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US stocks climb as gold and silver prices keep falling 02/02/2026 05:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� U.S. stocks rose on Monday following sharp swings that shook financial markets overnight, including tumbles for Asian stocks. Gold and silver prices sank further following their latest wild moves. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 added 0.5% and snapped a three-day losing streak. Th Recreational marijuana and 21 other citizen initiatives fail to qualify for Florida's 2026 ballot 02/02/2026 04:34pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ��� A proposed amendment to Florida's constitution that would allow recreational marijuana use for adults is one of 22 citizen initiatives that failed to qualify for the 2026 ballot, state officials said. The Florida Department of State announced Sunday that none of the active Editorial Roundup: United States 02/02/2026 04:11pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ The Washington Post says Trump is focused on foreign policy while voters worry about cost of living President Donald Trump kicked off his midterm campaign travel this week with a bipolar economy: huge growth but plummeting consumer Rodman, Swanson and Wilson look forward to reuniting Triple Espresso after eventful year 02/02/2026 03:45pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Trinity Rodman spotted Mallory Swanson across a crowded hotel conference room and took off running, bounding into her U.S. teammate with a hug and a delighted laugh. A few moments later, Sophia Wilson appeared in the room where the National Women's Soccer League was holding a Trump appointees ask about White House ballroom's design and scale ��� and want to see models 02/02/2026 03:38pm • Some of Donald Trump's handpicked appointees who have a say in his White House ballroom project asked questions Thursday about its ���immense��� design and scale, even as they broadly endorsed the president's vision for a massive expansion. The Commission of Fine Arts discussion, which also include Bad Bunny won big at the 2026 Grammys. It���s a boost at a dark time for U.S. Latinos 02/02/2026 02:48pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The record that won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards Sunday night ��� Bad Bunny���s ���Deb�� Tirar M��s Fotos��� ��� is the one many industry experts labeled the most deserving, and therefore an unlikely candidate for victory. In the same breath, the Grammys ��� not a France's budget clears the way for Macron's military spending boost 02/02/2026 02:32pm • PARIS (AP) ��� France has adopted its delayed 2026 budget Monday, clearing the way for higher military spending promised by President Emmanuel Macron to confront threats linked to Russia���s war in Ukraine and Mideast conflicts. The adoption of the budget marks the final step of a monthslong, chaoti Artemis II continues countdown rehearsal 02/02/2026 02:17pm • Did you see Sunday night���s brilliant and beautiful full snow moon? It provided the perfect backdrop to the Artemis II moon mission rocket, perched atop frigid Launch Pad 39B, as NASA personnel continued their ���wet dress rehearsal countdown," which began Jan. 31 at 8:13 p.m. The frigid weat CAS says it lacks jurisdiction over US skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender's Olympic appeal 02/02/2026 02:15pm • U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender's last chance to make the Olympic field may have been lost Monday, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport saying it lacks the jurisdiction to change the result of a race that could have earned her a berth in the Milan Cortina Games. Uhlaender ��� a five-time Olym Labor Department delays January jobs report because of partial shutdown 02/02/2026 01:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Labor Department, citing the partial federal government shutdown, said Monday that it will not release the January jobs report on Friday as scheduled. In a statement, the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said: ���Once funding is restored, BLS will resume normal oper Woodie King Jr., founder of powerhouse off-Broadway New Federal Theatre, dies at 88 02/02/2026 12:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Woodie King Jr., an actor, director and producer who founded the New Federal Theatre to give voice and employment to Black playwrights, actors, directors, designers and young people entering the American theater, has died. He was 88. His off-Broadway theater company said King died Bad Bunny wins album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, a first for a Spanish-language album 02/02/2026 11:47am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his critically-acclaimed ���Deb�� Tirar M��s Fotos,��� closing out a surprising and history-making night. It is the first time a Spanish-language album has taken home the top prize. ���Puerto Rico, believe me when I t Out with the old? Young Democrats are trying to convince voters to send a new generation to Congress 02/02/2026 11:30am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� Mai Vang wouldn't be born for another seven years when Bob Matsui was first elected to Congress from California in 1978. By the time Matsui died in 2005 and was replaced by his widow, Doris Matsui, Vang was still studying biology and sociology in college. Now a member of Planned Parenthood drops lawsuit against Trump administration's Medicaid cuts 02/02/2026 11:24am • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) ��� Planned Parenthood has moved to drop its legal challenge against the Trump administration for cutting off Medicaid funding to its abortion providers across the U.S. Since July, Planned Parenthood's attorneys have been fighting to block part of President Donald Trump's tax b How the Super Bowl halftime show evolved from pageantry to pop culture's biggest stage 02/02/2026 10:47am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Once upon a time, the Super Bowl halftime show belonged to marching bands and pageantry. But these days, it belongs to global pop stars, cinematic production and moments that ripple beyond the stadium. Over the years, the league���s brief intermission has transformed into one of