By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department is evaluating whether to defend the federal government’s restrictions on gun silencers that have been in place since the 1930s as part of President Donald Trump’s order to reconsider positions that could limit gun rights. Silencers, also called suppressors, are tube-shaped devices that, when screwed into
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Fred He, CNN Hong Kong/Beijing (CNN) — A light earthquake rattled Beijing overnight, waking residents and sending students rushing from their dorms as videos of shaking living rooms went viral on Chinese social media on Wednesday. The 4.5-magnitude quake struck a suburb of the nearby port city of Tianjin at 01:21
Continue ReadingBy Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul (CNN) — South Korea’s government fabricated birth records, falsely reported children had been abandoned and failed to properly conduct safety checks of prospective parents during its postwar frenzy of sending babies overseas for adoption, a long-awaited investigation reported on Wednesday. Authorities say more than 200,000 South Korean
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By Angus Watson, Jessie Yeung, Ivana Kottasová and Anna Chernova, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump said he believes Russia wants to end its war with Ukraine, but suggested Moscow could be “dragging their feet” after the Kremlin disputed accounts of agreements made with the US. “I think that Russia wants to see an
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Several airlines in Asia are tightening rules on carrying lithium batteries on planes following a series of overheating and fire incidents on board. A portable power bank with a lithium battery has been found to be a possible source of a fire that engulfed an Air Busan plane in
Continue ReadingMaggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Hong Kong/Seoul (CNN) — A Bangkok restaurant has reclaimed the number one spot at the annual Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards. Gaggan, named the best restaurant in Asia in 2025, is known for its boundary-pushing fine-dining experience that serves progressive Indian cuisine with influences from around the world. It was the
Continue ReadingPor Alex Stambaugh y Lex Harvey, CNN El primer ministro de Canadá, Mark Carney, dijo que el país debe “velar por sí mismo” mientras las repercusiones por la filtración de operaciones militares por parte de altos funcionarios de EE.UU. en una popular aplicación de mensajería resuenan entre sus principales aliados y socios de inteligencia. “Es
Continue ReadingPor Kristen Rogers, CNN ¿Llevas una lista mental de todas las fuentes de microplásticos que se cuelan en tu vida cotidiana? Puede que tengas que tener en cuenta a otro culpable: según un nuevo estudio piloto, masticar un solo chicle puede liberar entre cientos y miles de microplásticos en la saliva. El estudio está siendo
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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra easily survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday, following a two-day debate in which rivals charged that she has mismanaged the country and let her father, a former prime minister, control her administration. Opposition lawmakers argued that she has been unduly influenced by her father, former
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s truth commission concluded the government bears responsibility for facilitating a foreign adoption program rife with fraud and abuse, driven by efforts to reduce welfare costs and enabled by private agencies that often manipulated children’s backgrounds and origins. The landmark report released Wednesday followed
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The attempts by President Donald Trump and top leaders of his administration to downplay a security breach that revealed military strike plans in a Signal group chat including a journalist stand in stark contrast to their reaction to Hillary Clinton’s use of a home server as secretary
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A depressing drive Stay off of Southwest Parkway. Dumped tires, bags of trash, litter everywhere. It’s a very depressing drive anymore. It used to be beautiful. Now it’s just the new landfill. Please get this street done I was just wondering, does anybody know what they’re doing on that S. 36th St. It’s been a
Continue ReadingPor Sandee LaMotte, CNN ¿Quieres mejorar tus posibilidades de tener una buena noche de sueño? Esta idea podría realmente sorprenderte, dice la especialista en trastornos del sueño, Michelle Drerup. “Suena poco intuitivo, lo sé, pero al usar calcetines en la cama y calentar tus pies, en realidad puedes bajar tu temperatura corporal central y quedarte
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AP News Digest – Great Plains To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–IOWA-BOOK BAN Iowa law banning school library books that depict sex acts
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–IOWA-BOOK BAN Iowa law banning school library books that depict sex acts
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–IOWA-BOOK BAN Iowa law banning school library books that depict sex acts
Continue Reading AP News Digest – Great Plains To see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US–IOWA-BOOK BAN Iowa law banning school library books that depict sex acts
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – After living more than 100 years and surrounded by family, Genevieve O’Brien departed this world on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. She was born on Feb. 19, 1925, in St. Joseph, to Anthony and Mary Martha Wegenka. Genevieve grew up in St. Joseph and after graduating from Central High School, married Edward Irving
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Sandra Litton, 86, St. Joseph, passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2025. She was born July 14, 1938, to Karl and Edna (Saunders) Manthey, in St. Joseph. On June 1, 1956, Sandra wed Paul Litton, her beloved husband of 60 years, until his passing in 2017. Their union was a testament to enduring love and shared
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WARSAW, Mo. – Sue Zimmerman (July 13, 1942 to March 17, 2025) was the daughter of Cloe Gross and James Womble and legally adopted by her stepfather, Ray Jordan. She was born and raised in Windsor, Missouri. She was married to Bob Zimmerman for 62 years and was the mother of Machelle Zimmerman. Sue was
Continue Reading Late Notices Colleen M. Clark Colleen M. Clark, 87, St. Joseph, died March 22, 2025. Graveside Farewell Services & Interment 3 p.m. Friday, Mount Auburn Cemetery. Visitation one hour prior to the service at Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. The procession will leave from Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Brent T. Rhyne Brent Tyler Rhyne,
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — As the fallout over top US officials sharing military operation details inside a messaging app reverberates inside Washington, the leaders of two key foreign intelligence allies said lessons need to be learned. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said it was “a serious, serious issue and all
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NBA Thursday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at ORLANDO 6½ (219) Dallas at CLEVELAND 14 (239) San Antonio Indiana 11 (235½) at WASHINGTON at MIAMI 2 (227) Atlanta LA Lakers 3½ (238½) at CHICAGO at OKLAHOMA CITY 10½ (238) Memphis Houston 12½ (228) at UTAH at SACRAMENTO 6 (225½) Portland COLLEGE BASKETBALL
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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Aid groups in Sudan said on Tuesday at least 54 people were killed in a military airstrike on a local market in the country’s western region. The strike on Monday on the village of Tora caused a huge fire, according to Adam Rejal, a spokesman for the
Continue Reading LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Dina Boluarte said Tuesday the country will hold general elections one year from now in an effort to end years of instability. The deeply unpopular Boularte said the April 2026 polls will elect a new president, 130 deputies and 60 senators. The bicameral election system has not been used
Continue Reading By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ivana Ilic Sunderic had never heard anything quite so alarming and disturbing at a protest as the sound that broke a commemorative silence during a huge anti-government rally in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade. “It was quiet and peaceful and then we heard something we
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to preserve the $8 billion a year the government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas. The justices heard nearly three hours of arguments in a new test of federal regulatory power, reviewing an
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By JACK DURA Associated Press A once-powerful former North Dakota lawmaker was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for traveling to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor. Former state senator Ray Holmberg’s attorney, Mark Friese, confirmed the sentence to The Associated Press but declined to comment after the hearing,
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When President Donald Trump canceled $400 million in funding to Columbia University over its handling of student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza, much of the financial pain fell on researchers a train ride away from the school’s campus, working on things like curing cancer and
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By Gawon Bae and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities struggle to contain “unprecedented” deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country’s southeast, destroying a centuries-old Buddhist temple. The helicopter crashed while working to contain a fast-spreading
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