BOSTON (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker in Massachusetts was arrested and charged Friday with defrauding a trade association of tens of thousands of dollars and then falsifying records to cover up the scheme. Christopher Flanagan, of Dennis, Massachusetts, was indicted Friday on five counts of wire fraud and one count of falsification of records.
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Fri: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 558 575 555½ 568 +10 Jul 573 588½ 570 583¼ +10¼ Sep 588 603 584¾ 598 +10 Dec 610¾ 625½ 607½ 620¾ +10½ Mar 628½ 643½ 626¼ 639 +10½ May 637¼ 647¾ 635¼
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Fri: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 558 575 555½ 568 +10 Jul 573 588½ 570 583¼ +10¼ Sep 588 603 584¾ 598 +10 Dec 610¾ 625½ 607½ 620¾ +10½ Mar 628½ 643½ 626¼ 639 +10½ May 637¼ 647¾ 635¼
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Fri: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 558 575 555½ 568 +10 Jul 573 588½ 570 583¼ +10¼ Sep 588 603 584¾ 598 +10 Dec 610¾ 625½ 607½ 620¾ +10½ Mar 628½ 643½ 626¼ 639 +10½ May 637¼ 647¾ 635¼
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Fri: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 558 575 555½ 568 +10 Jul 573 588½ 570 583¼ +10¼ Sep 588 603 584¾ 598 +10 Dec 610¾ 625½ 607½ 620¾ +10½ Mar 628½ 643½ 626¼ 639 +10½ May 637¼ 647¾ 635¼
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Fri: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 201.42 203.00 200.45 202.47 +1.62 Jun 195.57 197.37 194.65 196.80 +1.60 Aug 192.55 194.42 191.62 193.85 +1.65 Oct 192.30 194.25 191.30 193.80 +1.93 Dec 193.37 195.85 192.82 195.47 +2.17 Feb 194.82 197.42 194.35 197.05 +2.43 Apr
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Fri: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 201.42 203.00 200.45 202.47 +1.62 Jun 195.57 197.37 194.65 196.80 +1.60 Aug 192.55 194.42 191.62 193.85 +1.65 Oct 192.30 194.25 191.30 193.80 +1.93 Dec 193.37 195.85 192.82 195.47 +2.17 Feb 194.82 197.42 194.35 197.05 +2.43 Apr
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By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In a surprise announcement Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not seek a third term in office. Reynolds, a Republican, has held the position since 2017, when former Gov. Terry Branstad was appointed U.S. ambassador to China. She was elected to full terms
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Six people were killed Thursday in the latest string of aviation disasters after a sightseeing helicopter broke apart and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey. The crash comes at a time of heightened scrutiny of aircraft collisions and near-misses. Disasters have ranged from the midair
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sided with the Trump administration in allowing immigration agents to conduct enforcement operations at houses of worship for now, despite a lawsuit filed by religious groups over the new policy. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich in Washington refused to
Continue ReadingBy KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey is demanding her release after she was detained by immigration officials near her Massachusetts home, detailing how she was scared when the men grabbed her phone and feared she would be killed. Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, who has since been moved to an Immigration
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NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart and crashed into the Hudson River near the New Jersey shoreline, killing the pilot and a Spanish family of five who were on board. Pieces of the aircraft could be seen floating in the river on Friday as divers searched for clues about
Continue Reading By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In a surprise announcement Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not seek a third term in office. Reynolds, a Republican, has held the position since 2017, when former Gov. Terry Branstad was appointed U.S. ambassador to China. She was elected to full terms
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. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–ELECTION 2026-IOWA GOVERNOR Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds announces she won’t seek reelection in 2026 SUMMARY: In a
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. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–ELECTION 2026-IOWA GOVERNOR Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds announces she won’t seek reelection in 2026 SUMMARY: In a
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. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–ELECTION 2026-IOWA GOVERNOR Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds announces she won’t seek reelection in 2026 SUMMARY: In a
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. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–ELECTION 2026-IOWA GOVERNOR Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds announces she won’t seek reelection in 2026 SUMMARY: In a
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ten emerging writers, from an author of speculative fiction to a poet rooted in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, have received $50,000 grants from the Whiting Foundation. Since 1985, the foundation has had a mission to nurture “new creations” by supporting poets, playwrights and authors of fiction and nonfiction. Past winners
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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs have stirred widespread anxiety about a severe economic downturn — and curiosity, for some, about how it might affect the world’s warming climate. Experts say a slowdown in international trade might have a brief and slight benefit in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which come
Continue Reading By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs have stirred widespread anxiety about a severe economic downturn — and curiosity, for some, about how it might affect the world’s warming climate. Experts say a slowdown in international trade might have a brief and slight benefit in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which come
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda is playing out in numerous ways Friday, from hearings in key cases on the government’s power to deport people to the start of a registry required for all those who are in the country illegally. And on Thursday, immigration developments came on multiple fronts as federal
Continue Reading By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In a surprise announcement Friday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she will not seek a third term in office. Reynolds, a Republican, has held the position since 2017, when former Gov. Terry Branstad was appointed U.S. ambassador to China. She was elected to full terms
Continue ReadingNew York(AP)-noon stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.80 +.41 Altria 56.49 +.11 AmerenCp 97.26 +.54 AmExpress 246.23 — .66 ArchDanM 44.99 +.51 AutoZone 3652.00+36.76 BPPLC 26.02 — .22 Boeing 154.45 —1.07 BristMySq 49.86 — .60 Brunswick 42.66 —1.57 Chevron 133.63 —1.35 Citigroup 60.42 —1.18 CocaCola 71.43 +.67 ConAgraBr 25.80 +.32 ConocoPhil 83.67 +.38 Corning 40.95 — .74
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is suffering from dementia and isn’t competent to stand trial on sex trafficking charges, according to prosecutors and his lawyers. Michael Jeffries requires round-the-clock care because the 80-year-old has Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body dementia and the “residual effects of
Continue ReadingNew York(AP)-noon stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.80 +.41 Altria 56.49 +.11 AmerenCp 97.26 +.54 AmExpress 246.23 — .66 ArchDanM 44.99 +.51 AutoZone 3652.00+36.76 BPPLC 26.02 — .22 Boeing 154.45 —1.07 BristMySq 49.86 — .60 Brunswick 42.66 —1.57 Chevron 133.63 —1.35 Citigroup 60.42 —1.18 CocaCola 71.43 +.67 ConAgraBr 25.80 +.32 ConocoPhil 83.67 +.38 Corning 40.95 — .74
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday urged Congress to “push hard for more Daylight at the end of a day” in his latest dig at the semiannual changing of clocks. Trump, in a post on his Truth Social media network, said it would be “Very popular and,
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By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s elected treasurer is asking the state’s highest court to stop a hearing later this month to start the process of removing him from office over a $1.8 billion accounting error that has plagued the state for nearly a decade. The Republican-dominated South Carolina Senate
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By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected President Donald Trump ‘s effort to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against him filed by the men formerly known as the Central Park Five who were exonerated after spending more than a decade in prison for the 1989 rape and beating of
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds announces she will not seek reelection in 2026.
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