By Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday signed legislation to once again try to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid program. Parson’s signature could mean Missouri joins a small band of states — Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas, according to Planned Parenthood — to have successfully blocked
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By Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rose Thursday to pull the S&P 500 back within 1% of its record following a rough April. The S&P 500 rose 26.41 points, or 0.5%, to 5,214.08. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 331.37, or 0.8%, to 39,387.76, and the Nasdaq composite added 43.51, or 0.3%, to
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press NEW YORK — A newly released ad promoting Apple’s new iPad Pro has struck quite a nerve online. The ad, which was released by the tech giant Tuesday, shows a hydraulic press crushing just about every creative instrument artists and consumers have used over the years — from a piano and record
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press DETROIT — Federal investigators say they have “significant safety concerns” about a Ford SUV recall repair that doesn’t fix gasoline leaks that can cause engine fires. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding volumes of information from the automaker as it investigates the fix in a March 8 recall of
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By Associated Press NEW YORK — Cracks are showing in one of the main pillars keeping the economy out of a recession: resilient spending by U.S. households. Consumer goods giants from PepsiCo to Kraft Heinz have described recently how the combination of high inflation and higher interest rates is hurting their lower-income customers. It’s the
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON — A new Biden administration rule announced Thursday aims to speed up asylum processing at the southern border for a a limited group of people believed to have committed serious crimes or who have terrorist links and ultimately more quickly eject them from the country. The change comes as the administration
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By Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday signed legislation to once again try to kick Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Medicaid program. Parson’s signature could mean Missouri joins a small band of states — Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas, according to Planned Parenthood — to have successfully blocked
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By Jenna Wilson Dozens of JROTC cadets protested outside of Lafayette High School on Thursday in support of Master Sgt. Jamaal Anderson, who was placed on administrative leave by the St. Joseph School District. News-Press NOW has been following this story since last week. District officials have said they are avoiding commenting on the situation
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, an analysis of FBI data by the gun safety group Everytown found. The rate of stolen guns from cars climbed nearly every year
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hunter Biden’s federal gun case should move forward, an appeals court ruled Thursday, setting the stage for the president’s son to stand trial on criminal charges next month in Delaware. Hunter Biden’s lawyers went to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after the judge overseeing the case last month
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Boeing 737 catches fire, skids off the runway at Senegal airport DAKAR, Senegal | Senegal’s transport minister says a Boeing 737 plane carrying 85 people caught fire and skidded off a runway at an airport near the country’s capital, Dakar, and that 10 people were injured. The minister says the Air
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By Associated Press NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s defense attorney on Thursday accused Stormy Daniels of slowly altering the details of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with Trump, trying to persuade jurors that a key prosecution witness in the former president’s hush money trial cannot be believed. “The details of your story keep changing, right?”
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press Sharp-eyed grocery shoppers may notice new labels in the dairy aisle touting yogurt as way to reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes. That’s because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently said it’s OK for producers of yogurt to make that claim — even though the agency acknowledged that it’s based
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By Jazmine Knight More than 30 St. Joseph students took the first step on a promising career path on Thursday. Hillyard Technical Center hosted its Apprenticeship Signing Day where 36 students accepted offers from their desired companies. Some of those companies include the St. Joseph School District, Midland Steel, Altec, Herzog, Lifeline Foods, multiple car
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press Over the years, people with a genetic condition causing thickening of the heart muscle, known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, have received confusing advice on exercise. New guideline revisions aim to clear things up. They spell out that not only is exercise important and healthy but that some people with the condition, if properly
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON — For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimer’s disease — in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene. Scientists have long known a gene called APOE4 is one of many things that can increase people’s risk for Alzheimer’s, including simply getting older. The
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By Dr. Keith Roach via My Courier-Tribune DEAR DR. ROACH, Your recent column about treating diabetes left me wondering. Diabetes, as I understand it, is usually a result of too much sugar being consumed. But consuming carbohydrates is not that different because they are quickly converted to sugar through the human chemical processes. So, why
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By Associated Press ROME — For a brief stretch on Thursday, Rafael Nadal looked every bit of a weary 37-year-old player nearing retirement. Struggling to produce pace off both sides with his groundstrokes, committing an uncharacteristically high number of unforced errors and unable to stay in rallies, Nadal dropped the first set of his first-round
Continue ReadingBy NewsPress Now Bucks’ Patrick Beverley suspended four games without pay MILWAUKEE | Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley was suspended by the NBA on Thursday for four games without pay to begin next season for his actions during and after the final game of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers. The
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By Associated Press JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a U.S. threat to withhold some arms would not prevent Israel from continuing its offensive in Gaza, indicating it might proceed with an invasion of the packed city of Rafah against the wishes of its closest ally. President Joe Biden has urged Israel
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Florida deputy announced himself prior to shooting FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. | Police body camera video shows a Florida sheriff’s deputy announced himself as law enforcement just before fatally shooting a Black U.S. Air Force airman in his apartment. Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden showed police body camera video of the
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By Associated Press MANCHESTER, England — FIFA has been told to reschedule its expanded Club World Cup just over a year before the tournament is due to be staged in the United States. World players’ union FIFPRO and the World Leagues Association are demanding reform of the international match calendar, which is controlled by soccer’s
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press NEW YORK — The Indiana Pacers have, as coach Rick Carlisle said they would, sent 78 plays they believe were officiated incorrectly from the first two games of their series against the New York Knicks to the NBA office for review, a person with knowledge of the action said Thursday. The person
Continue ReadingBy NewsPress Now A leader of a local drug task force will speak to the Northwest Missouri Republican Club at its monthly meeting on Thursday, May 16. Capt. Shawn Collie of the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force will speak on the multi-jurisdictional Drug Enforcement Group, which serves the citizens of Buchanan County and Northwest Missouri.
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By Associated Press MARSEILLE, France — Joyful crowds gathered along the streets of France’s southern port of Marseille on Thursday to see torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame through the city’s most emblematic sites, a day after it arrived on a majestic three-mast ship for a welcoming ceremony. It was the first leg of an 11-week
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By Associated Press Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity and Ultima inducted into World Video Game Hall of Fame ROCHESTER, N.Y. | The World Video Game Hall of Fame inducted its 10th class of honorees Thursday, recognizing Asteroids, Myst, Resident Evil, SimCity and Ultima for their impacts on the video game industry and popular culture. The
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By Associated Press Turkey formally opens another former Byzantine-era church as a mosque ANKARA, Turkey | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally opened a former Byzantine church in Istanbul as a mosque on Monday, four years after his government had designated it a Muslim house of prayer, despite criticism from neighboring Greece. Turkey formally converted
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By Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya | Armed with gardening hoes while others cradled bamboo seedlings, students gathered outside their school in Kenya’s capital. They hoped the fully grown bamboo would help to filter filthy air from one of Africa’s largest trash dumps next door. More than 100 bamboo plantings dot the ground around Dandora secondary
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By Kendra Simpson This weekend, St. Joseph residents can go back in time with historical home tours, 80’s dance nights and more in this week’s edition of See St. Joseph. If you have loose change sitting in a piggy bank, it’s time to empty it because the Friends of the Animal Shelter is hosting its
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By NewsPress Now APPLEBEE’S NEIGHBORHOOD GRILL 4004 Frederick Ave. Noncritical: No hot water (at least 110 degrees) at the hand sink (warning). Dirty nonfood-contact surface. Torn or broken door seals or hinges. ARAMARK CAMPUS DINING 4525 Downs Dr. Noncritical: Dirty non-food contact surface (repeated violation). Torn or broken door seals or hinges. ARAMARK CAMPUS DINING,
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