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Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed 01/08/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower in early trading Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Mar. corn was down 0.75 cent at $4.46 a bushel. Mar. wheat was up 0.75 cent at $5.19 a bushel. Mar. oats was down 1.75 cents at $3.07 a bushel. Jan. soybeans was off 2.5 cents at $10.50 a bushel. New pipe organ signals rebirth for Episcopal parish after fire, flood and ‘plague’ 01/08/2026 09:39am • NEW YORK (RNS) — The organ arrived from Utah on a warm August morning. Greeted by holy water, incense and slide whistles, it came in a 53-foot-long truck that was double-parked on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The Church of the Epiphany’s priests clambered up on the truck’s loading dock, toss How Americans feel about crowdfunding websites like GoFundMe, according to an AP-NORC poll 01/08/2026 09:37am • NEW YORK (AP) — Quintin Sharpe considers it a duty to support those without means. Whether collecting food pantry goods through local service groups or helping out his parents' nonprofit music school, he regularly gives back to his small-town waterside community in southeast Wisconsin. But the 27- Bank of South Carolina: Q4 Earnings Snapshot 01/08/2026 09:36am • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bank of South Carolina Corp. (BKSC) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $2 million. The bank, based in Charleston, South Carolina, said it had earnings of 36 cents per share. The bank holding company posted revenue of $7.6 million in th 2 killed in shooting outside Mormon church in Salt Lake City 01/08/2026 09:32am • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two people were killed and six others injured in a shooting outside a Salt Lake City church Wednesday night while mourners were attending a memorial service inside, police said. The shooting took place in the back parking lot of a house of worship for The Church of Jesus Chri New York Sirens head across the Hudson to host Seattle in PWHL's 1st game at Madison Square Garden 01/08/2026 09:15am • The New York Sirens are getting the opportunity to showcase professional women’s hockey under the bright lights in the big city, with a home game at Madison Square Garden against Hilary Knight and the Seattle Torrent scheduled for April 4. The Sirens made it official on Thursday, announcing the hi Russian security agency says a French political scholar jailed in Russia, Laurent Vinatier, freed in a prisoner swap 01/08/2026 09:10am • MOSCOW (AP) — Russian security agency says a French political scholar jailed in Russia, Laurent Vinatier, freed in a prisoner swap. Apple Card switches hands but no immediate changes for users 01/08/2026 09:09am • The Apple Card, known for its intuitive features and other perks for consumers, will now be issued by JPMorgan but Apple says nothing will change for users. The handover to JP Morgan brings together companies that play an increasingly large role in the way people pay for everything from utility bil Eco-friendly toilet papers are trendy, but their actual environmental impacts vary 01/08/2026 09:08am • Toilet paper, a product that is used for a few seconds before being disposed of forever, is typically made with trees, energy-intensive manufacturing processes and chemicals that can pollute the environment. Experts say more consumers are seeking toilet paper made from recycled content or sustainabl Dortmund and Frankfurt under pressure as they kick off Bundesliga return 01/08/2026 09:06am • DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The Bundesliga is back. And so is the pressure for Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt. As they meet on Friday to kick off the league’s return from its two-and-a-half-week break, host Frankfurt needs to sort out the leaky defense sinking its Bundesliga and Cham Google adds new AI features to Gmail, turning it into a personal assistant 01/08/2026 09:00am • More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world's most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists. The new AI features announced Thursday cou Slightly more Americans file for jobless benefits in the last week of 2025, but layoffs remain low 01/08/2026 08:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. filings for jobless benefits rose in the last week of 2025 but remain historically low, despite signs that the labor market is weakening. The number of Americans filing for jobless claims for the week ending Jan. 3 rose by 8,000 to 208,000, up from 200,000 the previous week, US applications for jobless benefits rise last week to 208,000, in line with forecasts 01/08/2026 08:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) — US applications for jobless benefits rise last week to 208,000, in line with forecasts. Taylor Swift leads the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Award nominations, followed by Bad Bunny and more 01/08/2026 08:30am • NEW YORK (AP) — Pledge allegiance to her hands, her team, her vibes: Taylor Swift once again leads the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Award nominees with nine. She's followed by Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter and Alex Warren, who are tied with eight each. The iHeartRadio Music Awards honor the most played a Hawks agree to trade high-scoring guard Trae Young to Wizards, AP source says 01/08/2026 08:21am • Trae Young's tenure in Atlanta is over, with the Hawks agreeing to trade the high-scoring and frequently criticized guard to the Washington Wizards for a package including veteran CJ McCollum, a person with knowledge of the move said Wednesday night. Corey Kispert is also headed from Washington to A