By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s attorney general on Friday said she will withdraw her lawsuit accusing a sheriff of discouraging compliance with federal immigration law, ending a monthslong public dispute between the two Republicans days after the sheriff’s northeast Iowa constituents rallied in his defense. Attorney General Brenna Bird
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, LARRY NEUMEISTER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and media mogul Rupert Murdoch Friday, a day after the newspaper published a story reporting on his ties to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein. The move came shortly after
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department asked a federal court on Friday to unseal grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein’s case amid a firestorm over the Trump administration’s handling of records related to the wealthy financier.
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s chaotic handling of the so-called Jeffrey Epstein files continued Friday as the Justice Department asked a federal judge to make public years-old grand jury testimony made behind closed doors against the convicted sex offender. In its filing, the department justified releasing the heretofore secret evidence as
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer CBS says its decision to end Stephen Colbert’s late-night comedy show is financial, not political. Yet even with the ample skepticism about that explanation, there’s no denying the economics were not working in Colbert’s favor. The network’s bombshell announcement late Thursday that the “Late Show” will end next May
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer CBS says its decision to end Stephen Colbert’s late-night comedy show is financial, not political. Yet even with the ample skepticism about that explanation, there’s no denying the economics were not working in Colbert’s favor. The network’s bombshell announcement late Thursday that the “Late Show” will end next May
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Justice Department asks court to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts amid firestorm over disgraced financier’s case.
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By ANDREW DALTON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Robb Elementary School attack in Uvalde, Texas, saying the contents of the war game are protected by
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — In a radio interview, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas threw cold water on the excitement leading up to Chiefs training camp this time of year. “The Chiefs have made it clear they aren’t returning to St. Joseph for training camp,” Lucas told KCMO talk radio. This was an odd
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The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat alerts for all of Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas ahead of excessive heat and humidity forecast Monday, July 21 through Wednesday, July 23.
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has opened up a new front in his attack on the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell: He says the alledged mismanagement of a building renovation project could be grounds for firing Powell. Such an unprecedented step could send the financial markets
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ST. JOSEPH, MO (News-Press NOW) — As the days of summer are ticking away, parents are preparing for a long-awaited weekend to save some money on back-to-school necessities.
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan pawn shop owner pleaded guilty Friday to serving as a fence for luxury items stolen from wealthy residences across the country, in a case that got attention because of its link to a burglary at the home of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow while
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The National Weather Service has issued an Extreme Heat alerts for all of Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas ahead of excessive heat and humidity forecast Monday, July 21 through Wednesday, July 23.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph Public Library is offering local teens a chance to get volunteer hours and to get involved with the community through its Teen Advisory Board.
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By Jeanne Bonner, CNN (CNN) – More than 130 cruise ship passengers reported suffering from a gastrointestinal disease after setting sail from Los Angeles on July 4. The cause of the outbreak has not been determined. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 134 passengers on Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas —
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — As they prepare for the upcoming season, the vast majority of the Kansas City Chiefs’ pass-catching nuclei return, healthy and refreshed. This comes on the heels of a season that saw Patrick Mahomes and company go through a long game of wide receiver roulette due to an onslaught of injuries.
Continue ReadingCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A regional airline flight heading to Detroit had to make an emergency landing in eastern Iowa after a passenger fought with a flight attendant and tried to open an exit door midair, according to the pilot’s communication with air traffic controllers. The pilot of the SkyWest Airlines Flight 3612 contacted
Continue ReadingCEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A regional airline flight heading to Detroit had to make an emergency landing in eastern Iowa after a passenger fought with a flight attendant and tried to open an exit door midair, according to the pilot’s communication with air traffic controllers. The pilot of the SkyWest Airlines Flight 3612 contacted
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By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — From the outside, the idea made no sense at all. Why would a broadcast network cancel one of its best-known shows that ranks number one in its time slot? But on the inside, at CBS, there were several plausible answers to that question. While “The Late Show” host Stephen
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Natasha Lyonne is recounting her journey to being cast as a rather unique character in the new “Smurfs” movie. The “Poker Face” star stopped by “The Tonight Show” on Thursday and told Jimmy Fallon how she initially received the request to be in the new kids’ movie via email
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By Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Lesser known than some other beloved tales of larger-than-life heroes such as Gilgamesh, Beowulf and King Arthur, the Song of Wade is a case study in what happens when stories aren’t written down. The epic was once widely known throughout medieval and Renaissance England — so popular that it
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By Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Brian Harman is, fittingly, firmly in the hunt for The Open Championship. A blistering bogey-free six-under 65 during Friday’s second round at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland accelerated the American’s chase for a second Claret Jug, as the 38-year-old seeks to add to his dominant triumph two years ago.
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KABC, CNN By Rebekah Riess, Josh Campbell, Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — An explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department training facility killed three veteran members assigned to the agency’s arson and explosives detail Friday morning – a tragedy that marks the “largest loss of life” at the department since 1857, according to Sheriff
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By ANNIE MA AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states. President Donald Trump’s administration on July 1 withheld more
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Under intense pressure from President Donald Trump’s own supporters, his administration on Friday asked a federal court to unseal secret documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case in an effort to put to rest for good a political crisis largely of its own making. But even if
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By LEA SKENE and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press A federal judge has restored a Democrat to the Federal Trade Commission, ruling that President Donald Trump illegally fired her earlier this year in his efforts to exert control over independent agencies across the government. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan ruled late Thursday that federal law protects
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