By ANNIE MA, FATIMA HUSSEIN and ALIA WONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has escalated its ongoing battle with Harvard, threatening to revoke the university’s ability to host international students as the president called for withdrawing Harvard’s tax-exempt status. The moves raise the stakes of the showdown between the White House and
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By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The arsonist who broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s residence while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his extended family slept upstairs on the first night of Passover encountered little resistance as he scaled a security fence, smashed windows with a hammer, ignited two Molotov cocktails
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By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday provided new details about the arson fire early Sunday that prompted his family’s evacuation from the governor’s official residence in Harrisburg, recounting how wife and four kids and their two dogs — Bo and Bentley — were awakened by state
Continue Reading By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday provided new details about the arson fire early Sunday that prompted his family’s evacuation from the governor’s official residence in Harrisburg, recounting how wife and four kids and their two dogs — Bo and Bentley — were awakened by state
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer The Associated Press and the Trump administration returned to a courtroom Thursday — and will be in another on Friday — as part of the high-stakes battle over who can control which journalists are able to question the president. Lawyers argued before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos “remains unrepentant” as he faces years in federal prison for fraud and identity theft, federal prosecutors say, citing a tirade of his social media posts in recent days. Prosecutors, in a legal filing Thursday, bolstered their arguments for a stiff
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By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Democrats vying to shield their statehouse majority and flip the governor’s mansion in November raised millions of dollars more than Republicans in the first three months of 2025, according to newly released campaign finance reports, securing a cash advantage in their pursuit of
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY and JULIE WATSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. man hijacked a small plane in Belize on Thursday, stabbing two passengers and a pilot, before one of the stabbed passengers fatally shot him, officials in Belize and the United States said. The plane then landed safely. The Tropic Air plane
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An emotional former opinion page editor for The New York Times delivered a tearful apology Thursday to Sarah Palin as he testified about a 2017 editorial that she says damaged her reputation. James Bennet testified that he “blew it” when he erroneously wrote that the former
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Crews scrambled to restore power to Puerto Rico on Thursday after a blackout hit the entire island the previous day, affecting the main international airport, hospitals and hotels filled with Easter vacationers. The outage that began around midday Wednesday left 1.4 million customers without
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s claim that it can’t do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. “should be shocking,” a federal appeals court said Thursday in a blistering order that ratchets up
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s claim that it can’t do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. “should be shocking,” a federal appeals court said Thursday in a blistering order that ratchets up
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s claim that it can’t do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. “should be shocking,” a federal appeals court said Thursday in a blistering order that ratchets up
Continue ReadingAMES, Iowa (AP) — AMES, Iowa (AP) — Ames National Corp. (ATLO) on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $3.4 million. The Ames, Iowa-based bank said it had earnings of 39 cents per share. The bank posted revenue of $23.7 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $15.5 million, exceeding Street
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is drastically shrinking the workforce and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, eviscerating an agency created after the Great Recession with the goal of protecting Americans from fraud, abuse and deceptive practices. The plan, which is being challenged by an employee union, is
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By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than half of Haiti’s population is expected to experience severe hunger through June, and another 8,400 people living in makeshift shelters are projected to starve, according to a new report released this week. Relentless gang violence and an ongoing economic collapse is
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Continue ReadingOpenHighLowSettleChg. LUMBER 27,500 bd. ft.; $ per 1,000 bd. ft. May 572.0 577.0 568.5 573.5 Jul 599.0 601.0 593.5 598.5 —1.0 Sep 620.5 620.5 618.0 620.5 —2.5 Est. sales 1,129. Wed.’s sales 836 Wed.’s open int 6,287, up 141 LIBOR-1 MONTH $3 million; pts of 100 pct. No open contracts. US T. BILLS $1 million;
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Thursday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; dollars per lb. May 65.72 66.44 65.64 66.32 +.53 Jul 66.30 67.20 66.25 67.13 +.76 Oct 68.80 68.80 68.80 68.80 +.54 Dec 67.86 68.58 67.76 68.44 +.53 Mar 69.02 69.66 68.86 69.55 +.52 May 69.89 70.53 69.89
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 560 569¼ 555¾ 557½ — ½ Jul 573¼ 582½ 568¼ 570 —2¼ Sep 591½ 597½ 583 585 —2½ Dec 614½ 620¼ 606½ 608¼ —3 Mar 635 639 625¾ 627¼ —2¾ May 647¾ 647¾
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 560 569¼ 555¾ 557½ — ½ Jul 573¼ 582½ 568¼ 570 —2¼ Sep 591½ 597½ 583 585 —2½ Dec 614½ 620¼ 606½ 608¼ —3 Mar 635 639 625¾ 627¼ —2¾ May 647¾ 647¾
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 560 569¼ 555¾ 557½ — ½ Jul 573¼ 582½ 568¼ 570 —2¼ Sep 591½ 597½ 583 585 —2½ Dec 614½ 620¼ 606½ 608¼ —3 Mar 635 639 625¾ 627¼ —2¾ May 647¾ 647¾
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 560 569¼ 555¾ 557½ — ½ Jul 573¼ 582½ 568¼ 570 —2¼ Sep 591½ 597½ 583 585 —2½ Dec 614½ 620¼ 606½ 608¼ —3 Mar 635 639 625¾ 627¼ —2¾ May 647¾ 647¾
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 208.17 210.00 207.62 209.82 +2.75 Jun 202.75 204.35 202.22 204.07 +2.00 Aug 199.47 200.37 198.67 200.12 +1.17 Oct 197.60 198.52 197.22 198.32 +.75 Dec 198.90 199.02 197.87 198.82 +.47 Feb 199.40 199.95 198.75 199.60 +.20 Apr
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 208.17 210.00 207.62 209.82 +2.75 Jun 202.75 204.35 202.22 204.07 +2.00 Aug 199.47 200.37 198.67 200.12 +1.17 Oct 197.60 198.52 197.22 198.32 +.75 Dec 198.90 199.02 197.87 198.82 +.47 Feb 199.40 199.95 198.75 199.60 +.20 Apr
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By The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A gunman opened fire Thursday at Florida State University, killing two people and wounding at least six others, police said. The 20-year-old gunman is the son of a sheriff’s deputy whose former service weapon was used in the shooting, authorities said. The two people who died were
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A shooting on the Florida State University campus on Thursday left multiple victims, and police took a suspect into custody, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The university issued an active shooter alert at midday near the student union. At least six people have been hospitalized, including
Continue ReadingBy KATE PAYNE and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The 20-year-old son of a sheriff’s deputy opened fire Thursday at Florida State University with his mother’s former service weapon, killing two men and wounding at least six others, investigators said. Officers quickly arrived and shot and wounded the shooter after he refused
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday kept on hold President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship but agreed to hear arguments on the issue in May. Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally has been halted nationwide
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