FINAL: Hawthorne Hornets lose to Madison County Cowboys in Class 1A championship

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Average long-term US mortgage rate snaps five-week string of increases, but remains above 7%
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell for the first time in four weeks, a slight relief for home shoppers already facing the challenges of rising housing prices and a shortage of homes for sale. The rate fell to 7.09% from 7.22% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. When mortgage rates rise, they can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, limiting how much homebuyers can afford.
AFP
Hamas urges halt to airdrops of aid in Gaza after two killed
Hamas on Thursday called for an end to airdrops of aid after two Palestinians were killed in northern Gaza when a aid pallet crashed into a warehouse after its parachute failed to open.The latest fatalities take to at least 21 the number of people killed when airdrops of aid have gone disastrously wrong, according to the Hamas authorities.
Reuters
Key Democrat backs embattled US FDIC chief amid harassment scandal
An outside review released on Tuesday found the agency needed to adopt sweeping changes to fix workplace culture and address harassment, racial discrimination and other longstanding problems, citing accounts from more than 500 people, mostly current staff. Republican lawmakers since November have angrily called for FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg to resign in the wake of the Wall Street Journal expose which prompted the investigation, conducted by the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.
Associated Press
Haley will meet with donors to her shuttered presidential campaign. No Trump endorsement is expected
Nikki Haley is meeting next week with donors who supported her now-abandoned Republican presidential campaign, a reentry into public life that comes as the former South Carolina governor keeps drawing notable support in some state primaries despite Donald Trump's status as the presumptive nominee. Haley will appear at events on Monday and Tuesday with about 100 donors in Charleston, according to a person with knowledge of the plans. The gathering, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, is intended as a “thank you” to Haley's supporters.
Associated Press
China and US resume cooperation on deportation as Chinese immigrants rush in from southern border
Beijing and Washington have quietly resumed cooperation on the deportation of Chinese immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, as the two countries are reestablishing and widening contacts following their leaders' meeting in California late last year. After China suspended cooperation in August 2022, the United States saw a drastic surge in the number of Chinese immigrants entering the country illegally from Mexico. U.S. border officials arrested more than 37,000 Chinese nationals on the southern border in 2023, 10 times the number during the previous year, further exacerbating tensions over immigration going into the presidential election.
CBS News
Neuralink brain-chip implant encounters issues in human patient
Elon Musk's Neuralink finds a brain-computer interface device captured less data a month after implant surgery.
USA TODAY
Trump and Republicans slam Biden over pledge to withhold weapons from Israel over Rafah
Republicans quickly accuse Biden of trying to placate college demonstrators and left-wing activists who favor the Palestinians
Associated Press
Chevrolet Malibu heads for the junkyard as GM shifts focus to electric vehicles
The Chevrolet Malibu, the last midsize car made by a Detroit automaker, is heading for the junkyard. General Motors confirmed Thursday that it will stop making the car introduced in 1964 as the company focuses more on electric vehicles. The midsize sedan was once the top-selling segment in the U.S., a stalwart of family garages nationwide.
Yahoo Finance
Stock market today: Stocks rise as Dow tries to extend 6-day win streak
Stocks have lost their bounce after a growing chorus of Federal Reserve officials made it clear that interest rates will need to stay higher for longer.
Associated Press
Iowa law allows police to arrest and deport migrants. Civil rights groups are suing
Civil rights and immigrant rights groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday alleging that Iowa's new law making it a crime to be in the state if previously denied admission to the U.S. is unconstitutional. It’s the first legal action taken against Iowa in response to the law, though the U.S. Department of Justice warned the state's top officials last week that the agency would sue unless they agreed not to enforce it. The complaint filed Thursday alleges that the new statute steps on the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration law.
AFP
London, Frankfurt stocks hit record highs on rate-cut hopes
The London and Frankfurt stock exchanges hit record highs Thursday as the Bank of England kept its interest rate at a 16-year high but raised hopes of a cut in the coming months.His comments raised hopes that the BoE could soon cut rates.
Reuters
Factbox-What is a Roman Catholic Holy Year?
Pope Francis started the countdown on Thursday to the 2025 Holy Year, or Jubilee, which is one of the Roman Catholic Church's most important events and is expected to draw tens of millions of pilgrims to Rome. But what exactly is a Holy Year? A Holy Year usually happens once every 25 years, unless a pope calls an extraordinary one to call attention to a particular issue or celebrate a momentous event.
NBC News
Fentanyl scanners that sat idle for lack of federal funds can now be installed at the border
Fifty-six scanners that can detect fentanyl in cars at border crossings will be installed due to $200 million in federal funds approved after an NBC News report.
USA TODAY
'Killer whale predation': Gray whale washes up on Oregon beach covered in tooth marks
The gray whale calf was found in Bandon, Oregon with widespread tooth marks all over its body, likely due to a killer whale, experts said.
Associated Press
Judge won't reconvene jury after disputed verdict in New Hampshire youth center abuse case
The judge who oversaw a landmark trial over abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center won’t reconvene the jury but says he will consider other options to address the disputed $38 million verdict. David Meehan, who alleged he was repeatedly raped, beaten and held in solitary confinement at the Youth Development Center in the 1990s, was awarded $18 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in enhanced damages on May 3. Meehan’s lawyers asked Judge Andrew Schulman on Tuesday to reconvene and poll the jury, arguing that multiple emails they received from distraught jurors showed that they misunderstood a question on the verdict form about the number of incidents for which the state was liable.
NBC News
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to surprise his running mate with his position on abortion
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an interview released Wednesday that he would allow women to have abortions at full-term if that was their choice.
CNN
A can of paint. Stolen license plates. Odd messages. How the FBI built a case against a man accused of abducting his wife
Federal agents say David Knezevich carried out an elaborate scheme that involved traveling to Serbia, driving a rental car 1,600 miles to Madrid and sneaking into his wife’s apartment at night. Three months later he’s under arrest and she is still missing.
Time
Biden Said Rafah Was a 'Red Line.' Now What?
After months of warning Israel against invading Rafah, the president has finally articulated the consequences.
CBS News
WWII pilot from Idaho accounted for 80 years after plane was shot down
Allan W. Knepper, 27, was among a squadron that encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire during an attack on Axis powers in July 1943.
AccuWeather
Northeast Texas at risk for renewed flooding as more heavy rain eyes southern US
Storm clouds gathered and unloaded tremendous rainfall that triggered flooding in northeastern Texas multiple times this spring. Unfortunately, the atmosphere will hit the replay button into mid-May with more rounds of rain coming. That will renew flooding in some areas and trigger flooding in places that have dodged surging waters, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. In northeastern Texas, in much of the zone from Interstate 10 to I-20, rainfall has been 150 to 300% of the historical average, and

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