Large oil refinery explosion near Texas coast forces residents to shelter in place

The explosion comes amid a spike in gas prices driven by uncertainty over the global oil supply because of the Iran war.

Massive explosion at crude oil refinery rocks Texas city as residents told to shelter in place

A massive explosion at a Texas crude oil refinery shot up towering plumes of dark smoke and physically shook locals’ homes ...

Video shows smoke billowing after Valero refinery explosion

The explosion at the oil refinery comes after the national average of gas jumped from $2.95. a gallon to $3.97 a gallon in ...

A new explosion — in Texas, this time — could be sending your gas prices higher

An explosion and fire at a major refinery in Texas is sending gas and diesel futures sharply higher Tuesday, adding to the ...
The Baltimore Sun

Explosion at Baltimore Coca-Cola bottling facility injures four, one critically

Four people were injured in an explosion Sunday morning at the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. facility on North Kresson Street, according to Baltimore Fire Department officials. According to department ...
WJCL

Explosion rocks Amsterdam Jewish school in what mayor called a ‘targeted attack’

An explosion struck overnight at a Jewish school in Amsterdam after a Michigan synagogue was targeted in a car-ramming attack ...
The Bulwark

How Children Learned to Hate Food

Picky How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History by Helen Zoe Veit St. Martin’s, 304 pp., $25. WHEN YOUR ...
Euractiv

Italian anarchists blow themselves up while making bomb

Two Italian anarchists were killed in an explosion at a cabin on the outskirts of Rome, apparently while making a bomb, media ...
SFGate

Police in Norway investigate an explosion outside the US Embassy in Oslo

Police in Norway were investigating an explosion early Sunday outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, the capital of the Scandinavian country, officials said. No injuries were reported. Police received ...