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Macron says French peacekeeper wounded in Lebanon attack over the weekend has died 04/22/2026 09:57am • PARIS (AP) ��� Macron says French peacekeeper wounded in Lebanon attack over the weekend has died. Czech students protest a government plan to overhaul funding for public media 04/22/2026 09:47am • PRAGUE (AP) ��� Thousands of high school and university students marched through the Czech capital on Wednesday to protest against a government plan to overhaul and reduce funding for public radio and television. ���We won���t let you take the media,��� protesters chanted. Smaller protests were orga Grains mostly higher, livestock higher 04/22/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly higher in early trading Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. May. corn was down 0.25 cent at $4.54 a bushel. May. wheat was up 1.5 cents at $6.07 a bushel. May. oats rose by 2.25 cents at $3.26 a bushel. May. soybeans was up 0.5 cent at $11.75 a bushel. B America 250: How preventive care became a cornerstone of American health 04/22/2026 09:43am • Awareness of the importance of preventive care has grown dramatically in the United States, reshaping the nation���s understanding of health. Over time, the focus has shifted from treating illness after it appears to preventing disease before it starts. Preventive care became institutionalized th Virginia Evans and Susan Choi are among 6 finalists for the Women's Prize for Fiction 04/22/2026 09:09am • LONDON (AP) ��� Four debut novelists are among six books on a U.S.-dominated list of finalists for the 2026 Women���s Prize for Fiction, which is open to female English-language writers from any country. American authors take four of the six places on the shortlist for the 30,000 pounds ($40,000) pr First Community: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/22/2026 09:07am • LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) ��� LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) ��� First Community Corp. (FCCO) on Wednesday reported net income of $5.5 million in its first quarter. The bank, based in Lexington, South Carolina, said it had earnings of 59 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for costs related to mergers and acquisit NVR: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/22/2026 09:06am • RESTON, Va. (AP) ��� RESTON, Va. (AP) ��� NVR Inc. (NVR) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $198.4 million. The Reston, Virginia-based company said it had profit of $67.76 per share. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Massachusetts is dumping sewage into waterways. Grassroots organizations are fighting back 04/22/2026 09:01am • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) ��� When Ann McDonald went kayaking several weeks after a 2024 rainstorm, she thought the water in the Alewife Brook just outside Boston was safe. Even though sewage discharges into the brook during heavy storms, public health officials recommended waiting just 48 hours after r Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the Osmonds, has died at 76 04/22/2026 08:59am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the chart-topping family act The Osmonds, died Monday after decades with multiple sclerosis. He was 76. According to a family spokesperson, Alan's wife, Suzanne Osmond, and their eight sons were with him at his home in Lehi, Utah, at the time of China's foreign and defense ministers meet with Cambodian counterparts in joint '2+2' dialogue 04/22/2026 08:40am • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� Cambodia and China on Wednesday held their first meeting of what is called a ���2+2��� Strategic Dialogue Mechanism, bringing together both countries��� foreign and defense ministers to deepen mutual political and security ties. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Defe Amerisafe: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/22/2026 08:37am • DERIDDER, La. (AP) ��� DERIDDER, La. (AP) ��� Amerisafe Inc. (AMSF) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $8.1 million. On a per-share basis, the Deridder, Louisiana-based company said it had net income of 43 cents. Earnings, adjusted for investment costs, were 50 cents per share. The in Warsh says he got no pressure from Trump to cut rates even as president publicly pushes for them 04/22/2026 08:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Donald Trump���s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve said Tuesday that he never promised the White House that he would cut interest rates, even as the president renewed his calls for the central bank to do so. ���The president never once asked me to commit to any parti Once punished for weaving, this Mexican artisan uses her loom for LGBTQ+ resistance 04/22/2026 08:20am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Xaneri Merino wasn't meant to follow in her grandmother���s footsteps. Now a transgender woman, she was identified at birth as a boy in San Pedro Jicay��n, an Indigenous community in southern Mexico where men are largely barred from becoming weavers. Merino was expected to tend More World Cup seats will go on sale after FIFA adds costlier ticket categories 04/22/2026 08:14am • FIFA is putting more World Cup tickets on sale after angering some fans by adding new, more expensive categories. Soccer's governing body announced Tuesday it will make more tickets available at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday for all 104 games in Categories 1, 2 and 3 plus the new ���front category��� pri Preferred Bank: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/22/2026 08:07am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Preferred Bank (PFBC) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $31.1 million. The bank, based in Los Angeles, said it had earnings of $2.53 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks