By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says he’s informed the White House that he won’t support Ed Martin, President Donald Trump’spick for top federal prosecutor in Washington, stalling the nomination in the Senate weeks before the temporary appointment expires. The North Carolina Republican told
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By SUZAN FRASER and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s intelligence service thwarted a remote attack using pagers last year in Lebanon, days after similar attacks by Israel killed dozens and wounded thousands, including members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, a Turkish daily and officials said Tuesday. Daily Sabah reported that 1,300 pagers
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 524¾ +4¾ Jul 535 538¾ 529¼ 538 +5¼ Sep 548½ 552½ 544 551½ +4¼ Dec 571½ 575¼ 567¼ 574 +3½ Mar 591 593¾ 586½ 593 +3¼ May 600 603½ 596¾ 602¾ +3¼ Jul
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Jun 213.50 214.32 213.00 213.67 +.02 Aug 208.60 209.80 208.50 209.37 +.30 Oct 206.00 207.27 205.92 206.87 +.47 Dec 205.42 206.52 205.32 206.22 +.45 Feb 205.62 206.50 205.42 206.20 +.35 Apr 205.80 206.40 205.45 206.12 +.22 Jun
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Jun 213.50 214.32 213.00 213.67 +.02 Aug 208.60 209.80 208.50 209.37 +.30 Oct 206.00 207.27 205.92 206.87 +.47 Dec 205.42 206.52 205.32 206.22 +.45 Feb 205.62 206.50 205.42 206.20 +.35 Apr 205.80 206.40 205.45 206.12 +.22 Jun
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 524¾ +4¾ Jul 535 538¾ 529¼ 538 +5¼ Sep 548½ 552½ 544 551½ +4¼ Dec 571½ 575¼ 567¼ 574 +3½ Mar 591 593¾ 586½ 593 +3¼ May 600 603½ 596¾ 602¾ +3¼ Jul
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 524¾ +4¾ Jul 535 538¾ 529¼ 538 +5¼ Sep 548½ 552½ 544 551½ +4¼ Dec 571½ 575¼ 567¼ 574 +3½ Mar 591 593¾ 586½ 593 +3¼ May 600 603½ 596¾ 602¾ +3¼ Jul
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 524¾ +4¾ Jul 535 538¾ 529¼ 538 +5¼ Sep 548½ 552½ 544 551½ +4¼ Dec 571½ 575¼ 567¼ 574 +3½ Mar 591 593¾ 586½ 593 +3¼ May 600 603½ 596¾ 602¾ +3¼ Jul
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Wall Street veteran Frank Bisignano was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday to lead the Social Security Administration, taking over at a turbulent time for the agency that provides benefits to more than 70 million Americans. The Senate confirmed Bisignano in a 53-47 vote. Bisignano’s confirmation comes
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PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan court said Tuesday it won’t accept an appeal from a school shooter who was sentenced to life in prison in 2023 for killing four students and wounding others. The Court of Appeals turned down Ethan Crumbley’s application “for lack of merit in the grounds presented.” Crumbley pleaded guilty to
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By REBECCA SANTANA and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Travelers who haven’t obtained a REAL ID by this week’s deadline received assurances from the head of Homeland Security that they will be able to fly after additional identity checks. Her comments came Tuesday as people were waiting in long lines outside of
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed. The court acted in the dispute over a policy that presumptively disqualifies transgender people from military service. The court’s three liberal justices said
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–KANSAS HIGHWAY CRASH-8 DEAD Teen basketball players were among those who died in a Kansas highway crash that
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–KANSAS HIGHWAY CRASH-8 DEAD Teen basketball players were among those who died in a Kansas highway crash that
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–KANSAS HIGHWAY CRASH-8 DEAD Teen basketball players were among those who died in a Kansas highway crash that
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–KANSAS HIGHWAY CRASH-8 DEAD Teen basketball players were among those who died in a Kansas highway crash that
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s ordering a halt to nearly two months of U.S. airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthis, saying the Iran-backed rebels have indicated that “they don’t want to fight anymore” and have pledged to stop attacking ships along a vital global trade route. “We’re
Continue Reading By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s ordering a halt to nearly two months of U.S. airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthis, saying the Iran-backed rebels have indicated that “they don’t want to fight anymore” and have pledged to stop attacking ships along a vital global trade route. “We’re
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Kerry Kennedy is working on a book about her late mother, Ethel Kennedy. “Ethel: Faith, Hope, Family, and an Extraordinary American Life” is scheduled to come out in the fall of 2026. “This intimate portrait of Ethel Skakel Kennedy offers a unique window into the
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A tax on the endowments of America’s wealthiest colleges began during President Donald Trump’s first administration, collecting 1.4% of their investment earnings. Under Republican proposals on Capitol Hill, that rate could increase by tenfold or more. As Trump spars with prestigious colleges he accuses of “indoctrinating”
Continue ReadingBy JEREMY TURLEY/Flatwater Free Press Flatwater Free Press Dave Richardson got his first taste of voting when his aunt Marjorie lifted him up to the polling booth and let him fill in the bubble next to Adlai Stevenson’s name on her 1952 presidential ballot. For an 8-year-old infatuated with politics, it was “just like ice
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area who were on their way back from a tournament were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern Kansas. Authorities said the other victims in
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area who were on their way back from a tournament were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern Kansas. Authorities said the other victims in
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area who were on their way back from a tournament were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern Kansas. Authorities said the other victims in
Continue Reading By REBECCA SANTANA and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Travelers who haven’t obtained a REAL ID by this week’s deadline received assurances from the head of Homeland Security that they will be able to fly after additional identity checks. Her comments came Tuesday as people were waiting in long lines outside of
Continue ReadingBy ROB GILLIES and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney faced off in the Oval Office on Tuesday and showed no signs of retreating from their gaping differences in an ongoing trade war that has shattered decades of trust between the two countries. The
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By CARA ANNA Associated Press Rwanda drew international attention, and some outrage, by agreeing to take in Britain’s rejected asylum-seekers in a plan that collapsed last year. Now Rwanda says it is talking with the Trump administration about a similar idea – and it might find more success. The negotiations mark an expansion in U.S.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man was arrested after crashing a car into the front gate at Jennifer Aniston’s home in Los Angeles, authorities said Tuesday. Police told KABC-TV that the “Friends” star was home at the time of the crash. The incident occurred around 12:20 p.m. Monday on the 900 Block of Airole Way
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By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has vetoed his first bill since taking office in 2019, nixing a measure that would make it easier for a state board to deny parole. The Republican’s veto Monday eliminates the bill, though the GOP-supermajority Tennessee Legislature can override a veto with
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By COLLIN BINKLEY and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s feud with America’s elite universities is lending momentum to Republicans on Capitol Hill who want to increase a tax on wealthy college endowments by tenfold or more. House Republicans already were considering a hike in the tax on college endowments’ earnings
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