MUSCAT, Oman (AP) — Iran and the United States will hold more negotiations next week over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. Iranian state television reported Saturday that U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi “briefly spoke in the presence of the Omani foreign minister” at the end of the talks Saturday.…… MORE
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel says it has completed construction of a new security corridor that cuts off the southern city of Rafah from the rest of Gaza. The military said Saturday it would soon expand “vigorously” in most of the small coastal territory. Palestinians are further squeezed into shrinking areas of land. It…… MORE
Russia and Ukraine’s top diplomats have used a high-level conference in Turkey to once again trade accusations of violating a tentative U.S.-brokered deal to pause strikes on energy infrastructure. The two foreign ministers spoke at separate events at the annual Antalya Diplomacy Forum on Saturday, a day after U.S. envoy Steve witkoff met with with…… MORE
BEIJING (AP) — China has announced that it will raise tariffs on U.S. goods from 84% to 125%. It was the latest salvo in an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that has rattled markets and raised fears of a global slowdown. While U.S. President Donald Trump paused import taxes this week…… MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. government bonds. Normally, investors rush into them at a whiff of economic chaos but now not even the lure…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer sentiment fell sharply in April for the fourth straight month as the trade war has fueled worries about the health of the job market and inflation. The University of Michigan’s closely watched consumer sentiment index, released Friday, fell 11% to 50.8, the lowest since the depths of the pandemic. The decline…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says it will exclude electronics like smartphones and laptops from “reciprocal” tariffs, a move that could help keep the prices down for popular consumer electronics that aren’t usually made in the U.S. It would also benefit big tech companies like Apple and Samsung and chip makers like Nvidia. U.S.…… MORE
DALLAS – (WBAP/KLIF) – A Houston DEA agent is named as the new Dallas Police Chief. Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor-Tolbert says she’s selected Houston DEA Special Agent Daniel Comeaux to be the next chief of Dallas Police Department, saying “The City of Dallas continues to achieve crime reduction year after year. I am confident…… MORE
(WBAP/KLIF) NEW YORK (AP) — A sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront, killing six people, including a family of Spanish tourists, in the latest high-profile aviation disaster in the U.S., officials said. Mayor Eric Adams said the flight began at…… MORE
WASHINGTON – (WBAP/KLIF) – No injuries reported, but it seems Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C, just can’t catch a break lately. Two planes clipped wings today on the runway; one headed to JFK International Airport in NYC, the other, to Charleston, S.C. Three lawmakers were aboard the plane, and after “the plane…… MORE
