Historybook: Erie Canal opens (1825); Women’s rights leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton...
Historybook: Erie Canal opens (1825); Women’s rights leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton dies (1902); Hillary Clinton born (1947); Hattie McDaniel, first Black Academy Award winner, dies (1952); Last known natural case of smallpox detected (1977).
Apple is hiking the price of AppleTV+ to $9.99 per month, up from $6.99/month. Hope you have room to keep Ted Lasso in your streaming budget, since Netflix and Disney+ also recently raised prices.
Donald Trump was fined $10,000 for violating a gag order in the New York civil fraud trial against him after he appeared to allude to the judge’s clerk when speaking to reporters. It’s the second fine he’s been hit with over the order in less than a week.
A judge in Australia ruled that Carnival was negligent for not canceling a cruise on which 663 passengers caught Covid—and 28 died—early in the pandemic.
Mattel’s doll sales jumped 24% thanks to the popularity of Barbie, the summer’s biggest blockbuster, helping the toy company beat earnings estimates.
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery rose $1.65 to $85.39 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crudefor December delivery rose $2.06 to $90.13 a barrel.
Wholesale gasoline for November delivery rose 1 centto $2.28 a gallon. November heating oilfell 1 centto $3.03 a gallon. November natural gasrose 4 cents to $3.01 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Nasdaq finishes in correction territory after worst day since February
U.S. stocks tumbled on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq Composite seeing its biggest pullback since February,...
U.S. stocks tumbled on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq Composite seeing its biggest pullback since February, as Google parent Alphabet Inc.GOOGL, -9.51% shares cratered, weighing on the broader market. The Nasdaq Composite COMP fell 318.65 points, or 2.4%, to 12,821.22, finishing in correction territory for the first time since late December 2022, according to preliminary closing data from FactSet. The S&P 500SPX fell 60.91 points, or 1.4%, to 4,186.77. The Dow Jones Industrial AverageDJIA fell 105.45 points, or 0.3%, to 33,035.93.
Israel reportedly agrees to delay ground invasion of Gaza
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Israel continued to pound Gaza on Wednesday, launching more airstrikes ahead of a possible ground invasion as the conflict with Hamas entered its 19th day.
Israeli warplanes struck more than 400 targets in Gaza in a 24-hour span, military officials said Tuesday. The Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas, said more than 700 people were killed in the bombardment.
Israel has reportedly agreed to a request by the United States to delay its ground offensive to allow more time for hostage negotiations, humanitarian aid to reach civilians in Gaza, and for the U.S. to move air defense systems into the region.
Otis, a ‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane, Cuts Off Communications with Acapulco
Otis made landfall near the resort city of Acapulco on the southern...
Otis made landfall near the resort city of Acapulco on the southern Pacific Coast of Mexico as a Category 5 hurricane around 1 a.m. local time.
The storm grew very strong very quickly. Forecasters said it had “explosively intensified” by 110 miles per hour in 24 hours, far surpassing the standard definition of rapid intensification, which is when a storm grows by 35 m.p.h. in 24 hours.