By The Associated Press Adv12-13 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, July 14 CYCLING 6:30 a.m. PEACOCK — UCI: The Tour de France, Stage 10, Ennezat Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, France MLB BASEBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby: From Atlanta ESPN2 — 2025 T-Mobile Home Run
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I had a teacher who wrote the following in my yearbook at the end of my senior year in high school: “Never do anything you wouldn’t stand on a chair and announce at a family reunion.” The older I get, the wiser these words become. Looking back, though, I know how hard this advice has
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By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in southeast Washington, D.C., will fill a vacant city council seat Tuesday in a special election to replace former Councilmember Trayon White, who was expelled from office in February following his 2024 arrest in a federal corruption probe. Among the candidates to replace White on the
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By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China has failed to intimidate rival claimant states into surrendering their sovereign interests in the disputed South China Sea despite its intensifying “bullying tactics” and the United States and other allied countries are ready to further boost deterrence against Beijing’s aggression, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander
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CNN By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — What looked like a simple, one-story beige cabin near the banks of the Guadalupe River held the stories of generations of young girls marking a rite of passage. It’s where shy, homesick 8-year-olds entered as strangers and emerged as confident young ladies equipped with new skills from the
Continue Reading CNN By Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — What looked like a simple, one-story beige cabin near the banks of the Guadalupe River held the stories of generations of young girls marking a rite of passage. It’s where shy, homesick 8-year-olds entered as strangers and emerged as confident young ladies equipped with new skills from the
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At the most recent St. Joseph School District Board of Education meeting, another alternative to shaving the district’s high schools down to two was presented.
Continue ReadingST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Northwest Missouri Republican Club will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, July 17. The meeting will be held at Bandana’s Bar-B-Q, located at 4225 Frederick Ave. Social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner and the evening program at 6:30 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to order
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Cloud-to-ground lightning strike in downtown St. Joseph during an afternoon thunderstorm in August of 2023.
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — “The Salt Path” is a memoir of resilience and courage that captured the hearts of millions and was subsequently adapted for the big screen, with actors Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs taking the lead roles. But now, the book and the film are mired in a controversy
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — “The Salt Path” is a memoir of resilience and courage that captured the hearts of millions and was subsequently adapted for the big screen, with actors Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs taking the lead roles. But now, the book and the film are mired in a controversy
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By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight candidates will go before southern Arizona voters at the ballot box Tuesday in special congressional primaries to replace longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, who died in March from complications from cancer treatment. The winners will represent their parties in a Sept. 23 special election to
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By Simone McCarthy, Kylie Atwood and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — There is a “high probability” that US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet this year, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday. “The odds are high,” Rubio told journalists gathered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday. “I think both
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By MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI, ILLIA NOVIKOV and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is selling weapons to its NATO allies in Europe so they can provide them to Ukraine as it struggles to fend off a recent escalation in Russia’s drone and missile attacks, President Donald Trump and his chief
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By Julie Calhoun, Kevin Boulandier Click here for updates on this story NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Florida (WSVN) — A good Samaritan is speaking out on the rough takedown of an alleged attacker at a park in Northwest Miami-Dade. Speaking with 7News on Thursday, Mike Santiegue said he spotted 18-year-old Antwan Johnson and with no hesitation ran
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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s shock-and-awe tariff campaign is off to a slow start when it comes to reviving American manufacturing jobs. While it will take time for the full impact to play out, the early results suggest that not only have tariffs failed to inspire a hiring boom,
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By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon has no plans to have normal relations with Israel at the present time, and Beirut’s main aim is to reach a “state of no war” with its southern neighbor, the country’s president said Friday. President Joseph Aoun’s comments came as the Trump administration is trying to
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — There was a rare and brief moment of stillness on Saturday –– after the last child waiting in the church was reunited with his parents –– when Rev. Jasiel Hernandez Garcia could sit with his staff and ask them: What do we say to the congregation? The leadership at
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington this week netted President Donald Trump another nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize he covets, but the ceasefire the U.S. leader sought for the war in Gaza didn’t emerge. Despite Trump throwing his weight behind
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By Ivana Kottasová, Svitlana Vlasova and Victoria Butenko, CNN (CNN) — Kyiv was burning as Dr. Borys Todurov sped through the city in an ambulance, undeterred by the deep thuds of explosions and the terrifying sounds of Russian drones flying overhead. He was determined to deliver his precious cargo: a human heart. Todurov’s patient –
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By KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press DAYTON, Tenn. (AP) — A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools. What they got from the eight-day Scopes trial was more than they bargained for. The trial
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CNN By Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50% starting August 1, according to a letter he sent to the country’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In the letter posted on Truth Social, Trump alleged Lula is undertaking a “Witch Hunt that
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Tracking scattered severe threat this evening: cooler, mostly dry weekend ahead
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By Jonathan Hawkins, CNN (CNN) — World class sporting siblings may not be unheard of, but with the notable exception of Serena and Venus Williams in tennis, they are rarely in direct competition for the same big prize. Rarer still is a story with as many twists and turns as that of Marc and Álex
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By Curt Devine and Casey Tolan, CNN (CNN) — Dick Eastland warned for decades about the hidden dangers of the beautiful but volatile Guadalupe River, a peril he saw firsthand while running his family’s youth camp alongside its banks. Eastland saw floods damage Camp Mystic again and again – and his pregnant wife was even
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LONDON (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown on Friday pleaded not guilty to two further charges related to the serious beating of a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023. Brown, 36, denied the more serious charge of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm at a hearing last month. The singer,
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Iran ‘s foreign minister says his country has detained a teenage French-German cyclist who disappeared last month for “an offense” that he didn’t detail, French newspaper Le Monde reported Friday. France’s prime minister also confirmed the arrest. The cyclist, Lennart Monterlos, “was detained for having committed an
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By Alice Pfeiffer, CNN Paris (CNN) — After a week’s pause following the men’s fashion shows, celebrities, editors and influencers were back in Paris for Haute Couture — where bespoke collections are shown and eventually sold to the world’s wealthiest customers. The official fall 2025 schedule felt lighter than usual, with absences from major labels
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By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Justin Bieber has sprung a surprise on fans – releasing his first new studio album in four years. “SWAG,” the Canadian singer’s seventh studio album, features 21 tracks, including collaborations with rap artist Gunna, gospel singer Dijon, rapper Lil B, comedian Druski, rapper Sexyy Red, musician Cash Cobain and
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By STELLA MARTANY and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press SULAYMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey began laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony on Friday in northern Iraq, the first concrete step toward a promised disarmament as part of a peace process.
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