23+ min ago   (158+ words) NEW YORK (AP) — Wholesale cash prices Friday Thu Fri Foods Broilers – National comp wtd. avg. 1.1641 1.1641 Cheddar cheese, blocks, Chicago lb. 147.50 147.75 Coffee, Brazilian, Comp. 3.1548 3.0307 Coffee, Colombian, NY lb. 3.8060 3.6853 Eggs, large white, Chicago dozen 0.6850 0.6850 Flour, hard winter Kansas City cwt 20.80 20.40 Hogs, Iowa-South…...

24+ min ago   (223+ words) Stocks fell on Wall Street and Treasury yields rose after a surprisingly strong report on the job market appeared to increase chances that the U.S. central bank could raise interest rates later this month. The S&P 500 lost 0.4% Friday. The Dow…...

28+ min ago   (554+ words) One hundred fifty feet below Wisconsin Avenue on Friday, Metro was showing off part of the work behind the summer shutdown that closed Bethesda, Medical Center and Grosvenor-Strathmore stations. The work began July 6, just after the Fourth of July weekend....

43+ min ago   (634+ words) Maj. Alex Klinner, 33, was one of six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed in western Iraq in March while supporting operations against Iran. He’s one of 18 U.S. service members killed, along with 790 wounded, since the war began…...

41+ min ago   (1228+ words) When Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey presented his proposed budget for 2027, he returned again and again to a familiar theme: tough times call for tough decisions about which programs work for the city and which don’t. In line with that, Frey…...

40+ min ago   (121+ words) CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were lower Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn lost 4 cents at $5.12 a bushel. Sept. wheat was down 11.5 cents at $7.16 a bushel. Sept. oats fell by 13.5 cents at $3.42 a bushel. Sept. soybeans fell by…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (282+ words) Illinois tourism reached new peaks last year, breaking records on visitor spending and generating over $88 billion in total economic impact, Gov. JB Pritzker’s office announced. The growth was driven by around 115 million domestic and international tourists, who spent $50.2 billion while…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (14+ words) WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court grants Republican emergency appeal on TV ad rates before midterms....

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (317+ words) Sinema has acknowledged having a romantic relationship with Matthew Ammel but argued that she can’t be sued in North Carolina because she has no connection to the state. U.S. District Judge David A. Bragdon rejected that argument, saying nine text…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (647+ words) Meanwhile, fourth through seventh grade reading scores are also down from the previous year. Just 44% of students grades 3-8 are proficient in reading, according to a Chalkbeat analysis of M-STEP and PSAT 8/9 tests. “We need to improve the results of all…...