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PepsiCo plans price cuts as demand for its drinks and snacks slips 02/03/2026 09:42am • PURCHASE, NY (AP) ��� PepsiCo is cutting prices on Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos and Tostitos chips this year to win back customers exasperated by years of price hikes. ���For some consumers, low- and middle-income consumers, the biggest friction they have today in our category... is affordability,��� Pep Lebanon's relations with Syria have made a dramatic positive shift post-Assad, deputy PM says 02/03/2026 09:28am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Lebanon's relationship with Syria is ���radically different��� since the fall of former President Bashar Assad, the senior Lebanese minister tasked with managing the country���s relations with its neighbor said on Tuesday. ���Under the Assad regime, Lebanon was de facto under Syrian France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US 02/03/2026 09:25am • LONDON (AP) ��� In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system. Soldiers in Austria are using open source office software to write reports after the military dropped Microsoft Office. Bureaucrats in a German state have also turned to free software for the Heartland Express: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/03/2026 09:20am • NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) ��� NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) ��� Heartland Express Inc. (HTLD) on Tuesday reported a loss of $19.4 million in its fourth quarter. The North Liberty, Iowa-based company said it had a loss of 25 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for asset impairment costs, were 6 cents per sha National Research: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/03/2026 09:17am • LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ��� LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) ��� National Research Corp. (NRC) on Tuesday reported earnings of $1.8 million in its fourth quarter. The Lincoln, Nebraska-based company said it had profit of 8 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 16 cents per share. The adviso Argentina fires ravage pristine Patagonia forests, fueling criticism of Milei's austerity 02/03/2026 09:12am • LOS ALERCES NATIONAL PARK, Argentina (AP) ��� These days, the majestic, forested slopes of Argentina���s Patagonia look like a war zone. Mushroom clouds of smoke rise as if from missile strikes. Large flames illuminate the night sky, tainting the moon mango-orange and turning the glorious views that PGA Tour heads to the party in Phoenix. LIV Golf begins in Saudi Arabia 02/03/2026 09:10am • PGA Tour WM PHOENIX OPEN Site: Scottsdale, Arizona. Course: TPC Scottsdale (Stadium). Yardage: 7,261. Par: 71. Prize money: $9.6 million. Winner's share: $1,728,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, noon to 3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, noon to 3 p. 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 Seeking shelter from Trump's fury, U.S. trade partners reach deals with each other 02/03/2026 09:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Bullied and buffeted by President Donald Trump���s tariffs for the past year, America���s longstanding allies are desperately seeking ways to shield themselves from the president���s impulsive wrath. U.S. trade partners are cutting deals among themselves ���- sometimes discarding Smithsonian's National Zoo in DC welcomes newborn Asian elephant 02/03/2026 09:00am • The Smithsonian's National Zoo in D.C. is welcoming its first Asian elephant calf in nearly 25 years. The female calf, whose name has not yet been decided, was born around 1:15 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2 to 12-year-old mother Nhi Linh and 44-year-old father Spike. This is Nhi Linh's first offspring. 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 Disney names Josh D���Amaro, who leads the company's parks and resorts division, to succeed Bob Iger as CEO 02/03/2026 08:45am • BURBANK, Calif (AP) ��� Disney names Josh D���Amaro, who leads the company's parks and resorts division, to succeed Bob Iger as CEO. Danish court convicts two Swedes of terrorism for grenade attack near Israeli embassy 02/03/2026 08:40am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� A Danish court convicted two Swedes of terrorism and attempted murder for detonating two hand grenades near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen in October 2024. The Copenhagen City Court sentenced the younger of the two men, aged 18, to 12 years in prison, and the older, Rose gets another win at Torrey Pines. This was one special with his longtime caddie at his side 02/03/2026 08:39am • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Justin Rose won two trophies from the Farmers Insurance Open. One was the bronze of a Torrey pine that he carried with him on the flight home to London. The other is a surfboard he posed next to after his seven-shot victory. Rose didn't recall getting the surfboard from when he wo W.W. Grainger: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 02/03/2026 08:21am • LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) ��� LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) ��� W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW) on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter profit of $451 million. The Lake Forest, Illinois-based company said it had net income of $9.44 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six ana