Take off the EV training wheels
It’s about time we ended tax credits for EVs and let automakers figure out a way to make them less expensive.
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NFL to fine more than 100 players and two dozen team employees for selling Super Bowl tickets over face value
By Kyle Feldscher, CNN (CNN) — The NFL is fining more than 100 players and approximately two dozen team employees for selling their Super Bowl LIX tickets above face value, the league confirmed on Friday. Chief NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told CNN on Friday that the players would be fined one-and-a-half times the amount of
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Israel says hundreds of truckloads of aid are waiting to enter Gaza. Why can’t the UN bring them in?
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The United Nations and experts say that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition. Yet Israel says hundreds of truckloads of aid are waiting at the border for the U.N. to
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Alaska Airlines plane hits multiple deer while landing in Kodiak, Alaska. It’s more common than you might think
By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after an Alaska Airlines plane struck several deer while landing in Kodiak, Alaska Thursday. Alaska Airlines flight 231, a Boeing 737m had flown the 39-minute flight south from Anchorage and touched down about 8 a.m. Thursday at Kodiak Benny Benson State Airport
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St. Patrick Church holds 56th Annual Fiesta
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Patrick Church will hold its 56th Annual Fiesta for two days, featuring multiple activities for the whole family.
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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 ————-——————— US–Premature Birth-Record Most premature baby celebrates his 1st birthday with a Guinness World Record SUMMARY: A baby born at 21 weeks’ gestation in Iowa
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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 ————-——————— US–Premature Birth-Record Most premature baby celebrates his 1st birthday with a Guinness World Record SUMMARY: A baby born at 21 weeks’ gestation in Iowa
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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 ————-——————— US–Premature Birth-Record Most premature baby celebrates his 1st birthday with a Guinness World Record SUMMARY: A baby born at 21 weeks’ gestation in Iowa
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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 ————-——————— US–Premature Birth-Record Most premature baby celebrates his 1st birthday with a Guinness World Record SUMMARY: A baby born at 21 weeks’ gestation in Iowa
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Prehistoric Neanderthal diets were maggot heavy, a new study suggests
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Neanderthals had a voracious appetite for meat. They hunted big game and chowed down on woolly mammoth steak as they huddled around a fire. Or so thought many archaeologists who study the Stone Age. Fresh meat was far from the only thing on the menu, according to a growing
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‘Alien: Earth” oozes into Comic-Con Day 2, ‘Predator: Badlands’ slays and ‘Tron: Ares’ dazzles
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Grid has overtaken Comic-Con. Disney unveiled details about “Tron: Ares,” which stars Jared Leto, Jeff Bridges and Greta Lee at an evening presentation in Comic-Con’s famed Hall H. It will be the third feature film in the “Tron” franchise that kicked off with the hit 1982 film and had a
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Esparto fireworks explosion investigation scrutinized over sheriff’s office ties
By Kurtis Ming Click here for updates on this story Esparto, California (KCRA) — The investigation into the Esparto fireworks explosion, which resulted in seven deaths, is under scrutiny due to concerns about the involvement of the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office and potential conflicts of interest. Within days of the July 1 explosion, KCRA 3
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State police: ‘Suspect is at large’ after fatal shooting on University of New Mexico campus
By Cody Thomason, Vince Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — The University of New Mexico main campus in Albuquerque is under a shelter in place order after a deadly shooting early Friday morning. UNM police say they received a report of a shooting at the Casas del Rio
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US government review found no evidence of widespread Hamas theft of Gaza aid
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — An internal US government review found no evidence of widespread theft by Hamas of US-funded humanitarian aid in Gaza, contradicting the State Department’s claims that were used to justify backing a controversial private organization that took over aid distribution in the enclave. The analysis, conducted by the US Agency
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Hulk Hogan: ‘Everybody in Wisconsin treats me like I’m still the champ’
By Amy Fleury Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Hulk Hogan visited Wisconsin several times during his career, including three times in the last year alone. The wrestling icon’s final trip to the state was in March, when he spoke to WISN 12 News. Hogan was hocking his beer, called Real
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UK police charge actor Micheal Ward with rape and sexual assault
LONDON (AP) — British actor Micheal Ward has been charged with rape and sexual assault, police said Friday. The 27-year-old faces two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault, the Metropolitan Police force said. The charges relate to one woman and the offenses reportedly took place in January 2023. Ward denied the charges
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UK police charge actor Micheal Ward with rape and sexual assault
LONDON (AP) — British actor Micheal Ward has been charged with rape and sexual assault, police said Friday. The 27-year-old faces two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault, the Metropolitan Police force said. The charges relate to one woman and the offenses reportedly took place in January 2023. Ward denied the charges
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How France’s recognition of the state of Palestine could shift Middle East dynamics
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s bold decision to recognize the state of Palestine could help to shift conversations about the future of the Middle East, even if it’s unlikely to have an immediate impact for people in Gaza or on Israel’s war with Hamas. In a world where nations are again
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City announces dates for Garage Sale Weekend
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — St. Joseph residents can get rid of unwanted or unused items without a garage sale permit during a weekend in August.
