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U.S. stocks and oil prices flip-flop on Monday

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is making only hesitant moves Monday, while oil prices are flip-flopping ahead of a deadline that President Donald Trump has set to bomb Iranian power plants. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, coming off its first winning week in the last six. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 109 points, or 0.2%, with an hour remaining in trading, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.5% higher. Oil prices likewise seesawed between gains and losses amid continued uncertainty about what will happen in the war with Iran and how long it will slow the global flow of oil and ...

It’s time for Artemis II to break Apollo 13’s distance record. What to know about the moon flyby

HOUSTON (AP) — The Artemis II astronauts are already the champions of a fresh new era of lunar exploration. Now it’s time to set a new distance record. Launched last week on humanity’s first trip to the moon since 1972, the three Americans and one Canadian are chasing after Apollo 13’s maximum range from Earth. That will make them our planet’s farthest emissaries as they swing around the moon without stopping on Monday and then hightail it back home. Their roughly six-hour lunar flyby promises views of the moon’s far side that were too dark or too difficult to see by the 24 ...

Screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reach four-year tentative agreement

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The screenwriters union and Hollywood studios reached a surprise four-year tentative agreement after roughly three weeks of negotiation. The Writers Guild of America West said on X that its negotiating committee unanimously approved a tentative agreement with The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents studios. The alliance confirmed the deal in a separate statement on its website Saturday. “We look forward to building on this progress as we continue working toward agreements that support long-term industry stability,” read the ...

Carrying the weight of a one-sided friendship

Dear Annie: I am writing about a friendship that has weighed on my heart for quite some time. I have known this woman for more than 20 years, and in many ways, she has been a loyal and lively part of my life. We have celebrated happy occasions together, seen one another through disappointments and shared the kind of history that is not easily replaced. But in recent years, our friendship has begun to feel less like a comfort and more like a burden. Nearly every conversation revolves around her troubles, her grievances, her worries and the endless complications of her daily life. When ...

Hints From Heloise

Giving thanks for a gift is important Dear Heloise: I cannot go without responding to Bob, in Santa Ana, California, who said that not thanking someone for a gift is somehow acceptable. I feel confident that most people don’t give gifts to receive a thank-you note, as he implies. Gifts are defined with the caveat of “not expecting anything in return.” But extending acknowledgement and appreciation is just plain common courtesy and decency, especially if a request is involved as it is in a wedding registry. There was certainly time and motivation required to devise and post a ...

Horoscope

The Sagittarius moon aims the arrow toward adventure with lunar trines to Neptune and Saturn, lit by Aries fire. Ideas travel faster under this sky. Plans that once felt theoretical suddenly have wings. Adventure begins with a question and ends with so many more questions, but try to follow the first one through. It just may zip open the world. ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re attracted to what’s interesting, and what’s interesting is attracted to you. So there’s no work to be done. Magnets don’t have to work to come together. Their nature does all the pulling. TAURUS ...