The city’s mayor has moved a bill that would add a 2 percent fee on home sales above $2 million. The fee is aimed at raising money for low‑income housing, but critics say it will make doing business in Boston more expensive. The proposal was signed by the mayor after a city council vote that appr
The U. S. economy has seen a solid 2 percent increase in early 2026, even as oil prices have spiked over 60 percent after the Strait of Hormuz shut down. Brent crude, the global standard, climbed from about $70 a barrel in February to around $120 this week. Contracts for July and August deliveries n
In a small town near Alice Springs, tensions flared when police detained a man believed to have taken the life of a five‑year‑old Indigenous girl. The arrest sparked a furious response from about 400 local residents, many of whom gathered at the hospital where the suspect was held after being knocke
In many communities, women who had gestational diabetes are later more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. The reasons behind this link are still being studied, and scientists are turning to the gut for clues. A large study of Latino adults in the United States looked at how having gestational
Scientists have found a new way to learn about the habits of city residents by looking at their sewage. The technique, called wastewater‑based epidemiology, usually tracks drug use but now also measures food and drink markers. A fresh laboratory test can spot more than 40 different substances in raw
In the Nordic region, doctors have noticed that some jobs carry a higher chance of laryngeal cancer than others. This type of cancer, which affects the voice box, makes up nearly one‑third of all head and neck cancers. Two habits—drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes—are known to increase the risk
A small company in Las Vegas, once unknown, shot into the spotlight last year after it began buying shares of a cryptocurrency linked to a family business. The firm, known as Alt5 Sigma Corp. , had Eric Trump listed on its website in March, suggesting he was involved as a board observer and adviser.
North Korea’s cyber gang has taken a huge chunk of the crypto world’s losses this year. In April alone, two carefully planned attacks removed almost three‑quarters of all the money that hackers have pulled from digital wallets so far in 2026. The first hit was on a platform called Drift Protocol
A new feature lets users hold tokenised U. S. stocks and ETFs directly in a crypto wallet. The service adds more than 260 tradable tokens that represent real shares and funds. Instead of moving money to a broker, people can keep everything in one place. They can see names like Apple, Tesla
X’s newest “snooze” tool lets users mute whole topics for a day, and the data released by product chief Nikita Bier shows that crypto is the most frequently muted subject on the platform’s personalized feed. The feature, launched alongside a custom timeline option, lets users dial down content they
