There is no getting away from the shock of the headline figure here. The consumer price index is the main measure we use to track how fast the prices of the goods and services we tend to buy are rising. It’s far from a perfect measure: it takes a typical “shopping basket” of items based
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Workers operate a drilling rig for an EBR Energy LP natural gas well near Columbus, Texas. Scott Dalton | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. natural gas prices more than doubled since the start of the year, and this summer’s air conditioning season could send them soaring by at least another 25%. In the futures market,
7:00 AM ET The Colorado Avalanche enter the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs as a heavy favorite to win the Western Conference and eventually hoist the chalice for the first time since 2001. Some call them dominant, a juggernaut or, in popular hockey parlance, a “wagon.” Whatever the label, the Avalanche have
Ed Arnold, former British Army Officer and Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute has more on the situation in Ukraine. He said the battle is “effectively over” in Kharkiv, and that Ukraine has won the fight in the city. The UK Ministry of Defence has said that Russia has “lost a third of
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In Buffalo there is bewilderment and there is a deep sadness. The personal tragedy here is felt across America. The arrival of President Biden marks a moment of national mourning. He paused by the makeshift memorials at the scene of the shooting and put his hand to his heart. He knows what happened here echoes
7:43 AM ET NOVAK DJOKOVIC IS looking for something. It is Orthodox Easter Sunday in Belgrade. Djokovic is playing the final of the Serbia Open, a crowd of 8,000-plus bellowing behind him. Down one set to Andrey Rublev of Russia, he rallies back in the second to force a tiebreak. But late in the set,
Dame Deborah James has said she is “gutted” she will not live to see her second book published in a poignant Instagram post. The 40-year-old cancer campaigner, known online as Bowel Babe, has raised more than £6m through her internet fundraiser for cancer charities. She revealed on Tuesday evening that she has written book number
Johnny Depp’s legal team has tried to discredit Amber Heard by questioning the veracity of her claim that the actor sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle. Cross-examining Heard in court in Fairfax County, Virginia, his lawyer Camille Vasquez suggested it was actually her who had attacked Depp with a bottle. Depp, 58, is suing
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has written to the leading petrol retailers “to remind them of their responsibilities” to pass on tax cuts to motorists. The letter, sent to fuel giants on Tuesday, follows claims some retailers hiked profits following the 5p per litre fuel duty cut implemented by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in March to help
10:51 AM BST England coach Eddie Jones has included 10 uncapped players, including in-form London Irish duo Henry Arundell and Will Joseph, in a 36-man training squad to prepare for the summer tour of Australia. Joe Cokanasiga, Owen Farrell, Manu Tuilagi, Anthony Watson and Jack Willis return following injury, while prop Mako Vunipola has also
Joe Biden has called on all Americans to reject the “poison” of white supremacy following a racially-motivated mass shooting at a US supermarket. The US president and the first lady have paid their respects at a makeshift memorial after the deadly attack in and around the store in the city of Buffalo. Mr Biden and
A Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault offences spanning a seven-year period. Scotland Yard confirmed in a statement that a man aged in his 50s has been arrested on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust and misconduct in public office. The individual remains
Elon Musk’s claim that Tesla will have “1 million robotaxis by end of the year” has now become “1 million people in Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta.” Musk has a long history of making claims about Tesla’s self-driving effort that haven’t come through, especially when it comes to the timing. The biggest claim has been that
High gas prices at stations in Garden Grove, California, on Monday, March 7, 2022. Jeff Gritchen | Medianews Group | Getty Images California’s state average for a gallon of gas has surged above $6, making fuel in the Golden State the most expensive across the U.S. The average price at the pump in California hit
The UK wants to “lead the way” on Green Trade but remains in “early stage” trade discussions with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, three of which have no net zero climate commitments, the secretary of state for international trade has confirmed. In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, said a new Green Trade
7:00 AM ET Alden Gonzalez Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Joon Lee Close ESPN Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate More than a month into the 2022 Major League Baseball
As we gradually move towards the Internet of Things (IoT), the volume of data is set to skyrocket. With it, the demand for lightweight, high-performance, mobile data processing devices will also increase. To develop such devices, we would first need organic integrated circuits with organic transistors. However, the integration density of these circuits has been
In this article TWTR The official profile of Elon Musk on the social network Twitter. Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images A new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission sheds light on the Twitter board’s early conversations with billionaire Elon Musk as he decided to join the board, and later, abandon that plan