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The Latest: DOJ opens a federal civil rights probe into Alex Pretti���s death in Minneapolis 01/30/2026 04:30pm • The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, according to federal officials. ���We���re looking at everything that would shed light on what happened that day and in the days and weeks Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed 01/30/2026 04:30pm • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn was down 2.5 cents at $4.28 a bushel. Mar. wheat fell by 2.75 cents at $5.38 a bushel. Mar. oats was up 1.25 cents at $3.04 a bushel. Mar. soybeans was off 8.25 cents at $10.64 a bushel. Beef was lower and How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 1/30/2026 01/30/2026 04:25pm • Stocks fell on Wall Street, while gold and silver prices plunged as investors tried to gauge what President Donald Trump���s new nominee to lead the Federal Reserve will mean for interest rates. The S&P 500 dropped 0.4% after sinking as much as 1.1% earlier on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial A IF Bancorp: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 01/30/2026 04:25pm • WATSEKA, Ill. (AP) ��� WATSEKA, Ill. (AP) ��� IF Bancorp Inc. (IROQ) on Friday reported net income of $1.3 million in its fiscal second quarter. The bank, based in Watseka, Illinois, said it had earnings of 41 cents per share. The savings and loan holding company posted revenue of $11.9 million in t US stocks fall while a break in gold fever sends metals prices plunging 01/30/2026 04:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Financial markets churned on Friday as investors tried to figure out what President Donald Trump���s new nominee to lead the Federal Reserve will mean for interest rates. U.S. stocks fell, with the S&P 500 down 0.4% after sinking as much as 1.1% earlier in the day. The Dow Jone Trump's wide ambitions for Board of Peace spark new support for the United Nations 01/30/2026 04:17pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� President Donald Trump���s latest attempt to sidestep the United Nations through his new Board of Peace appears to have inadvertently backfired after major world powers rejected U.S. aspirations for it to have a larger international mandate beyond the Gaza ceasefire and recom Packers announce extensions for coach Matt LaFleur, GM Brian Gutekunst and executive VP Russ Ball 01/30/2026 04:17pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) ��� Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst and executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball have joined coach Matt LaFleur in signing multi-year contract extensions. Packers president/CEO Ed Policy announced the extensions for all three on Friday Judge hears testimony from DNA expert as man convicted of killing Laken Riley seeks new trial 01/30/2026 04:13pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) ��� A judge considering whether to grant a new trial to the Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley heard testimony Friday from a DNA expert retained by his attorneys to analyze evidence in his murder case. Jose Ibarra's trial attorneys had asked the Former Brazilian au pair testifies her ex-lover plotted to kill his wife, though lacks some details 01/30/2026 04:09pm • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) ��� A former Brazilian au pair testified on Wednesday that she turned against her former lover in a sprawling double homicide scheme involving his wife because she ���wanted the truth to come out.��� For more than a year, Juliana Peres Magalh��es did not speak with officials about Anger and anguish spread across Cuba as it learns of Trump's tariff threat on those who provide oil 01/30/2026 04:05pm • HAVANA (AP) ��� Massive power outages in Cuba meant that many people awoke Friday unaware that U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened to impose tariffs on any country that sells or supplies oil to the Caribbean island. As word spread in Havana and beyond, anger and anguish boiled over about the USA 250 patch to debut at the Super Bowl and be on uniforms in several sports leagues 01/30/2026 04:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A patch commemorating the U.S.'s 250th anniversary will make its debut at the Super Bowl on the uniforms of the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. The NFL, NBA, NHL, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, Major League Soccer, UFC and WWE along with the White House and Fanatics un 200 chickens euthanized, other animals recovered by Prince William police after Haymarket FBI raid 01/30/2026 03:56pm • Prince William County police euthanized approximately 200 chickens earlier this week due to poor health and contagious upper respiratory infections following the FBI's��Jan. 21 raid��at��Haymarket's Rancho Los Cerritos farm that led to the arrests of the farm's manager and owner on drug and gun traf England's Brook admits to lying about nightclub incident to protect teammates 01/30/2026 03:45pm • PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka (AP) ��� England white-ball captain Harry Brook admitted on Friday to lying to protect teammates who were with him when he was hit by a nightclub bouncer in New Zealand. Brook originally said this month he was alone when he tried to enter the nightclub in Wellington on Oct. 31, Jury in Virginia 'au pair affair' double murder must now decide husband's guilt 01/30/2026 03:44pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Jurors began deliberating Friday on whether a former IRS law enforcement officer in Virginia conspired with his family���s Brazilian au pair, with whom he was having an affair, to kill his wife and pin it on a stranger. Brendan Banfield allegedly spent months plotting to get r Novig Promo Code WTOP: Get $100 Bonus for NBA, CBB, Super Bowl Predictions 01/30/2026 03:29pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services Create an account with the Novig promo code WTOP to activate a discount for your first sports prediction. Register here to place an ord