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Nebraska will continue to split electoral votes in presidential elections

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill to make Nebraska’s method of awarding presidential electoral votes a winner-take-all system failed to survive a filibuster Tuesday after two Republican lawmakers broke with their own party. The bill’s failure preserves the Omaha area’s “blue dot” congressional district that has seen its electoral

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Nebraska will continue to split electoral votes in presidential elections

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A bill to make Nebraska’s method of awarding presidential electoral votes a winner-take-all system failed to survive a filibuster Tuesday after two Republican lawmakers broke with their own party. The bill’s failure preserves the Omaha area’s “blue dot” congressional district that has seen its electoral

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Congo repatriates 3 Americans who had faced death sentences over a failed coup plot

By CHINEDU ASADU and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The three Americans convicted of participating in a botched coup attempt in Congo last year have been repatriated to the United States, days after their death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment, Congo’s presidency said Tuesday. The three will serve out their sentences

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Agreement in works to settle Northwestern hazing lawsuits that led to football coach’s firing

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Former Northwestern University football players are finalizing an agreement with the school to settle lawsuits alleging hazing and abuse that led to longtime coach Pat Fitzgerald’s firing, a school spokesman and attorneys said Tuesday. The prestigious private university in suburban Chicago has been reeling from the scandal

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Judge tells government to provide evidence, or case against Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil is over

SARA CLINE and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press JENA, La. (AP) — An immigration judge in Louisiana said she would terminate the case against Mahmoud Khalil if the government does not provide evidence this week justifying their attempted deportation of the Columbia University student activist. At a hearing Tuesday in Louisiana, Judge Jamee Comans gave the

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Judge tells government to provide evidence, or case against Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil is over

SARA CLINE and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press JENA, La. (AP) — An immigration judge in Louisiana said she would terminate the case against Mahmoud Khalil if the government does not provide evidence this week justifying their attempted deportation of the Columbia University student activist. At a hearing Tuesday in Louisiana, Judge Jamee Comans gave the

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Trump’s latest round of tariffs have taken effect — and China is retaliating. Here’s what we know

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has launched tariff wars with nearly all of America’s trading partners. And there’s no end in sight. A number of sweeping new taxes on goods from other countries are already here — and more took effect on Wednesday. Trump implemented higher rates

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AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events, affirming on First Amendment grounds that the government cannot punish the news organization for the content of its speech. U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden, an appointee of President

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Trump fails to sway many House GOP holdouts as his ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts stalls

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself in a familiar jam on Tuesday: Conservative Republican holdouts are stalling action on President Donald Trump’s “big” bill of tax breaks and spending reductions, refusing to accept a Senate GOP budget framework approved over the weekend because it

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BC-KX-STOX-Final

New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.39 — .44 Altria 55.56 — .10 AmerenCp 94.23 — .11 AmExpress 231.39 —2.89 ArchDanM 41.79 —1.19 AutoZone 3499.08+20.70 BPPLC 26.11 —1.06 Boeing 139.39 +.53 BristMySq 53.07 —2.12 Brunswick 41.93 —3.34 Chevron 136.93 —3.22 Citigroup 58.77 — .08 CocaCola 68.42 +.05 ConAgraBr 24.99 —1.00 ConocoPhil 82.66 —3.01 Corning 39.18 —

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BC-KX-STOX-Final

New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.39 — .44 Altria 55.56 — .10 AmerenCp 94.23 — .11 AmExpress 231.39 —2.89 ArchDanM 41.79 —1.19 AutoZone 3499.08+20.70 BPPLC 26.11 —1.06 Boeing 139.39 +.53 BristMySq 53.07 —2.12 Brunswick 41.93 —3.34 Chevron 136.93 —3.22 Citigroup 58.77 — .08 CocaCola 68.42 +.05 ConAgraBr 24.99 —1.00 ConocoPhil 82.66 —3.01 Corning 39.18 —

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BC-Merc Table,1st Add

OpenHighLowSettleChg. LUMBER 27,500 bd. ft.; $ per 1,000 bd. ft. May 581.5 585.5 570.5 572.5 Jul 608.5 614.0 605.0 609.5 +3.5 Sep 636.5 638.0 629.0 633.0 +3.5 Est. sales 1,112. Mon.’s sales 2,141 Mon.’s open int 6,193 LIBOR-1 MONTH $3 million; pts of 100 pct. No open contracts. US T. BILLS $1 million; pts of

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*‥ *‥ *Open*High*Low*Settle* Chg.

NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Tuesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; dollars per lb. May 65.95 66.26 64.74 65.55 —.44 Jul 66.82 66.91 65.50 66.33 —.56 Oct 68.19 68.65 68.02 68.02 —.67 Dec 68.15 68.23 67.10 67.75 —.48 Mar 69.11 69.35 68.30 68.85 —.52 May 69.84 70.08 69.16

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