National & World Context

2+ hour, 3+ min ago   (233+ words) Telecom stocks on both sides of the Pond fell sharply on Friday after SpaceX moved a step closer to turning its Starlink division into a US nationwide wireless carrier. SpaceX, which already offers basic fixed broadband via low-Earth orbit satellites,…...

25+ min ago   (122+ words) Mashable "I always do what I say. If you look back, promises made, promises kept." That's a comment made by Trump at a recent rally and, as you can probably imagine, Jimmy Kimmel has some feedback. In the clip above…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (87+ words) Providence Business News Rhode Island should be the place where new treatments aren’t only discovered but made, and where they reach patients faster than anywhere else. That may sound ambitious for a small state. But we’ve done it before. America’s…...

8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (381+ words) Republican candidate Gregg Hull announces plan to phase out income tax, Oct. 5 "Historically, oil revenue has proven to be notoriously unreliable with a number of economists predicting a crash of oil prices in the near future. Cutting income taxes, the…...

54+ min ago   (729+ words) By Leah Douglas and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's looming changes to ⁠a ⁠rural energy program that has distributed billions of dollars ⁠in recent years will make it harder for many farmers to access funds for such…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (177+ words) The beauty of the proposal is that it combines the best features of modern renaming politics: a dramatic announcement, a fresh identity, a little cultural confusion and absolutely does not solve any actual problems. Donald Trump has finally inspired me....

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (368+ words) euro petrole - Transaction high-grades Devon’s portfolio, monetizes at an attractive valuation and enhances financial flexibility Devon Energy Corp (NYSE: DVN) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Eagle Ford assets to Crescent Energy Company for…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (314+ words) Engadget Meta bans TikTok ads from its platforms in tit-for-tat row It called the move 'a normal business practice.' Meta confirmed that it has banned ads from rival platform TikTok, saying that "declining promotional services to a competitor is a…...

9+ hour, 18+ min ago   (507+ words) U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola got an earful from Cordova residents on Oct. 7 during a campaign stop to visit with city leaders, high school seniors, and community leaders at The Reluctant Fisherman. “She was there to listen,” said Sylvia Lange, a…...

6+ hour, 11+ min ago   (501+ words) Meta Platforms has stopped accepting advertisements from ByteDance, the Chinese parent of TikTok, across Facebook, Instagram and its other platforms in seven countries, escalating its rivalry with the short-video platform, Bloomberg reported. The restriction, which came into effect on Thursday,…...