CHICAGO—With the price of oil now less than $80 a barrel, motorists throughout the United States are benefiting from gas prices below $3 a gallon. However, the decreasing price of gas has a downside for the hydraulic fracturing industry in the United States. North Dakota’s economy is on fire, thanks to developments in technology that […]
U.S. weather forecasters say a fierce winter storm in upstate New York is about done, but that flooding problems could be next as temperatures rise to nearly 60 degrees in the coming days. Many residents have been trapped in their homes, running out of medicine or without electric power in and around the city of Buffalo, […]
President Barack Obama heads to Las Vegas on Friday to rally public support for his executive order that will overhaul the country’s immigration system. Obama will hold a campaign-style event aimed at convincing Americans of the merits of the plan, which lifts the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented residents. The president laid out […]
FERGUSON, MISSOURI—Police in Ferguson, Missouri clashed briefly with protesters outside their headquarters Wednesday night. At least four protesters were arrested. The incident comes as the St. Louis suburb remains tense ahead of a grand jury decision about whether a white police officer will be charged in the fatal shooting of a black teenager. Somewhere between […]