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Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals 04/30/2024 01:22pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's taking control of its oil sector from U.S. and British companies is taught in schools and celebrated every year. The 1938 nationalization is a point of pride for millions of Mexicans including President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The popular president hails from the Brad Stevens selected as NBA's executive of the year after Celtics' NBA-best regular season 04/30/2024 01:00pm • Brad Stevens was announced Tuesday as the NBA's executive of the year after helping build a Boston Celtics team that posted the league's best record in the regular season. It's the first such award for Stevens, who is in his third season as president of basketball operations for the Celtics after se New Jersey seeks fourth round of offshore wind farm proposals as foes push back 04/30/2024 12:54pm • LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is seeking a new round of proposals to build wind energy farms off its coastline, forging ahead with its clean energy goals even as local opposition and challenging economics create blowback to the effort. The state Board of Public Utilities on Tuesday o Supreme Court will hear case claiming CBD product got trucker fired 04/30/2024 12:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal from a CBD hemp oil maker fighting a lawsuit from a truck driver who says he got fired after using a product falsely advertised as being free from marijuana's active ingredient. Douglas Horn says he took the product to help with Nigerians struggle with fuel shortages as queues form across major cities 04/30/2024 12:04pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians were queuing for hours to buy fuel across major cities on Tuesday as the West African nation struggled with its latest fuel shortage, causing more hardship for millions already struggling in an economic crisis. The fuel shortage has led to an increase in transportat Lottery bids for skilled-worker visas plunge in the US after changes aimed at fraud and abuse 04/30/2024 11:40am • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Lottery bids for highly educated worker visas plunged nearly 40% this year, authorities said Tuesday, claiming success against people who were “gaming the system” by submitting multiple, sometimes dubious, applications to unfairly increase chances of being selected. Major tech Meta under fire from European Union for not doing enough about election disinformation 04/30/2024 11:15am • LONDON (AP) — The European Union said Tuesday that it's investigating Facebook and Instagram for suspected violations of the bloc's digital rulebook, including not doing enough to protect users from foreign disinformation ahead of EU-wide elections. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm Jaguars cut WR Zay Jones, clearing a path to potentially sign five-time Pro Bowler Jarvis Landry 04/30/2024 11:11am • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars released veteran receiver Zay Jones on Tuesday, dumping him five days after drafting LSU's Brian Thomas Jr. with the 23rd overall pick and a day after agreeing to bring five-time Pro Bowler Jarvis Landry in for rookie minicamp. Jones was scheduled La Cámara de Diputados de Argentina aprueba la "Ley Bases" de Milei 04/30/2024 10:37am • (CNN Español) -- Luego de un debate de más de 20 horas, la Cámara de Diputados de Argentina aprobó —primero en general y horas más tarde en particular— la "Ley de Bases y Puntos de Partida para la Libertad de los Argentinos", un paquete de reformas también conocido como "ley ómnibus". Imp Editorial Roundup: United States 04/30/2024 10:27am • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: April 26 The Wall Street Journal on a potential Trump-Biden debate Is President Biden going to debate Donald Trump as the November election nears? “I am. Somewhere. I don’t know when,” Mr. Biden said Friday in an interview with H First Financial Corp.: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/30/2024 10:10am • TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — First Financial Corp. (THFF) on Tuesday reported net income of $10.9 million in its first quarter. The bank, based in Terre Haute, Indiana, said it had earnings of 93 cents per share. The holding company for First Financial Bank posted revenue of In unusual push, funders band together to get out grants around election work 'early' 04/30/2024 09:49am • A small portion of the billions spent around the November election will go to nonprofits working to boost voter participation and access to voting around the country. And usually, those funds flood into counties and cities right before Election Day. This year, a coalition of funders tried to change Banco Santander-Chile: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/30/2024 09:48am • SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC) on Tuesday reported first-quarter earnings of $127.1 million. The Santiago Chile, Chile-based bank said it had earnings of 26 cents per share. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average est Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi wins Spanish Asturias award for communication 04/30/2024 08:56am • MADRID (AP) — Marjane Satrapi, the acclaimed Iranian-French filmmaker and cartoonist, has won the 2024 Princess of Asturias Foundation award for communication and humanities, the Spanish organization announced Tuesday. The foundation said Satrapi was “an essential voice in the defense of human r Civista Bancshares: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/30/2024 08:37am • SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) — Civista Bancshares Inc. (CIVB) on Tuesday reported first-quarter net income of $6.4 million. The Sandusky, Ohio-based bank said it had earnings of 41 cents per share. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three anal