By The Associated Press Dean Cain, the actor best known for portraying Superman on a 1990s television show, wants to join the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. In an interview with Fox News this week, Cain said he’d already spoken to the agency responsible for carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda. Assistant
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By MARK MENGONFIA Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Women’s groups on Thursday led a protest of thousands of people against a rampant drug problem in Liberia, urging the government to declare a national emergency over the crisis and enforce stricter punishment for drug abuse. Marching through the capital, Monrovia, with banners and flags, the
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — It was a VIP experience for some of the Kansas City Chiefs’ most loyal fans.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Brandon Blackstock, a talent manager and former husband of singer Kelly Clarkson, has died. He was 48. “It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away,” a representative for the family told CNN in a statement on Thursday. “Brandon bravely battled
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CNN By Kevin Liptak, Anna Chernova, Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — A day after US President Donald Trump told European leaders he intended to meet soon with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, gaps have emerged in how Washington and Moscow are characterizing a potential summit. While the Kremlin claimed Thursday a meeting next week was
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PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Thursday blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that would have brought back a banned pesticide. The court said that the measure failed to protect the environment and future generations. The rest of the law — known as the “Duplomb law,” after the senator who proposed
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By Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — New York City health officials are continuing to investigate a cluster of cases of Legionnaires’ disease, a serious bacterial lung infection, that has sickened at least 83 people and led to 21 hospitalizations and three deaths. Health officials suspect the bacteria that cause the disease, Legionella, originated in a
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Elbert Turner will celebrate his 90th birthday on Aug. 14, 2025. He was born in Mexico, Missouri, on that date in 1935. Elbert married Bonnie Hoover on June 18, 1955. She passed away on Jan. 16, 2014. He then married Meryldee Turner on May 29, 2016. Elbert’s children are Leslie Heckman (Robert) (Leslie passed away
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Elbert Turner will celebrate his 90th birthday on Aug. 14, 2025. He was born in Mexico, Missouri, on that date in 1935. Elbert married Bonnie Hoover on June 18, 1955. She passed away on Jan. 16, 2014. He then married Meryldee Turner on May 29, 2016. Elbert’s children are Leslie Heckman (Robert) (Leslie passed away
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By Penny Kmitt Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Hundreds of volunteers came to Boston University Thursday to stuff thousands of backpacks with school supplies, all to help Massachusetts families who are unable to afford back to school essentials. Cradles to Crayons’ annual Backpack-a-thon brought 800 volunteers to Agganis Arena,
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EAST ALTON, Ill. (AP) — Two people aboard a helicopter that crashed into a barge on the Mississippi River have died, officials say.
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By Gina Park, CNN (CNN) — Sky-gazers can catch a glimpse of the full moon at its peak illumination this week. August’s full moon, also called the sturgeon moon, will be visible from Friday night into the early hours of Saturday. It will be at its fullest around 3:55 a.m. ET Saturday, according to EarthSky.
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers American businesses and consumers soon will have a better idea of how President Donald Trump’s foreign trade agenda might affect them now that the United States has imposed higher tariffs on products from dozens of countries. It’s been nearly 100 years since the nation had an
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Continue Reading EAST ALTON, Ill. (AP) — A helicopter with 2 people on board has crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois.
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is glad that coach Andy Reid is sending him onto the field with the rest of their starters when Kansas City visits the Arizona Cardinals for their preseason opener Saturday night. “I don’t necessarily look forward to getting hit,” Mahomes
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By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A wealthy businessman on Thursday became the head of Haiti’s transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order in the troubled country as a top gang leader underscored the challenges facing the nation by vowing to overthrow the government. Laurent Saint-Cyr’s appointment at the
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By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump recognized nearly 100 recipients of the Purple Heart at the White House on Thursday, including three service members who gave him their own medals after an attempt on his life at a Pennsylvania campaign rally. Trump opened the event marking National Purple Heart Day
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CHILLICOTHE, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites those wishing to get their hunter education certification to attend a Hunter Education skills course offered from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the Litton Agri-Science Learning Center in Chillicothe. Registration is required. Interested participants can register at https://mdc-event-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/210767. This course is designed
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By Gabriela Vidal Click here for updates on this story FORT LUPTON, Colorado (KCNC) — It’s out on the Coyote Creek Golf Course in Fort Lupton, where you might catch a glimpse of Hank Ford, riding the links in his golf cart while serving as the course’s Marshall. Ford, however, is never on the course
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By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Prosecutors plan to seek the execution of a man accused of shooting and killing four members of a family in rural Tennessee, including the parents of an infant found abandoned under the summer sun miles away, the district attorney said in court Thursday. Austin Robert Drummond, captured Tuesday after
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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets will honor the 60th anniversary of the Fab Four’s performance at Shea Stadium when they host the Seattle Mariners on Aug. 15 for The Beatles Night at Citi Field. The 1965 performance was a milestone because The Beatles became the first rock band to perform a major
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Backpacks for students will be distributed on Thursday at the Salvation Army center.
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By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — Control of Paramount, the legendary but troubled TV and movie maker, shifted to Silicon Valley scion David Ellison on Thursday, following a protracted and politically tainted merger process. The transition was full of symbolism: The Redstone family, which built the company into a cable-era giant that lagged in the
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