As a tumultuous era of airline consolidation — kicked off by deregulation in 1978 — reaches its end game, Alaska Air Group Inc. is well positioned to pull off the industry’s last large acquisition on its way to becoming a nationwide carrier.

Rising long-term bond yields are a global phenomenon, rooted in growing concern about government finances. But the US has led the way in this collapse of fiscal responsibility. As such, it bears outsized responsibility for thinking about solutions.

New research using a strand of hair from Thomas Jefferson has effectively settled a longstanding, acrimonious debate: He almost certainly fathered children with Sally Hemings, a young Black woman he enslaved.

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Pakistan says Mecca pact members to hold emergency talks on engaging Houthis Reuters

US issues sanctions against Hamas financing network, Treasury says Reuters

CME Group Inc. is shelving plans to launch a round-the-clock oil contract following industry pushback.

A Federal Aviation Administration review board says a software issue in certain Boeing 737 Max flight computers “is not a safety concern." Boeing shares rose on the news. George Ferguson of Bloomberg Intelligence has more. (Source: Bloomberg)