By STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday defended a state agency’s involvement with a $10 million donation to a charity founded by his wife as a “cherry on top” deal using funds from a settlement between the agency and the state’s largest Medicaid contractor. DeSantis
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer After many years of impassioned calls for an Oscar recognizing the art of the stunt, the film academy has decided to give it an official award. An achievement in stunt design prize will be added starting with the 100th Academy Awards, which will recognize films released in 2027, the
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Democratic leader who revitalized the party in the presidential swing state announced Thursday he will be leaving his position in June after a six-year run that included a string of victories and “agonizingly close” losses. The move by Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Ben Wikler
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Documents related to the 1968 assassinations of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy will soon be made public as more than 100 people have been working “around the clock” to scan them, U.S. Director of National Intelligence
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A jury on Thursday found that rapper Soulja Boy was liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a former assistant, awarding the woman more than $4 million in damages. The decision from the Los Angeles County jurors came after a three-week trial in Santa Monica, California. The 34-year-old
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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
Continue Reading 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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;
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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
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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
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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
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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
Continue Reading 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
Continue Reading 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
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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.
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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”
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 568 577¼ 555¼ 558 —10 Jul 580 589½ 570¼ 573 —7¼ Sep 594½ 602¾ 584¾ 588 —6¼ Dec 616¾ 624¾ 607¼ 610¼ —6 Mar 638 642 625½ 628½ —5½ May 636¾ 637¼ 636¾
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 568 577¼ 555¼ 558 —10 Jul 580 589½ 570¼ 573 —7¼ Sep 594½ 602¾ 584¾ 588 —6¼ Dec 616¾ 624¾ 607¼ 610¼ —6 Mar 638 642 625½ 628½ —5½ May 636¾ 637¼ 636¾
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 568 577¼ 555¼ 558 —10 Jul 580 589½ 570¼ 573 —7¼ Sep 594½ 602¾ 584¾ 588 —6¼ Dec 616¾ 624¾ 607¼ 610¼ —6 Mar 638 642 625½ 628½ —5½ May 636¾ 637¼ 636¾
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 568 577¼ 555¼ 558 —10 Jul 580 589½ 570¼ 573 —7¼ Sep 594½ 602¾ 584¾ 588 —6¼ Dec 616¾ 624¾ 607¼ 610¼ —6 Mar 638 642 625½ 628½ —5½ May 636¾ 637¼ 636¾
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 202.95 202.95 199.75 200.85 —1.95 Jun 198.37 198.60 194.12 195.20 —3.17 Aug 195.00 195.05 191.20 192.20 —2.80 Oct 194.07 194.07 191.00 191.87 —2.08 Dec 195.35 195.35 192.55 193.30 —1.85 Feb 196.50 196.52 194.05 194.62 —1.85 Apr
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 202.95 202.95 199.75 200.85 —1.95 Jun 198.37 198.60 194.12 195.20 —3.17 Aug 195.00 195.05 191.20 192.20 —2.80 Oct 194.07 194.07 191.00 191.87 —2.08 Dec 195.35 195.35 192.55 193.30 —1.85 Feb 196.50 196.52 194.05 194.62 —1.85 Apr
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By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — African nations that faced some of the steepest reciprocal tariffs from the Trump administration were given a moment of relief Thursday by the suspension of the duties, only for new uncertainties to hang over key businesses sending clothing and textiles, vanilla and fruit to
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Facing a deadline from an immigration judge to turn over evidence for its attempted deportation of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, the federal government has instead submitted a brief memo, signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, citing the Trump administration’s authority to expel noncitizens whose
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. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— XGR-FETAL PERSONHOOD DESCRIPTION: Kansas lawmakers are set to vote Thursday on whether to override the veto of a bill to
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