• Associated Press Finance

    An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve shows price pressures easing gradually

    A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve slipped last month in a sign that price pressures continue to ease. The government reported Friday that prices rose 0.3% from January to February, decelerating from a 0.4% increase the previous month in a potentially encouraging trend for President Joe Biden’s re-election bid. Excluding volatile food and energy costs, so-called core prices rose 0.3% from January to February, down from 0.5% in the previous month.

  • Yahoo Sports

    Tyler O'Neill celebrates baseball's return with 5th straight Opening Day home run

    O'Neill's blast moved him past Todd Hundley, Gary Carter, and Yogi Berra for most consecutive Opening Day home runs.

  • The Daily Beast

    Harvard Applications Drop After Unprecedented Year of Crisis

    Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via GettyApplications to Harvard College fell by about 5 percent this year, a small decline that comes after a tumultuous year at the school marked by the dramatic downfall of its president and a Supreme Court defeat.Some 54,008 students applied to be in Harvard’s class of 2028, the college said, down from 56,937 last year. The 3.59 percent acceptance rate was the highest the college has recorded in four years, according to The Harvard Crimson. It comes amid intense