By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Nations are trying to reach an agreement to charge commercial vessels a fee for their emissions in what would effectively be the world’s first global carbon tax. The International Maritime Organization, which regulates international shipping, set a target for the sector to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by about 2050,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Dos inspectores fronterizos de Estados Unidos en el sur de California fueron acusados de aceptar miles de dólares en sobornos para permitir que personas ingresaran al país a través del puerto de entrada más transitado del país sin mostrar documentos, dijeron los fiscales. Los oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de Estados Unidos,
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces raided a militant hideout in the restive northwest near the Afghan border, killing nine militants, the military said Monday. The military said in a statement that a high-value militant whom it identified as Shireen was among the insurgents killed in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Continue ReadingAbeer Salman, Dana Karni, Hira Humayun e Irene Nasser Soldados israelíes mataron a un adolescente palestino-estadounidense e hirieron a otros dos este domingo en la Ribera Occidental ocupada, según funcionarios palestinos. La gobernadora de Ramallah, Laila Ghannam, informó que un niño palestino-estadounidense de 14 años murió a causa de disparos de tropas israelíes en la
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MOSCOW (AP) — An appellate court in Russia’s far east on Monday reduced the prison sentence for an American soldier convicted of stealing and making threats of murder, Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reported. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, flew to the Pacific port city of Vladivostok to see his girlfriend and was arrested
Continue ReadingBy Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — The painter whose portrait of Donald Trump was removed from the Colorado state Capitol after the US president branded it “truly the worst” says the criticism has put her four-decade art career at risk. In a statement published to her personal website, portraitist Sarah A. Boardman said Trump’s allegation
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 – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–LOTTERY GAME-NEW RULES DESCRIPTION: DES MOINES, Iowa — Changes are coming to the Mega
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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 – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US–LOTTERY GAME-NEW RULES DESCRIPTION: DES MOINES, Iowa — Changes are coming to the Mega
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Continue ReadingPor Tim Lister y Ibrahim Daharman Un mes después de que Israel cortara el flujo de ayuda hacia Gaza, las agencias advierten que la situación humanitaria en el territorio se ha deteriorado peligrosamente, mientras empeora la condición de dos millones de civiles por las intensas operaciones militares israelíes. Naciones Unidas y varias ONG, así como
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — As countries around the world scramble to negotiate concessions from US President Donald Trump’s escalation last week of a global trade war, China has taken a different tack. Within 48 hours of Trump’s market-hammering tariffs announcement, the world’s second-largest economy swiftly retaliated with its own punitive measures
Continue ReadingPor Análisis de Stephen Collinson La gran pregunta, mientras las liquidaciones de acciones mundiales apuntan a otra semana de caída de los mercados en Estados Unidos, es cuánto dolor está dispuesto a infligir el presidente Donald Trump para poner a prueba sus teorías arancelarias. Trump declaró este domingo por la noche que está “abierto a
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Rats don’t always have the best reputations, but one named Ronin with a super sense of smell is working to change that. Ronin and his landmine-sniffing rat pack are making a name for rodents everywhere by saving innocent civilians from hidden explosives. The African giant pouched rat recently set
Continue ReadingBy Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — After the surprising and truly fateful finale of Season 3 of “The White Lotus” on Sunday, Aimee Lou Wood had some takeaways that underscore all the feels that viewers are sure to be having amongst themselves and over social media for some time. At a cast panel immediately following
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By The Associated Press U.S. stocks are falling in a manic Monday after President Donald Trump doubled down on his tariffs, despite seeing how much financial markets would love to see him do the opposite. The S&P 500 was down 1.4% in midday trading, coming off its worst week since COVID began crashing the global
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky on Monday, submerging neighborhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital. Inundated rivers posed the latest threat from persistent storms that have killed at least 23 people
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky on Monday, submerging neighborhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital. Inundated rivers posed the latest threat from persistent storms that have killed at least 23 people
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By COLLEEN BARRY and ANDREA ROSA Associated Press CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Zen, a 5-year-old border collie, circled friskily around a mound of snow as he picked up a scent, his quick movements signaling to his handler that someone was buried deep below. Zen has been a rescue dog for three years, and on
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By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — At a Mexican military base, Captain Eduardo Barrón picks up not a rifle but a microphone. Swaying boot-to-boot, he belts out a song as the sounds of trumpets and accordions roar from a band of a dozen camouflage-clad soldiers. The rhythmic style — known as a
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What do you do? You can’t get an ID in this town unless you have a mailing address. And if you’re homeless and you lost everything, wallet, ID, home, everything. How are you supposed to get an ID when you don’t have a mailing address? You can’t even get a box of food if you’re homeless in this town without a proper ID. Well, if you’re homeless and you don’t have the
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GUILFORD, Mo. – Marla Jean Manship, 61, Guilford, Missouri, passed away Sunday, March 30, 2025. She was born July 8, 1963, to Elwyn D. and Juanita R. Middleton, in Aurora, Colorado. She worked for Access Personal Care for 13 years. Marla enjoyed arts and crafts, her flower gardens, fishing, and spending many hours reading books.
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Theodore “Ted” Stanley Pankiewicz, 71, St. Joseph, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2025, with family. He was under hospice care after a courageous 18 month battle with terminal cancer. Ted was born in St. Joseph on June 5, 1953. He was the son of Francis and Josephine (Klein) Pankiewicz. Ted attended elementary school at the
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Sylva J. Summers, 68, of St. Joseph, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at her home. Sylva was born Feb. 1, 1957 in Ottawa, Kansas, daughter of Retha and Donald Lewis. She graduated from Central High School, class of 1975. On Dec. 29, 1977, she married Robert “Bob” Summers, in St. Joseph. In 1977, Sylva
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Steven R. Beattie SAVANNAH, Mo. – Steven Ray “Steve” Beattie, 62, of Savannah, Missouri, died April 2, 2025. No public visitation or services will be held. A private family inurnment will be held at the Savannah Cemetery at a later date. A register book will be available for signing at the Heaton-Bowman-Smith Savannah Chapel. www.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press NBA Tuesday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at ORLANDO 4½ (225) Atlanta at CLEVELAND 11½ (239½) Chicago Memphis 14 (228½) at CHARLOTTE at INDIANA 18½ (237½) Washington at BROOKLYN 2 (213½) New Orleans Boston 2 (221½) at NEW YORK at OKLAHOMA CITY 13½ (225½) LA Lakers Minnesota 3½ (221½) at MILWAUKEE Golden
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By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Wilmer Escaray left Venezuela in 2007 and enrolled at Miami Dade College, opening his first restaurant six years later. Today he has a dozen businesses that hire Venezuelan migrants like he once was, workers who are now terrified by what could be the end of their
Continue Reading By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press DORAL, Fla. (AP) — Wilmer Escaray left Venezuela in 2007 and enrolled at Miami Dade College, opening his first restaurant six years later. Today he has a dozen businesses that hire Venezuelan migrants like he once was, workers who are now terrified by what could be the end of their
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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress after she died of brain cancer last month at age 49. The former lawmaker from
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By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers ended their legislative session late Monday in a challenging budget year that was aggravated by uncertainties with the Trump administration’s downsizing of the federal government on a state that relies heavily on federal jobs and contracts. Democratic Gov. Wes Moore and lawmakers addressed a
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