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Stock market today: Asian shares mixed after calm day on Wall St

Business
Jessica Roberts

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after U.S. stocks held relatively steady on Wall Street. U.S. futures and oil ...

Drake house shooting: Police investigating, security injured

Entertainment
Laura Davis

TORONTO (AP) — Police are investigating a shooting outside rapper Drake’s mansion in Toronto that left a security guard seriously wounded. Authorities ...

College protests: Pro-Palestinian protesters retake MIT encampment

U.S.
Amanda Smith

CHICAGO (AP) — Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday as tension ratcheted up in standoffs ...

Hush money trial: Trump faces jail threat over gag violations as testimony continues

U.S.
Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump returns to the hush money trial Tuesday facing a threat of jail time for additional gag ...

Tornadoes spotted in Oklahoma as hail pelts Kansas

U.S.
Amanda Smith

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tornadoes touched down Monday evening in rural Oklahoma and large hail pelted parts of Kansas as an outbreak ...

College protests: Columbia University cancels main commencement

U.S.
Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University canceled its large university-wide commencement ceremony Monday following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled its ...

Texas floods: 1 child dies after being swept away in floodwaters

U.S.
Amanda Smith

HOUSTON (AP) — Storms in Texas brought additional rain Sunday to the already saturated Houston area where hundreds of people have been ...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reports steep earnings drop

Business
Jessica Roberts

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett cautioned the tens of thousands of shareholders who packed an arena for his annual meeting that ...

Severe weather: Houston braces for flooding to worsen

U.S.
Amanda Smith

HOUSTON (AP) — High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more ...

Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in the closest 3-horse photo finish since 1947

Sports
Daniel Miller

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The 150th Kentucky Derby produced one of the most dramatic finishes in its storied history — three noses at ...