Passenger airplanes traveling eastbound across the Atlantic Ocean are knocking more than an hour off their flight times as they hit speeds exceeding 761 mph — the speed of sound. Thanks to the jet stream, some flights have reached cruising speeds around 200 mph faster than normal
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World Series
The Texas Rangers have won the club's first World Series title in the franchise's 63-season history following a victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 5 on Wednesday. But their win in Phoenix — giving them the best-of-seven series 4 games to 1 — didn't come easily. The game was scoreless through six innings as Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen was dominating, not allowing a hit through those stanzas. Then, the Rangers pounced on Arizona in the ninth inning highlighted by a monster Marcus Semien 2-run home run to achieve an insurmountable 5-0 lead. With the historic championship, the Rangers' Bruce Bochy also became the sixth manager to win at least four World Series titles.
Economy
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday for the second consecutive time, leaving the central bank's benchmark lending rate at its highest level in 22 years. Economists and financial markets had expected the pause in the Fed's aggressive rate-hiking campaign after several Fed officials signaled they anticipate a further slowing of the US economy as it continues to absorb the effects of higher borrowing costs. Despite the Fed aggressively raising interest rates 11 times since March 2022 in a bid to combat inflation, the economy has not only avoided a recession so far but instead expanded at a blistering rate, mostly due to solid consumer spending.
Economy
Here's what this year's Starbucks holiday cups look like
Here's what this year's Starbucks holiday cups look like
Starbucks is debuting its seasonal cups at US locations today, marking the 26th anniversary of the tradition. Take a look at this year's designs.
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