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• ☕️What Else is Brewing Wednesday Morning
  Singer Toby Keith dead at 62. The country singer who wrote karaoke bangers like “Should’ve...
  Singer Toby Keith dead at 62. The country singer who wrote karaoke bangers like “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” died Monday from stomach cancer, which he announced he had in 2022. Keith is most famous for his ultra-patriotic lyrics and quarrels with other celebrities like The Chicks’ Natalie Maines and…maybe Kris Kristofferson. The star, originally from Oklahoma, spent his early years working in the oil fields and briefly played semiprofessional football before beginning a singing career that produced 60+ singles on the Hot Country chart. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015.
  
  School shooter Ethan Crumbley’s mother, Jennifer Crumbley, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. It’s the first time a parent has been held directly responsible for their child committing a school shooting.
  
  Bolts were missing from an Alaska Airlines-operated Boeing plane before a door plug blew off mid-flight in January, government regulators said in a preliminary report.
  
  A House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the handling of the Mexican border fell short after some Republicans broke ranks to support the Biden administration official.
  
  Meta said it would start putting “AI generated” labels on images created with outside tools like Midjourney (it already flags ones made with its own AI) as it tries to combat misinformation in the lead-up to the presidential election.
  
  Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News host who now posts a show on X, will interview Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
  Gina Carano sued Lucasfilm and Disney over her firing from The Mandalorian, and X is helping to foot the bill because she was allegedly axed for her posts on the platform.
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• Texas landowners seek reroute of Matterhorn pipeline
  Residents in Florence, Texas, are challenging the construction of the Matterhorn Express Pipeline through...
  Residents in Florence, Texas, are challenging the construction of the Matterhorn Express Pipeline through their land, citing safety hazards and property devaluation concerns. Legal action has been initiated to compel the pipeline company to reconsider its route from West Texas to Katy near Houston.
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• Gas drillers enjoying success in the Haynesville
  Dallas-based Aethon Energy has expanded its Haynesville Shale operations in eastern Robertson County,...
  Dallas-based Aethon Energy has expanded its Haynesville Shale operations in eastern Robertson County, Texas, adding two new wells that have shown promising production rates. Meanwhile, Comstock Resources' ongoing exploration activities in the far western Haynesville play continue to bear fruit, with seven operational wells collectively producing over 200 MMcf/d in November.
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• Closing Oil and Gas Prices
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery ...
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery rose 53 cents to $73.31 per barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for April delivery rose 60 cents to $78.59 per barrel.
  
  Wholesale gasoline for March delivery rose 1 cent to $2.22 a gallon. March heating oil rose 2 cents to $2.74 a gallon. March natural gas fell 7 cents to $2.07 per 1,000 cubic feet.
  
  
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• Stocks end higher as investors digest company earnings, Fed officials' comments
  (Tuesday market close) U.S. equity indexes ended little...
  (Tuesday market close) U.S. equity indexes ended little changed Tuesday as investors absorbed another heavy serving of corporate earnings reports and waited for speeches from two Federal Reserve leaders that may offer some clues to the path of interest rates.
  
  Fed governors Adriana Kugler and Michelle Bowman are scheduled to speak at separate events Wednesday, just a few days after the central bank's Fed Chair Jerome Powell expressed caution over "moving too soon" on rate cuts in an interview on "60 Minutes." Treasury yields eased slightly from a sharp upswing Monday but remained near highs for the year, reflecting scaled-back expectations for Fed rate cuts.
  
  Here's where the major benchmarks ended:
  

  
  
  • The S&P 500 index^® (SPX) rose 11.42 points (0.2%) to 4,954.23; the Dow Jones Industrial Average^® (DJI) gained 141.24 points (0.4%) to 38,521.36; the Nasdaq Composite^® (COMP) added 11.32 points (0.1%) to 15,609.00.
  
  
  • The 10-year Treasury note yield (TNX) fell about 7 basis points to 4.089%.
  
  
  • The CboeVolatility Index^® (VIX) dropped 0.60 to 13.07.
  
  
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