By Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Dentists in Utah can tell rather quickly whether their patients grew up in the Salt Lake City area or in a different part of the state. Salt Lake County, neighboring Davis County to the north and nearby Brigham City – home to about half of the state’s population –
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By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — An island 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula is home to a unique and celebrated community of women: the Haenyeo. These women dive year-round off Jeju Island, collecting sea urchin, abalone and other seafood from the ocean floor, descending as much as 60
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Continue ReadingBy Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — As the 133 members of the College of Cardinals begin the conclave to vote for the next pope, millions will be keeping an eye on the Sistine Chapel’s chimney to see if a consensus has been reached. Black smoke means no decision; white smoke signifies the election of a
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By Amanda Davies and Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — More than sporting excellence and closets stuffed full of medals, skiing legends Lindsey Vonn and Eileen Gu have something in common: perseverance in the face of failure. While Gu – who became the youngest Olympic champion in freestyle skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bunge Global SA (BG) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $201 million. On a per-share basis, the St. Louis-based company said it had net income of $1.48. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $1.81 per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of
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By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A hearing Wednesday before Nevada’s high court could provide the first public window into a secretive legal dispute over who will control Rupert Murdoch’s powerful media empire after he dies. The case has been unfolding behind closed doors in state court in Reno, with most documents
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By STEFANIE DAZIO, JOHN LEICESTER and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor Wednesday, presenting a united front with France against U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, demanding more aid for Gaza and announcing he soon would visit Ukraine.
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it will hold interest rates steady as the US economy begins to show the effects of President Donald Trump’s haphazard trade war. The central bank kept its benchmark lending rate unchanged at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%, extending a holding pattern that
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist leader on Wednesday blasted a European Union plan to halt imports of Russian natural gas by the end of 2027 to deprive President Vladimir Putin of revenue that helps fuel the war in Ukraine. The European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, will present a detailed plan next month. It
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry is out for at least a week and set to miss multiple games of his team’s second-round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves after suffering an injury on Tuesday night. The Warriors won Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals series against the Minnesota
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By WAFAA SHURAFA and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 92 people, including women, children and two journalists, officials said Wednesday, as Israel prepares to ramp up its campaign in the strip, with the devastating war now entering its 20th month. Two Israeli airstrikes
Continue Reading TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Cleveland 8 Washington 6 Final Houston 9 Milwaukee 1 Final Philadelphia 7 Tampa Bay 0 Final N.Y. Yankees 4 San Diego 3 Final Detroit 8 Colorado 6 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Seattle 6 Athletics 5 Final Boston 6 Texas 4 Final Kansas City 2 Chicago White Sox 1 Final
Continue Reading Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Wednesday, May. 07. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
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Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Wednesday, May. 07. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, CNN Washington (CNN) — When 85,000 people fled Afghanistan in 2021, lawyers from major law firms stepped up to file their political asylum petitions. When the names of more than 700 detainees at Guantanamo Bay were released in 2004, lawyers from large law firms became counsel for many of the men. And
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju and Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — The battle to replace Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin in Illinois is intensifying with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on Wednesday jumping into a crowded primary that has divided key Democratic factions in the blue state. Krishnamoorthi, who has represented a swath of the northwest Chicago suburbs since
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials on Wednesday downplayed a Czech court’s decision to put on hold an $18 billion project for South Korea to build two nuclear reactors in the country, describing it as a temporary setback and expressing confidence that the deal will eventually proceed. A South Korean consortium led by
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By ALEX BABENKO and KATIE MARIE DAVIES Associated Press Attacks by Ukrainian long-range drones caused flight disruption at Moscow’s main airports for a third straight day on Wednesday as Russia prepared to receive the Chinese president and other foreign leaders for the annual Victory Day military parade in Red Square. Russian flag carrier Aeroflot on
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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea went overboard, forcing its two pilots to eject, a defense official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The incident Tuesday marks the latest mishap to mar the
Continue ReadingPor Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul y Jessie Yeung, CNN India lanzó ataques militares contra Pakistán este miércoles, y Pakistán afirmó haber derribado cinco aviones de la Fuerza Aérea India. Esto es lo que ha llevado a ambas naciones al borde de la guerra. Esta escalada pone a India y Pakistán, dos vecinos con un largo
Continue ReadingPor CNN en Español Con la muerte del papa Francisco se puso en marcha la tradición centenaria, solemne y secreta para elegir al nuevo líder de la Iglesia católica que ahora comienza: el cónclave. Este evento reúne a un grupo de cardenales de todo el mundo, quienes se encierran en la Capilla Sixtina con la
Continue ReadingPor Cindy Von Quednow y Danny Freeman, CNN Llegó el momento. A partir de este miércoles, los pasajeros de todo el país deben usar una identificación o licencia emitida por el estado que cumpla con la normativa “REAL ID” para viajar dentro de Estados Unidos. Además de usarse para abordar vuelos nacionales, las tarjetas de
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By Sophia Saifi, Rhea Mogul and Jessie Yeung, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan / New Delhi, India (CNN) — Tensions between India and Pakistan remain high days after Delhi launched airstrikes on its neighbor, sparking tit-for-tat military action from both sides this week and widespread confusion as competing claims and disinformation spread online. Many countries are calling
Continue ReadingBy Karina Tsui, CNN (CNN) — A New York town official is facing a slew of charges after allegedly shooting a DoorDash delivery driver who was lost and looking for directions in the town of Chester last week, police said. The DoorDash driver suffered serious, nonfatal injuries, New York State Police said in a statement
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Start paving some streets I would like to know what happened to all the money we sent in for the Street department. I haven’t seen any crews out fixing potholes. I have not seen any crews coming down the 1300 block on S 24th St. It’s rough, and I think that this street should be paved.
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Wednesday’s Midweek ran a story about the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art hosting the 13th Annual ‘Beer Walk for the Arts’ event on page A5, and referred to it on page A1. The Allied Arts Council is hosting the event at the Harris-Kemper historic neighborhood. The News-Press apologizes for this error.
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–KANSAS HIGHWAY CRASH-8 DEAD Teen basketball players were among those who died
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