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Month: March 2025

Stanford football coach Taylor fired following report he was investigated for alleged mistreatment

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford fired football coach Troy Taylor following a report last week that he had been investigated twice for allegedly mistreating staffers. General manager Andrew Luck announced the decision on Tuesday in his first major move since taking over in his role running the entire football

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Trump nominates Republican once accused of mishandling taxpayer funds as HHS watchdog

By AMANDA SEITZ WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated a Republican attorney who was once accused of mishandling taxpayer funds and has a history of launching investigations against abortion clinics to lead the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General. If confirmed by the Senate, Thomas March Bell will oversee

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Trump nominates Republican once accused of mishandling taxpayer funds as HHS watchdog

By AMANDA SEITZ WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated a Republican attorney who was once accused of mishandling taxpayer funds and has a history of launching investigations against abortion clinics to lead the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General. If confirmed by the Senate, Thomas March Bell will oversee

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Consumer confidence is sliding as Americans’ view of their financial futures slumps to a 12-year low

By MATT OTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence continued its sharp 2025 decline as Americans’ views about their financial futures slumped to a 12-year low, driven by rising anxiety over tariffs and inflation. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 7.2 points in March to 92.9, the fourth

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Brazil’s Supreme Court is deciding if Bolsonaro will stand trial on coup attempt charges

By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices began proceedings Tuesday to determine whether former President Jair Bolsonaro and close allies will stand trial on five counts, including attempting to stage a coup. Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet charged Bolsonaro last month with plotting a coup after he

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Authoritarian leader of Belarus is sworn for a 7th term and tells his critics ‘you have no future’

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in Tuesday to a seventh term, and he mocked those who derided him as “Europe’s last dictator” by saying his country has more democracy “than those who cast themselves as its models.” “Half of the world is dreaming about

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Turkey’s opposition leader visits jailed Erdogan challenger Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu

By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — The head of Turkey’s main opposition party visited jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Tuesday after six nights of massive protests calling for his release. Imamoglu, arrested on March 19 on corruption charges, is seen as the main challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 22-year rule. His

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Mike Huckabee, Trump’s pick for Israel ambassador, tries to distance from past Palestinian rhetoric

By MATTHEW LEE, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Huckabee, President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel, attempted to distance himself Tuesday from his past controversial statements about the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people, pledging on Capitol Hill to “carry out the president’s priorities, not mine.”

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The Keep Virginia Beach Safe program allows residents and property owners to register their cameras

Nearly 900 people registered their security camera to ‘Keep Virginia Beach Safe’

By Kelsey Jones Click here for updates on this story     VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (WTKR) — The Keep Virginia Beach Safe program allows residents and property owners to register their cameras, providing law enforcement with vital information that can assist investigations. Joining the program is voluntary. The owner of a security camera in Virginia Beach can

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BC-KX-STOX- noon

New York(AP)-noon stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 27.37 +.41 Altria 56.38 —1.28 AmerenCp 96.75 —2.06 AmExpress 278.21 +.35 ArchDanM 46.50 +.57 AutoZone 3636.85—20.98 BPPLC 34.39 +.28 Boeing 182.30 +1.40 BristMySq 61.12 +.07 Brunswick 57.24 — .63 Chevron 165.52 +.50 Citigroup 73.99 — .05 CocaCola 68.68 — .28 ConAgraBr 25.47 — .27 ConocoPhil 101.85 — .34 Corning 49.27

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BC-KX-STOX- noon

New York(AP)-noon stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 27.37 +.41 Altria 56.38 —1.28 AmerenCp 96.75 —2.06 AmExpress 278.21 +.35 ArchDanM 46.50 +.57 AutoZone 3636.85—20.98 BPPLC 34.39 +.28 Boeing 182.30 +1.40 BristMySq 61.12 +.07 Brunswick 57.24 — .63 Chevron 165.52 +.50 Citigroup 73.99 — .05 CocaCola 68.68 — .28 ConAgraBr 25.47 — .27 ConocoPhil 101.85 — .34 Corning 49.27

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