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Singer Cleo Laine, regarded as Britain’s greatest jazz voice, dies at 97
By ROBERT BARR Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Cleo Laine, whose husky contralto was one of the most distinctive voices in jazz and who was regarded by many as Britain’s greatest contribution to the quintessentially American music, has died. She was 97. The Stables, a charity and venue Laine founded with her late jazz musician
Continue Reading Venezuelan baseball team denied visas into US, Little League International says
BY CARLOS RODRIGUEZ AP Sports Writer A Venezuelan baseball team was denied visas into the United States and will miss this year’s Senior Baseball World Series, Little League International confirmed Friday. The Cacique Mara team, from Maracaibo, Venezuela, was scheduled to participate in the tournament after winning the Latin American championship in Mexico. “The Cacique
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France’s highest court upholds some of Bashar Assad’s legal protections, but permits future warrants
By SAM McNEIL and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Friday upheld some of Syrian ex-leader Bashar Assad’s personal immunity as a head of state while green-lighting possible future war crime warrants, drawing criticism from human rights lawyers and Syrian activists. The Cour de Cassation upheld Assad’s head-of-state immunity, but
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By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— US–NCAA-ELIGIBILITY LAWSUITS DESCRIPTION: Legal battles over college sports eligibility seem to be slowing down. With fall football
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By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— US–NCAA-ELIGIBILITY LAWSUITS DESCRIPTION: Legal battles over college sports eligibility seem to be slowing down. With fall football
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By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— US–NCAA-ELIGIBILITY LAWSUITS DESCRIPTION: Legal battles over college sports eligibility seem to be slowing down. With fall football
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By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— US–NCAA-ELIGIBILITY LAWSUITS DESCRIPTION: Legal battles over college sports eligibility seem to be slowing down. With fall football
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Deportation flights from ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ begin as Florida vows a ‘surge’ of immigration arrests
By Devon M. Sayers, Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Deportation flights from the makeshift South Florida immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” have begun as a “surge” of immigration arrests is on the horizon, state officials said. “What has been done here has been remarkable,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday at the controversial tent city
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‘The weak treating the weak’: Doctors in Gaza are fainting while trying to save their starving patients
By Ivana Kottasová, Kareem Khadder, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Eyad Kourdi, Abeer Salman, CNN Dr. Mohammad Saqer is hungry. So ravenous that he sometimes struggles to keep upright while treating his desperately ill patients at the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. On Thursday, he fainted while working at the ward. And then, moments after recovering, he
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Longtime lawmaker shapes the debate as Arizona grapples with dwindling water supplies
By SEJAL GOVINDARAO Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Throughout two decades marked by drought, climate change and growing demand for water, Arizona’s leaders have fiercely debated an increasingly urgent problem: how to manage dwindling water supplies in an arid state. At the crossroads sits Rep. Gail Griffin, a savvy and quietly assertive lawmaker who has
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Wyeth-Tootle Mansion to be featured in Christmas comedy
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Wyeth-Tootle Mansion played host to the filming of a new comedy Christmas movie.
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