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Kennedy says Health and Human Services will determine the cause of autism by September

April 10, 2025 4:00 pm Associated Press

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top health agency will undertake a “massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine critic who has pushed a discredited theory that routine childhood shots cause the developmental

RFK Jr. says HHS will determine the cause of autism by September

April 10, 2025 4:00 pm Associated Press

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s top health agency will undertake a “massive testing and research effort” to determine the cause of autism, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday. Kennedy, a longtime vaccine critic who has pushed a discredited theory that routine childhood shots cause the

Trump nominee for public lands post withdraws after her criticism of Jan. 6 attack surfaces

April 10, 2025 3:58 pm Associated Press

By MATTHEW BROWN and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land has withdrawn her nomination following revelations that she criticized the Republican president in 2021 for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The withdrawal of

Judge allows requirement that everyone in the US illegally must register to move forward

April 10, 2025 3:58 pm Associated Press

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government and carry documentation, in a move that could have far-reaching repercussions for immigrants across the country. Judge Trevor Neil McFadden

Meet the Gulf shrimpers rooting on Trump’s tariffs in a Texas fishing town

April 10, 2025 3:55 pm Associated Press

By LEKAN OYEKANMI and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press PALACIOS, Texas (AP) — While American consumers and markets wonder and worry about President Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs, there’s one group cheering him as they hope he’ll prop up their sinking business: Gulf coast shrimpers. American shrimpers have been hammered in recent years by cheap imports

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought stocks hit hard by Trump tariffs during the market meltdown

April 10, 2025 3:52 pm Associated Press

By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As stocks tanked on tariff fears, Marjorie Taylor Greene showed her faith in the president not just with words but dollar bills. The Republican congresswoman, an avid supporter of the Trump administration’s trade policies, not only bought stocks last week as others dumped them in

American League Leaders

April 10, 2025 3:43 pm Associated Press

AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING_Springer, Toronto, .447; Ja.Wilson, Athletics, .396; Goldschmidt, New York, .383; W.Abreu, Boston, .378; McKinstry, Detroit, .371; O’Hoppe, Los Angeles, .359; Kwan, Cleveland, .356; Judge, New York, .354; Soderstrom, Athletics, .354; Altuve, Houston, .346. RUNS_Judge, New York, 14; Paris, Los Angeles, 12; Kwan, Cleveland, 11; W.Abreu, Boston, 10; Campbell, Boston, 10; Giménez, Toronto, 10;

Trump administration task force to consider declassifying COVID-19 origins materials

April 10, 2025 3:35 pm Associated Press

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new government task force will consider big changes to America’s intelligence community and examine whether material about the origins of COVID-19 and other topics of public interest should be declassified, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said. Known as the Director’s Initiatives Group, the panel will

Prince Harry meets war victims in unannounced visit to Ukraine

April 10, 2025 3:32 pm Associated Press

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry met with war victims on Thursday during an unannounced visit to Ukraine as part of his ongoing work with wounded veterans, a spokesperson said. Harry visited the Superhumans Center, an orthopedic clinic in Lviv that treats and rehabilitates wounded military personnel and civilians, to see

BC-KX-STOX-Final

April 10, 2025 3:28 pm Associated Press

New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.39 — .08 Altria 56.38 +.02 AmerenCp 96.72 +.37 AmExpress 246.89—15.47 ArchDanM 44.48 +.10 AutoZone 3615.24+40.12 BPPLC 26.23 —1.67 Boeing 155.52 —5.30 BristMySq 50.46 —3.28 Brunswick 44.22 —3.84 Chevron 134.98—11.05 Citigroup 61.59 —2.56 CocaCola 70.76 +.81 ConAgraBr 25.48 — .21 ConocoPhil 83.29 —8.22 Corning 41.69 —1.57 CurtissWright 313.21 —9.38 DTEEnergy

BC-KX-STOX-Final

April 10, 2025 3:28 pm Associated Press

New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.39 — .08 Altria 56.38 +.02 AmerenCp 96.72 +.37 AmExpress 246.89—15.47 ArchDanM 44.48 +.10 AutoZone 3615.24+40.12 BPPLC 26.23 —1.67 Boeing 155.52 —5.30 BristMySq 50.46 —3.28 Brunswick 44.22 —3.84 Chevron 134.98—11.05 Citigroup 61.59 —2.56 CocaCola 70.76 +.81 ConAgraBr 25.48 — .21 ConocoPhil 83.29 —8.22 Corning 41.69 —1.57 CurtissWright 313.21 —9.38 DTEEnergy

Mourners pay tribute to merengue icon Rubby Pérez, who died in the Dominican roof collapse

April 10, 2025 3:09 pm Associated Press

By FERNANDA FIGUEROA Associated Press Fans and countrymen on Thursday shared their remembrances of Dominican Republic music icon Rubby Pérez, who was among the scores of people killed this week after the roof at the Jet Set club in Santo Domingo collapsed. He was 69. Know for songs such as “Volveré,” “El Africano” and “Tu

‥ ‥ OpenHighLowSettle* Chg.

April 10, 2025 3:03 pm Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Thursday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; dollars per lb. May 66.60 67.62 66.18 66.47 —.16 Jul 67.37 68.13 66.73 67.00 —.31 Oct 69.26 69.26 68.61 68.62 —.29 Dec 68.47 69.32 68.02 68.28 —.19 Mar 69.60 70.37 69.18 69.40 —.17 May 70.42 71.05 70.02

BC-Merc Table,1st Add

April 10, 2025 3:03 pm Associated Press

OpenHighLowSettleChg. LUMBER 27,500 bd. ft.; $ per 1,000 bd. ft. May 588.0 590.5 569.5 576.0 —37.5 Jul 625.0 626.5 605.5 612.0 —27.0 Sep 641.5 642.0 631.5 632.5 —15.5 Est. sales 1,038. Wed.’s sales 1,607 Wed.’s open int 6,313, up 67 LIBOR-1 MONTH $3 million; pts of 100 pct. No open contracts. US T. BILLS $1

North Dakota is 11th US state with a measles outbreak. Here’s what to know

April 10, 2025 2:46 pm Associated Press

By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Eleven states in the U.S. have active measles outbreaks as of Tuesday, when North Dakota joined the list after confirming its first cases since 2011. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s confirmed measles case count is 935, more than triple the amount seen in all of 2024.

Pronouns in some reporters’ email signatures get a stony response from Trump administration

April 10, 2025 2:44 pm Associated Press

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — You know those email signatures at the end of messages? The ones that include a range of information about the senders — phone numbers, addresses, social media handles. And in recent years, pronouns — letting the recipient know that the sender goes by “she,” “he,” “they”