published Jul 26, 2018 8:09:39 PM, by David Stringer and Kevin Crowley (Bloomberg) — BP Plc agreed to pay $10.5 billion, its biggest acquisition in almost two decades, for most of BHP Billiton Ltd.’s onshore U.S. oil and natural gas assets, including in the prized Permian Basin. The deal gives

The deeply wounded parents whose children were killed in the worst high school shooting since Columbine stood in the Florida Capitol and watched Gov. Rick Scott sign a bill that places new restrictions on guns. Hours later, the National Rifle Association filed a federal lawsuit to block it. This very well may be