Rachel Nostrant

1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Rachel Nostrant

U.S. oil production is expected to decline in 2025, leading to layoffs by Houston-based companies. Jon Shapley/Staff photographerMore than 100 Encino Energy workers in Houston are slated to lose their jobs in August, following the $5.6 billion sale of the company to oil and gas giant EOG Resources at the end of May, marking the latest in a series of anticipated industry layoffs resulting from the fallout of  President Trump's tariffs and an increasingly volatile global market.

2 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Rachel Nostrant

Pump jacks working on the Permian Basin near Odessa. West Texas Intermediate prices spiked amid conflict in the Middle East. Elizabeth Conley/Staff photographerCrude oil prices skyrocketed Friday, shaking up the already volatile oil industry after Israel volleyed a wave of airstrikes on Iran, hitting nuclear sites and wiping out some of the country’s top military leaders.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Rachel Nostrant

Severe Weather in the U.S. At least 27 people have been killed in storms that have pummeled the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions since Friday. Kentucky and Missouri have been hit particularly hard. Another fierce storm system hit the central United States this weekend, devastating many communities that are still reeling from severe weather just weeks ago. On Friday night, a series of tornadoes tore through the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, killing at least 27 and injuring dozens more.

1 month ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Rachel Nostrant

CANTON, Mass. — A coalition of doctors, lawmakers and advocates for people with autism has spent more than a decade trying to ban a medical device that is used to deliver painful electric jolts to people with severe neurodevelopmental disabilities. Last year, a federal ban on the devices finally seemed imminent. But the upheaval sweeping the federal government during the Trump administration’s early months could further delay a resolution, allowing continued use of the controversial devices.

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Rachel Nostrant

By Rachel Nostrant April 28, 2025 — 1.35pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A four-year-old and a seven-year-old with US citizenship were deported alongside their mother to Honduras last week, the family’s lawyer said, adding to the recent string of American citizens caught in the crosshairs of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.