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US military chief tours arms plants with GOP lawmakers to show that Ukraine aid boosts jobs at home 03/14/2024 05:40pm • CAMDEN, Ark. (AP) — As they stood before massive rocket launchers built in part by their Arkansas constituents, Republican lawmakers were getting an unambiguous message Thursday from America’s top military officer: A Ukraine aid package that’s stalled in Congress will not only help in the figh Wriggling gold: Fishermen who catch baby eels for $2,000 a pound hope for many years of fishing 03/14/2024 05:35pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — They're wriggly, they're gross and they're worth more than $2,000 a pound. And soon, fishermen might be able to catch thousands of pounds of them for years to come. Baby eels, also called elvers, are likely the most valuable fish in the United States on a per-pound basis - w February retail sales up 0.6%, yet fissures emerge in what has been a driving force for US economy 03/14/2024 05:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Americans picked up their spending a bit in February after pulling back the previous month. But last month’s gain was weaker than expected, and January’s decline was revised even lower, suggesting that many are growing more cautious with their money. Retail sales rose 0.6% last A 1-year-old boy in Connecticut has died after a dog bit him several times 03/14/2024 05:16pm • EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 1-year-old boy died in Connecticut after a dog attacked the child while he was on a trampoline with his mother, police said. Police responded just after 3 p.m. Wednesday to a home in East Hartford where the child had been bitten several times, Officer Marc Caruso, a p Arkansas' elimination of 'X' as option for sex on licenses and IDs endorsed by GOP lawmakers 03/14/2024 04:40pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A predominantly Republican panel on Thursday endorsed an Arkansas agency's elimination of “X” as an option alongside male and female on state-issued driver's licenses and identification cards, despite skepticism from Democratic lawmakers about the move. The Arkansas Le Middle East conflicts revive clash between the president and Congress over war powers 03/14/2024 04:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A major deadline under the half-century-old War Powers Resolution came this week for President Joe Biden to obtain Congress' approval to keep waging his military campaign against Yemen's Houthis, in line with its sole authority under the U.S. Constitution to declare war and other New Jersey voters may soon decide whether they have a right to a clean environment 03/14/2024 02:22pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey, known as much for its beaches and blueberries as for the chemical plants and refineries that line some of its major highways, is considering asking voters a fundamental question: Should the state guarantee its citizens the right to a clean environment? A bill makin US official says Kosovo's ban on dinar use may spark a 'humanitarian issue' for ethnic Serbs 03/14/2024 02:04pm • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A senior U.S. official on Thursday said he was “very concerned” that Kosovo’s decision to ban the use of Serbian dinar in the north could cause “an emerging humanitarian issue” for the ethnic Serb minority. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar met w UK high court rules Australian computer scientist is not mysterious bitcoin founder as he claims 03/14/2024 01:34pm • LONDON (AP) — Britain's high court ruled Thursday that an Australian computer scientist is not, as he claimed, the mysterious creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency. Craig Wright has for eight years claimed that he was the man behind “Satoshi Nakamoto,” the pseudonym that masked the identity of Tiny North Central enjoying moment at top of women's wrestling with change on horizon as sport grows 03/14/2024 12:13pm • NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Joe Norton was plenty busy leading a successful men’s wrestling team at his alma mater when a conversation with his boss in the weight room changed things in a flash. Athletic director Jim Miller mentioned the school was adding women’s bowling. Norton’s response: Why Geert Wilders says it is 'constitutionally wrong' that he had to sacrifice his leadership ambitions 03/14/2024 12:09pm • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders said Thursday it is unfair and “constitutionally wrong” that he had to sacrifice his leadership aspirations in order to pave the way for a right-wing ruling coalition in the Netherlands after his party won the most seats in a Nove Diaby recalled to France squad for Euro 2024 warmups against Germany and Chile 03/14/2024 11:51am • PARIS (AP) — France recalled Aston Villa forward Moussa Diaby for European Championship warmups against Germany and Chile. Diaby last played for the national team in Ireland in a Euro 2024 qualifier in March last year. He was selected ahead of emerging Paris Saint-Germain winger Bradley Barcola, Tennessee's Dalton Knecht named AP's SEC player of year; South Carolina's Paris is coach of year 03/14/2024 11:47am • Tennessee forward Dalton Knecht, a transfer who helped lead the fifth-ranked Volunteers to a Southeastern Conference regular-season championship, is the league's Associated Press player of the year and newcomer of the year. South Carolina's Lamont Paris was named coach of the year in voting by 14 re A basketball coaching family, dealing with grief, aims at New York and Connecticut state titles 03/14/2024 10:46am • Linda Zullo would have loved Saturday. Jim Zullo, her husband, will coach in the New York state girls basketball semifinals. Sam Zullo, her son, will coach in a Connecticut state girls basketball championship game for the first time. They’ve long dreamed of having a day like this. So did Linda, th Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it 03/14/2024 05:23am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appeared to be crumbling Wednesday as some political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential council that would manage the transition. The panel would be responsible for selecting an interim prime minister and a