement
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has told Israel that it must work to avoid “significant further displacement” of Palestinian civilians in southern Gaza if it renews its ground campaign aimed at eradicating the Hamas militant group, senior U.S. officials said. The Democratic administration, seeking to avoid more large-scale civilian casualties...