NEW YORK (AP) — British billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns the , pleaded guilty Wednesday to insider trading and conspiracy charges in New York, saying he knew that sharing nonpublic information about publicly traded companies was wrong and that his crimes have left him “so embarrassed.”

The 86-year-old businessman entered the plea in Manhattan federal court six months in the case. He had been free on $300 million bail, with a yacht and private plane serving as collateral.

He told

HOUSTON (AP) — Heavy rains in Texas on Wednesday closed schools and elevated flooding risks around Houston in another round of soaking downpours that have made for a soggy and dangerous week across large portions of the U.S.

A stretch of wet and freezing winter weather has , led to and coated roads with ice in the Midwest. Rain was expected to continue pushing across the Gulf Coast on Thursday and Friday.

In San Antonio, a police vehicle on Wednesday was stuck on a heavily flooded access road to Interstate 35

Comedian Jon Stewart is rewinding the clock, returning to “The Daily Show” as a weekly host and executive producing through the 2024 U.S. elections cycle.

Comedy Central on Wednesday said Stewart will host the topical TV show, the perch he ruled for 16 years starting in 1999, every Monday starting Feb. 12. A rotating lineup of show regulars are on tap for the rest of the week.

“Jon Stewart is the voice of our generation, and we are

LONDON (AP) — An American scientist has sparked a trans-Atlantic tempest in a teapot by offering Britain advice on its favorite hot beverage.

Bryn Mawr College chemistry professor Michelle Francl says one of the keys to a perfect cup of tea is a pinch of salt. The tip is included in Francl’s book “Steeped: The Chemistry of Tea,” published Wednesday by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Not since the Boston Tea Party has mixing tea with salt water roiled the Anglo-American relationship so much.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio Congressman and two-time Democratic presidential candidate said Wednesday that he’s running for Congress again, this time as an independent.

Kucinich, 77, a former Cleveland mayor who was consistently rated as one of the most liberal House members, said he is seeking the 7th District seat now held by Republican Rep. Max Miller. Two Democratic hopefuls have also filed paperwork to seek their party’s nomination.

Referring to himself as someone who has shown he can work

A 757 jet operated by lost a nose wheel while preparing for takeoff from Atlanta.

Delta Flight 982 — headed to Bogota, Colombia — was taxiing for departure at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport when the incident took place around 11:15 a.m. Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating the incident.

The plane is 32 years old and is not the same model as the 737 Max that has raised safety concerns in recent years.

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TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index was essentially flat Wednesday despite strength in energy stocks after the Bank of Canada held its overnight rate steady, while U.S. markets ended on a mixed note after softening throughout the afternoon.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 8.81 points at 21,025.78.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 99.06 points at 37,806.39. The

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers promised to veto a that the Republican-controlled Assembly passed on Wednesday and that largely mirror maps he proposed, but with changes that would reduce the number of GOP incumbents who would have to face one another in November.

Evers’ veto will leave it to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to install the state’s new maps.

The liberal-controlled state Supreme Court last month as unconstitutional. The court said it would draw new maps unless the Legislature and