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The Literary Arts Fund to distribute $7.7 million in grants to 40 organizations 06/04/2026 10:00am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Dozens of literary entities, from the presenters of the National Book Awards to an organization supporting North Carolina writers, have received grants from an endowment established last year to boost support for the U.S. independent and nonprofit book community. The Literary Arts Buffalo named Donald Trump for his golden locks is a sensation at a Bangladesh zoo 06/04/2026 09:56am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� With his shock of golden hair and trim 700-kilogram (1,500-pound) build, Donald Trump has been drawing crowds from across Bangladesh since he arrived at the national zoo last week. The rare albino buffalo became a sensation when a farmer noticed that his blond tuft of hair UK Royal Navy says 3 members died in a helicopter crash during a training exercise 06/04/2026 09:49am • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain���s Royal Navy said Wednesday that three of its members died in a helicopter crash earlier in southwest England during a training exercise. The helicopter went down in a field in the county of Devon in England just before 4 a.m. The navy���s head General Gwyn Jenkins, said in Leclerc turned down rival bids to stay with Ferrari and confident of success at Monaco GP 06/04/2026 09:48am • MONACO (AP) ��� Charles Leclerc said he turned down offers from other Formula 1 teams before signing a new multiyear deal with Ferrari, insisting it would mean more to win his first drivers' title with the Scuderia than anyone else. The fresh deal ��� announced ahead of his home Monaco Grand Prix ta Grains mostly lower, livestock lower 06/04/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Jul. corn was down 0.5 cent at $4.31 a bushel. Jul. wheat was off 0.25 cent at $5.87 a bushel. Jul. oats gained 0.25 cent at $3.27 a bushel. Jul. soybeans was down 0.75 cent at $11.53 a bushel. Be Inside Obama's presidential museum opening this month: The cost, the books and a beehive 06/04/2026 09:40am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� The Obama Presidential Center will open June 19, more than a decade after the former president chose his hometown of Chicago for the project. The museum displays campaign memorabilia and presidential artifacts, while its campus showcases a new community basketball court, public libr ESPN hires former referee Lauren Holtkamp-Sterling as rules analyst for select WNBA games 06/04/2026 09:14am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Lauren Holtkamp-Sterling is getting back into basketball, this time going behind the microphone. The former referee, who was the third female official to work in the NBA, will be a rules analyst for ESPN during select WNBA games this season. Holtkamp-Sterling retired from officiati Adriano Panatta has been waiting 50 years for an Italian man to match him with a French Open title 06/04/2026 09:11am • PARIS (AP) ��� Adriano Panatta was expecting to award the French Open trophy to Jannik Sinner 50 years after his triumph in Paris. Turns out he might still hand over the Coupe des Mousquetaires to a fellow Italian after the men���s singles final on Sunday after being invited by Roland Garros to take Takeaways from how water pollution in Iowa can deflate summer fun 06/04/2026 09:02am • MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) ��� Iowa is a particularly stark example of the Midwest���s broader struggle with water pollution. It���s a leading agricultural state that also has lots of rivers and streams. Runoff from fertilizer and manure on farms contains nitrates and phosphorus that drain into those wa Movie Review: 'Scary Movie 6' brings back the Wayans and the Core Four for a rapid-fire horror spoof 06/04/2026 09:02am • The knife-wielding serial killer known as Ghostface unwisely tries to stab Teyana Taylor in the opening scene of ���Scary Movie��� and it goes rather poorly. The dagger the psycho plunges into the famously fit actor's abdomen bounces off, horribly bent. ���I'm Teyana Taylor,��� she announces. ���My In Iowa, water pollution is a health threat that also disrupts summer fun 06/04/2026 09:01am • MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) ��� Hannah Ray J Childs propelled her kayak into a rapid on Iowa���s Maquoketa River on a recent afternoon and dipped her paddle in the water to swing the front of her boat into the air. She loves to spend her days performing whitewater kayaking acrobatics that dunk her body in Mali junta bans motorcycles outside cities and creates military zones to reduce militant attacks 06/04/2026 08:55am • BAMAKO, Mali (AP) ��� The military government of Mali has banned the sales and use of large motorcycles outside major urban areas and established military zones that are off limits to civilians in an attempt to reduce attacks by militant groups. The ban announced late Wednesday on national televisio Toro: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 06/04/2026 08:37am • BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) ��� BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) ��� Toro Co. (TTC) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $145.4 million. The Bloomington, Minnesota-based company said it had profit of $1.50 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.60 per share. The r US filings for jobless aid, a proxy for layoffs, rose to a still-healthy 225,000 last week 06/04/2026 08:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� US filings for jobless aid, a proxy for layoffs, rose to a still-healthy 225,000 last week. Hezbollah leader rejects latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon 06/04/2026 08:29am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Hezbollah leader rejects latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon.