Midday update — national averages: regular $4.33, mid-grade $4.85, premium $5.24, diesel $6.33, WTI crude $101.91/bbl — plus what’s actually driving prices and real, cited ways to cut your own fuel costs.
Month: October 2026
Breaking News Oct 16, 2026GOP senators press Pentagon over Ukraine’s loss of Starshield data
A bipartisan group of US senators has signed a letter demanding an urgent investigation into reported disruptions to SpaceX’s Starlink internet network in Ukraine.
Civil Rights Oct 16, 2026Life Sentences and the 13th Amendment Loophole: Why Slavery Is Still Legal as ‘Punishment for Crime’ (Part 2 of 3)
Slavery is still legal in the United States. The Constitution says so in one clause, and Mississippi’s own constitution repeats it.
Crime & Justice Oct 16, 2026ICE Watch: Detainees at a third U.S. immigration detention center go on hunger strike, including Russian…
More than 30 people have gone on hunger strike at the El Valle immigration detention facility in Texas, the mother of one of the protesters told Vot Tak.
World News Oct 16, 2026Ethiopia’s military escalation threatens a new front in the Red Sea crisis
Ethiopia’s military advances in Tigray have raised fears of a wider confrontation with neighboring Eritrea, potentially bringing Addis Ababa’s longstanding ambitions for Red Sea access into an increasingly volatile military equation.
Breaking News Oct 16, 2026Teen shooter kills 3 children, teacher in Oregon elementary school before being shot by byst…
What we know • The victims: Three children, aged 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday.
Economics Oct 16, 2026Fuel Price Watch — Morning, October 16, 2026: Diesel $6.33, Regular $4.33
Morning update — national averages: regular $4.33, mid-grade $4.85, premium $5.24, diesel $6.33, WTI crude $101.91/bbl — plus what’s actually driving prices and real, cited ways to cut your own fuel costs.
Breaking News Oct 16, 2026Trump cancels Hegseth’s plan to live-stream Fort Hood shooter’s execution
– Sen. John Curtis praised President Donald Trump’s decision not to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter.