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Month: August 2025

An Arkansas Park Ranger patrols the south entrance of Devil's Den State Park Monday

Mother killed in Arkansas stabbings went back to help husband after getting her children to safety, police say

KFSM, LUPITA’S BEAUTY SALON & BARBER SHOP, AR STATE POLICE, GOFUNDME, CNN By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Cristen Brink witnessed the unthinkable. Then she did the unimaginable. While on a family hike at Devil’s Den State Park on Saturday, Cristen’s husband Clinton was ambushed and stabbed by an attacker, according to Arkansas State Police.

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Putin says Russia’s hypersonic missile has entered service and will be deployed in Belarus

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia has started production of its newest hypersonic missiles and reaffirmed its plans to deploy them to ally Belarus later this year. Sitting alongside Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Valaam Island near St. Petersburg, Putin said the military already has selected

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Appeals court in Bosnia confirms sentence for Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik

By AMER COHADZIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — An appeals court in Bosnia-Herzegovina confirmed Friday an earlier court ruling that sentenced the pro-Russia Bosnian Serb president, Milorad Dodik, to one year in prison and banned him from politics for six years over his separatist actions as tensions mount in the fragile Balkan state. Dodik

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Pakistan’s rights group demands withdrawal of terror charges against a 7-year-old boy in Balochistan

By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s independent human rights commission on Friday called on authorities to drop terrorism charges against a 7-year-old boy, a day after police in the southwestern province of Balochistan sought his arrest for sharing an anti-government speech by a rights activist on social media. The case has

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US envoy visits aid site in Gaza run by Israeli-backed group that has been heavily criticized

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM METZ and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy on Friday visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip operated by an Israeli-backed American contractor whose efforts to deliver food to the hunger-stricken territory have been marred by violence and controversy.

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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said all French evacuations from Gaza would be suspended pending the results of an inquiry into the case.

France halts all evacuations from Gaza over alleged antisemitic reposts by Palestinian student

By Michael Rios, Saskya Vandoorne, Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — The French government will deport a Gaza student accused of reposting alleged antisemitic content on her social media and halt all evacuations from the territory, the country’s foreign minister said Friday as outrage grows over her reposts. “She must leave the country. She does not

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Where the Civil War began … Kansas! 

If you love history, we are seeking sponsors and contributors to support this column. Contact Bob at robertmford@aol.com for details and/or donate via Venmo @bobfordshistory.  “It’s almost like our state denies what happened here,” complains Paul Bahnmaier, president of the Territorial Capital Museum in Lecompton, Kansas. “We were visiting Fort Sumter last summer and the

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Yu Zidi has been one of the main talking points at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.

China’s 12-year-old swimming sensation Yu Zidi becomes youngest medalist in World Aquatics Championships history

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — China’s Yu Zidi has already burst onto the swimming scene, but the 12-year-old made more history at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Thursday. Yu became the youngest ever medalist at the competition after being part of China’s bronze medal winning team in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay in Singapore.

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AP-Scorecard

TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Chicago Cubs 1 Baltimore 0 Final Philadelphia 5 Detroit 4 Final L.A. Dodgers 5 Tampa Bay 0 Final Miami 13 N.Y. Yankees 12 Final Athletics 5 Arizona 1 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Kansas City 9 Toronto 3 Final Boston 2 Houston 1 Final Cleveland 3 Minnesota 2 Final Chicago

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Nebraska Daybook

Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Aug. 01. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see

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Kansas Daybook

Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Friday, Aug. 01. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To

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Iowa Daybook

Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Friday, Aug. 01. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To

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Missouri Daybook

Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Friday, Aug. 01. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see

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FBI director says a new office in New Zealand will counter China’s sway, provoking Beijing’s ire

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel provoked diplomatic discomfort in New Zealand by suggesting the opening of a new office in the capital aims to counter China’s influence, drawing polite dismissals from Wellington and ire from Beijing. Patel was in Wellington on Thursday to open the FBI’s

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