States are setting new rules for cash purchases after the U.S. Mint stopped making pennies and the 1-cent coins get scarcer. Some states are considering legislation to allow, or require, businesses to round purchase totals to the nearest nickel. Indiana already requires rounding for cash sales that do not end in zero or 5 cents. Some state agencies also are publishing guidance for consumers and businesses. Experts call the common method “symmetrical rounding.” A federal bill that would apply the symmetrical rounding standard across the country is stalled in Congress.

The price of Brent crude oil, the international standard, spiked back over $100 as Iranian strikes hit ships in the regions waters and the ongoing American-Israeli war with Iran showed so signs of slowing. Thursday’s major developments include Iranian attacks against commercial ships around the Strait of Hormuz and Iraq’s port of Basra, escalating a campaign of squeezing the oil-rich Gulf region as global energy concerns mount. The U.S. campaign of airstrikes in Iran is now in its 13th day. The Israeli military is also striking Iran and its militant ally Hezbollah in Lebanon, where more than 800,000 people have been displaced by the fighting.

President Donald Trump spent Wednesday on the campaign trail in Ohio and northern Kentucky. It was a full day on the road as Trump attempted t…

Texas man executed for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son nearly 13 years ago.

US will release 172M barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of IEA effort to combat prices.

President Donald Trump and members of his administration are claiming that former President Jimmy Carter was against the use of mail-in and absentee ballots, citing a bipartisan 2005 report from the Commission on Federal Election Reform co-chaired by Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker. But Carter supported the use of mail-in and absentee ballots from at least 2020 and up until his death in 2024. The two decade-old report did state that mailed and absentee ballots can create opportunities for fraud, but also suggested ways to reduce that risk and recommended further research on the issue.

Newly released surveillance video appears to show a man buying a fuse at a fireworks store days before authorities say he and another man brought homemade bombs to a protest outside the New York City mayor’s residence. Emir Balat, 18, visited a Phantom Fireworks store near his suburban Philadelphia home on March 2 and purchased 20 feet (6 meters) of consumer fireworks safety fuse, the company said Wednesday. Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, were arrested on Saturday after police said they attempt to set off a pair of improvised explosives at a small anti-Muslim rally near Gracie Mansion in Manhattan.

Powerful storms swept across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, spawning multiple tornadoes and causing widespread damage.

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Stryker, a U.S. medical equipment company, says a cyberattack has disrupted its global networks. Stryker says it believes the “incident is contained,” though it didn't elaborate. The company says the impact is still being investigated. Stryker is based in Michigan and makes a variety of medical products, from artificial joints to hospital beds. It had revenue of more than $25 billion in 2025. The Wall Street Journal says the logo of a hacking group linked to Iran appeared on company login pages.