By SAMYA KULLAB and YEHOR KONOVALOV Associated Press SUMY, Ukraine (AP) — The humdrum of daily life in Sumy belies the constant threat of death its people have lived with since Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago. Days after Russia targeted the city’s center in back-to-back missile strikes, killing 35 people and injuring more than
Continue ReadingOpenHighLowSettleChg. LUMBER 27,500 bd. ft.; $ per 1,000 bd. ft. May 581.5 581.5 572.5 573.5 —4.5 Jul 613.0 613.0 604.0 604.5 —5.0 Sep 629.5 631.5 628.0 628.0 —7.0 Est. sales 711. Mon.’s sales 536 Mon.’s open int 6,213, up 31 LIBOR-1 MONTH $3 million; pts of 100 pct. No open contracts. US T. BILLS $1
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Tuesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; dollars per lb. May 64.25 65.14 63.83 65.08 +.99 Jul 65.35 66.25 65.05 66.12 +.77 Oct 68.00 +.74 Dec 66.94 67.68 66.66 67.60 +.66 Mar 68.10 68.79 67.83 68.74 +.65 May 69.26 69.72 68.76 69.67 +.71 Jul
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 204.00 205.17 203.95 204.65 +.70 Jun 199.07 200.52 199.07 199.67 +.60 Aug 195.82 197.20 195.82 196.75 +.93 Oct 195.07 196.47 195.07 196.05 +.98 Dec 196.47 197.62 196.47 197.20 +.78 Feb 198.42 199.00 198.27 198.65 +.63 Apr
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 204.00 205.17 203.95 204.65 +.70 Jun 199.07 200.52 199.07 199.67 +.60 Aug 195.82 197.20 195.82 196.75 +.93 Oct 195.07 196.47 195.07 196.05 +.98 Dec 196.47 197.62 196.47 197.20 +.78 Feb 198.42 199.00 198.27 198.65 +.63 Apr
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 556 557¼ 548¼ 553 —2¼ Jul 571¼ 572½ 563 568½ —1¾ Sep 587 588 578¾ 584 —1¾ Dec 610¾ 612¼ 603 608¼ —1¾ Mar 628¼ 631¾ 622¼ 627¼ —2 May 641 641 633¾
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 556 557¼ 548¼ 553 —2¼ Jul 571¼ 572½ 563 568½ —1¾ Sep 587 588 578¾ 584 —1¾ Dec 610¾ 612¼ 603 608¼ —1¾ Mar 628¼ 631¾ 622¼ 627¼ —2 May 641 641 633¾
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 556 557¼ 548¼ 553 —2¼ Jul 571¼ 572½ 563 568½ —1¾ Sep 587 588 578¾ 584 —1¾ Dec 610¾ 612¼ 603 608¼ —1¾ Mar 628¼ 631¾ 622¼ 627¼ —2 May 641 641 633¾
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 556 557¼ 548¼ 553 —2¼ Jul 571¼ 572½ 563 568½ —1¾ Sep 587 588 578¾ 584 —1¾ Dec 610¾ 612¼ 603 608¼ —1¾ Mar 628¼ 631¾ 622¼ 627¼ —2 May 641 641 633¾
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SYLVIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — France said Tuesday it was expelling 12 Algerian diplomatic officials a day after Algeria announced the expulsion of the same number of French officials in escalating tensions between the two countries. Algeria said Monday that its expulsion of 12 French officials was over the arrest of an Algerian consular official
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By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Palestinian man arrested at a Vermont immigration office during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship is relieved that he hasn’t been moved out of state and thankful for those supporting him, his attorney said Tuesday. Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident who led protests
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By JONEL ALECCIA and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Republican governors in Arkansas and Indiana moved Tuesday to ban soft drinks and candy from the program that helps low-income people pay for groceries, becoming the first states to ask the Trump administration to let them remove such items from the program
Continue ReadingThe 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 – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–TRUMP-TARIFFS-BEEF Ranchers hope Trump’s tariffs boost demand for cattle but some fear market uncertainty SUMMARY: Ranchers hope President
Continue ReadingThe 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 – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–TRUMP-TARIFFS-BEEF Ranchers hope Trump’s tariffs boost demand for cattle but some fear market uncertainty SUMMARY: Ranchers hope President
Continue ReadingThe 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 – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–TRUMP-TARIFFS-BEEF Ranchers hope Trump’s tariffs boost demand for cattle but some fear market uncertainty SUMMARY: Ranchers hope President
Continue ReadingThe 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 – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–TRUMP-TARIFFS-BEEF Ranchers hope Trump’s tariffs boost demand for cattle but some fear market uncertainty SUMMARY: Ranchers hope President
