By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, DAVID A. LIEB and MORGAN LEE Associated Press Federal immigration officials are scouting warehouses and beginning to purchase some of them to transform into detention and processing facilities. Some warehouse owners have decided not to sell to Immigration and Customs Enforcement under pressure from elected officials and advocates. Some cities are issuing
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday that he knows of no U.S. Supreme Court precedent to justify the Pentagon’s censuring of a sitting U.S. senator who joined a videotaped plea for troops to resist unlawful orders from the Trump administration. Sen. Mark Kelly had a front-row seat in
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By DAVID A. LIEB and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With the deadline to file for reelection a little over a month away, two of Utah’s Republican members of Congress are asking a federal court to block the use of new U.S. House districts that could significantly boost Democrats’ chances of
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By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The dog was Penny. The win was priceless. A Doberman pinscher named Penny won best in show Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, netting U.S. show dogs’ most coveted prize — and giving veteran handler Andy Linton another win after nearly four decades.
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By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that was approaching the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday, threatening to ramp up tensions as the Trump administration warns of possible military action to get
Continue ReadingSAINT LOUIS (AP) — SAINT LOUIS (AP) — Amdocs Ltd. (DOX) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $157.6 million. The Saint Louis-based company said it had profit of $1.45 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.81 per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four
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By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Health care business owner Rick Jackson announced his Republican run for governor in Georgia on Tuesday, shaking up a field of candidates that had seemed settled for months. Jackson, 71, is bidding to succeed Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who can’t run again because he’s term-limited. He’s vying
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By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations that include spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They have also summoned billionaire owner Elon Musk for questioning. X and Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI also
Continue ReadingMONETT, Mo. (AP) — MONETT, Mo. (AP) — Jack Henry & Associates Inc. (JKHY) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $124.7 million. The Monett, Missouri-based company said it had profit of $1.72 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $605 million. The St. Louis-based company said it had net income of $1.07 per share. Earnings, adjusted for amortization costs and restructuring costs, were $1.46 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Trump signs government funding legislation, ending the partial shutdown that began over the weekend.
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By DAVID A. LIEB, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and MORGAN LEE Associated Press EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: Officials with President Donald Trump’s administration have been scouting cities and counties across the U.S. for places to locate new immigrant detention and processing facilities. More than 75,000 immigrants were being detained by ICE as of mid-January, up from 40,000 when Trump
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — H&R Block Inc. (HRB) on Tuesday reported a loss of $242.2 million in its fiscal second quarter. The Kansas City, Missouri-based company said it had a loss of $1.92 per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.84 per share. The results
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republican groups seeking to add U.S. House seats in Florida by challenging the 2020 census suffered a major setback Tuesday as a federal court ruled the lawsuit was filed too late. The suit alleges that the statistical methods used to calculate the census undercounted the state’s population, costing the state two
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rap legends E-40 and Too $hort will bring Bay Area hip-hop flavor to the NFL Honors stage, performing during the league’s annual awards show Thursday night in San Francisco. NFL Honors will be held at the Palace of Fine Arts and air at 9
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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of Libya’s late dictator Moammar Gadhafi, was killed in the northern African country, Libyan officials said Tuesday. The 53-year-old was killed in the town Zintan, 136 kilometers (85 miles) southwest of the capital, Tripoli, according to Libyan’s chief
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By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Florida congresswoman charged with conspiring to steal $5 million in federal COVID-19 disaster funds formally pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, nearly three months after her indictment. U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was not present for the arraignment in Miami federal court, but her attorney, William Barzee, entered
Continue ReadingBy OPE ADETAYO Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The U.S. has dispatched a small team of military officers to Nigeria, the general in charge of U.S. Africa Command told reporters in a briefing on Tuesday. General Dagvin R.M. Anderson said the move followed his meeting with Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu, in Rome late last
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton finalized an agreement with House Republicans Tuesday to testify in a House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein this month, bowing to the threat of a contempt of Congress vote against them.
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By RONALD BLUM Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Tobias Kratzer spoke in disbelief ahead of the world premiere of “Monster’s Paradise” by Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek, which features a gluttonous, ravenous, insatiable President-King, lampooning U.S. President Donald Trump. “The metaphor has become a reality,” the Hamburg State Opera artistic director said in his
Continue ReadingBy MINGSON LAU and MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The first husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with killing his wife at their Delaware home in late December, authorities announced in a news release Tuesday. William Stevenson, 77, of Wilmington was married to Jill Biden from 1970 to
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By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors Tuesday requested a five-year ban on holding elected office against far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a crucial appeal trial in Paris, an outcome that may prevent her from running in the 2027 presidential election. Le Pen, 57, is seeking to overturn a March 2025
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–IOWA-WASHINGTON DESCRIPTION: Iowa plays Washington at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. 150 words, more on
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–IOWA-WASHINGTON DESCRIPTION: Iowa plays Washington at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. 150 words, more on
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–IOWA-WASHINGTON DESCRIPTION: Iowa plays Washington at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. 150 words, more on
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–IOWA-WASHINGTON DESCRIPTION: Iowa plays Washington at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion. 150 words, more on
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— KANSAS ————-——————— US-Immigration Detention Centers Trump’s $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities SUMMARY: State and local officials are pushing back against
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