By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Talks to finalize the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva, Switzerland collapsed in failure Friday as countries remained bitterly divided how to tackle the crisis. The summit, held at the United Nations headquarters and attended by delegates from more than 180 countries, was supposed to end Thursday
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By Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — Teachers from “liberal” states who have relocated to Oklahoma and are seeking to work there must take a controversial new assessment, given for the first time today, that “keeps away woke indoctrinators,” according to Oklahoma’s top education official. Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s superintendent for public instruction, told CNN that if
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By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group on Friday vowed not to disarm, saying last week’s decision by the national government to remove the Iran-backed group’s weapons by the end of the year serves Israel’s interests. Naim Kassem said the government’s decision to remove “the defensive weapons
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By Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — On October 12, 1977, banking giant Citicorp opened the tallest new skyscraper in New York City since the early 1930s. From afar, the 915-foot tower’s distinctive sloped roof cut through the Midtown skyline like a scalpel. Close up, at ground level, its 59 floors appeared to levitate above a
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — A 10-year-old British girl has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster. Bodhana Sivanandan, from northwest London, defeated 60-year-old grandmaster Pete Wells in the final round of the 2025 British Chess Championships in Liverpool on Sunday. At 10 years, five months and
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ INTERLEAGUE Final Atlanta 2 Cleveland 0 Final Boston 2 Miami 1 Final Seattle 11 N.Y. Mets 9 Final N.Y. Yankees 4 St. Louis 3 Final Tampa Bay 7 San Francisco 6 ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE Final Toronto 6 Texas 5 Final Baltimore 7 Houston 0 Final Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox
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Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Friday, Aug. 15. 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
Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Aug. 15. 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
Continue Reading Associated Press Kansas Daybook for Friday, Aug. 15. 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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Continue Reading By The Associated Press Chicago White Sox (44-77, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (60-61, third in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Friday, 8:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: White Sox: Aaron Civale (3-7, 4.91 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 62 strikeouts); Royals: Noah Cameron (6-5, 2.52 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 76 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK
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By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Flash floods triggered by heavy rains killed at least 49 people in northwestern Pakistan and elsewhere in the country over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers evacuated 1,300 stranded tourists from a mountainous district hit by landslides. More than 360 people, mostly women
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan that India will punish its neighbor if there are future attacks on India as he marked 78 years of independence from British colonial rule. Modi’s remarks Friday come three months after nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan engaged in four
Continue Reading By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans to resume. The consequence of the failed talks is devastating, as it leaves no clear path for nations to collectively
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Deeds of trust reported from Aug. 7 to Aug. 13 Steven Ott to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc., Horn Heights LT 3 Blk 22 $115,430. Luke Scheidecker, Victoria Scheidecker to Endeavor Capital LLC, Country Squire 4th Plat LT 120 $332,315. Cheyenne Dorrell, Cheyenne Lynch, Steven Giles to Nodaway Valley Bank, Eastern Extn PT LT 21 LTS 22
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Makes no sense If Donald Trump really wanted to fight crime in the D.C. area, why did he give pardons to the Jan. 6, 2021, violent insurrectionist who bludgeoned Capitol police and sent lawmakers scrambling for safe places to hide? He is what he is Well, Donald Trump is what he is. A convicted felon.
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Marriage applications Cecil Martez Hawkins Jr., 27, and Morgan Lea Nagle, 32, both of St. Joseph. Payden Deadrick, Xavier Edwards, 22, and Mati Kay Womeldorff, 20, both of St. Joseph. Curtis Lydell Hubbard Jr., 29, and Melissa Ann Guinn, 41, both of St. Joseph. Nathan Dean Lent, 27, and Kylie Elaine Anderson, 24, both of
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Meet Izzy! Beautiful Izzy is a solid black kitty who at only one year old has already had a litter of kittens, which she got to raise in a great foster home. She`s now been vetted and dolled up with a red collar and ready to find her forever home! You can meet wonderful Izzy
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By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Days before the leaders of Russia and the U.S. hold a summit meeting in Alaska, Moscow’s forces breached Ukrainian lines in a series of infiltrations in the country’s industrial heartland of Donetsk. This week’s advances amount to only a limited success for Russia, analysts say,
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— SOC–SPORTING KANSAS CITY-ORLANDO CITY SC DESCRIPTION: The Sporting Kansas City plays at the Orlando City SC. 150
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— SOC–SPORTING KANSAS CITY-ORLANDO CITY SC DESCRIPTION: The Sporting Kansas City plays at the Orlando City SC. 150
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— SOC–SPORTING KANSAS CITY-ORLANDO CITY SC DESCRIPTION: The Sporting Kansas City plays at the Orlando City SC. 150
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— SOC–SPORTING KANSAS CITY-ORLANDO CITY SC DESCRIPTION: The Sporting Kansas City plays at the Orlando City SC. 150
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Connie Wildberger, 76, of St. Joseph, passed away Aug. 13, 2025. She was born on March 2, 1949, to Virgil Ray and Esther Irene (Bechter) Kent, in Maryville, Missouri. She grew up in Rea, Missouri, and graduated from North Andrew High School in 1967. She then attended St. Joseph Junior College. On June 2, 1968,
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Lance Anthony Wolverton, 55, passed away Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, at Columbia University Hospital, in Columbia, Missouri. Lance was born in St. Joseph to Merrie Charlotte (Burkhart) and Lawrence Anthony Wolverton on July 18, 1970. Lance was a 1988 graduate of South Park Christian Academy. In his later years he converted to the Catholic faith.
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EDCOUCH, Texas – Hal Craig Allen, 62, of Edcouch, Texas, formerly of St. Joseph, passed away Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, at his home. He was born April 17, 1963, in St. Joseph. Survivors cousin, Gina (Dave) Daniels, and a brother, Clarence Allen, Jr. Edcouch. There are no scheduled services at this time. Arrangements Rupp Funeral
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ATCHISON, Kan. – Sister Esther Fangman, OSB, 80, a Benedictine sister of Mount St. Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas, died on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, at the monastery after a brief illness. The vigil service will be Friday, Aug. 22, at 7 p.m. in the monastery chapel, and the Mass of Resurrection will be celebrated there Saturday,
Continue Reading ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – Cathy Beth Fitzsimmons, Ormond Beach, Florida, died Aug. 5, 2025. She was born Nov. 30, 1949, in St. Joseph. She was preceded in death by her son, Ridgley B. Fitzsimmons, and her father, LeRoy Hausman. Cathy is survived by her daughter, Nicole Willis (Marcus); granddaughter, Ridgley L. Willis; brother, Michael Hausman
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DeAnna “Dee” Kay Hatten, 85, St. Joseph, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. She was born July 14, 1940, to Don E. and Fern (Polston) Williams, in Lucerne, Missouri. She grew up in New Hampton, Missouri, then graduated from Southwest Harrison High School in Bethany, Missouri. It was there that she met her high school
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SAVANNAH, Mo. – Kathy K. Lance, 77, of Savannah, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Kathy was born on March 10, 1948, in St. Joseph, to the late Franklin and Erma Hubbard. She graduated from Lafayette High School and earned an Associates Degree at Missouri Western State University.
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