Current price of oil as of March 17, 2026
As of 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil is trading at $102.98 per barrel, based on the Brent benchmark we’ll...
Channeling a Plaid Blanket, Down to the Fringe
“I always take some pieces from my country,” said Agnès Lenoble, a 30-year-old Uruguayan fashion designer. She was referring to...
Peter Thiel Fears the Antichrist Is Coming. In Rome, Some Call His View Heresy.
For months, Peter Thiel, the right-wing tech billionaire, has warned of what he sees as an imminent threat from the...
Factory Paying Human Worker to Watch Robot Worker All Day
One of the newest roles emerging in the fast-growing robotics sector isn’t in engineering or software: it’s babysitting. New reporting...
Len Deighton, best-selling novelist with wry take on espionage, dies at 97
Len Deighton, the prolific British spy novelist whose best-selling books of betrayal and deception skewered espionage services in the East...
Did ‘Rush Hour’ Almost Star Two Popular TV Comedians Instead of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker?
Rush Hour was released on September 18, 1998, and went on to become a major hit for New Line Cinema....
‘A rocket ship.’ AI is doubling software output, and code quality is holding up
Anthropic's Claude logo Samuel Boivin—NurPhoto/Getty Images/ReutersAI coding tools boost code output; top adopters see nearly double the pull requests weekly.63%...
UC Jewish community paints disparate pictures of campus antisemitism
Jewish faculty, students and others are calling on UC leaders to improve how they handle complaints of antisemitism — saying...
Elaine Wynn’s $142 million Francis Bacon triptych is installed in LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries
“She’s supposed to be here instead of the paintings,” said Los Angeles County Museum of Art Director and Chief Executive...
10 Comedians Share Their Thoughts on St. Patrick’s Day
If you were looking for another excuse to drink on a weeknight, we’ve got some good news for you. That’s...
