TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s attorney general announced Tuesday that his office has opened a criminal investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, days after they returned to the U.S. Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on social media that he directed his office to work with law enforcement
Continue Reading TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s attorney general announced Tuesday that his office has opened a criminal investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, days after they returned to the U.S. Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on social media that he directed his office to work with law enforcement
Continue Reading TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s attorney general announced Tuesday that his office has opened a criminal investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, days after they returned to the U.S. Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on social media that he directed his office to work with law enforcement
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A second federal judge extended a block Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s executive orders halting federal funding for providers of gender-affirming health care for transgender people under age 19. The judge’s ruling came after in a lawsuit filed earlier this month on behalf of families with transgender or nonbinary children who allege
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By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Two suicide bombings breached a wall at a military base in northwestern Pakistan before other attackers stormed the compound and were repelled in violence that killed at least 12 people and wounded 30 others, according to officials and a local hospital. A group affiliated with the
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By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The number of states imposing sales taxes on groceries has shrunk over the years, and the number may decrease further in the coming months as lawmakers hear complaints about high prices for eggs and other household staples. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday unveiled
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is drafting plans to cut its workforce by as much as half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation. The people spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to disclose the plans.
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is drafting plans to cut its workforce by as much as half through a mix of layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts, according to two people familiar with the situation. The people spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to disclose the plans.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Life Insurance Co. (KCLI) on Tuesday reported a loss of $12.6 million in its fourth quarter. The Kansas City, Missouri-based company said it had a loss of $1.30 per share. The insurance company posted revenue of $115.8 million in the period. For the
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Life Insurance Co. (KCLI) on Tuesday reported a loss of $12.6 million in its fourth quarter. The Kansas City, Missouri-based company said it had a loss of $1.30 per share. The insurance company posted revenue of $115.8 million in the period. For the
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By JILL COLVIN and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday published a list of more than 400 federal properties it says it could close or sell, including the FBI headquarters and the main Department of Justice building, after deeming them “not core to government operations.” The list
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday called American tariffs “very dumb” and said that U.S. President Donald Trump is appeasing Russia while launching a trade war against Canada. In a blunt news conference during his final days in office, Trudeau said that Canada would plaster retaliatory
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK, PAUL WISEMAN and ROB GILLIES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump launched a trade war Tuesday against America’s three biggest trading partners, drawing immediate retaliation from Mexico, Canada and China and sending financial markets into a tailspin as the U.S. faced the threat of rekindled inflation and paralyzing uncertainty for
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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.S. has been Ukraine’s biggest military backer since Russia’s full-scale invasion began three years ago. The suspension of that aid by the Trump administration doesn’t mean Ukraine’s defenses will quickly collapse. But it’s a major blow that threatens to remove some of the most formidable weapons
Continue Reading All Times EST AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Athletics 7 3 .700 Toronto 6 3 .667 Kansas City 6 4 .600 New York 6 4 .600 Boston 5 4 .556 Houston 5 5 .500 Baltimore 4 4 .500 Los Angeles 5 6 .455 Tampa Bay 4 5 .444 Minnesota 3 4 .429 Seattle 5 7
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NEW YORK (AP) — A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events on StubHub, according to prosecutors in New York. The international scam involved people working in Jamaica for a firm contracted by the online ticket marketplace, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said Monday.
Continue Reading Here are the latest scores from today’s sports events: ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Boston 12 Pittsburgh 4 Final N.Y. Yankees 12 Philadelphia 3 Final Minnesota 0 Atlanta 0 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Tampa Bay 4 Detroit 1 Final Cleveland 8 L.A. Angels 1 Final Athletics 6 Texas 3 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati at L-A Dodgers 8:05
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NBA Wednesday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at WASHINGTON 4 (233½) Utah at CHARLOTTE OFF (OFF) Minnesota at CLEVELAND 11 (225½) Miami at BOSTON 10 (225) Portland at MILWAUKEE OFF (OFF) Dallas at DENVER OFF (OFF) Sacramento at MEMPHIS OFF (OFF) Oklahoma City at LA CLIPPERS OFF (OFF) Detroit COLLEGE BASKETBALL Wednesday
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By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — If there is a still open wound in Latin America, it is that of the tens of thousands of disappeared people and decades-long pain that has accumulated in parts of the region such as Mexico and Colombia. Two visions of the trauma had a central role
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say.
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Smaller movies didn’t mean smaller viewer numbers for the Oscars. An estimated 19.7 viewers watched Sunday night’s 97th Academy Awards ceremony, the biggest audience in five years, according to figures released by ABC on Tuesday. The triumph of “Anora,” which won five Oscars including best
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Smaller movies didn’t mean smaller viewer numbers for the Oscars. An estimated 19.7 viewers watched Sunday night’s 97th Academy Awards ceremony, the biggest audience in five years, according to figures released by ABC on Tuesday. The triumph of “Anora,” which won five Oscars including best
Continue Reading Tuesday, Mar. 4 SOUTH Lenoir-Rhyne 73, Anderson (SC) 71, OT Lincoln Memorial 85, Wingate 67 Malone 72, Kentucky Wesleyan 62 ___
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By TIM SULLIVAN and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press The Trump administration is touting an immigration crackdown that includes putting shackled immigrants on U.S. military planes, expanding agents’ arrests of people here illegally and abandoning programs that gave some permission to stay. One tool that’s conspicuously absent from President Donald Trump’s efforts to reduce illegal immigration:
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and CHRISTINA CASSIDY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Department of Justice is backing a former county election clerk in Colorado who was convicted for her role in allowing supporters of President Donald Trump to access confidential data about the 2020 election, the latest move by the administration to use its power
Continue Reading Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Tuesday, Mar. 04. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To
Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Tuesday, Mar. 04. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
Continue Reading Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Tuesday, Mar. 04. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
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Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY and MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Arab leaders on Tuesday endorsed Egypt’s postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow its roughly 2 million Palestinians to remain, in a counterproposal to U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to depopulate the territory and redevelop it as a beach destination. The $53
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