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Cleveland-Cliffs to shutter West Virginia tin plant and lay off 900 after tariff ruling 02/15/2024 04:19pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Cleveland-Cliffs announced Thursday that it is shutting down a northern West Virginia tin production facility indefinitely and plans to lay off 900 workers after the International Trade Commission voted against imposing tariffs on tin imports. The trade commission ruled ea Mike Soroka looking to prove himself in his first season with the Chicago White Sox 02/15/2024 04:16pm • GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Mike Soroka looks around the Chicago White Sox spring training clubhouse and sees a lot of players in a similar position to himself: people looking to prove something. “There’s a lot of guys in this clubhouse that are fighting for careers,” Soroka said Thursday. “I t Beltway Basketball Beat: February Fever strikes in full force! 02/15/2024 02:10pm • Dave Preston is an AP Top 25 voter. Read his ballots here. Hey, is that March in the distance? The final month of the regular season comes at you fast. Conference Tournaments tip off in less than three weeks (Atlantic Sun gets the fun underway March 4), which means it's catch-up time for those France and Ukraine to sign a security agreement in Paris in the presence of President Zelenskyy 02/15/2024 12:54pm • PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron will sign a bilateral security agreement with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Friday in Paris to provide “long-term support” to the war-ravaged country which has been battling Russia's full-scale invasion for nearly two years. T South Block lands at Dulles Airport, and three other locations 02/15/2024 12:05pm • Arlington, Virginia-based juice and smoothie chain South Block, fresh off outside investment to help fund its planned expansion, will open at least four new locations this year, including one at Dulles Airport. The airport location will open in Concourse D later this year. South Block has also pa Musk pushes forward on transfer of legal home for SpaceX from Delaware, to Texas 02/15/2024 11:41am • Elon Musk is looking to move the legal home of SpaceX to Texas from Delaware after a judge in that state voided the billionaire's $55.8 billion Tesla pay package. A certificate of conversion for Space Exploration Technologies Corp. was filed to reincorporate in Texas from Delaware, which became effe Fresh from beating Bayern, Lazio hosts Bologna in crucial fight in Serie A 02/15/2024 10:31am • After a historic night in the Champions League, Lazio has to swiftly turn its attention to domestic matters to ensure it qualifies for next season’s competition. Lazio hosts Bologna on Sunday in a direct fight for fourth place in Serie A. Bologna — one of the Italian league's surprises this seas NATO chief warns against dividing the US and Europe or undermining their joint nuclear deterrent 02/15/2024 09:35am • BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of NATO warned member countries on Thursday against allowing a wedge to be driven between the United States and Europe, as concern grows about Washington’s commitment to its allies should Donald Trump return to office. Faced with a war in Ukraine that is draining militar Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump's demolition of deal as a 'gift' 02/15/2024 12:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's border proposal was one of the toughest bipartisan bills to emerge on the issue in decades. Yet it quickly collapsed when Republicans — galvanized by Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee — rejected the compromise as insufficient. Now Democrats Donald Trump stands by remarks about not defending NATO members after backlash 02/14/2024 10:28pm • NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump again said Wednesday that if he returns to the White House, he would not defend NATO members that don't meet defense spending targets, days after he set off alarms in Europe by suggesting he would tell Russia to attack NATO allies he cons House blocks effort from New York Republicans to boost 'SALT' tax deduction 02/14/2024 06:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A longshot bid to temporarily double a $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions for most married couples went down to defeat Wednesday in the House. The limit was put in place as part of the sweeping tax cuts that a Republican-led Congress passed during then-President Donald GOP Speaker Johnson says House won't be 'rushed' to approve aid for Ukraine as $95B package stalls 02/14/2024 05:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday the U.S. House will not feel “rushed” to pass the $95.3 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, signaling a further stall over sending military hardware and munitions Kyiv badly needs to fight Russia. Jo U.S. sanctions Iran Central Bank subsidiary for U.S. tech procurement and violating export rules 02/14/2024 03:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three people and four firms — across Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey — for allegedly helping to export goods and technology purchased from U.S. companies to Iran and the nation's central bank. Treasury’s Office of Foreig Caitlin Clark fans can expect to pay hundreds to get in door for her run at record Thursday 02/14/2024 03:03pm • IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Fans who want to be able to say they were in the arena when Caitlin Clark set the NCAA women's career scoring record will be paying an unprecedented premium at this point. Even the person responsible for the spectacle was having trouble accommodating everyone who asked her f A day after his latest hospital release, Austin presses for urgent military aid for Ukraine 02/14/2024 10:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after his latest hospital stay for health issues following treatment for prostate cancer, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hosted a virtual session on Ukraine to help resource urgently needed ammunition and artillery for Kyiv as it faces shortages in its now almost two-year w