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In Iowa, water pollution is a health threat that also disrupts summer fun 06/04/2026 09:01am • MANCHESTER, Iowa (AP) — Hannah Ray J Childs propelled her kayak into a rapid on Iowa’s Maquoketa River on a recent afternoon and dipped her paddle in the water to swing the front of her boat into the air. She loves to spend her days performing whitewater kayaking acrobatics that dunk her body in Mali junta bans motorcycles outside cities and creates military zones to reduce militant attacks 06/04/2026 08:55am • BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The military government of Mali has banned the sales and use of large motorcycles outside major urban areas and established military zones that are off limits to civilians in an attempt to reduce attacks by militant groups. The ban announced late Wednesday on national televisio Toro: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 06/04/2026 08:37am • BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Toro Co. (TTC) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $145.4 million. The Bloomington, Minnesota-based company said it had profit of $1.50 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were $1.60 per share. The r US filings for jobless aid, a proxy for layoffs, rose to a still-healthy 225,000 last week 06/04/2026 08:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) — US filings for jobless aid, a proxy for layoffs, rose to a still-healthy 225,000 last week. Hezbollah leader rejects latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon 06/04/2026 08:29am • BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah leader rejects latest ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon. Possible flesh-eating screwworm case in Texas, USDA says 06/04/2026 08:26am • ▶ Watch Video: Flesh-eating New World screwworm found in Texas calf, USDA says Update: The USDA has confirmed the presence of New World screwworm in a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas. Read earlier developments below.A possible case of the flesh-eat Brown-Forman: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 06/04/2026 08:19am • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Brown-Forman Corp. (BF.A) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $54 million. The Louisville, Kentucky-based company said it had net income of 12 cents per share. The liquor company that makes Jack Daniel's and other brands posted reven Brown-Forman B: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 06/04/2026 08:17am • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Brown-Forman Corporation B (BF.B) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $54 million. On a per-share basis, the Louisville, Kentucky-based company said it had net income of 12 cents. The results missed Wall Street expectations. The aver Argentina seeks a glorious end to the Messi era with another World Cup title 06/04/2026 08:15am • BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina has bitter memories of 1994, the last time the United States hosted the World Cup. After the second group stage match, national icon Diego Maradona was expelled from the tournament due to a positive doping test. Maradona would never play another World Cup match, and A The EU will look for ways to make it quicker for the Western Balkan countries to join the bloc 06/04/2026 08:14am • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The European Union will look for new ways to speed up the membership process for six candidate countries from the Western Balkans at an upcoming summit, European Council President Antonio Costa said on Thursday. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia a A Yazidi tells an Australian court she was enslaved and raped in an IS home in Syria 06/04/2026 07:59am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Yazidi woman has alleged she shared a bedroom with a woman accused of enslaving her in Syria and was repeatedly raped and beaten by the woman’s father, police told a court on Thursday. Zeinab Ahmad, 31, applied for bail in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on two s Man City angry and Mourinho backs Pérez as Real Madrid presidential race heats up 06/04/2026 07:30am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid’s two presidential candidates have stepped up their campaigning, with incumbent Florentino Pérez featuring prospective new coach Jose Mourinho in promotional material and challenger Enrique Riquelme angering Manchester City with comments about under-contract Pyxus: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 06/04/2026 07:20am • MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Pyxus International Inc. (PYYX) on Thursday reported profit of $14.4 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. The Morrisville, North Carolina-based company said it had net income of 55 cents per share. The tobacco company posted revenue of $678.2 mi Ciena: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 06/04/2026 07:11am • HANOVER, Md. (AP) — HANOVER, Md. (AP) — Ciena Corp. (CIEN) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $218.2 million. The Hanover, Maryland-based company said it had profit of $1.49 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.64 per share. The results topped AP exclusive: Iran players describe how the war affects their World Cup preparations 06/04/2026 07:09am • ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Iran is heading to the World Cup while the country is at war with the primary host nation, a situation that is unique in the tournament’s history. In exclusive interviews with The Associated Press during a team camp in Turkey, two members of Iran’s squad described how th