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Trial begins for Stanford students for occupying offices in pro-Palestinian protest 01/09/2026 04:44pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A trial began Friday for five current and former Stanford University students who occupied the university president's offices during a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024 — in a rare instance of demonstrators facing trial for actions from the wave of campus protests that year. California homeowner rolls out 'unwelcome' mat for black bear living under his house 01/09/2026 04:42pm • A huge black bear that made its den in the crawl space under a Los Angeles area man’s house for more than a month has finally been evicted. Altadena resident Ken Johnson said the animal began denning beneath his home around Thanksgiving, twisting gas lines and toppling bricks as he came and went. Wholesale Cash Prices 01/09/2026 04:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wholesale cash prices Friday Thu Fri Foods Broilers - A use-of-force review board clears the officer who fatally shot Ta'Kiya Young and her unborn child 01/09/2026 04:31pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A use-of-force review board cleared the Ohio police officer who shot and killed 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother who had been accused of shoplifting, according to a statement from the police department's chief released this week. The five-member review bo Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed 01/09/2026 04:30pm • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn was unchanged at $4.45 a bushel. Mar. wheat fell by 1.75 cents at $5.18 a bushel. Mar. oats lost 4 cents at $3.04 a bushel. Jan. soybeans rose by 1.5 cents at $10.49 a bushel. Beef was lower and pork was h Major League Baseball agreements that avoided salary arbitration 01/09/2026 04:27pm • major-league-baseball-agreements-that-avoided-salary-arbitration Things to do in the DC area: The Fresh Start Series, Rock the Rink skate party … and more! 01/09/2026 04:26pm • Start the year strong by heading to The Yards in Southeast D.C. for pop-ups, tours, workshops and physical group activities at the "Fresh Start Series at The Yards." This monthlong series of events is meant to cultivate the best intentions for the new year. The upcoming events include a giveaway Italy backs historic EU-Mercosur trade deal after 25 years of negotiations 01/09/2026 04:23pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — Italy on Friday gave crucial support to plans by the European Union to seal a huge free trade deal with five South American nations neighboring Venezuela that has been negotiated for over 25 years. Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was long seen as the key vote in the campaign Judge again rules Trump prosecutor unlawfully serving, rejects tax return bid 01/09/2026 04:19pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge’s ruling that a Trump administration prosecutor in upstate New York was serving unlawfully has spilled into another case — with the same judge saying he can’t obtain tax return information in a criminal investigation because he lacks authority. The ruling Thursda How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 1/9/2026 01/09/2026 04:17pm • U.S. stocks rose to more records following a mixed report on the U.S. job market. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% Friday and topped its prior all-time high set earlier in the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.5% and set its own record, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.8%. Treasury yields Michigan helps employers build housing in Detroit, Kalamazoo as fund runs dry 01/09/2026 04:15pm • Michigan is helping employers in Detroit and Kalamazoo build new housing for their workers under a program that state officials want to continue but lawmakers have not yet endorsed. The projects approved last month by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, totaling $3.2 million, will dra Lyft and Uber drivers protest Waymo robotaxis as California considers further regulations 01/09/2026 04:12pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Drivers for Lyft and Uber protested self-driving Waymo taxis in San Francisco on Friday, urging state regulators to exercise greater oversight of autonomous vehicles, given recent events in which the cars killed pets and blocked traffic. About two dozen drivers and supporters Baltimore Ravens interview Kevin Stefanski and Klint Kubiak for head-coach vacancy 01/09/2026 04:08pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens interviewed former Cleveland coach Kevin Stefanski and Seattle offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak for their head-coaching vacancy on Friday. The Ravens fired John Harbaugh earlier in the week after 18 seasons at the helm. They interviewed two Denver Photos from Cuba, Colombia and Mexico as Trump singles them out after US strike on Venezuela 01/09/2026 04:07pm • Cuban, Colombians and Mexicans are going about their everyday routines as U.S. President Donald Trump warns these countries to fall in line after the U.S. military raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Trump's administration is messaging to the world that American pre Vivek Ramaswamy's family bodyguard arrested on drug trafficking charges 01/09/2026 04:04pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed alarm that a man who worked as his family's bodyguard is facing federal drug trafficking charges. Justin Salsburey, 43, of Bellefontaine, and his wife, Ruthann Rankin, were each charged late last month with