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Retail sales rose in February before the Iran war, which threatens to derail spending 04/01/2026 01:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Shoppers increased their spending in February before gasoline prices spiked because of the attacks on Iran by the U.S. and Israel. Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in February, from a revised 0.1% decline in January, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Retail ana A road accident in Colombia involving several vehicles kills at least 2 people and injures 19 04/01/2026 01:47pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� A pile-up at a toll booth on a busy highway in central Colombia on Wednesday morning killed at least two people and injured 19, local authorities said. Witnesses described several explosions while images of the collision showed vehicles engulfed in flames. The crash happen The Latest: Supreme Court arguments over Trump's birthright citizenship order end after two hours 04/01/2026 01:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. Supreme Court has finished hearing arguments over the constitutionality of President Donald Trump���s order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily. The birthright citizenship order, which Tr Mariners agree to $95 million, 8-year contract with top shortstop prospect Colt Emerson 04/01/2026 01:37pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Colt Emerson and the Seattle Mariners agreed Tuesday to a $95 million, eight-year contract, the largest amount for a minor league prospect yet to make his major league debut. The contract starts this season and includes a team option for 2034. It surpassed outfielder Jackson Chourio Naomi Girma set to return home to San Jose for USWNT match against Japan 04/01/2026 01:35pm • Naomi Girma is going to play at home in Northern California with the U.S. team this month for the first time since a send-off game for the 2023 Women's World Cup. Coach Emma Hayes announced Wednesday that Girma, who was born in San Jose and played at nearby Stanford, will be on the roster for the Un Reds' left-hander Nick Lodolo will make rehab start on Thursday 04/01/2026 01:33pm • CINCINNATI (AP) ��� Reds pitcher Nick Lodolo is expected to throw 60-65 pitches during a rehab assignment on Thursday. The left-hander, who is on the injured list due to a blister on his left index finger, will make his rehab start for Single-A Daytona against Jupiter in a Florida State League game. After loud booms, authorities say they found at least 25 explosive devices in NY man's apartment 04/01/2026 01:25pm • Reports of loud booms in a suburban New York neighborhood this week led authorities to an apartment where a man was found to be storing more than two dozen improvised explosive devices, federal prosecutors said. Raymond Elders had a ���blueish black chemical residue��� on his hands and was holding a When egg producers retire, HenPals finds them new homes 04/01/2026 01:17pm • Some people work with cat or dog rescues. Abby Johnson headed in a different direction. Johnson heads HenPals Network, a Montgomery County, Maryland-based organization that "rehomes" chickens from large-scale egg producers. Typically, she said, laying hens on large farms can be culled at 18 mo Oil and gas prices won't immediately return to normal even if the Iran war ends, the EU warns 04/01/2026 01:16pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� Skyrocketing oil and gas prices in Europe as a result of the ongoing Iran war won't return to normal levels any time soon, even if peace is declared tomorrow, the European Union's energy commissioner warned Tuesday. Commissioner Dan J��rgensen said although there are no imme Protests erupt in West Bank as Israel approves death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murder 04/01/2026 01:15pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Hundreds of protesters took to the streets across the embattled Palestinian territories on Tuesday, a day after Israel's parliament passed a measure establishing the death penalty by hanging for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis. Palestinians young and old held sit-ins India has begun its long-delayed population census. Here's why it matters 04/01/2026 01:14pm • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� India has begun the world���s largest national population count, which could reshape welfare programs and political representation across the country. The previous census in 2011 recorded a population of 1.21 billion. It's now estimated to be more than 1.4 billion, making India th AP Exclusive: Pakistan and Afghan Taliban officials meet in China for ceasefire talks 04/01/2026 01:13pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Pakistan and Afghanistan held the first round of peace talks on Wednesday, with China mediating to broker a durable ceasefire after weeks of fighting, two Pakistani officials said. But even as the talks were held, Afghanistan accused Pakistan of firing mortars into its territory. Final gargoyle returned to its perch atop rehabbed Kentucky cathedral modeled after Notre Dame 04/01/2026 01:10pm • COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) ��� The last ghoulish gargoyle has been returned to its perch as part of a two-year restoration of a Kentucky cathedral with a facade modeled after Notre Dame in Paris. The rehab project at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption was sorely needed to repair deteriorated stone, m Judge tosses lawsuit filed by parents of 'Cop City' protester who was killed by troopers 04/01/2026 01:08pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit filed by the parents of an environmental activist who was shot dead by Georgia state troopers, saying their actions were ���objectively reasonable��� when they shot pepper balls into the activist's tent and ultimately fired fatal Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar expected to miss a few games with upper-body injury 04/01/2026 01:08pm • DENVER (AP) ��� The Colorado Avalanche will be without standout defenseman Cale Makar for a few games after he suffered an upper-body injury in a win over Calgary earlier this week. Coach Jared Bednar said Wednesday after morning skate that Makar is ���doing OK. He's going miss some time, though. No