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MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Tuesday convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to 5 1/2 years in prison each. Antonina Favorskaya, Kostantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that
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By ANNIE MA, MAKIYA SEMINERA and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At first, the bar association for immigration attorneys began receiving inquiries from a couple students a day. These were foreigners studying in the U.S., and they’d discovered in early April their legal status had been terminated with little notice. To their
Continue Reading By ANNIE MA, MAKIYA SEMINERA and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At first, the bar association for immigration attorneys began receiving inquiries from a couple students a day. These were foreigners studying in the U.S., and they’d discovered in early April their legal status had been terminated with little notice. To their
Continue Reading By ANNIE MA, MAKIYA SEMINERA and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At first, the bar association for immigration attorneys began receiving inquiries from a couple students a day. These were foreigners studying in the U.S., and they’d discovered in early April their legal status had been terminated with little notice. To their
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By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press The Newark fire department’s lack of training and familiarity with marine firefighting during a deadly cargo ship fire at the East Coast’s largest port in July 2023 amounted to a “failure of leadership,” the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The board met publicly in Washington to
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By The Associated Press Afghan children will die because of US funding cuts, an aid agency official said Tuesday. The warning follows the cancellation of foreign aid contracts by President Donald Trump’s administration, including to Afghanistan where more than half of the population needs humanitarian assistance to survive. Action Against Hunger initially stopped all U.S.-funded
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last emails and internet searches done by Gene Hackman’s wife in the days before her death, indicating that she was scouring the internet for information on flu-like symptoms and breathing techniques. Betsy Arakawa
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities on Tuesday released a trove of records related to the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, including a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last emails, phone calls and internet searches by Hackman’s wife indicating that she had been scouring for information
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By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., endorsed the measles vaccine this month after an outbreak in Texas claimed the life of a second child, his comments made waves because he has spent 20 years making false claims that vaccines are unsafe.
Continue Reading By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — When the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., endorsed the measles vaccine this month after an outbreak in Texas claimed the life of a second child, his comments made waves because he has spent 20 years making false claims that vaccines are unsafe.
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By JONATHAN J. COOPER and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Stephanie and Ryan Burnett were perplexed. The crowd was enormous. The line snaked endlessly between buildings. Were they in the right place? As the mother and son approached an aging college basketball arena in Salt Lake City, the mass of people
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Continue ReadingNew York(AP)-noon stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 27.55 +.35 Altria 57.75 +.62 AmerenCp 99.51 +.50 AmExpress 259.57 +4.19 ArchDanM 45.83 — .61 AutoZone 3689.64 +8.86 BPPLC 27.42 +.51 Boeing 158.41 — .87 BristMySq 49.89 —1.46 Brunswick 43.49 —1.23 Chevron 135.37 +.05 Citigroup 65.80 +2.58 CocaCola 71.92 — .54 ConAgraBr 25.67 — .53 ConocoPhil 86.34 — .11 Corning
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By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press On one side is Harvard, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, with a brand so powerful that its name is synonymous with prestige. On the other side is the Trump administration, determined to go farther than any other White House to reshape American higher education. Both sides are digging in
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