By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska bill that would bar transgender students from bathrooms, locker rooms and sports teams that correspond with their gender identity has advanced from the first of three rounds of debate — but with a caveat. Sen. Merv Riepe, who helped tank an effort to
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By AMY TAXIN and JAIMIE DING Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors convicted a Southern California judge of second-degree murder on Tuesday for fatally shooting his wife while the couple argued and watched television at home. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, 74, was on trial for the 2023 death of his wife
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By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The H-1B visa has long been a highly coveted employment visa for foreign citizens with specialized skills to live and work in the U.S., and recent requests from the Trump administration have put greater attention on the program. The requests for more information from people applying for
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s border czar joined New York City’s mayor on Tuesday to tout new federal charges against 27 people accused of being Tren de Aragua gang members and associates. The joint announcement is the latest example of the close ties between Mayor Eric Adams and
Continue Reading By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s border czar joined New York City’s mayor on Tuesday to tout new federal charges against 27 people accused of being Tren de Aragua gang members and associates. The joint announcement is the latest example of the close ties between Mayor Eric Adams and
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By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Student survivors of last week’s deadly shooting at Florida State University urged state legislators Tuesday to block an effort to reverse a law passed after the 2018 Parkland school shooting that raised the state’s gun-buying age from 18 to 21. Days after a gunman
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By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has no plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, just days after his statement that he would like to terminate the head of the U.S. central bank caused a stock market selloff. “I have no intention of firing him,” Trump
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By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk says he’ll be spending less time in Washington slashing government costs and more time running Tesla after his electric vehicle company reported a big drop in profits. Musk said on a conference call with analysts Tuesday that “now that the major work of
Continue Reading By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn its lawsuit that accused a heavily Hispanic city in Pennsylvania of illegally diluting the political power of its growing Hispanic population. U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick in Scranton approved the dismissal of the case against Hazleton on Tuesday, a day
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he has no plans to fire Fed chair, days after he hinted he might do just that and caused a market selloff.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk says starting in May his time spent with DOGE will ‘drop significantly’ and he’ll allocate more time to Tesla.
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By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press Speaking to the gunman who killed her brother and 22 other people, Yolanda Tinajero did not raise her voice or condemn him for his racist attack at a Walmart in 2019. Instead she told him Tuesday that she forgave him, and wished she could give him a hug. The judge,
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Tuesday to block the Trump administration from dismantling Voice of America, the 83-year-old international news service created by Congress. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that the administration illegally required Voice of America to cease operations for the first time
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a preemptive lawsuit Tuesday against Republican President Donald Trump seeking to block his administration from acting against Minnesota in the way it’s taking on Maine under a federal push to ban transgender athletes from girls and women’s sports.
Continue Reading New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.96 +.63 Altria 58.82 +1.19 AmerenCp 99.15 +2.67 AmExpress 252.42 +9.91 ArchDanM 48.54 +.45 AutoZone 3678.66+109.42 BPPLC 28.87 +.79 Boeing 162.52 +3.18 BristMySq 49.82 +.88 Brunswick 44.82 +1.34 Chevron 137.30 +3.57 Citigroup 64.55 +1.86 CocaCola 73.90 +1.13 ConAgraBr 25.48 +.09 ConocoPhil 89.76 +2.21 Corning 41.75 +1.05 CurtissWright 322.64 +6.21 DTEEnergy
Continue Reading New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.96 +.63 Altria 58.82 +1.19 AmerenCp 99.15 +2.67 AmExpress 252.42 +9.91 ArchDanM 48.54 +.45 AutoZone 3678.66+109.42 BPPLC 28.87 +.79 Boeing 162.52 +3.18 BristMySq 49.82 +.88 Brunswick 44.82 +1.34 Chevron 137.30 +3.57 Citigroup 64.55 +1.86 CocaCola 73.90 +1.13 ConAgraBr 25.48 +.09 ConocoPhil 89.76 +2.21 Corning 41.75 +1.05 CurtissWright 322.64 +6.21 DTEEnergy
Continue Reading PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota panel rejects a permit for an $8.9 billion carbon capture Midwest pipeline, creating setback for project.
