Minneapolis Council leaders propose eliminating the Office of Community Safety over audit failures and wasteful spending, and Mayor Jacob Frey pushes back.
Minneapolis Council leaders propose eliminating the Office of Community Safety over audit failures and wasteful spending, and Mayor Jacob Frey pushes back.
Researchers at McGill University have found that urbanization is weakening one of Earth's most enduring ecological patterns: the tendency for biodiversity to increase toward the tropics, a pattern known as the latitudinal diversity gradient.
Sometimes it can be hard for parents to agree on how to raise children. One parent might insist their child's homework has to be finished before they're allowed to use devices. The other may think a bit of screen time before studying is perfectly reasonable. Rules and consequences might be the preferred strategy of one parent, while the other favors a more flexible approach.
December arabica coffee (KCZ26 ) closed up +5.35 (+1.83%) on Wednesday, and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX26 ) closed up +24 (+0.69%). Coffee prices moved higher on Wednesday on supply concerns. Last Friday, Colombia’s Coffee Federation reported that 2025/26 Colombia coffee production (Oct-Sep) fell -15% y/y to 12.65 million bags,...
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) closed up +2 (+0.03%) on Wednesday, and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ26 ) closed up +25 (+0.58%). Cocoa prices extended this week’s rally on Wednesday, with NY cocoa posting a 1-month high and London cocoa a 6-week high. Stronger cocoa demand is bullish...
The dollar index (DXY00 ) rallied to a 1.5-year high on Wednesday and finished up by +0.37%. The dollar advanced on Wednesday on the stronger-than-expected US Sep CPI report, which bolsters speculation that the Fed will keep interest rates higher for longer. The CPI report boosted the chance of a...
Argentina and the US agreed on amendments to a trade deal they signed in February, a bid to persuade the South American nation’s legislature to approve the pact.
Motasem Khashoggi, who hails from a prominent Saudi family, missed a Tuesday deadline to deliver a $100 million deposit to purchase the Manhattan landmark.
Michael Rothfeld, Maggie Haberman and Maureen Farrell
Motasem Khashoggi, who hails from a prominent Saudi family, missed a Tuesday deadline to deliver a $100 million deposit to purchase the Manhattan landmark.
Michael Rothfeld, Maggie Haberman and Maureen Farrell
Josh Wander, the 777 Partners co-founder, is set to change his plea in a case that accused him of cheating lenders and investors out of almost $500 million.
A forecaster who was early to call the most recent Federal Reserve rate hike now says a bigger, half-percentage-point rate increase could be on the table in December.
A forecaster who was early to call the most recent Federal Reserve rate hike now says a bigger, half-percentage-point rate increase could be on the table in December.