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Liberia's largest gold miner repeatedly spilled dangerous chemicals, records show 02/04/2026 12:32pm • JIKANDOR, Liberia (AP) ��� For generations, families in Jikandor village fished and drank from the river that runs through Liberia ���s dense rain forest. Now toxic pollution is making them leave. They blame the largest gold miner in Liberia, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation. When dead fish float to Sedation dentistry: Is it right for you? 02/04/2026 08:18am • This is NOVA Dental Anesthesia. If the thought of going to the dentist makes you nervous, you are not alone. About 75% of adults have some type of anxiety about sitting down in the dentist���s treatment chair. But you don���t have to fear the drill ��� or the pain and discomfort associated wi CME: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/04/2026 07:17am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� CHICAGO (AP) ��� CME Group Inc. (CME) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $1.18 billion. The Chicago-based company said it had profit of $3.24 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $2.77 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. T Yum: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/04/2026 07:07am • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) ��� Yum Brands Inc. (YUM) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $535 million. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company said it had net income of $1.91 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, were $1.73 per share. The results missed Signs of forced entry found at Arizona home of 'Today' show host Savannah Guthrie's mother 02/03/2026 08:27pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ��� Investigators found signs of forced entry at the Arizona home of ���Today��� show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, a person familiar with the investigation said Tuesday, as the host asked for prayers to help bring back the 84-year-old, who is believed to have been taken against Immigration agents draw guns and arrest activists following them in Minneapolis 02/03/2026 07:55pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Immigration officers with guns drawn arrested activists who were trailing their vehicles on Tuesday in Minneapolis, while education leaders described anxiety and fear in Minnesota schools from the ongoing federal sweeps. Both are signs that tension remains in the Minneapolis are How to Claim Your Student Loan Payments on Your 2025 Taxes 02/03/2026 07:00pm • Millions of federal student loan borrowers are behind on their student loans and facing a "default cliff." If you have been paying back your loans, there's one additional benefit beyond keeping your financial profile healthy: the tax deduction. If you've paid interest on your student loans, you may Tech stocks pull Wall Street lower as gold and silver prices bounce back 02/03/2026 05:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The U.S. stock market sank in mixed trading on Tuesday, while gold and silver bounced higher after their latest sell-off. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% and pulled further from its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 166 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq Maryland man working at DC school faces child exploitation charge 02/03/2026 01:03pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man who worked at Luke C. Moore Opportunity Academy in Northeast D.C. has been charged with distribution of child sexual abuse material. Dandre Eric Davis, 31, of Suitland, exchanged messages beginning last month with someone using a dating app and later contin Chuck Negron, lead singer on 'Joy to the World' and other Three Dog Night hits, dies at 83 02/03/2026 10:34am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Chuck Negron, a founding member of the soul-rock sensations Three Dog Night who sang lead on such hits as ���One��� and ���Just an Old Fashioned Love Song��� and hollered the immortal opening line ���Jeremiah was a bullfrog!��� on the chart-topping ���Joy to the World,��� died Mond Families suffer as Ukrainian engineers can no longer keep up with repairing infrastructure 02/03/2026 09:08am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� On the edge of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, volunteers ladle hot soup into plastic containers as residents wrapped in heavy coats queue for a meal they cannot cook at home. Yuliia Dolotova, a mother of two, is among them, waiting with her 18-month-old son, Bohdanchyk, bundled Stockdale back in Ireland lineup for Six Nations opener against France 02/03/2026 08:54am • PARIS (AP) ��� Winger Jacob Stockdale has come in from the cold to start for Ireland against France in the Six Nations opener on Thursday. Stockdale was the 2018 player of the championship after contributing seven tries in Ireland's grand slam. But his last Six Nations was in 2021 and he missed the Galthi�� says retired prop Atonio will inspire France's Six Nations squad 02/03/2026 06:40am • PARIS (AP) ��� Uini Atonio will inspire the props who follow him in France colors after his forced retirement from rugby because of serious heart issues, France coach Fabien Galthi�� said on Tuesday. Atonio would likely have been the tighthead against Ireland on Thursday when France begins its Six N Tuskegee men's basketball coach Taylor handcuffed after intervening in postgame incident 02/03/2026 02:10am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Tuskegee men's basketball coach Benjy Taylor was handcuffed after intervening in an incident involving his team and members of Morehouse's basketball and football teams over the weekend. A statement from civil rights attorney Harry Daniels' office said Taylor was concerned about Mor Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for Haitians 02/02/2026 11:16pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) ��� A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal, though perhaps temporary, setback. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington grante