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Month: October 2024

Your letters for Oct. 25, 2024

By NewsPress Now Your letters for Oct. 25, 2024 Vote carefully I believe this year’s November 5 election is the most important in my lifetime. Check out the list of endorsements by news media here in this country and world-wide for Harris/Walz versus Trump/Vance, and you will see what an outlier our local News-Press is

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Horoscopes for fifth week of October

By Metro Creative ARIES Your energy levels are soaring this week, Aries. Channel this vitality into a new project or personal goal. Be cautious of being too impulsive, and think things through before acting. TAURUS Embrace flexibility in your personal life, Taurus. Being open to change will lead to unexpected opportunities and strengthen your relationships.

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Thefts and Vandalism for Oct. 25

By NewsPress Now Thefts reported from Oct. 12 to Oct. 15 3022 S Belt Highway, items stolen at grocery/supermarket. 2845 Mitchell Ave., items stolen at highway/road/alley. 2013 S Belt Highway, items stolen at specialty store. 1004 5th Ave., items stolen at grocery/supermarket. 2503 Penn St., vehicle stolen at residence/home. 5302 Lake Ave., vehicle stolen at

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We endorse Hawley for senate

By NewsPress Now Some politicians appear to come from nowhere when they run for office. Josh Hawley is not one of them. The senior senator from Missouri gives the impression of someone whose political strategizing began in junior high. Hawley’s ambition and his embrace of the spotlight is something that critics never fail to point

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Experiment with Japanese at home

By Metro Creative Experimentation draws many people to cooking. Amateur cooks who are passionate about food can’t wait for the opportunity to prepare a meal that strays from the norm while testing their culinary skills. Japanese cuisine is beloved the world over, but many non-Japanese people may be hesitant to prepare a favorite Japanese meal

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Spooky season brings back favorite memories

By Alonzo Weston My favorite month is ending and my top holiday is fast approaching. I love everything October, yes even the pumpkin spice. My granddaughter Asia was born on Oct. 1, and Halloween was my mom and I’s favorite holiday. My family history is steeped in supernatural folklore and tradition. My mother and aunts

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Three helpful tips for election season

By Charles Christian As a United Methodist minister, I tend to take seriously admonitions by the denomination’s founder, John Wesley (1703-1791). He and his brother Charles, a prominent hymn writer, helped start the movement we currently know as Methodism. In 18th Century England, not everyone had the right to vote, but there were those within

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Winter outlook highlights approaching La Nina

By Jared Shelton News-Press NOW meteorologist Fall is in full swing, and soon enough winter will be closing in on the northern hemisphere. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released its official winter outlook late last week, a forecasting method looking ahead to likely precipitation and temperature trends through December, January and February. A combination of statistical

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Sideline Spirit: Mid-Buchanan Cheer

By Kirsten Stokes This week’s ‘Sideline Spirit’ features the Mid-Buchanan Cheerleading team ahead of Friday’s game vs. East Buchanan. With the battle of the Buch’s, the teams 6:30 a.m. practice Wednesday was focused on cleaning cheers and practicing the fight song for a clean run Friday. Both seniors and juniors on the team talked about

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Guilty pleasures

By The Associated Press Argentine police raid the Buenos Aires hotel where Liam Payne died BUENOS AIRES, Argentina | Argentina’s police raided the Buenos Aires hotel where ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne stayed before dying last week after falling from a third-floor balcony, a government official said Thursday. A police special investigations unit went to

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Business briefs

By NewsPress Now Owner of ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse to pay $100M WASHINGTON | The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse have agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department, officials said Thursday. The settlement comes a month

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Biden administration launches investigation of air travel competition

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Thursday it is launching a broad investigation into the state of competition in air travel, including the effect of mergers and joint ventures between airlines. The investigation is being handled by the Justice Department’s antitrust division and the Transportation Department. The administration has successfully blocked three

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Colorado funeral home plead guilty to federal fraud charges

By Associated Press DENVER — Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sending grieving families fake ashes, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal fraud charges centered around defrauding customers. Jon and Carie Hallford each pleaded guilty

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Russia amplified hurricane disinformation to drive Americans apart, researchers find

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United States and the federal government’s response, part of a wider effort by the Kremlin to manipulate America’s political discourse before the presidential election, new research shows. The content, spread by Russian state media

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