A leader in a Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty Thursday to transporting cocaine and other narcotics to the U.S. and laundering drug proceeds, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Juan Jose Alvarez-Tostado Galvan, also known as “El Compadre,” admitted that in his role as a financial manager in the Juarez cartel, he collected at least $24 million in narcotics proceeds in Chicago, prosecutors said. Alvarez-Tostado obtained large quantities of...

Oil tankers exporting Kazakh and Russian crude from ports in the Black Sea are contending with spiraling delays when navigating Turkey’s key shipping straits, stalling the delivery of millions of barrels of supplies to refineries on the Mediterranean Sea and beyond.

Editas Medicine shares were crushed on Tuesday after the company announced that its president and chief executive, Katrine Bosley, would be stepping down from these roles effective March 1.

SFMTA will have to work twice as hard to make up for lost ridership, according to University of Kentucky researchers

We will update our list of closings, delays and snow emergencies throughout the evening and into Wednesday.

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