Continue Reading PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota panel rejects a permit for an $8.9 billion carbon capture Midwest pipeline, creating setback for project.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Tuesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; dollars per lb. May 65.82 67.17 65.43 67.04 +1.27 Jul 66.86 67.37 66.44 67.22 +.40 Oct 69.00 69.06 69.00 69.06 +.35 Dec 68.42 68.81 67.91 68.71 +.41 Mar 69.44 69.91 69.01 69.82 +.39 May 70.28 70.73 69.99
Continue Reading OpenHighLowSettleChg. LUMBER 27,500 bd. ft.; $ per 1,000 bd. ft. May 566.5 573.0 564.0 568.5 +3.0 Jul 593.5 598.0 592.0 593.5 Sep 616.0 621.0 616.0 617.5 — .5 Est. sales 1,367. Mon.’s sales 759 Mon.’s open int 6,499, up 116 LIBOR-1 MONTH $3 million; pts of 100 pct. No open contracts. US T. BILLS $1
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By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A man on Alabama’s death row wants his execution to go forward this week, saying he believes in an “eye for an eye.” “The reason I dropped my appeals is I am guilty of murder,” James Osgood told The Associated Press in an telephone interview from
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — A court in Ivory Coast ruled on Tuesday that Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of Credit Suisse, is not eligible to run for president because of his dual Ivorian-French nationality, according to a lawyer representing him. Thiam won his party’s primary on Friday in an uncontested vote and was widely
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By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices unanimously accepted criminal charges Tuesday against six more key allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat. Last month, the panel unanimously accepted charges against
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 552¾ 555¼ 545¼ 546 —4¾ Jul 565 567 557½ 558¼ —5½ Sep 579¾ 581¾ 572¼ 573 —5½ Dec 602¾ 605 595½ 596¼ —5½ Mar 623½ 623¾ 615¼ 615¾ —5½ May 628¾ 629½ 625¼
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 552¾ 555¼ 545¼ 546 —4¾ Jul 565 567 557½ 558¼ —5½ Sep 579¾ 581¾ 572¼ 573 —5½ Dec 602¾ 605 595½ 596¼ —5½ Mar 623½ 623¾ 615¼ 615¾ —5½ May 628¾ 629½ 625¼
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 552¾ 555¼ 545¼ 546 —4¾ Jul 565 567 557½ 558¼ —5½ Sep 579¾ 581¾ 572¼ 573 —5½ Dec 602¾ 605 595½ 596¼ —5½ Mar 623½ 623¾ 615¼ 615¾ —5½ May 628¾ 629½ 625¼
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 552¾ 555¼ 545¼ 546 —4¾ Jul 565 567 557½ 558¼ —5½ Sep 579¾ 581¾ 572¼ 573 —5½ Dec 602¾ 605 595½ 596¼ —5½ Mar 623½ 623¾ 615¼ 615¾ —5½ May 628¾ 629½ 625¼
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 210.42 211.87 210.25 211.37 +1.60 Jun 204.57 206.77 204.35 206.27 +2.52 Aug 200.50 203.00 200.50 202.45 +2.45 Oct 198.75 201.02 198.65 200.47 +2.25 Dec 199.12 201.20 199.10 200.85 +2.13 Feb 199.87 201.60 199.87 201.32 +1.80 Apr
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 210.42 211.87 210.25 211.37 +1.60 Jun 204.57 206.77 204.35 206.27 +2.52 Aug 200.50 203.00 200.50 202.45 +2.45 Oct 198.75 201.02 198.65 200.47 +2.25 Dec 199.12 201.20 199.10 200.85 +2.13 Feb 199.87 201.60 199.87 201.32 +1.80 Apr
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MOSCOW (AP) — Zurab Tsereteli, a prominent Georgian-Russian sculptor known for colossal, often controversial, monuments, died early on Tuesday at 91. His assistant Sergei Shagulashvili told Russia’s state news agency Tass that Tsereteli suffered cardiac arrest. Tsereteli was born on January 4, 1934, in Georgia, which was part of the Soviet Union at the time,
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