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Giant snails and tiny insects threaten the South's rice and crawfish farms 02/06/2026 02:11am • KAPLAN, La. (AP) ��� Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he's finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails. Big ones. For every crawfish Courville dumps out of a trap, three or four snails clang onto the boat���s metal Timberwolves acquire Ayo Dosunmu for scoring depth in trade-deadline deal with Bulls 02/06/2026 12:08am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� The Minnesota Timberwolves acquired guard Ayo Dosunmu from the Chicago Bulls on Thursday, adding a proven scorer to bolster their depth for the stretch run in the stacked Western Conference playoffs race. The trade was finalized by the NBA and announced about six hours after the The Mavs are leaving no doubt that Cooper Flagg is their future after trading Anthony Davis 02/05/2026 11:53pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Cooper Flagg is in the midst of an unprecedented run for an NBA teenager just as the Dallas Mavericks are firmly declaring their rookie No. 1 pick the future face of the franchise. The day was coming regardless. It arrived with Dallas trading Anthony Davis, the 10-time All-Star who j Wembanyama scores 29 points as Spurs beat Mavs despite another 30-plus night from Cooper Flagg 02/05/2026 11:33pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� Victor Wembanyama had 29 points and 11 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs overcame rookie No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg's fourth consecutive 30-point game in a 135-123 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night. Flagg scored 32 points to extend his NBA record for consecutive game Antetokounmpo remains with Bucks as an extremely hectic NBA trade deadline passes 02/05/2026 11:13pm • Giannis Antetokounmpo remained with the Milwaukee Bucks while plenty of other players changed addresses as the NBA trade deadline passed Thursday. An extremely busy deadline, at that: There were 28 trades made in the week leading up to the deadline, the most that the NBA has seen in over that timefr Argentina and US sign a major trade deal to slash tariffs and boost a political alliance 02/05/2026 10:44pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ��� Argentina and the United States agreed Thursday to ease restrictions on each other's goods in an expansive trade deal that boosts a drive by President Javier Milei to open up Argentina���s protectionist economy and a push by the Trump administration to reduce food pr Alexander-Walker hits winner with 1.3 seconds left to lift Hawks past Jazz, 121-119 02/05/2026 10:12pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Nickeil Alexander-Walker broke a tie on a short jumper with 1.3 seconds left and had 23 points in the Atlanta Hawks' 121-119 victory over the Utah Jazz on Thursday night. Newly acquired Jock Landale had a season-high 29 points and hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 45 seconds. He had a c Lakers acquire 3-point shooter Luke Kennard from busy Hawks for point guard Gabe Vincent 02/05/2026 09:19pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� The Atlanta Hawks remained busy before the NBA trade deadline Thursday by acquiring point guard Gabe Vincent and a 2032 second-round draft pick from the Los Angeles Lakers for shooting guard Luke Kennard. Vincent provides depth and steady point guard play for the Hawks, whose busy t Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugs 02/05/2026 08:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a time when health care and the cost of living are growing concerns for Americans. ���You���re going to save a fortune,��� President D UK's Starmer didn't know Jeffrey Epstein. But the prime minister's job is under threat 02/05/2026 08:44pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein. But the British prime minister���s job is under threat because of the fallout from the late sex offender���s global web of relationships. Friendship with Epstein has already brought down a British royal ��� Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly The Gaza ceasefire began months ago. Here���s why the fighting persists 02/05/2026 08:35pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� As the bodies of two dozen Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes arrived at hospitals in Gaza on Wednesday, the director of one asked a question that has echoed across the war-ravaged territory for months. ���Where is the ceasefire? Where are the mediators?��� Shifa Hospital's Mo WR Cooper Kupp leading the way on, off the field for Seahawks ahead of Super Bowl 02/05/2026 08:17pm • SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) ��� While Cooper Kupp donned a T-shirt Thursday in vehement support of quarterback Sam Darnold, the veteran wide receiver simultaneously received heaps of praise from his teammates. Four years removed from the most productive season of his career, Kupp will become the sixth pl The Latest: Democrats demand ���dramatic changes��� for ICE 02/05/2026 07:38pm • Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are ���dramatic changes��� and ���real accountability��� for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Tru Battle of the Balance Transfer: Chase Slate vs. Wells Fargo Reflect 02/05/2026 07:00pm • There's been a shakeup in the balance transfer space. The Chase Slate Edge Credit Card is now the Slate Credit Card from Chase. Along with this name change, the Slate has increased its 0% intro annual percentage rate period from 18 to 21 months. Which means the Wells Fargo Reflect�� Card has some re Families of plane crash victims ask US appeals court to revive a criminal case against Boeing 02/05/2026 06:45pm • Thirty-one families that lost relatives in two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to revive a criminal case against the aircraft manufacturer. Paul Cassell, a lawyer for the families, urged a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals