CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) — CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Reinsurance Group of America Inc. (RGA) on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings of $253 million. The Chesterfield, Missouri-based company said it had net income of $3.81 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $6.37 per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned this won’t solve all their problems as they continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer, tractors, repair parts and seeds. The Chinese promise to buy at least 25 million metric
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN, DIDI TANG and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Three-digit tariffs are off the table, but import duties on each other are higher than in January. Rare earth materials will flow more smoothly, but China has put in place an export permitting regime that it can tighten or loosen
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By The Associated Press Kansas City (5-3) at Buffalo (5-2) Sunday 4:25 p.m. EST, CBS BetMGM NFL Odds: Chiefs by 1 1/2 Against the spread: Chiefs 5-3; Bills 3-4 Series record: Bills lead 30-26-1 Last meeting: Chiefs beat Bills 32-29 in AFC championship game in Kansas City on Jan. 26. Last week: Chiefs beat Commanders
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By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a resolution Thursday that would undo many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs around the globe, the latest note of displeasure at his trade tactics in Washington that came just as the president celebrated his negotiations with China as a success. After a meeting with
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By MARC LEVY Associated Press LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Democrats and their allied groups are pouring in more money, cutting a fresh television ad with Gov. Josh Shapiro and sending in the national party chairman in the final week of campaigning for a Pennsylvania Supreme Court election, possible signs of concern for a race that
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned this won’t solve all their problems as they continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer, tractors, repair parts and seeds. The Chinese promise to buy at least 25 million metric
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BLATTEN, Switzerland (AP) — When a devastating landslide all but swallowed his Swiss village and toppled his three-generation family-owned hotel in May, Lukas Kalbermatten was overwhelmed by a sense of emptiness before the emotions hit. But he choose not to dwell on them long, and snapped into action to rebuild.
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Call of Duty,” one of the most successful video game franchises of all time, is becoming a feature film with Peter Berg and Taylor Sheridan spearheading the adaptation, Paramount Pictures and Activision said Thursday. Berg and Sheridan will co-write the script and produce together, with Berg directing. The longtime
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Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Charlie Kirk Post-Arrest Felony dropped after a man spent a month in a Tennessee jail for a Charlie Kirk post SUMMARY: Authorities in Tennessee
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US–Charlie Kirk Post-Arrest Felony dropped after a man spent a month in a Tennessee jail for a Charlie Kirk post SUMMARY: Authorities in Tennessee
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By GINA ABDY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Cassandra Peterson has entertained Halloween lovers as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, for more than four decades. Peterson developed the character in the 1980s, after leaving her career as a showgirl — a decision she credits at least in part to Elvis Presley, whom she says
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has stripped references to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack from court papers and punished two federal prosecutors who filed the document seeking prison time at sentencing Thursday for a man arrested with guns and ammunition near former President Barack Obama’s
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop producer Sean “Diddy” Combs wants a federal appeals court to quickly consider the legality of his conviction on prostitution-related charges and his more than four-year prison sentence. His lawyers filed papers with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, asking that oral arguments
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LONDON (AP) — The Prince and Princess of Wales have won a legal case against a French magazine that published photos of the couple and their children on a skiing holiday, the royals’ office said Thursday. William and Kate took action against Paris Match after it ran photos in April of them and their children
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By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Democrat Abigail Spanberger is more eager to talk about struggling soybean farmers than President Donald Trump’s attack on American institutions. She plays down the historic nature of her campaign for Virginia governor and avoids making big, bold promises about what she will accomplish if
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–MINNESOTA-MEDVED’S ROOTS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Most college basketball coaches start at the bottom levels of programs and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–MINNESOTA-MEDVED’S ROOTS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Most college basketball coaches start at the bottom levels of programs and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–MINNESOTA-MEDVED’S ROOTS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Most college basketball coaches start at the bottom levels of programs and
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–MINNESOTA-MEDVED’S ROOTS DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Most college basketball coaches start at the bottom levels of programs and
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By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica became the world’s tallest church on Thursday after a part of its central tower was lifted into place. The masterwork of architect Antoni Gaudí now rises to 162.91 meters (534 feet) above the city, the church said in a statement. That barely
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By R.J. RICO Associated Press Authorities in Tennessee have dropped a felony charge against a man who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Whereas many people across the U.S. lost their jobs over social media comments about Kirk’s death, Larry
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By DAKE KANG and BYRON TAU Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two prominent Republicans on Capitol Hill want the Supreme Court to allow a lawsuit to proceed against tech giant Cisco over allegations that the company’s technology was used to persecute members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in China. In a Wednesday letter to
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By TONY HICKS Associated Press Guy Kopelowicz, whose distinguished career editing and leading photo coverage for The Associated Press in France lasted more than four decades, has died. He was 85. A respected fixture in the Paris photo world, Kopelowicz played a key role in AP’s coverage of some of the most significant news events
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By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A network of medical clinics that serves low-income residents in Maine said it will shut down its primary care operations on Friday because of Trump administration cuts to abortion providers. Maine Family Planning operates 18 clinics in the state and says abortions are a relatively small
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By ELÉONORE HUGHES and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The death toll in a massive police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro rose to at least 121 people, authorities said Thursday. An operation launched Tuesday in two of the city’s favelas sparked intense gunbattles that left
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By FERNANDA FIGUEROA Associated Press The just-wrapped Denver season of “Love Is Blind” may be the first time the show explored the Mountain West, but the Netflix reality dating show franchise is already a well-seasoned globe-trotter. In just five years, the show has aired seasons from nine different U.S. cities and spawned nearly a dozen
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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Stellantis’ shares dropped 10% on Thursday after the world’s fourth-largest carmaker posted modest third-quarter gains and warned about possible future charges. The Italian-French-U.S. carmaker that makes Jeep, Fiat and Peugeot vehicles reported a 13% increase in net revenues in the three months ending in September to 37.2
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