Associated Press stories, Page 291
Demand for viral ‘torpedo’ baseball bats has sent a Pennsylvania factory into overdrive
KING OF PRUSSIA — A 70-year-old man who plays in an area senior hardball league popped into Victus Sports this week because he needed bats for the new season. Plus he just had to take some cuts with baseball’s latest fad and see for himself if there really was some...
Dow drops 1,600 as stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump’s tariffs cause covid-like shock
NEW YORK — Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since covid’s outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage President Donald Trump’s newest set of tariffs could do to economies across continents, including his own. The S&P 500 sank 4.8%, more than in...
Trump’s tariffs aren’t strictly reciprocal. Here’s how he calculated them
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised tariffs that would raise U.S. import taxes high enough to mirror what other assess as trade penalties on American goods. What he’s actually imposing is based on far more complicated math. Here’s a look at how the White House got its numbers: Why do...
USC star JuJu Watkins is the AP Player of the Year and just the 4th sophomore to earn that honor
TAMPA, Fla. — JuJu Watkins, the sensational sophomore who led Southern California to its best season in nearly 40 years, was honored Thursday as The Associated Press women’s college basketball Player of the Year. Watkins, whose Trojans won the Big Ten regular-season title for their first conference crown in 31...
UCLA’s Cori Close is the AP Coach of the Year after a historic season for the top-seeded Bruins
TAMPA, Fla. — Cori Close, who led UCLA to its first women’s Final Four during one of the best seasons in school history, was named The Associated Press Coach of the Year on Thursday. The Bruins earned the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll...
Patriots trade QB Joe Milton to Cowboys, giving Dallas a new backup behind Dak Prescott
DALLAS — The New England Patriots have agreed to trade quarterback Joe Milton III to the Dallas Cowboys. Milton confirmed the trade via a social media post on Wednesday. ESPN, which first reported the deal, said that the Cowboys will receive Milton, along with a seventh-round pick in exchange for...
Average U.S. rate on a 30-year mortgage dips to 6.64% for 2nd drop in 2 weeks
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. edged lower for the second week in a row, a modest but welcome boost for prospective home shoppers in the midst of the spring homebuying season. The rate fell to 6.64% from 6.65% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said...
Trump ordered to pay legal bill of U.K. firm he sued over Russia dossier
LONDON — A British judge on Thursday ordered U.S. President Donald Trump to pay more than 625,000 pounds (US$820,000) in legal costs to a company he unsuccessfully sued over a dossier alleging he took part in sex acts in Russia. Trump filed a claim in 2022 against Orbis Business Intelligence,...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country will match U.S. auto tariffs
TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada will match U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% auto tariffs with a tariff on vehicles imported from the United States. Trump’s previously announced 25% tariffs on auto imports took effect Thursday. The prime minister said he told Trump last week in...
Trump fires NSC officials a day after far-right activist raises concerns to him about staff loyalty
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s fired “some” White House National Security Council officials, a move that comes a day after far-right activist Laura Loomer raised concerns directly to him about staff loyalty. Trump downplayed Loomer’s influence on the firings. But Loomer during her Oval Office conversation...
Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145 as more bodies found
BANGKOK — The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-led government said, and humanitarian aid groups scrambled to provide survivors medical care and shelter. Information Minister Maung Maung Ohn also announced...
Bruce Springsteen to release 7 albums of unreleased songs, ‘Tracks ll: The Lost Albums’
NEW YORK — Bruce Springsteen knows what Bruce Springsteen fans want. And that’s more Bruce Springsteen. The Boss will release seven new studio albums, titled “Tracks II: The Lost Albums,” on June 27. It will contain material written and re-recorded between 1983 and 2018. The news arrived Thursday morning via...
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo tease new ‘Wicked: For Good’ footage during CinemaCon victory lap
LAS VEGAS — When Ariana Grande,Cynthia Erivo and director Jon M. Chu took the stage in Las Vegas last April to tease “Wicked” months before its theatrical release, there was cautious optimism that the long-anticipated film would be a hit. But when the pair hit the same stage at the...
This Black church sued the Proud Boys and won its trademark, carrying on a civil rights legacy
WASHINGTON — There is so much history between the walls of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, which has hosted funerals for Rosa Parks and Frederick Douglass and opened its pews to American presidents and civil rights icons. It made history again this year: Thanks to a lawsuit, Metropolitan AME now...
Answering your questions about President Trump’s vast new tariffs
WASHINGTON — After weeks of anticipation and speculation, President Donald Trump followed through on his tariff threats by declaring on Wednesday a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trade surpluses with the United States. In announcing what he...
Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote U.S. manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners — a 34% tax on imports from China and 20% on the European Union, among others — that threaten to dismantle much of the architecture of the global economy and trigger broader trade wars. Trump,...
Supreme Court appears divided over whether states can cut off Planned Parenthood funding
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday in a case over whether states should be able to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, which comes amid a wider push from abortion opponents to defund the nation’s largest abortion provider. Low-income patients who go there for things such as...
Tornadoes touch down with golf ball-sized hail as storms wallop Midwest, SouthVideo
Tornadoes touched down in parts of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, knocking down power lines and trees and ripping roofs off of homes, while golf-ball sized hail fell in a region being hit by a violent swath of severe storms. A tornado emergency was issued in northeast Arkansas, with...
Senate rebukes Trump’s tariffs as some Republicans vote to halt taxes on Canadian imports
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a resolution Wednesday night that would thwart President Donald Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada, delivering him a rare rebuke just hours after the president unveiled sweeping plans to clamp down on international trade. The Senate resolution, passed by a 51-48 vote tally, would...
World reacts with caution to ‘reciprocal’ tariffs against dozens of nationsVideo
MEXICO CITY — The sweeping new tariffs announced Wednesday by U.S. President Donald Trump were met initially with measured reactions from key trading partners, highlighting the lack of appetite for a full-fledged trade war. The fact that the tariffs fell most heavily on parts of the world sleeping through the...
Man who had gun and knife will plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON — A California man will plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington nearly three years ago, the defendant’s attorneys said in a court filing on Wednesday. Nicholas John Roske, of Simi Valley, California, was arrested near Kavanaugh’s...
Shingles is awful, but here’s another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia
WASHINGTON — A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one — shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia over the next seven years by 20%. The research, published...
Tesla sales tumble 13% as Musk backlash, competition and aging lineup turn off buyersVideo
NEW YORK — Tesla sales fell 13% in the first three months of the year, another sign that Elon Musk’s once high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract buyers. The double-digit drop is likely because of a combination of factors, including its aging lineup, competition from rivals and a...
Elon Musk could be headed for a Washington exit after turbulent times at Trump’s DOGE
WASHINGTON — DOGE’s days appear to be numbered. Elon Musk recently suggested that he will be done with his work in the near future. President Donald Trump told reporters this week that “at some point, he’s going to be going back” to running his companies. As far as the Department...
NHL and Rogers announce a 12-year Canadian media rights deal through the 2037-38 season
TORONTO — The NHL and Rogers Communications announced a new 12-year national media rights deal Wednesday to air games on multiple platforms in Canada. The agreement, which was first reported Monday, is valued at $11 billion Canadian dollars, or roughly $7.7 billion. The new deal runs through the 2037-38 season....
