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Darline Graham says she will run for a full term in Lindsey Graham's Senate seat

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Darline Graham said Monday she's running for a full term to replace her late brother Lindsey Graham's Senate seat. "I've made a decision," Darline Graham told Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity, according to a clip released of an interview set to air later Monday. "I'm in." The entrance of Darline Graham — sworn in last week to fulfill the remaining months of her late brother's term, which expires in January — into the Republican scramble to select a new Senate nominee further complicates an already rushed process following Lindsey Graham 's death ...

Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, citing disputes over autos, alcohol and cheese

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday imposed 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products. The move could unleash a new wave of economic chaos, with risks of higher inflation and further fraying of relations between two nations that had been closely woven together before Trump's return to the White House. The administration official previewing the action said that Canada was one of the only nations other than China that retaliated against Trump's previous tariffs and must be held ...

New child care center in Minneota nearly ready

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MINNEOTA — To meet the rising demand for more child care services, a Ghent child care center is close to opening a location in Minneota. Jamie Gillund, who currently operates The Little Explorers Childcare Center, said the Minneota center will have a capacity of 100 children. When she ...

Senators demand ICE answers and body cameras after 2 fatal shootings in Maine and Houston

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of Democratic U.S. senators and the Independent senator from Maine pushed for more details Monday from Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the agency's vetting practices for new agents and how officers conduct vehicle pursuits, even as they demanded that body cameras be swiftly rolled out to all officers. The demands came in a letter spearheaded by Maine's Independent Sen. Angus King, signed by 38 Democratic senators and sent to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE. The demands follow two deadly shootings in which ICE officers shot ...

Little House gathering

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WALNUT GROVE — The Wilder Pageant hosted its second week of performances over the weekend. But this week brought along new and familiar faces to longtime fans of the Little House books and show. Actresses, historians and people with direct connections to the Ingalls family arrived over the ...

Wall Street drifts as AI stocks hold steadier after last week's losses

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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted to a quiet finish Monday after stocks of chipmakers and other winners of the artificial-intelligence boom trimmed some of their recent losses. The S&P 500 dipped 0.2%, coming off its first losing week in the last three and just its third since the end of March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 307 points, or 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite was basically flat after slipping by less than 0.1%. Nvidia added 0.2% and held firmer following its drop on Friday, when it was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500. Sandisk climbed 2.7% after tumbling ...