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GOP mulls next move after Kansas governor vetoes effort to help Texas in border security fight 04/25/2024 01:04pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' governor is blocking an attempt by Republican legislators to give the state's National Guard a “border mission" of helping Texas in its partisan fight with the Biden administration over illegal immigration. Top Republicans in the Kansas House were considering Thursday Stock market today: Wall Street tumbles after dispiriting data on the economy, as Meta sinks 04/25/2024 01:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are tumbling Thursday after a dispiriting cocktail of data suggested both that the economy’s growth is flagging and that inflation remains stubbornly high. A sharp drop for Meta Platforms, one of Wall Street’s most influential stocks, also dragged the market lower. Some campuses call in police to break up pro-Palestinian demonstrations, while others wait it out 04/25/2024 12:58pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some U.S. universities called in police to break up demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war, resulting in ugly scuffles and dozens of arrests, while others appeared content to wait out student protests Thursday, as the final days of the semester ticked down and graduation The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case 04/25/2024 12:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday took up Donald Trump's bid to avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump’s lawyers argue that former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity for their official acts. Otherwise, they The Latest | Israeli strikes in Rafah kill at least 5 as ship comes under attack in the Gulf of Aden 04/25/2024 12:53pm • Palestinian hospital officials said Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip killed at least five people. More than half of the territory’s population of 2.3 million have sought refuge in Rafah, where Israel has conducted near-daily raids as it prepares for an offensive i A look at the Gaza war protests that have emerged on US college campuses 04/25/2024 12:43pm • Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. By Thursday, police in Boston and Los Angeles said they had arrested protesters at schools in those cities and at Southwest will limit hiring and drop 4 airports after loss. American Airlines posts 1Q loss as well 04/25/2024 12:35pm • DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines will limit hiring and stop flying to four airports as it copes with weak financial results and delays in getting new planes from Boeing. Both Southwest and American Airlines reported first-quarter losses Thursday. Demand for travel remains strong, including among b Body believed to be that of trucker who went missing in November found in Iowa farm field 04/25/2024 12:33pm • A body believed to be that of a missing truck driver has been found in a northwest Iowa field not far from where his abandoned rig was discovered on an isolated highway just before Thanksgiving , but details of his death remain a mystery. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said someone in his fiel New deep-water channel allows first ship to pass Key bridge wreckage in Baltimore 04/25/2024 12:31pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — The first cargo ship passed through a newly opened deep-water channel in Baltimore on Thursday after being stuck in the harbor since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed four weeks ago, halting most maritime traffic through the city’s port. The Balsa 94, a bulk carrier sailin Four decades in, the Pet Shop Boys know the secret to staying cool 04/25/2024 12:30pm • LONDON (AP) — Chicken Kiev, AI-generated press releases and the annoyance of fan selfies while performing — there was a lot on the minds of the Pet Shop Boys as the iconic British duo prepared to release a new album. Their 15th studio album, “Nonetheless,” comes Friday — 40 years (and 50 m Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs for fourth straight week to highest level since November 04/25/2024 12:27pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level since late November, another setback for home shoppers in what's traditionally the housing market's busiest time of the year. The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 7.17% from 7.1% last week, Seattle Kraken move games to over-the-air broadcaster with streaming on Amazon's Prime Video 04/25/2024 12:26pm • SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken will move their games to an over-the-air broadcaster and have a streaming partnership with Amazon’s Prime Video beginning with the 2024-25 season, the team announced Thursday. The Kraken will be the first NHL team to have a streaming deal with Prime Video for al Gusts of activity underway by friends and foes of offshore wind energy projects 04/25/2024 12:20pm • LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Government supporters of offshore wind energy projects in New Jersey and New York are trading blows with opponents in some shore towns who say many vacationers and local residents don't want to see turbines filling the ocean horizon. Eight Jersey Shore beach towns Portugal marks the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution army coup that brought democracy 04/25/2024 12:20pm • LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Military vehicles and red carnations returned to the streets and squares of downtown Lisbon on Thursday as Portugal reenacted dramatic moments from the army coup that brought democracy to the country 50 years ago. Tens of thousands of people attended the celebrations of the Blackhawks agree to a 6-year contract with defenseman Alex Vlasic 04/25/2024 12:18pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a six-year contract with defenseman Alex Vlasic, rewarding one of their best young players with a long-term deal. The team announced the move on Thursday. The contract runs through the 2029-30 season with a $4.6 million salary-cap hit. “Alex m