By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press From France to Iceland to the United States, April Fools’ Day will be celebrated on Tuesday with practical jokes and elaborate hoaxes, so make sure to triple check viral posts and don’t leave your back open to any stray sticky notes. The jokesters’ custom has been around for hundreds of
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By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, whose 1991 film “JFK” portrayed President John F. Kennedy’s assassination as the work of a shadowy government conspiracy, called Tuesday for a new congressional investigation of the killing during a hearing that aired conspiracy theories about it. The freewheeling hearing of the House Task Force on
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, whose 1991 film “JFK” portrayed President John F. Kennedy’s assassination as the work of a shadowy government conspiracy, is set to testify to Congress on Tuesday about thousands of newly released government documents surrounding the killing. Scholars say the files that President Donald Trump ordered to
Continue ReadingPor Priscilla Alvarez, CNN La administración Trump admitió este lunes en un expediente judicial que deportó por error a un padre salvadoreño de Maryland a El Salvador “debido a un error administrativo” y argumentó que no podía devolverlo porque ahora se encuentra bajo custodia salvadoreña. El expediente se deriva de una demanda por la deportación
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By Charbel Mallo, Irene Nasser and Kareem El Damanhoury, CNN (CNN) — Israel has launched a strike on Beirut for the second time in days, further testing the shaky ceasefire with Hezbollah struck four months ago. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said four people were killed, including a woman, and seven injured in the strike early Tuesday,
Continue ReadingPor Samantha Delouya y Kit Maher, CNN El presidente Donald Trump firmó elste lunes un decreto destinado a poner fin a la especulación en los precios de los boletoss para espectáculos en vivo. El decreto ordena a la Comisión Federal de Comercio (FTC, por sus siglas en inglés) que colabore con la secretaria de Justicia
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NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING_W.Smith, Los Angeles, .467; Nootbaar, St. Louis, .462; Tatis, San Diego, .450; Frelick, Milwaukee, .429; K.Ruiz, Washington, .429; Merrill, San Diego, .412; Arenado, St. Louis, .400; Naylor, Arizona, .400; Lowe, Washington, .375; Kepler, Philadelphia, .364. RUNS_Ohtani, Los Angeles, 9; McLain, Cincinnati, 7; Shaw, Chicago, 7; E.De La Cruz, Cincinnati, 6; J.Lee, San Francisco,
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday his government is making last ditch efforts to get U.S. President Donald Trump to exclude his country from an increase in auto tariffs due to take effect from Wednesday. Ishiba told reporters he is willing to fly to Washington to
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Do something about it I live south of the 36th St. construction and we have to use 35th St. to get up to Mitchell just to get onto the Belt Highway, and 35th is very narrow compared to 36th and people drive too fast. Also, the street on Donovan Ave., which is two blocks south
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Way compiled statistics on car insurance in Missouri.
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court defeated a challenger endorsed by President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday, touting her victory as a win against powerful interests and cementing a liberal majority for at least three more years. Susan Crawford, a Dane County
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be decided Tuesday in a race that broke records for spending and has become a proxy battle for the nation’s political fights, pitting a candidate backed by President Donald Trump against a Democratic-aligned challenger. Republicans including Trump and
Continue ReadingAnálisis por Kara Alaimo, CNN ¿Qué tienen en común los usuarios modernos de las redes sociales con los soldados estadounidenses que decidieron no regresar a Estados Unidos después de ser detenidos como prisioneros de guerra en Corea del Norte? Más de lo que se podría pensar, según una profesora. Todos somos víctimas potenciales del control
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By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voted Tuesday for Jill Underly to remain as the state’s top education official during President Donald Trump’s second term, choosing the Democratic-backed incumbent over a Republican-supported critic. Wisconsin voters also decided to enshrine the state’s voter ID law in the state constitution.
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voted Tuesday for Jill Underly to remain as the state’s top education official during President Donald Trump’s second term, choosing the Democratic-backed incumbent over a Republican-supported critic. Wisconsin voters also decided to enshrine the state’s voter ID law in the state constitution.
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Sandra “Sandy” Jordan, 67, of St. Joseph, passed away Friday, March 28, 2025, at Mosaic Life Care following a short illness. She was born May 11, 1957, to Henry and Lyda Smith in Warrenton, Virginia. Sandy married in December of 1980, and of that marriage came one son, Clinton Jordan. She worked most of her
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Richard “Dick” K. Kuntz, 89, St. Joseph, passed away Friday, March 28, 2025. Dick was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on Feb. 9, 1936, to Louis and Pauline Kuntz. He graduated from Madison East High School. Dick was preceded in death by the love of his life of almost 46 years, Nancy (Shriver) Kuntz; brothers, Paul,
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James “Jim” Loveless, 88, St. Joseph, passed away Saturday, March 29, 2025. He was born Jan. 7, 1937, in Nettleton, Missouri, to Fred and Viola (Goodwin) Loveless. He grew up in Hamilton, Missouri, and graduated from Penney High School in 1955. Jim proudly served his country in the U.S. Army, based in Washington, D.C., during
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FAUCETT, Mo. – Edward “Eddie” Smith, 78, Faucett, Missouri, passed away peacefully Friday, March 28, 2025, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Eddie was born on March 3, 1947, in St. Joseph, to the late James and June (Rogers) Smith. He was a graduate of Lafayette High School. Mr. Smith worked as a
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BETHANY, Mo. – Kathi Stewart, 66, of Bethany, Missouri, died March 30, 2025. Survivors: husband, Phil Stewart; son, Zachary Miller; step-children, Kenneth Stewart, Jennifer Wedgworth; brothers, Doug, Danny, and Randy Whisler; mother-in-law, Janice Forman; grandchildren; great-grandchildren; nieces; nephews; cousins; dog, Manny. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Thursday, April 3, at Kirkley Chapel Church south of Ridgeway,
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Linda “Kaye” Wells, 73, St. Joseph, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2025. She was born Dec. 16, 1951, in Chillicothe, Missouri, to Max Hagerty and Verietta Faye (Potter) O’Connell. Kaye married Stephen Wells on April 8, 1972. He survives of the home. She was a member of Hope United Church of Christ, Cosby Missouri. Kaye
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Late Notices Theodore S. Elo Theodore Stephen Elo 65, of St. Joseph, died March 30, 2025. Visitation 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, Mass of Christian Burial: 10 a.m. April 5, 2025 at Our Lady of Guadalupe. Arrangements Rupp Funeral Home. Garry J. Kunzler Garry J. Kunzler, 79, St. Joseph,
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