CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Wed: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 517½ —7¼ Jul 538 545 528¾ 529½ —8½ Sep 552¾ 558½ 543¼ 543¾ —7¾ Dec 575¾ 580¾ 566 566¾ —7¼ Mar 594¾ 599¾ 585¾ 586½ —6½ May 605½ 609¼ 595½ 596½ —6¼ Jul
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Wed: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 517½ —7¼ Jul 538 545 528¾ 529½ —8½ Sep 552¾ 558½ 543¼ 543¾ —7¾ Dec 575¾ 580¾ 566 566¾ —7¼ Mar 594¾ 599¾ 585¾ 586½ —6½ May 605½ 609¼ 595½ 596½ —6¼ Jul
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Wed: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Jun 213.80 214.12 211.00 212.52 —1.15 Aug 209.35 209.77 206.50 208.37 —1.00 Oct 206.77 207.27 204.25 206.17 —.70 Dec 206.20 206.72 204.00 205.97 —.25 Feb 206.20 206.80 204.32 206.12 —.08 Apr 206.00 206.82 204.47 206.10 —.02 Jun
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Wed: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 517½ —7¼ Jul 538 545 528¾ 529½ —8½ Sep 552¾ 558½ 543¼ 543¾ —7¾ Dec 575¾ 580¾ 566 566¾ —7¼ Mar 594¾ 599¾ 585¾ 586½ —6½ May 605½ 609¼ 595½ 596½ —6¼ Jul
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Wed: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Jun 213.80 214.12 211.00 212.52 —1.15 Aug 209.35 209.77 206.50 208.37 —1.00 Oct 206.77 207.27 204.25 206.17 —.70 Dec 206.20 206.72 204.00 205.97 —.25 Feb 206.20 206.80 204.32 206.12 —.08 Apr 206.00 206.82 204.47 206.10 —.02 Jun
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By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Standing in the east Jerusalem school he attended as a young boy, Palestinian construction worker Ahmad Shweikeh studies his son’s careful penmanship. This classroom may be closed Friday, leaving 9-year-old Laith with nowhere to study. Shweikeh, 38, says he wants Laith — a shy boy, top of
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By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan Wednesday to use medical data and records from people on Medicaid and Medicare to help study autism although experts say it’s unlikely to help reveal the condition’s root causes. The program will involve a data sharing agreement between
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By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Ruhama Bohbot was at home watching the news when she heard U.S. President Donald Trump say something new: Three of the 24 hostages Israel considered to be alive in Gaza had probably died. “As of today, it’s 21, three have died,” Trump said during a swearing-in ceremony
Continue Reading By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whether her rights were violated and if she should be released. Denying a government request for a delay, the
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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. —————————— KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MARINE CORPS-HELICOPTER-CRASH Weather and night vision goggles were likely factors in Marine Corps helicopter crash, report finds SUMMARY:
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. —————————— KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–MARINE CORPS-HELICOPTER-CRASH Weather and night vision goggles were likely factors in Marine Corps helicopter crash, report finds SUMMARY:
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Republican challenger for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat conceded last November’s election on Wednesday to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs, two days after a federal judge ruled that potentially thousands of disputed ballots challenged by Jefferson Griffin must remain in the final tally. In
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NESKOWIN, Ore. (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is searching for the person who stabbed a baby seal multiple times on a beach in Oregon. The seal survived the March attack in a cove in the small town of Neskowin, which sits along the Pacific Ocean, NOAA said Monday. The administration’s marine stranding
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By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The crash of a Marine Corps helicopter last year that killed five service members was ultimately caused by pilot error, but the use of night vision goggles and unsafe flying conditions also likely were factors, according to an investigation report obtained by The Associated Press. The CH-53
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By MATTHEW DALY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package authorizing sales of hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah, prompting outrage from Democrats and environmentalists who called it a betrayal that could lead to drilling, mining and
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package authorizing sales of hundreds of thousands of acres of public lands in Nevada and Utah, prompting outrage from Democrats and environmentalists who called it a betrayal that could lead to drilling, mining and
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Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, May 8 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 6:05 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Collingwood at Fremantle 5:35 a.m. (Friday) FS2 — AFL: Carlton at St. Kilda COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — South Carolina at Auburn ESPNU — South Carolina at Auburn COLLEGE
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Continue Reading By DORANY PINEDA Associated Press Wildfires driven by climate change contribute to as many as thousands of annual deaths and billions of dollars in economic costs from wildfire smoke in the United States, according to a new study. The paper, published Friday in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment, found that from 2006 to
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By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Actor Michael Pitt, known for his TV roles on “Boardwalk Empire” and “Dawson’s Creek,” is accused of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend, choking her, and attacking her with a cinder block and a piece of lumber at his New York City home, according to a grand jury indictment. Pitt, 44, whose
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has warned a lawyer for music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs to tame his public comments now that the rapper’s sex trafficking trial is underway, saying it was “outrageous” that he referred to prosecutors during a podcast as a “six-pack of white women.” A
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By JOSH FUNK Associated Press A deadly midair collision in January between a military helicopter and a commercial airliner, several additional crashes and technical problems that resulted in mass cancellations at New Jersey’s biggest airport have prompted officials to pledge a fix for the nation’s outdated air traffic control system and vow to hire more
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK Associated Press A deadly midair collision in January between a military helicopter and a commercial airliner, several additional crashes and technical problems that resulted in mass cancellations at New Jersey’s biggest airport have prompted officials to pledge a fix for the nation’s outdated air traffic control system and vow to hire more
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By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — William Christie, a conductor renowned for Baroque performances, thought back to a 2014 phone call from Nikolaus Lehnhoff, a year before the German director’s death. “‘I think a ‘Tristan’ with Christie would be really a great thing,’” Christie recalled Lehnhoff referencing Wagner’s opera. “I said: `That’s
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At age 87, Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o hopes he can summon the strength for at least one more book. He would call it “Normalized Abnormality,” about the lasting scars of colonialism, whether in Africa, Europe or North America, that are widely accepted today. “I
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