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Valtteri Bottas says stronger mental health support in F1 helped him open up about his battles 04/30/2026 12:47pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas believes the support in motorsports for mental health struggles has greatly improved during his career, and that gave him the courage to extensively detail his own personal battles. “The sport has changed a lot, the world has changed a Tax refunds and AI boom have offset some US economic pain from Iran war and high gas prices, so far 04/30/2026 12:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are paying for the war in Iran with every visit to the gas station, but some of the damage to the U.S. economy is being offset — for now anyway — by big tax refunds and an investment boom driven by artificial intelligence. Prices rose at the fastest pace in almost t Syrian government confirms detention of missing German journalist 04/30/2026 12:45pm • BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government confirmed Thursday that a German journalist who went missing months ago is detained in Syria. Eva Maria Michelmann, 36, was last seen on Jan. 18, when she and a Kurdish-Turkish colleague were supposedly detained by Syrian government forces during the takeover of Turkish Airlines Open Scores 04/30/2026 12:34pm • Thursday At National GC - Irmak and Tuna Antalya, Turkey Purse: $2.8 million Yardage: 7,287; Par: 72 First Round Mikael Lindberg, Sweden 31-35—66 Ale Turkish Airlines Open Par Scores 04/30/2026 12:34pm • Thursday At National GC - Irmak and Tuna Antalya, Turkey Purse: $2.8 million Yardage: 7,287; Par: 72 First Round Mikael Lindberg, Sweden 31-35—66 -6 Druski tapped to host BET Awards, becoming youngest emcee in show’s 25-year history 04/30/2026 12:31pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Druski will host the 2026 BET Awards, becoming the youngest emcee in the show’s history. BET announced Thursday that the 31-year-old comedian and digital creator will lead the ceremony, which airs live June 28 from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. Druski surpasses Kevin Har Palestinians mourn teenager shot dead in the occupied West Bank 04/30/2026 12:26pm • RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Mourners carried the body of a teenager killed by Israel’s military through the hills of the West Bank ’s largest city on Thursday, the latest victim in a surge of violence this month. Ibrahim Al-Khayyat died after being shot and wounded in his chest and abdomen in H Reeves establishes Mississippi office for Rural Health Transformation Program funds 04/30/2026 12:25pm • Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday announced he’s creating an office to oversee distribution of hundreds of millions of federal dollars aimed at improving rural healthcare. The new office will be overseen by the governor and led by certified public accountant Richard Grimes. 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If y Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest, announces state television 04/30/2026 12:19pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest, announces state television. Union Pacific argues for its $85B acquisition of Norfolk Southern in new railroad merger application 04/30/2026 12:18pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific hopes regulators will be convinced this time that its $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern that it detailed for the second time Thursday will be good for the country. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board rejected Union Pacific's initial application as incom Solar ranch in Tennessee aims to prove grazing cattle under the panels is a farmland win-win 04/30/2026 12:09pm • CHRISTIANA, Tenn. (AP) — From a distance, the small solar farm in central Tennessee looks like others that now dot rural America, with row upon row of black panels absorbing the sun's rays to generate electricity. But beneath these panels is lush pasture instead of gravel, enjoyed by a small herd Inflation hits 3% in Europe as Iran war spreads oil price shock 04/30/2026 12:02pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Soaring oil prices from the Iran war pushed inflation higher in Europe in April, as growth continued to underperform in a worrying combination both for consumers and policymakers at the European Central Bank. Annual inflation in the eurozone — the 21 countries that use The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.3% this week, Freddie Mac says, ending a three-week slide 04/30/2026 12:00pm • MCLEAN, Va. (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.3% this week, Freddie Mac says, ending a three-week slide.