UN hosts aid conference for beleaguered Yemen
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. secretary-general is appealing to dozens of countries to boost aid to war-torn Yemen, which faces "the world's largest hunger crisis."
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. secretary-general is appealing to dozens of countries to boost aid to war-torn Yemen, which faces "the world's largest hunger crisis."
CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mixed Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
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BERLIN (AP) — The Latest on Ivanka Trump's trip to Berlin (all times local):
BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand say a man upset with his wife hanged their 11-month-old daughter on Facebook Live and then killed himself.
LONDON (AP) — Following years of budget restraint, particularly in Greece, government deficits across the 19-country eurozone has fallen to its lowest level since before the most acute phase of the global financial crisis, official figures showed Tuesday.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Free-agent running back Adrian Peterson has reportedly agreed to a two-year contract with the New Orleans Saints.
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — McDonald's says new Big Mac sizes helped boost a key sales figure in the U.S., but that it's still working on trying to attract more customers to its stores.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A Nebraska man has been given two years of probation for stealing prescription painkillers while working at a pharmacy in Council Bluffs.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former acting attorney general Sally Yates is scheduled to appear at a congressional hearing next month on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a Senate committee announced Tuesday.
ATLANTA (AP) — Coca-Cola's sales declined in the first quarter as it restructured its business, and the world's biggest beverage maker said it will trim 1,200 jobs starting later this year as it deepens its cost cutting.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. sales of new homes shot up in March to the fastest pace in 8 months, as more Americans are upgrading their houses in a positive sign for the broader economy.
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's prime minister is seeking discussions over increased border controls that have led to huge lines of cars forming on the country's border with Croatia.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on Wells Fargo's annual meeting after a scandal over the bank's sales practices (all times local):
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The city of Des Moines has initiated eminent domain proceedings for nearly 60 properties as it moves ahead with plans to build a $70 million municipal services center and vacate sought-after land near downtown.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Health Department officials are monitoring cleanup of a 1,050-gallon oil pipeline spill in Bowman County that reached a tributary of the Little Missouri River.
MILFORD, Pa. (AP) — The younger sister of a man who fatally shot a Pennsylvania State Police trooper in a 2014 ambush says he was her "protector" against their abusive parents.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities say two crew members are dead after an explosion on a ship in the North Atlantic Ocean.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he's planning to remain in Kansas rather than take a job in President Donald Trump's administration.
NEW YORK (AP) — Profits are climbing for companies, and so are their stock prices.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence slipped in April but remains at high levels.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The chairman and CEO of Dubai's long-haul carrier Emirates said Tuesday he "can't dig into somebody's mind" to understand why the U.S. instituted a ban on laptops and other personal electronics in carry-on luggage…
NEW YORK (AP) — JetBlue's first-quarter profit sank 59 percent from a year ago as fuel costs and other expenses rose and the airline made less revenue from every seat flown.
MIAMI (AP) — The last of the "cocaine cowboys" who investigators say smuggled vast amounts of the drug into the U.S. is due back in a Miami courtroom 26 years after fleeing an indictment.
Ivanka Trump defended her father at a women's panel in Berlin Tuesday after attendees hissed and booed when she attempted to champion her father's commitment to women's issues.