By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Student survivors of last week’s deadly shooting at Florida State University urged state legislators Tuesday to block an effort to reverse a law passed after the 2018 Parkland school shooting that lowered the state’s gun-buying age from 21 to 18. Days after a gunman
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By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has no plans to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, just days after his statement that he would like to terminate the head of the U.S. central bank caused a stock market selloff. “I have no intention of firing him,” Trump
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By BERNARD CONDON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk says he’ll dedicate more time to Tesla starting in May after the company reported a big drop in first-quarter profit. The company has faced a backlash faced angry protests over Musk’s leadership of a federal government jobs-cutting group that has divided the country.
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By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn its lawsuit that accused a heavily Hispanic city in Pennsylvania of illegally diluting the political power of its growing Hispanic population. U.S. District Judge Karoline Mehalchick in Scranton approved the dismissal of the case against Hazleton on Tuesday, a day
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he has no plans to fire Fed chair, days after he hinted he might do just that and caused a market selloff.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk says starting in May his time spent with DOGE will ‘drop significantly’ and he’ll allocate more time to Tesla.
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By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a preemptive lawsuit Tuesday against Republican President Donald Trump seeking to block his administration from acting against Minnesota in the way it’s taking on Maine under a federal push to ban transgender athletes from girls and women’s sports.
Continue Reading New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.96 +.63 Altria 58.82 +1.19 AmerenCp 99.15 +2.67 AmExpress 252.42 +9.91 ArchDanM 48.54 +.45 AutoZone 3678.66+109.42 BPPLC 28.87 +.79 Boeing 162.52 +3.18 BristMySq 49.82 +.88 Brunswick 44.82 +1.34 Chevron 137.30 +3.57 Citigroup 64.55 +1.86 CocaCola 73.90 +1.13 ConAgraBr 25.48 +.09 ConocoPhil 89.76 +2.21 Corning 41.75 +1.05 CurtissWright 322.64 +6.21 DTEEnergy
Continue Reading New York(AP)Final stocks LastChg. AT&TInc 26.96 +.63 Altria 58.82 +1.19 AmerenCp 99.15 +2.67 AmExpress 252.42 +9.91 ArchDanM 48.54 +.45 AutoZone 3678.66+109.42 BPPLC 28.87 +.79 Boeing 162.52 +3.18 BristMySq 49.82 +.88 Brunswick 44.82 +1.34 Chevron 137.30 +3.57 Citigroup 64.55 +1.86 CocaCola 73.90 +1.13 ConAgraBr 25.48 +.09 ConocoPhil 89.76 +2.21 Corning 41.75 +1.05 CurtissWright 322.64 +6.21 DTEEnergy
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Tuesday: OpenHighLowSettleChg. COTTON 2 50,000 lbs.; dollars per lb. May 65.82 67.17 65.43 67.04 +1.27 Jul 66.86 67.37 66.44 67.22 +.40 Oct 69.00 69.06 69.00 69.06 +.35 Dec 68.42 68.81 67.91 68.71 +.41 Mar 69.44 69.91 69.01 69.82 +.39 May 70.28 70.73 69.99
Continue Reading OpenHighLowSettleChg. LUMBER 27,500 bd. ft.; $ per 1,000 bd. ft. May 566.5 573.0 564.0 568.5 +3.0 Jul 593.5 598.0 592.0 593.5 Sep 616.0 621.0 616.0 617.5 — .5 Est. sales 1,367. Mon.’s sales 759 Mon.’s open int 6,499, up 116 LIBOR-1 MONTH $3 million; pts of 100 pct. No open contracts. US T. BILLS $1
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — An Ivory Coast court ruled Tuesday that Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of Credit Suisse, is ineligible to run for president because of his dual Ivorian-French nationality, according to a lawyer representing him. Thiam won his party’s primary on Friday in an uncontested vote and was widely seen as the
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By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court justices unanimously accepted criminal charges Tuesday against six more key allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat. Last month, the panel unanimously accepted charges against
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 552¾ 555¼ 545¼ 546 —4¾ Jul 565 567 557½ 558¼ —5½ Sep 579¾ 581¾ 572¼ 573 —5½ Dec 602¾ 605 595½ 596¼ —5½ Mar 623½ 623¾ 615¼ 615¾ —5½ May 628¾ 629½ 625¼
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 552¾ 555¼ 545¼ 546 —4¾ Jul 565 567 557½ 558¼ —5½ Sep 579¾ 581¾ 572¼ 573 —5½ Dec 602¾ 605 595½ 596¼ —5½ Mar 623½ 623¾ 615¼ 615¾ —5½ May 628¾ 629½ 625¼
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 552¾ 555¼ 545¼ 546 —4¾ Jul 565 567 557½ 558¼ —5½ Sep 579¾ 581¾ 572¼ 573 —5½ Dec 602¾ 605 595½ 596¼ —5½ Mar 623½ 623¾ 615¼ 615¾ —5½ May 628¾ 629½ 625¼
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Winter Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. WHEAT 5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushel May 552¾ 555¼ 545¼ 546 —4¾ Jul 565 567 557½ 558¼ —5½ Sep 579¾ 581¾ 572¼ 573 —5½ Dec 602¾ 605 595½ 596¼ —5½ Mar 623½ 623¾ 615¼ 615¾ —5½ May 628¾ 629½ 625¼
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 210.42 211.87 210.25 211.37 +1.60 Jun 204.57 206.77 204.35 206.27 +2.52 Aug 200.50 203.00 200.50 202.45 +2.45 Oct 198.75 201.02 198.65 200.47 +2.25 Dec 199.12 201.20 199.10 200.85 +2.13 Feb 199.87 201.60 199.87 201.32 +1.80 Apr
Continue Reading CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tue: OpenHighLowSettleChg. CATTLE 40,000 lbs.; cents per lb. Apr 210.42 211.87 210.25 211.37 +1.60 Jun 204.57 206.77 204.35 206.27 +2.52 Aug 200.50 203.00 200.50 202.45 +2.45 Oct 198.75 201.02 198.65 200.47 +2.25 Dec 199.12 201.20 199.10 200.85 +2.13 Feb 199.87 201.60 199.87 201.32 +1.80 Apr
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MOSCOW (AP) — Zurab Tsereteli, a prominent Georgian-Russian sculptor known for colossal, often controversial, monuments, died early on Tuesday at 91. His assistant Sergei Shagulashvili told Russia’s state news agency Tass that Tsereteli suffered cardiac arrest. Tsereteli was born on January 4, 1934, in Georgia, which was part of the Soviet Union at the time,
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Zurab Tsereteli, a prominent Georgian-Russian sculptor known for colossal, often controversial, monuments, died early on Tuesday at 91. His assistant Sergei Shagulashvili told Russia’s state news agency Tass that Tsereteli suffered cardiac arrest. Tsereteli was born on January 4, 1934, in Georgia, which was part of the Soviet Union at the time,
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — George Santos is defending his recent social media tirade to a federal judge who will be sentencing the disgraced former New York congressman later this week on fraud charges. In a lengthy letter ahead of the Friday court date, Santos, 36, said he remains “profoundly sorry”
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The top producer at “60 Minutes” said Tuesday that he is quitting the show, saying that it has become clear that he would no longer be able to run it as he has in the past. In a memo to staff members, Bill Owens that
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department on Tuesday, with plans to reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the Trump administration’s “America First”
Continue Reading By FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department on Tuesday, with plans to reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the Trump administration’s “America First”
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By JOSH BOAK and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Tuesday speech that the ongoing tariffs showdown against China is unsustainable and he expects a “de-escalation” in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. But in a private speech in Washington for JPMorgan Chase,
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