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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A deadlocked jury returns Friday for the seventh day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy trial, a day after the jury’s foreperson told the judge a single juror won’t follow the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt. The extraordinary disclosure made Thursday in the form of a note delivered to the judge offered the clearest glimpse yet of what may be keeping jurors from reaching a verdict […]

Confronted by an intransigent Iranian government that’s refused to back down in the face of a massive military campaign, President Donald Trump appears to have settled on a dual-prong approach that combines economic pressure with the potential of a devastating escalation in force. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday rejected the use of the word “war” to describe the U.S. fighting with Iran as he steered clear of predicting that […]

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said that unless the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, he would stop trading with countries with which the United States had a deficit. “High interest rates put the U.S.A. at a very unfair disadvantage, and I won’t allow that to happen!” said Trump, who has repeatedly demanded that the Fed cut rates. The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday reported stronger-than-expected […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy added a surprising 162,000 jobs in August, a solid rebound from July’s decline and a result that beat many economists’ expectations. The stronger-than-expected August report today, providing fresh evidence that the economy is gaining ground under President Donald Trump’s leadership. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate held at a low 4.1 percent, underscoring what supporters of President Trump call a durable jobs recovery marked […]

HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez is one of baseball’s biggest stars: the frontrunner for AL MVP with a strong chance of becoming baseball’s first Triple Crown winner since Miguel Cabrera in 2012. Comfortable as the Cuban-born slugger looks driving in runs for the Houston Astros, his real happy place isn’t the batter’s box. It’s the driver’s seat of his family’s RV. “People don’t recognize me, that’s the good thing,” he […]

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto on Friday directed Tata Chemicals to leave the country, saying the Indian company failed to generate any economic impact in one of Kenya’s most important export sectors. Tata Chemicals produces soda ash from Lake Magadi that is used in the manufacture of glass, soaps and detergents. Kenya’s exports of soda ash came to 254,779 tons, valued at $56.9 million, in the year […]

BANGKOK (AP) — It’s been more than a week since deadly flash floods killed hundreds and left thousands missing along the China-Nepal border — and practically nothing is known about the victims on the Chinese side. The disaster, which has killed more than 1,000 people and left more than 4,500 missing in the two countries, has once again highlighted China’s tight grip on information surrounding disasters and its efforts to […]

PHOENIX (AP) — The staff caring for Jakob Blodgett said he already had been sneaking candy and refused to take his insulin. An employee at the Arizona group home where the 9-year-old boy was being cared for texted a supervisor about the boy’s elevated blood-glucose reading. The response? Give him water. After two missed doses of the long-lasting insulin he needed, he was taken to the hospital. He was diagnosed […]

(SRN NEWS)-  A new poll of America’s Protestant pastors from LifeWay Research finds that 54% of them say they’ve got more people in the pews now than they did in 2023 — four percent more on average.  Another 30% of pastors report that their congregation’s numbers have held about steady over the last three years and 16% say attendance is down.  LifeWay Executive Director Scott McConnell says the numbers indicate […]