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Ranch dressing: An American staple that actually began life on ... a ranch 04/16/2026 09:51am • NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) ��� Ranch is the best-selling salad dressing in America, and it has been since it took the crown from Italian near the close of the 20th century. It's still jazzing up iceberg and romaine. But ranch now competes with the likes of ketchup and other condiments, a creamy dip A raggedy toy to a treasured symbol of childhood: The teddy bear 04/16/2026 09:50am • PHOENIX (AP) ��� The circular muzzle. The little nose tip. The button eyes and two round, fuzzy ears. What is it about the teddy bear that has kept children wrapped around its furry paws for over a century? The quintessential American toy started in 1902 as just clothing scraps and sawdust stitched A lost icon: The American chestnut and its central place in the eastern landscape 04/16/2026 09:49am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� In a quiet stretch of western Massachusetts stands a sycamore so old it was around when the Constitution was signed. It���s awe-inspiring, with branches bigger than the entire trunks of most trees. But it���s also notable because it���s an outlier. It is a tree with a majestic pr Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed 04/16/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. May. corn lost 0.25 cent at $4.51 a bushel. May. wheat was off 0.75 cent at $5.93 a bushel. May. oats was up 1.25 cents at $3.47 a bushel. May. soybeans lost 1.25 cents at $11.66 a bushel. Beef wa What to know about Cameroon's separatist violence that the pope seeks to end 04/16/2026 09:44am • YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) ��� Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon���s northwestern city of Bamenda on Thursday to lead a peace meeting in a region battered by separatist violence that has claimed thousands of lives since it started nearly a decade ago. The event, which is part of the pope's programs for h Marie-Louise Eta, the Bundesliga's first female coach, just wants to get on with her job 04/16/2026 09:40am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Union Berlin's Marie-Louise Eta says she understands the commotion over becoming the first female head coach in the Bundesliga but she just wants to get on with her job. Eta made her first media appearance on Thursday, four days after she was appointed to the season's end after Steff Killing of Iranian activist in Canada exposes increasingly bitter divisions within the diaspora 04/16/2026 09:36am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Masood Masjoody had a long history of firing accusations at those he considered adversaries. So when he claimed on social media last fall that two fellow Iran-born activists were plotting to kill him, it did not get much notice. Then the mathematician disappeared in early February. FIFA president Infantino says Iran will participate in World Cup 'for sure' despite war 04/16/2026 09:30am • FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Wednesday that Iran will participate in the World Cup ���for sure��� despite its war with the United States. Speaking at CNBC���s Invest in America Forum, Infantino said it is important that Iran participates in the World Cup even though its participation has bee USOPC 'closely monitoring' reaction to Wasserman but sidesteps questions about his LA28 leadership 04/16/2026 09:29am • The chair of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said the board has shared its concerns about LA Olympic leader Casey Wasserman with that organizing committee's board and that the USOPC is ���closely monitoring the impact on our community.��� Wasserman put his talent agency up for sale in Febr Lebanese president refuses to speak to Israeli prime minister, says a government official familiar with the developments 04/16/2026 09:25am • CAIRO (AP) ��� Lebanese president refuses to speak to Israeli prime minister, says a government official familiar with the developments. Ohtani skips the bat, keeps the heat: 10 strikeouts as Dodgers send Mets to a 8th straight loss 04/16/2026 09:23am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Shohei Ohtani pitched one-run ball over six innings and struck out 10 in which he did not also bat since 2021, and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Mets 8-2 Wednesday night, sending New York to its eighth straight defeat. Dalton Rushing, who replaced Ohtani as designated hitte Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax killed his wife before taking his own life in their home, police say 04/16/2026 09:20am • ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) ��� Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax killed his wife before taking his own life in their home, police say. Pakistan navy test-fires anti-ship missile, says it hit target at extended range 04/16/2026 09:10am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Pakistan���s military said Thursday the navy successfully test-fired a new locally developed ship-launched anti-ship missile. In a statement, the military said the missile ���accurately engaged its target with high speed at extended range��� during a live firing exercise witnessed Australian judge rejects US Marine pilot's appeal against extradition to US 04/16/2026 09:10am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� An Australian judge on Thursday rejected an appeal by former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan to avoid extradition to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese military aviators more than a decade ago. Duggan is accused of training Chines German rescuers plan to use air cushions to save Timmy the stranded whale 04/16/2026 09:08am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Rescuers in Germany began an elaborate operation Thursday to save a sick humpback whale that has been repeatedly stranded off the Baltic Sea coast and has stirred up tons of attention across the country for weeks. The whale, which has been nicknamed Timmy by local media, is lying in