By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was pulling Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a stunning turnaround for his Cabinet pick after her confirmation had been stalled for months over concerns about Republicans’ tight margins in the
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By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia bill to codify the right to in vitro fertilization got overwhelming approval from the state Senate Thursday, setting it up to move to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk for his signature. The House approved it last month, and the chamber will likely approve the
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By BILL BARROW and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has once again scrambled the politics of organized labor and the working class with his planned tariffs on auto imports. The White House is eagerly promoting supportive comments from the nation’s top auto worker union leader, a previous Trump critic who
Continue Reading By BILL BARROW and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has once again scrambled the politics of organized labor and the working class with his planned tariffs on auto imports. The White House is eagerly promoting supportive comments from the nation’s top auto worker union leader, a previous Trump critic who
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MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The rights of Americans to self-determine how to educate their children — a hotly contested matter that stretches back to at least the Civil War — have long been intertwined with the principle of equally and equitably educating children across racial lines. When President Donald Trump last week
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Republican attorney general is suing a county sheriff over his Facebook post saying his department doesn’t always need to detain people at the request of federal immigration authorities. The lawsuit filed late Wednesday jeopardizes state funding to the county in northeast Iowa, home to
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press HELENA (AP) — Transgender people in Montana can no longer use bathrooms in public buildings that do not align with their sex assigned at birth after Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed new restrictions into law Thursday. The law, which takes effect with its approval, requires public buildings including the state Capitol,
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH, LORNE COOK, AAMER MADHANI and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Whatever the U.S. gains from President Donald Trump’s 25% tax on imported cars – and experts are skeptical – automakers around the world are bracing for a lot of pain. In Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Canada and across Europe,
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Judge says he will order government agencies to preserve Signal messages about Houthi military strike.
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Greenlandic lawmakers on Thursday agreed to form a new government, banding together to resist U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to annex the Arctic island, local media reported. Four of the five parties elected to Greenland’s parliament earlier this month have agreed to form a coalition that will
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By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press Nineteen sea turtles that were rehabilitated in Missouri after suffering the effects of cold water temperatures in New England were released Wednesday afternoon into the Atlantic Ocean off of Jacksonville, Florida. It was sunny and 72 degrees as the turtles made their way into the ocean off Little Talbot Island
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By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An old anti-apartheid song that was a call for Black people to stand up against oppression and has now been decried by Elon Musk and others as promoting the killing of whites was back in the headlines in South Africa and the subject of
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s push for control over Greenland wasn’t surprising given longtime U.S. interest in the mineral-rich territory. Speaking at a policy forum in the Artic port of Murmansk, Putin noted that the United States first considered plans to win
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Arctic sea ice had its weakest winter buildup since record-keeping began 47 years ago, a symptom of climate change that will have repercussions globally, scientists said Thursday. The Arctic reaches its maximum sea ice in March each year and then starts a six-month melt season. The National Snow and
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Continue ReadingNew York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 28.20 +.55 Altria 58.30 +.55 AmerenCp 98.63 — .25 AmExpress 272.02 —3.98 ArchDanM 48.28 +1.21 AutoZone 3828.11+146.43 BPPLC 34.41 — .01 Boeing 179.11 +.56 BristMySq 58.90 — .31 Brunswick 55.99 — .35 Chevron 166.65 —1.32 Citigroup 71.85 —1.39 CocaCola 70.74 +.72 ConAgraBr 26.46 +.54 ConocoPhil 102.82 — .38 Corning 46.56
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By MATT O’BRIEN and SARAH PARVINI AP Technology Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fans of Studio Ghibli, the famed Japanese animation studio behind “Spirited Away” and other beloved movies, were delighted this week when a new version of ChatGPT let them transform popular internet memes or personal photos into the distinct style of Ghibli founder
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City rapper who joined President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges after prosecutors say he used earnings from his music career to fuel gang violence in Brooklyn. Sheff G, whose legal name
Continue ReadingOpenHighLowSettleChg. LUMBER 27,500 bd. ft.; $ per 1,000 bd. ft. May 674.5 678.5 670.0 678.0 +4.0 Jul 692.0 695.0 687.5 695.0 +7.5 Est. sales 394. Wed.’s sales 785 Wed.’s open int 7,566, up 112 LIBOR-1 MONTH $3 million; pts of 100 pct. No open contracts. US T. BILLS $1 million; pts of 100 pct. No
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Thursday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; dollars per lb. May 65.68 67.09 65.46 67.07 +1.39 Jul 67.22 68.38 67.00 68.34 +1.12 Oct 70.19 +1.03 Dec 69.17 70.31 69.09 70.29 +1.00 Mar 70.31 71.45 70.26 71.44 +.98 May 70.97 72.13 70.92 72.12 +.97 Jul
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 206.97 209.92 205.52 209.55 +2.48 Jun 202.87 206.22 201.37 205.80 +2.78 Aug 199.25 202.07 197.87 201.80 +2.45 Oct 198.77 200.82 197.45 200.72 +1.95 Dec 199.27 201.15 198.17 201.07 +1.70 Feb 200.00 201.70 198.77 201.57 +1.57 Apr
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 206.97 209.92 205.52 209.55 +2.48 Jun 202.87 206.22 201.37 205.80 +2.78 Aug 199.25 202.07 197.87 201.80 +2.45 Oct 198.77 200.82 197.45 200.72 +1.95 Dec 199.27 201.15 198.17 201.07 +1.70 Feb 200.00 201.70 198.77 201.57 +1.57 Apr
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 566¼ 570¼ 560 566¼ +1¼ Jul 581 584 574 579¾ +½ Sep 596½ 599¼ 589¼ 595 +½ Dec 619 621 611¾ 618½ +1½ Mar 635¼ 639 630½ 637½ +2¼ May 648 648 641¼
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 566¼ 570¼ 560 566¼ +1¼ Jul 581 584 574 579¾ +½ Sep 596½ 599¼ 589¼ 595 +½ Dec 619 621 611¾ 618½ +1½ Mar 635¼ 639 630½ 637½ +2¼ May 648 648 641¼
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 566¼ 570¼ 560 566¼ +1¼ Jul 581 584 574 579¾ +½ Sep 596½ 599¼ 589¼ 595 +½ Dec 619 621 611¾ 618½ +1½ Mar 635¼ 639 630½ 637½ +2¼ May 648 648 641¼
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Thu: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 566¼ 570¼ 560 566¼ +1¼ Jul 581 584 574 579¾ +½ Sep 596½ 599¼ 589¼ 595 +½ Dec 619 621 611¾ 618½ +1½ Mar 635¼ 639 630½ 637½ +2¼ May 648 648 641¼
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PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival announced Thursday that its new home will be Boulder, Colorado, starting in 2027, after spending 40 years in Park City, Utah. The decision ends a yearlong process in which numerous U.S. cities vied to host the prominent independent film festival, which has been a launching pad
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for The Associated Press asked a federal judge Thursday to reinstate the agency’s access to the White House press pool and other official events, saying the Trump administration’s ban is a fundamental attack on freedom of speech and should be overturned. The government insisted
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk says a Wisconsin voter has been awarded $1 million days before the conclusion of a fiercely contested state Supreme Court election that has broken spending records and become a referendum on Musk and the first months of President Donald Trump’s administration. The payment
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By JOSH FUNK Associated Press The head of the Federal Aviation Administration told Congress during a hearing Thursday about a midair collision over Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people that the agency must do more to ensure flying remains safe. The FAA’s artificial intelligence-led review aimed at identifying safety threats at other airports with similar
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