By DIDI TANG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The tariff fight between the world’s two largest economies spiraled into greater peril Wednesday as President Donald Trump tried to narrow his global trade war into a direct — and risky — faceoff with Beijing. As Trump reversed his larger “reciprocal” tariffs on most
Continue Reading By DIDI TANG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The tariff fight between the world’s two largest economies spiraled into greater peril Wednesday as President Donald Trump tried to narrow his global trade war into a direct — and risky — faceoff with Beijing. As Trump reversed his larger “reciprocal” tariffs on most
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel has been removed as the acting chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and has been replaced with the Army secretary, three people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. It was not immediately clear why
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A Missouri foster mother has been charged with child abuse and endangerment as authorities investigate whether she traded an adopted daughter to someone in Texas for a monkey and mistreated other children in her care. The 70-year-old woman from Winfield has been jailed on $250,000 bond since her arrest over
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is seeking a rate increase this summer that includes hiking the cost of a first-class stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents. The request was made Wednesday to the Postal Regulatory Commission, which must OK the proposal. If approved, the 5-cent increase for a “forever” stamp and similar
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday announced the seizure of roughly $510 million worth of illegal narcotics on vessels headed for the United States, seeking to highlight the government’s efforts to take down sophisticated cartel drug networks. Bondi traveled to Florida to tout
Continue Reading By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday announced the seizure of roughly $510 million worth of illegal narcotics on vessels headed for the United States, seeking to highlight the government’s efforts to take down sophisticated cartel drug networks. Bondi traveled to Florida to tout
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Filmmaker Alex Garland wanted to make a different kind of war film. Would it be possible, he wondered, to take 90 minutes of a real incident involving combat and recreate it as faithfully as possible? He posed that question to former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza, who served in Iraq
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By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers have blocked a bill to make oil and gas companies liable for damage to homes from natural disasters caused by climate change, warning it could raise gas prices. The bill would have allowed victims of natural disasters, including fires, floods and hurricanes,
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday, accusing the social media company of undermining national security and briefing China on U.S. artificial intelligence efforts in order to grow its business there. “We are engaged in a high-stakes AI arms race against China. And during
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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California youth soccer coach charged with killing a 13-year-old boy last month has also been accused of assaulting at least two other teens in recent years, prosecutors said. Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino is charged with killing Oscar Omar Hernandez and then dumping his body along
Continue Reading New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.47 +.08 Altria 56.36 +.80 AmerenCp 96.35 +2.12 AmExpress 262.36+30.97 ArchDanM 44.38 +2.59 AutoZone 3575.12+76.04 BPPLC 27.90 +1.79 Boeing 160.82+21.43 BristMySq 53.74 +.67 Brunswick 48.06 +6.13 Chevron 146.03 +9.10 Citigroup 64.15 +5.38 CocaCola 69.95 +1.53 ConAgraBr 25.69 +.70 ConocoPhil 91.51 +8.85 Corning 43.26 +4.08 CurtissWright 322.59+29.85 DTEEnergy 130.51 +3.12 DeereCo
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Continue Reading By COLLEEN BARRY, DANICA KIRKA and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis met privately with King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Wednesday at the Vatican during the royal couple’s four-day state visit to Italy and on the occasion of their 20th wedding anniversary, the Vatican announced. It was the first known
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Wednesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; dollars per lb. May 64.71 67.00 64.25 66.63 +1.08 Jul 65.44 67.51 64.91 67.31 +.98 Oct 68.58 69.00 68.00 68.91 +.89 Dec 67.09 68.70 66.55 68.47 +.72 Mar 68.30 69.74 67.78 69.57 +.72 May 69.13 70.43 68.73
Continue Reading OpenHighLowSettleChg. LUMBER 27,500 bd. ft.; $ per 1,000 bd. ft. May 578.5 623.5 573.5 600.5 +27.5 Jul 611.0 642.0 610.0 638.5 +29.0 Sep 637.5 648.5 636.5 648.0 +15.0 Est. sales 1,518. Tue.’s sales 1,151 Tue.’s open int 6,246, up 53 LIBOR-1 MONTH $3 million; pts of 100 pct. No open contracts. US T. BILLS $1
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Wed: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 561¾ 572¾ 560½ 568 +6½ Jul 577½ 585 573¾ 580¼ +5¼ Sep 590 599 588¾ 594¼ +4½ Dec 614 620 611 616¼ +4¾ Mar 634 637¾ 629 634 +4½ May 641¾ 642½ 640¼
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Wed: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 199.00 203.50 197.75 202.80 +3.70 Jun 193.25 199.37 191.80 198.37 +4.75 Aug 190.00 195.87 188.67 195.00 +4.55 Oct 189.10 194.80 187.82 193.95 +4.23 Dec 190.50 195.97 189.40 195.15 +4.05 Feb 192.50 197.27 191.05 196.47 +3.85 Apr
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Wed: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 561¾ 572¾ 560½ 568 +6½ Jul 577½ 585 573¾ 580¼ +5¼ Sep 590 599 588¾ 594¼ +4½ Dec 614 620 611 616¼ +4¾ Mar 634 637¾ 629 634 +4½ May 641¾ 642½ 640¼
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Wed: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 199.00 203.50 197.75 202.80 +3.70 Jun 193.25 199.37 191.80 198.37 +4.75 Aug 190.00 195.87 188.67 195.00 +4.55 Oct 189.10 194.80 187.82 193.95 +4.23 Dec 190.50 195.97 189.40 195.15 +4.05 Feb 192.50 197.27 191.05 196.47 +3.85 Apr
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Wed: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 561¾ 572¾ 560½ 568 +6½ Jul 577½ 585 573¾ 580¼ +5¼ Sep 590 599 588¾ 594¼ +4½ Dec 614 620 611 616¼ +4¾ Mar 634 637¾ 629 634 +4½ May 641¾ 642½ 640¼
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Wed: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 561¾ 572¾ 560½ 568 +6½ Jul 577½ 585 573¾ 580¼ +5¼ Sep 590 599 588¾ 594¼ +4½ Dec 614 620 611 616¼ +4¾ Mar 634 637¾ 629 634 +4½ May 641¾ 642½ 640¼
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Albums from Elton John, Miles Davis, Tracy Chapman, Mary J. Blige and the cast of “Hamilton” are entering America’s audio canon, along with singles from Helen Reddy and Celine Dion and the music of Minecraft. New inductees into the National Recording Registry at the Library
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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Three Americans repatriated to the United States from Congo this week were charged Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department with staging an elaborate coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the African nation’s government. A fourth man alleged by prosecutors to be a bomb-making
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS A pipeline company filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners. Now its project is threatened SUMMARY:
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS A pipeline company filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners. Now its project is threatened SUMMARY:
Continue Reading The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MIDWEST CARBON PIPELINE-LAWSUITS A pipeline company filed hundreds of lawsuits against landowners. Now its project is threatened SUMMARY:
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Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary says Trump will keep a 10% baseline tariffs on most countries while escalating action against China.
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg’s publicist for over four decades and the only person in his field to be recognized with an Oscar, has died. He was 96. Levy died Monday in Los Angeles surrounded by loved ones, representatives for Amblin Entertainment said Wednesday. No cause was given. “Marvin’s passing
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