Month: April 2024

By Associated Press GUANGZHOU, China — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in China on Thursday for five days of meetings in a nation determined to avoid open conflict with the United States, yet the world’s two largest economies still appear to be hashing out the rules on how to compete against each other. There are

By Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — An explicit requirement that Iowa’s state, county and local decision-making bodies be balanced by gender was repealed Wednesday, a move that Gov. Kim Reynolds said was common sense but which critics warn may lead to fewer opportunities for women. Before signing the repeal bill into law, Reynolds said

By Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Far-right conservatives loyal to former President Donald Trump aren’t slowing their push for the Republican-led Nebraska Legislature to adopt a “winner-take-all” system of awarding Electoral College votes, despite having almost no viable avenue to do so with only five days left in this year’s legislative session. The Nebraska Republican

By Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Final Four this week delivers the last entry in college basketball’s heartwarming yearbook, an annual assortment of legendary longshots, coaches looking for hugs and magic oozing from every corner of the bracket. Only problem with the 2024 version: UConn doesn’t believe in magic. The only thing that has

By Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Top Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor in Kansas advanced their compromise plan to cut the state’s taxes Thursday, but the last vote the measure faced involved a large and bipartisan group of critics. The state Senate voted 38-1 to approve the plan, which would reduce income, sales and

By Associated Press Caitlin Clark is capping her illustrious college career with another record-breaking season and another set of prestigious awards. The star guard from Iowa was honored Thursday as The Associated Press Player of the Year in women’s basketball for the second consecutive year. Clark received 35 votes from the 36-member national media panel

By Associated Press Jon Rahm went from wearing a Masters green jacket in April to a LIV Golf black letterman’s jacket in December. Those two images — one in Butler Cabin with Scottie Scheffler, the other in a New York studio with Greg Norman — illustrate the great divide in golf that has scattered the

By Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine | In a dance studio that doubles as a bomb shelter in northeast Ukraine, the little girls in pink tutus prance in like gusts of air. Timed to classical music, the 9-year olds jump and glide. Occasionally, they misbehave, prompting a curt rebuke from Marina Altukhova, their instructor. The Princess

By Metro Creative The exact causes of many headaches continues to confound medical researchers. Though the Cleveland Clinic notes that certain environmental factors, such as exposure to allergens or strong odors from household chemicals, can trigger headaches, the mechanism that causes muscles or blood vessels to swell or tighten remains something of a mystery. During

By Metro Creative The scent of freshly baked bread can fill a home and instantly draw the interest of that home’s inhabitants. Such is the case with the following recipe for “Buttermilk Cornbread” from Linda Collister’s “Quick Breads” (Ryland, Peters & Small). Buttermilk Cornbread Serves 6 to 8 1 cup fine yellow cornmeal, preferably stone-ground

By Associated Press HUALIEN, Taiwan — The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan Wednesday morning, killing nine people, stranding dozens at quarries and a national park, and sending some residents scrambling out the windows of damaged buildings. The quake, which injured more than 1,000, struck just before 8 a.m. and was centered off the

By Associated Press WASHINGTON | Shortly after an airstrike widely attributed to Israel destroyed an Iranian consulate building in Syria, the United States had an urgent message for Iran: We had nothing to do with it. But that may not be enough for the U.S. to avoid retaliation targeting its forces in the region. A