By MARY CLARE JALONICK – Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s views on vaccines, accusations of sexual misconduct against Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard’s 2017 meeting with then-President Bashar Assad
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV – Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a massive missile and drone barrage targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Wednesday, striking a thermal power plant and prompting Ukrainians to take shelter in metro stations on Christmas morning. The strikes on Ukrainian fuel and energy sources included 78 air, ground, and sea-launched
Continue ReadingBy Roger Chesley The Christmas card list represents an evolving microcosm of our lives and relationships, Roger Chesley writes. (Roger Chesley/Virginia Mercury) Aunt Louise holds a special place of honor on my Christmas card list this year. She’s the last living aunt or uncle, for that matter — following the deaths of several family elders
Continue ReadingBy AP PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban say Pakistani airstrikes have killed 46 people in eastern Afghanistan, mostly women and children.
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By SAM MCNEIL – Associated Press MODIIN, Israel (AP) — For more than 400 days after being critically wounded during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, Yona Brief tried to recover. But after losing both legs and enduring medically induced comas, the combat medic died in late November. The dual Israeli-American citizen has
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By MAJDI MOHAMMED and TIA GOLDENBERG – Associated Press JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Gunfire has rung out for days from the West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp. But this time, it’s not Israeli forces that are facing off against armed groups. It is the forces of the Palestinian Authority clashing with Palestinian gunmen.
Continue ReadingBy AP MOSCOW (AP) — Kazakhstan’s emergency ministry says 42 people likely dead in Azerbaijan Airlines’ plane crash.
Continue ReadingBy AP MOSCOW (AP) — An Azerbaijan Airliner has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau.
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By Sportradar South Florida 7 14 0 6 7 3 2 0 2 — 41 San Jose St. 0 10 10 7 7 3 2 0 0 — 39 First Quarter USF_Wright 3 run (Cannon kick), :45. Second Quarter USF_Joiner 4 run (Cannon kick), 6:53. SJSU_Chalk 3 run (Halvorsen kick), 2:09. USF_Keith 93 kickoff return
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By NewsPress Now Come together for the holidays In a time of such division in the United States, I hope we can all come together and enjoy the holidays. Merry Christmas to all. Can someone explain? Could someone please explain to us on N 36th St. and Karnes Rd. why the city has been screwing
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By NewsPress Now Wilma F. Johnson, 88, of St. Joseph, passed away Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, in St. Joseph. She was born Feb. 20, 1936, in Jerico Springs, Missouri, daughter of Sadie and James Bridgewater. She married Edward Johnson on Dec. 3, 1960. She began her work at Whittaker Cable, later at Terrible’s Casino and
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By NewsPress Now Jack Raymond Hunt 86, of St. Joseph, passed away Sunday Dec. 22, 2024, at his home. He was born Aug. 1, 1938, in Waterloo, Iowa son of the late Eleanor and Forest Hunt. He attended King City High School. Jack was and over the road Truck Driver a job which he loved.
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By NewsPress Now Rachel Addie Richey 47, of St. Joseph, passed away Friday Dec, 20, 2024 in a St. Joseph hospital. She was born Sept. 23, 1977, in St. Joseph, daughter of Ursula McMillian and Stephen Richey. She graduated from Benton High School and St. Joseph Beauty University. She worked catering industry. Rachel, enjoyed cooking,
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By NewsPress Now Late Notices Charles E. Kincaid Charles “Eddie” Kincaid, 89, of St. Joseph passed away on Dec. 20, 2024. Charles has been cremated under the direction of Heaton-Bowman-Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel. Services are pending at this time. As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.
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By NewsPress Now Kelly Ann McCray 58, of St. Joseph, passed away Saturday Dec.21, 2024, in a St. Joseph hospital. She was born Aug. 1, 1966, in St. Joseph, daughter of the late Dolores and Ralph McCray. She worked as a CNA in the health care industry in LaGrande, Oregon. Kelly was preceded in death
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By NewsPress Now Rita Kay Moore, 68, of St. Joseph, passed away Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, at Mosaic Life Care. She was born April 10, 1956, in St. Joseph, daughter of Shirley and George Bonar. She worked at Heartland East Hospital in Mental Health as a CNA, retiring after 27 years. She enjoyed dancing, fishing
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By Metro Creative Adults know much about their health changes as they grow older, but health experts note that sleep requirements generally remain the same throughout adulthood. According to the National Institute on Aging, older adults need roughly the same amount of sleep as all adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that
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By NewsPress Now DEAR ABBY, My spouse and I (both women) have been together for 25 years. For half of them, we lived in the Middle East. We met while working as health care expatriates. My spouse is from South Africa and was raised very differently than I was. When we finally returned to the
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By Metro Creative Nothing beats sipping a hot, soothing beverage after a day of choosing the perfect Christmas tree or lobbing snowballs in the backyard. Teas, hot toddies, coffees, and mulled ciders certainly can fit the bill, but a mug of rich hot chocolate is a holiday season staple. Hot chocolate can be whipped up
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By Maureen Miller But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you…” (Isaiah 43:1-2a NKJV). We met on
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By Mo Burge MBurge@RN-T.com It was the night of Dec. 31, 1862. Enslaved and free African Americans were gathered in secret to welcome the new year and await word that the Emancipation Proclamation, decreed a few months earlier in September, had taken effect. At the time, it was illegal in Georgia for slaves to gather
Continue ReadingBy NewsPress Now BETHLEHEM, West Bank | Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically descends on the West Bank during Christmas week were nowhere to be found. The festive lights and giant tree that normally
Continue ReadingBy NewsPress Now NEW YORK | The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train used a shirt to fan the flames, a prosecutor said Tuesday at his arraignment on murder charges. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, who federal immigration officials said is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the U.S.
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By Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A white former Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man was released from prison Friday after Missouri’s governor commuted his sentence to parole. The decision by Republican Gov. Mike Parson to free Eric DeValkenaere came after months
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON — American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide Tuesday because of a technical problem just as the Christmas travel season kicked into overdrive and winter weather threatened more potential problems for those planning to fly or drive. Government regulators cleared American flights to get airborne about an hour after the Federal Aviation
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By Associated Press Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen was in intensive care at an Omaha hospital Monday after undergoing a medical procedure to treat an injured spleen suffered when he was bucked off a horse. The governor was in stable condition, with doctors saying his prognosis was positive despite seven rib fractures, a partially collapsed lung,
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By Associated Press The Atlanta Falcons drafting of Michael Penix Jr. just six weeks after signing Kirk Cousins to a $180 million contract doesn’t seem like that much of a head-scratcher anymore. Penix, the eighth overall pick in this year’s draft, was supposed to serve as Cousins’ understudy for a year or two, a plan
Continue ReadingBy Associated Press Caitlin Clark raised the profile of women’s basketball to unprecedented levels in both the college ranks and the WNBA, and Tuesday she was named the AP Female Athlete of the Year for her impact on and off the court. After leading Iowa to the national championship game, Clark was the top pick
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By Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Asked if there was any special meaning to playing on Christmas for a second straight season, Lamar Jackson paused for several seconds before answering. That said it all. “I mean, it is,” he finally replied, trying to be diplomatic. “That means we’re good, but at the same time,
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By Associated Press Christopher Nolan’s next film is based on ‘The Odyssey’ Christopher Nolan is following his Oscar-winning “Oppenheimer” with a true epic: Homer’s “The Odyssey.” It will open in theaters on July 17, 2026, Universal Pictures said Monday. Details remain scarce, but the studio teased that it will be a “mythic action epic shot
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