Castro freezes Cuban private sector, throws future in doubt
HAVANA (AP) - Two years after taking office, President Raul Castro widened the niche for private enterprise in Cuba’s state-dominated economy. Capitalism came pouring...
Bean progress this year challenging long-held beliefs
By SHAWN P. CONLEY, LINDSAY CHAMBERLAIN and JAMES SPECHT
University of Wisconsin
MADISON, Wisc. — Every agronomist has been ingrained with the “knowledge” that soybean is considered...
Mnuchin dismisses reports of any tech restrictions on China
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is dismissing as “fake news” media reports that the Trump administration is readying restrictions this week on...
In tit-for-tat, Trump threatens more tariffs against China
By JEFF KAROUB and ZEKE MILLER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump directed the U.S. Trade Representative to prepare new tariffs on $200 billion...
Ex-DCS chief now working for AG
By BRIAN SLODYSKO
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill announced Wednesday that he is hiring the state’s former child welfare chief, who...
Ukraine demands Russia release vessels, sailors as tensions build
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s president demanded Monday that Russia immediately release Ukrainian sailors and vessels seized in a standoff around Crimea that...
U.S.-Russia arms control treaty dies
By DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States plans to test a new...
California wildfires claim more lives but crews make progress
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and SUDHIN THANAWALA
Associated Press
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — Thousands more fled their homes after wildfires surged near a small lake town...
Portage mayor seeks dismissal of federal corruption probe
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — An indicted northwest Indiana mayor has asked a federal judge to dismiss his corruption case because prosecutors viewed dozens of...
Across the nation, some tune in, others tune out
By STEPHEN GROVES and TAMARA LUSH
Associated Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Cattle rancher Jeffery...