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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. —————————— MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–WHITE SOX-ROYALS DESCRIPTION: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chicago plays Kansas City at Kauffman Stadium.
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. —————————— MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–WHITE SOX-ROYALS DESCRIPTION: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chicago plays Kansas City at Kauffman Stadium.
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By SARAH RAZA Associated Press MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Dakota State University hasn’t experienced the student protests taking place at other U.S. colleges. Nestled in rural South Dakota, most of the nearly 4,000 students have been focused on their studies or job hunts, avoiding politics and partisan groups. Until now. The university administration decided to
Continue Reading By SARAH RAZA Associated Press MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Dakota State University hasn’t experienced the student protests taking place at other U.S. colleges. Nestled in rural South Dakota, most of the nearly 4,000 students have been focused on their studies or job hunts, avoiding politics and partisan groups. Until now. The university administration decided to
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By Dana Karni, Lucas Lilieholm and Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the population of Gaza will be displaced to the south after his security cabinet approved an expanded military operation in the enclave that a minister described as a plan to “conquer” the territory. The vote on Sunday
Continue ReadingPor Análisis de Stephen Collinson Los estadounidenses están aprendiendo lo que es vivir con un presidente que no ve restricciones a sus acciones y que aparentemente no teme pagar ningún precio por ellas. En una serie de recientes medidas políticas, desafíos legales, comentarios y entrevistas, Donald Trump está demostrando que se está deshaciendo de las
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By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press Indigenous people across North America are calling this week for sustained responses to the violence in their communities, much of it against women and girls. In prayer walks, self-defense classes, marches and speeches at state capitols, they are pushing for better cooperation among law enforcement agencies to find missing people
Continue ReadingPor Patrick Oppmann En una casa destartalada de las afueras de La Habana, Heidy Sánchez muestra fotos de una vida pasada. En su iPhone conserva imágenes de visitas a Sea World con su marido y su hija de 17 meses y de la pareja disfrazada de Papá Noel para Navidad. “No sé si era el
Continue ReadingBy John Liu, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump says tariffs on Chinese imports to the United States will eventually be lowered, after both Beijing and Washington appeared to soften their positions about potential trade talks. “At some point, I’m going to lower them because otherwise you could never do business with them,” he said
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By TIA GOLDENBERG and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel approved plans Monday to seize the Gaza Strip and to stay in the Palestinian territory for an unspecified amount of time, two Israeli officials said, a move that, if implemented, would vastly expand Israel’s operations there and likely draw fierce international
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SALLY HO Associated Press As a transgender man, the words “you’re a girl” gutted Tazz Webster, a taunt hurled at him from the day he moved into his St. Louis apartment. The government-subsidized building’s manager also insisted on calling Webster by the wrong name, the 38-year-old said, and ridiculed him with
Continue Reading By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SALLY HO Associated Press As a transgender man, the words “you’re a girl” gutted Tazz Webster, a taunt hurled at him from the day he moved into his St. Louis apartment. The government-subsidized building’s manager also insisted on calling Webster by the wrong name, the 38-year-old said, and ridiculed him with
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo and Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — Japan’s estimated child population has shrunk for the 44th straight year to a record low, government data showed Sunday, as the country grapples with a demographic crisis underscored by falling birth rates and a rapidly aging population. The number of children aged 14 and under, was
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — There is no rule that cardinals electing a new pope vote a certain way according to their nationality or region. But understanding their makeup in geographic terms can help explain some of their priorities as they open the conclave Wednesday to choose a new leader of
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Makes no sense They said they couldn’t possibly keep the pool in operation when the YMCA was Downtown. But now that it’s on the east side, they can install new a new pool and keep it going. Look on the bright side I’ve lived in a lot of towns. I’m here for one reason, because
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By FERNANDA FIGUEROA Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Cinco de Mayo festivities are taking place across the U.S. with music, tacos, tequila and colorful displays of Mexican culture — even if they’re not always the most authentic. The day falls on a Monday this year, meaning the bulk of the celebrations took place over
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By KERSTIN SOPKE and PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the capital in May 1945. After decades of division and its revival as the capital of a reunited, democratic Germany, the city
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SOLON, Iowa – Florence Elizabeth (Green) Boldridge, 80, passed away at Solon Nursing Facility in Solon, Iowa, on Saturday, April 26, 2025. She was born on Jan. 28, 1945, in St. Joseph, to James and Helen Green. She graduated from Central High School, in St. Joseph, and was the first class to integrate that high
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KEARNEY, Mo. – Rosamond A. Chapin, 86, formally of Rushville, Missouri, passed away on April 29, 2025, in Kearney, Missouri. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. May 10, 2025, at Sugar Creek Cemetery with Pastor Keith Hoover officiating. Rosamond has been cremated under the direct supervision of the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison,
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EVANSTON, Ill. – Gale Barkley Vineyard was born on Dec. 20, 1963, into the happy household of Katherine and Ben Vineyard, in St. Joseph, joining siblings Ginny and Ben. Later when Kitty arrived, the family was complete. From her earliest days to her last, Gale lived a life of cheer, gladness, laughter and love. At
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Continue Reading By The Associated Press NBA Tuesday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at CLEVELAND 9 (229½) Indiana at MINNESOTA 7 (209½) Golden State MLB Tuesday American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE Texas -118 at BOSTON +100 at MINNESOTA -162 Baltimore +136 at KANSAS CITY -230 Chicago White Sox +190 Toronto OFF at LA ANGELS OFF Seattle -118
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By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The key to cracking a series of fatal shootings in the Phoenix area in 2017 came when police were called to a blood-spattered apartment where they arrested a man who was suspected of killing his mother and stepfather. Authorities say evidence found there linked Cleophus Cooksey Jr.
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By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A contrast: At the National Speech and Debate Tournament, two high school students take the stage. The first articulates the position he has been assigned to defend — people should have a right to secede from their government — and why it is correct. Another
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The federal sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, whose wildly successful career has been dotted by allegations of violence, began on Monday in New York City with jury selection that was briefly paused when the hip-hop entrepreneur said he was “a
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By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press A teenager who admitted being “addicted to speed” behind the wheel had totaled two other cars in the year before he slammed into a minivan at 112 mph (180 kph) in a Seattle suburb, killing the driver and three of the five children she was transporting for a homeschool co-op.
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By JACK BROOK and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press/Report for America BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An ambitious project to restore a rapidly vanishing stretch of Louisiana coast that was devastated by the 2010 Gulf oil spill has been thrown deeper into disarray amid claims by Gov. Jeff Landry that his predecessor concealed an unfavorable study
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN (CNN) — Some Americans are still not doing their due diligence when it comes to washing their hands. That’s according to a new survey that found nearly half of its respondents forget or choose not to wash their hands at key times, such as after visiting grocery stores, restaurants, coffee shops
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — In a dilapidated home on the outskirts of Havana, Heidy Sánchez shows off photos from a past life. She flips though images on her iPhone of visits to Sea World with her husband and 17-month-old daughter and the couple dressing up in Santa attire for Christmas. “I
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