CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Fri: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel Jul 531¼ 537¼ 530 533¼ +1½ Sep 545 551¼ 544 547 +1¼ Dec 567 572¾ 565¾ 568¾ +1¼ Mar 586¼ 591¾ 584½ 587¼ +½ May 600 602½ 595 597½ +¼ Jul 604 606½ 603¼
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By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Sen. Joni Ernst was met with shouts and groans when she said “we all are going to die” as she addressed potential changes to Medicaid eligibility at a town hall in north-central Iowa on Friday. She had been consistent in her message throughout the
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty-nine shows on Broadway got Tony Award nominations this season, but not all will walk away with a trophy — and the box office attention they usually bring. Here are some key things to know as Broadway’s biggest night approaches, including how to watch, who
Continue Reading The 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 – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US-ERNST-TOWN HALL DESCRIPTION: Republican Sen. Joni Ernst quipped that “we all are going to die” after fielding another question on
Continue Reading The 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 – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US-ERNST-TOWN HALL DESCRIPTION: Republican Sen. Joni Ernst quipped that “we all are going to die” after fielding another question on
Continue Reading The 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 – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US-ERNST-TOWN HALL DESCRIPTION: Republican Sen. Joni Ernst quipped that “we all are going to die” after fielding another question on
Continue Reading The 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 – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US-ERNST-TOWN HALL DESCRIPTION: Republican Sen. Joni Ernst quipped that “we all are going to die” after fielding another question on
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MOSCOW (AP) — A monument to Josef Stalin has been unveiled at one of Moscow’s busiest subway stations, the latest attempt by Russian authorities to revive the legacy of the brutal Soviet dictator. The sculpture shows Stalin surrounded by beaming workers and children with flowers. It was installed at the Taganskaya station to mark the
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By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A longtime state lawmaker announced Friday that she is switching parties, joining Republican supermajorities in the latest setback for Democrats trying to rebuild support across rural Kentucky. State Sen. Robin Webb, who represents a four-county swath of northeastern Kentucky, revealed she will join the ranks of
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By ABDEL KAREEM HANA and MARIAM DAGGA Associated Press The residents of the Gaza Strip are facing severe shortages of food in the besieged coastal region that has been in the middle of a grinding war for more than 600 days. As hunger grows, hundreds of Palestinians stormed a United Nations warehouse on Wednesday in
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By ABDEL KAREEM HANA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas said Friday it was still reviewing a U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where 27 people were killed in new Israeli airstrikes, according to hospital officials. The ceasefire plan, which has been approved by Israeli
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By THOMAS ADAMSON, BISHR ELTONI and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The lighthouse appeared overnight. Painted on a wall tucked away in a quiet Marseille street, its beam aligned perfectly with the real-life shadow of a metal post on the pavement. At its center, stenciled in crisp white, are the words: “I
Continue Reading By THOMAS ADAMSON, BISHR ELTONI, and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The lighthouse appeared overnight. Painted on a wall tucked away in a quiet Marseille street, its beam aligned perfectly with the real-life shadow of a metal post on the pavement. At its center, stenciled in crisp white, are the words: “I
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift has regained control over her entire body of work. In a lengthy note posted to her official website on Friday, Swift announced: “All of the music I’ve ever made now belongs to me.” The pop star said she purchased her catalog of recordings
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By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine. Earlier this month, Israel eased a weekslong blockade on the territory as a result of international criticism, but the U.N. humanitarian aid office said Friday that deliveries into Gaza remain
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PRAGUE (AP) — Czech Republic Justice Minister Pavel Blažek resigned from his post over a bitcoin-related scandal on Friday. Blažek was under fire from the opposition after his ministry accepted a donation of bitcoins and sold them for about 1 billion Czech koruna (more than $45 million) earlier this year. Blažek said that he wasn’t
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is discriminating against a school district that refuses to get rid of its Native American chief mascot and could face a Justice Department investigation or risk losing federal funding, President Donald Trump’s top education official said Friday. U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, on
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — For the fourth French Open in a row, tournament director Amélie Mauresmo was asked about a lack of women’s matches during the tournament’s night sessions — there was one in 2022, one in 2023, zero in 2024 and, so far, zero in 2025. And for the
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By JEFF MARTIN, ANDREW DeMILLO and SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press A bloodhound picked up the scent shortly after the “ Devil in the Ozarks ” escaped from a lockup in northern Arkansas. The hound didn’t have to go far to begin the hunt — it lives at the prison as part of a specialized unit
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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A performance inside a Catholic cathedral in Germany earlier this month that featured raw, plucked chickens wrapped in diapers onstage — and the country’s president and the local archbishop in the audience — has prompted the church and municipal leaders to apologize that the show “hurt religious
Continue Reading By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A performance inside a Catholic cathedral in Germany earlier this month that featured raw, plucked chickens wrapped in diapers onstage — and the country’s president and the local archbishop in the audience — has prompted the church and municipal leaders to apologize that the show “hurt religious
Continue Reading By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Taylor Jenkins Reid recalls a moment writing her new novel, “Atmosphere: A Love Story,” set against NASA’s robust 1980s shuttle program, where she felt stuck. She went, where she often goes, to her husband to talk it through. “I said, ‘I can’t write this book. I don’t know enough about
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By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong’s satirical drama “Mountainhead” and Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel playing dysfunctional siblings in the murder thriller series “The Better Sister” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, May 31 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Adelaide at Sydney AUTO RACING 6:25 a.m. ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain 8 a.m. FS1 — NXT IndyCar Series: Practice, Streets of Detroit, Detroit 9
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 6 0 1.000 — Atlanta 5 2 .714 1½ Washington 3 4 .429 3½ Indiana 2 4 .333 4 Chicago 1 4 .200 4½ Connecticut 1 5 .167 5 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 6 0 1.000 — Phoenix 4 2 .667
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Eastern Conference New York 4, Detroit 2 Saturday, April 19: New York 123, Detroit 112 Monday, April 21: Detroit 100, New York 94 Thursday, April 24: New York 118, Detroit 116 Sunday, April 27: New York 94, Detroit 93 Tuesday, April 29: Detroit 106, New York 103
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Indiana 117, Milwaukee 98 Denver 112, L.A. Clippers 110, OT New York 123, Detroit 112 Minnesota 117, L.A. Lakers 95 Sunday, April 20 Oklahoma City 131, Memphis 80 Boston 103, Orlando 86 Cleveland 121, Miami 100 Golden State 95, Houston 85 Monday, April 21
Continue Reading All Times EDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) Saturday, April 19 Winnipeg 5, St. Louis 3 Colorado 5, Dallas 1 Sunday, April 20 Carolina 4, New Jersey 1 Toronto 6, Ottawa 2 Vegas 4, Minnesota 2 Monday, April 21 Washington 3, Montreal 2, OT Winnipeg 2, St. Louis 1 Dallas 4, Colorado 3, OT Los
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