Bond market quake is bad news for governments, businesses and consumers

Bond market quake is bad news for governments, businesses and consumers

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acted Wednesday to prevent a potentially destabilizing rise in the government’s borrowing costs, doubling the size of a planned public debt buyback to $4 billion. The move caused the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond, which influences lending rates to businesses and consumers, to fall a day after reaching its highest … Read more

6 winners and losers from first Patriots-Eagles joint practice

6 winners and losers from first Patriots-Eagles joint practice

Wednesday’s joint session between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles was probably as close to a game atmosphere as you can get in practice. Thousands of spectators were in the stands and watched an entertaining two-hour event, one that featured many positive moments for the Patriots. To recap, head over to our Patriots … Read more

Katalyst Space and NASA abandon plans for Swift reboost

Katalyst Space and NASA abandon plans for Swift reboost

WASHINGTON – Katalyst Space and NASA have canceled plans to use the company’s Link spacecraft to raise the orbit of the agency’s Swift gamma-ray observatory, citing attitude control problems with the spacecraft. The company announced on August 20 that it had concluded, in consultation with NASA, that its Link spacecraft will not attempt to catch … Read more

Ultra low emission zones linked to improved lung capacity in kids: UK study – National

Ultra low emission zones linked to improved lung capacity in kids: UK study - National

Children’s lung capacity improved significantly after the most polluting vehicles were banned from certain parts of London, UK, designated as low and ultra-low emissions zones, a new study has found. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Oxford examined more than 3,000 schoolchildren aged six to nine in central London and … Read more

Lindsay Clancy trial ends earlier than expected Wednesday due to “unforeseen circumstance”

Lindsay Clancy trial ends earlier than expected Wednesday due to "unforeseen circumstance"

Lindsay Clancy’s trial continued Wednesday in Massachusetts, although the day’s testimony ended earlier than expected. A forensic psychologist who testified that Clancy said he heard a voice ordering him to kill his children completed his cross-examination to start the day. The judge then later ruled that a TikTok user who previously worked at McLean Hospital … Read more

Prince Harry and Meghan to return to UK – BBC

Prince Harry and Meghan to return to UK - BBC

Prince Harry and Meghan to return to the UK BBCExclusive: Harry and Meghan plan to return to Britain The TelegraphPrince Harry and Duchess Meghan reportedly to return to the UK USA TodayHarry and Meghan to return to the UK this month – reports Sky NewsHarry and Meghan to return to Britain after 6 years in … Read more

Trump Ends War (On Crypto) At White House Summit, Pushes Clarity Act Vote| Investor’s Business Daily

Trump Ends War (On Crypto) At White House Summit, Pushes Clarity Act Vote| Investor's Business Daily

President Donald Trump spoke Wednesday at a White House meeting of top financial and cryptocurrency industry executives ahead of the Commodity Future Trading Commission’s Innovation Advisory Committee meeting on Thursday. The Clarity Act will finally get its vote in the Senate in September, Sen. Cynthia Lummis confirmed Tuesday. But regulators are getting the upper hand … Read more