Oil prices surge and stocks fall amid fears over Iran war A motorboat cruises off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, on the Strait of Hormuz, with a tanker seen in the background, on February 25, 2026. Tanker traffic through the strait has come essentially to a stop after Iran...

Sandstone raises $30M to bring AI to in-house legal teams With Harvey and Legora burning through eight-figure funding rounds, legal tools have proven to be one of the fastest-growing and most hotly contested verticals among AI startups. But while those tools focus on private practice, some startups believe there’s still plenty of the legal market that isn’t being served. Sandstone, which...

An Expert's Warning: Stop Filling Your Detergent Cap to the TopEven if you've been doing your own laundry for decades, your routine might be causing more harm than good to your wardrobe. You may not realize it, but common habits like overfilling your washing machine drum or ignoring hard water levels can lead to dingy fabrics and other issues.  For those of us who do laundry...

Analysis: Trump issues patriotic rallying cry with eye on crucial electionsAnthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent on Capitol HillWatch: Partisan divisions and Olympic gold medallists among key moments in Trump addressDonald Trump delivered a combative State of the Union address on Tuesday night that hailed what he said was an American "turnaround for the ages".At a time when polls suggest...

'Stop, stop, stop': Listen to LaGuardia control tower audio during collisionAn Air Canada plane carrying 72 passengers and four crew initially landed safely from Montreal on Sunday evening before colliding with a firefighting vehicle. Air traffic control audio captures the moments leading up to the deadly crash that killed two pilots. Forty-one passengers and crew were taken to the hospital,...