By MARTIN MEISSNER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Competition in the 69th Eurovision Song Contest kicked off Tuesday, with sauna-loving Swedish entry KAJ gaining a place in the final and five countries going home after the first of two semifinals of the pan-continental music extravaganza. Performers from 15 countries battled it
Continue Reading By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Tuesday struck down Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period before an abortion, saying it conflicts with a voter-approved amendment that locked abortion rights in the state constitution in 2022. “Michiganders have the fundamental right to reproductive freedom, including the right to abortion care, and the state
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By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A lack of oxygen that incapacitated the pilot and three passengers is likely what caused a private jet to become unresponsive before flying over the nation’s capital and prompting the military to scramble fighter jets in 2023, according to a final report from the National Transportation
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By MATILDE CAMPODÓNICO and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, has died. He was 89. Uruguay’s left-wing president, Yamandú Orsi, announced his death, which came four
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations’ top humanitarian official blasted Israel on Tuesday for “deliberately and unashamedly” imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians, including the risk of famine — one of the strongest condemnations by a high-ranking U.N. official during the war in Gaza. Tom Fletcher,
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former fashion model testifying in Harvey Weinstein ’s retrial on sexual assault charges was confronted on the stand Tuesday with a private journal in which she wrote about people who sexually abused her, but notably left out the disgraced former Hollywood mogul. Michael Cibella, a
Continue Reading By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press Dan Seavey, who helped organize the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and whose son and grandson have each won the famous Alaska race multiple times, has died. He was 87. The Minnesota native, who had been adamant in wanting to remain at the south-central Alaska home in Seward he
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By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding as leaders work to enact many of his campaign promises. House committees have been laboring for months to draft
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By MARK SCOLFORO and MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania voters would get more than a week of early voting and county election officials would have more time to start processing mail-in ballots under an election law proposal that advanced out of the state House on Tuesday by a single vote, with
Continue Reading By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A coalition of 20 state Democratic attorneys general filed two federal lawsuits on Tuesday, claiming that the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions. According to the complaints, both Secretary of
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Benton, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who helped reset the rules in Hollywood as the co-creator of “Bonnie and Clyde,” and later received mainstream validation as the writer-director of “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart,” has died at age 92. Benton’s son, John Benton,
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Christopher “Kit” Bond, a Republican who brought billions of dollars in federal funding to Missouri during his four terms in the U.S. Senate and who was state’s the youngest person to be governor, died Tuesday. He was 86. Bond’s family told Gov. Mike Kehoe’s office that Bond died in St.
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Christopher “Kit” Bond, a Republican who brought billions of dollars in federal funding to Missouri during his four terms in the U.S. Senate and who was state’s the youngest person to be governor, died Tuesday. He was 86. Bond’s family told Gov. Mike Kehoe’s office that Bond died in St.
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Continue Reading New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.45 — .56 Altria 56.47 — .48 AmerenCp 94.32 —1.10 AmExpress 302.30 +3.38 ArchDanM 50.69 +.79 AutoZone 3644.75—19.50 BPPLC 30.56 +.37 Boeing 203.42 +4.89 BristMySq 46.59 —1.59 Brunswick 52.26 — .18 Chevron 142.35 +.73 Citigroup 75.57 +.66 CocaCola 68.96 — .57 ConAgraBr 22.83 — .48 ConocoPhil 94.17 +1.90 Corning 47.62
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex, after a federal judge found the city had failed to stem spiraling dysfunction and brutality against those in custody. Instead, U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain said she would
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By DULUE MBACHU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces, images of Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore were plastered over Russian state media speaking about pan-Africanism and liberating the minds of the continent’s youths.
