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US ambassador warns of China's growing manufacturing dominance 01/29/2026 09:01am • BEIJING (AP) ��� The top U.S. envoy to China called Thursday for fair and reciprocal trade between the world's two largest economies and expressed concern about projections that China's dominance of global manufacturing will grow even further in the years to come. U.S. Ambassador David Perdue told b Cher, Tina Knowles and the late Rob Reiner are among Audie Awards finalists 01/29/2026 09:00am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Cher, Tina Knowles and the late Rob Reiner are among the finalists for the 31st annual Audie Awards, which honor the audio editions of fiction and nonfiction books. Cher's narration of ���Cher: Part One��� brought her a nomination for best biography/autobiography, the Audio Publish Heavy rain in Afghanistan collapses a house, killing a mother and her 6 children 01/29/2026 08:58am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ��� A mother and her six children have been killed in eastern Afghanistan after heavy rain caused their home to collapse while they were sleeping at night, authorities said Thursday ��� the latest of dozens of casualties caused by extreme weather in the impoverished country i Where are those darn keys? Tricks for remembering where you put things 01/29/2026 08:53am • With a scarf dangling from your coat pocket and those gloves left behind at the coffee shop, there are simply more things to lose in winter. That���s not counting your misplaced keys at home or those exasperated moments looking for your phone when you say, ���I just had it!��� Try not to beat yourse Responders recall a mission of recovery and grief a year after the midair collision near DC 01/29/2026 08:49am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� For some, it was the children���s luggage and small ice skates that became indelible memories of the night a passenger plane and a helicopter collided over the murky Potomac River. Others remember boats navigating debris and shallow water to bring victims��� bodies ashore. And th Sabalenka into fourth straight Australian Open final and facing Rybakina again 01/29/2026 08:48am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Not even a point penalty for hindrance slowed Aryna Sabalenka's run to a fourth consecutive Australian Open final. The top-ranked Sabalenka overpowered Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-3 Thursday night to move within one victory of a third Australian Open title in four years. Norfolk Southern's profit slips 12% amid merger costs and economic uncertainty 01/29/2026 08:39am • Norfolk Southern's quarterly profit slipped 12% amid the uncertain economy as well as unusual costs related to its efforts to merge with Union Pacific in an $85 billion deal that would create a transcontinental railroad. Norfolk Southern said it made $644 million, or $2.87 per share, in the fourth q US applications for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, fall modestly to 209,000 last week 01/29/2026 08:34am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� US applications for jobless benefits, a proxy for layoffs, fall modestly to 209,000 last week. The Latest: Democrats threaten to trigger government shutdown over ICE reform 01/29/2026 08:26am • Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation Thursday to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown Friday if Republicans and the White House don���t agree to restrict President Donald Trump��� Norfolk Southern: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/29/2026 08:18am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� ATLANTA (AP) ��� Norfolk Southern Corp. (NSC) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $644 million. The Atlanta-based company said it had net income of $2.87 per share. Earnings, adjusted for costs related to mergers and acquisitions and non-recurring costs, were $3.22 per s First Mid Bancshares: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/29/2026 08:17am • MATTOON, Ill. (AP) ��� MATTOON, Ill. (AP) ��� First Mid Bancshares, Inc. (FMBH) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $23.7 million. The bank, based in Mattoon, Illinois, said it had earnings of 99 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.06 per share. The resul Civista Bancshares: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/29/2026 08:16am • SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) ��� SANDUSKY, Ohio (AP) ��� Civista Bancshares Inc. (CIVB) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $12.3 million. The bank, based in Sandusky, Ohio, said it had earnings of 61 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 75 cents per share. The result MasterCard: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/29/2026 08:16am • PURCHASE, N.Y. (AP) ��� PURCHASE, N.Y. (AP) ��� MasterCard Inc. (MA) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $4.06 billion. On a per-share basis, the Purchase, New York-based company said it had net income of $4.52. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and investment costs, came to $4. The European Union sanctions 15 officials and 6 organizations in Iran over brutal crackdown on protesters 01/29/2026 08:13am • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� The European Union sanctions 15 officials and 6 organizations in Iran over brutal crackdown on protesters. Arrow Financial: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/29/2026 08:11am • GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) ��� GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) ��� Arrow Financial Corp. (AROW) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $14 million. The bank, based in Glens Falls, New York, said it had earnings of 85 cents per share. The bank holding company posted revenue of $62.9 million in the peri