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Wall Street goes higher NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record. The S&P 500 leaped 1.2% Friday after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is open again for commercial tankers carrying crude. The Dow Jones Industrial Average leaped as many as 1,100 points before paring its gain and ended with a jump of nearly 870 points, or 1.8%, while the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.5%. A freer flow of oil could take pressure off prices not only for gasoline but also for groceries and all kinds of other ...

Last 2 NBA playoff spots at stake tonight

The Golden State Warriors spent the last month resigned to their fates. Even before they were locked into the play-in tournament, they knew they were headed there and would have to win two games to grab an unlikely playoff spot. So, they prepared for a two-game season. And the mission, ...

Almanac for April 13, 2026

Today is Monday, April 13, the 103rd day of 2026. There are 262 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1997, Tiger Woods, at age 21, became the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, finishing a record 12 strokes ahead of Tom Kite. Also on this date: In 1743, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was born in Shadwell in the Virginia Colony. In 1861, Fort Sumter in South Carolina fell to Confederate forces in the first battle of the Civil War. In 1873, members of the pro-white, paramilitary White League attacked Black state ...

Minnesota Duluth forward Max Plante wins Hobey Baker Award

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Minnesota Duluth sophomore forward Max Plante received the Hobey Baker Award on Friday night, an honor that goes to the nation's top college hockey player. Plante is the seventh player from that program to win the Hobey Baker and the first since defenseman Scott ...

Tigers’ Meadows goes on injured list

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows broke his left forearm and sustained a concussion during a head-to-head collision with teammate Riley Greene on Thursday at Minnesota as they converged on a fly ball in the eighth inning against the Twins. Meadows was ...

Charlie Kirk highway vetoed in Arizona

There will be no Charlie Kirk highway in his home state of Arizona. The reason: politics. Exactly whose politics is to blame has become a point of debate. Kirk, the conservative activist known for his campus debates, was assassinated last year during an event at Utah Valley University. ...