Continue Reading OpenHighLowSettleChg. LUMBER 27,500 bd. ft.; $ per 1,000 bd. ft. May 552.5 558.0 547.0 553.5 +3.5 Jul 581.5 583.0 575.0 579.5 +.5 Sep 605.0 606.0 603.5 605.0 Est. sales 859. Mon.’s sales 1,645 Mon.’s open int 7,739 LIBOR-1 MONTH $3 million; pts of 100 pct. No open contracts. US T. BILLS $1 million; pts of
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Tuesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; dollars per lb. Jul 66.70 67.23 66.25 66.28 —.35 Oct 69.19 69.55 68.83 68.83 —.06 Dec 68.90 69.56 68.61 68.77 —.08 Mar 70.23 70.77 69.86 70.08 —.02 May 71.11 71.65 70.77 70.99 —.02 Jul 72.09 72.13 71.45
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — One hundred years after Charlie Chaplin made dinner rolls dance and ate his shoe like it was a fine meal, “The Gold Rush” has been vividly brought back to life in a new restoration that premiered Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival. On the opening
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ATLANTA (AP) — An injunction barring the enforcement of Florida’s drag-show ban will remain in effect after a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the law is likely unconstitutional. A three-judge panel for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to back a lower court decision that described Florida’s law, purportedly aimed at protecting
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Jun 216.85 217.07 216.00 216.32 —.50 Aug 211.47 212.20 210.60 211.62 +.02 Oct 208.40 208.90 207.67 208.45 Dec 208.35 209.22 207.72 208.90 +.53 Feb 208.85 209.72 208.10 209.42 +.62 Apr 208.75 209.70 208.02 209.52 +.77 Jun 201.72
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 502 +3¾ Jul 508¾ 514½ 500¼ 511¾ +3¾ Sep 524¾ 528½ 515½ 526¼ +3½ Dec 546¼ 551½ 538½ 549¼ +3½ Mar 566¼ 571½ 559 569¾ +3¾ May 577¾ 582¼ 569¾ 580¾ +4¼ Jul
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Jun 216.85 217.07 216.00 216.32 —.50 Aug 211.47 212.20 210.60 211.62 +.02 Oct 208.40 208.90 207.67 208.45 Dec 208.35 209.22 207.72 208.90 +.53 Feb 208.85 209.72 208.10 209.42 +.62 Apr 208.75 209.70 208.02 209.52 +.77 Jun 201.72
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 502 +3¾ Jul 508¾ 514½ 500¼ 511¾ +3¾ Sep 524¾ 528½ 515½ 526¼ +3½ Dec 546¼ 551½ 538½ 549¼ +3½ Mar 566¼ 571½ 559 569¾ +3¾ May 577¾ 582¼ 569¾ 580¾ +4¼ Jul
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 502 +3¾ Jul 508¾ 514½ 500¼ 511¾ +3¾ Sep 524¾ 528½ 515½ 526¼ +3½ Dec 546¼ 551½ 538½ 549¼ +3½ Mar 566¼ 571½ 559 569¾ +3¾ May 577¾ 582¼ 569¾ 580¾ +4¼ Jul
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 502 +3¾ Jul 508¾ 514½ 500¼ 511¾ +3¾ Sep 524¾ 528½ 515½ 526¼ +3½ Dec 546¼ 551½ 538½ 549¼ +3½ Mar 566¼ 571½ 559 569¾ +3¾ May 577¾ 582¼ 569¾ 580¾ +4¼ Jul
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Iowa lawmakers want President Donald Trump to know that their state is eager to be at the center of next year’s celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday and shares his vision of fireworks filling the skies — so much so that they don’t want local officials blocking any small, neighborhood
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Acclaimed opera tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz will perform “God Bless America” during pre-race ceremonies for the Indianapolis 500. Chacón-Cruz is the winner of the 2024 International Opera Awards’ Readers’ Award and has performed in more than 60 leading roles in 30 countries. He’s appeared in major opera houses such as New York’s Metropolitan
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By JEFF AMY and BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — When Georgia’s governor and a lightning-rod congresswoman decided last week to not run for the U.S. Senate, it seemed like the waiting game was over among Republicans seeking to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff. U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, who represents a district on
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