ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — After a national search, Missouri Western State University has named a new dean of the College of Business and Professional Studies.
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Bill Murray has a reputation for being hard to track down. Ryan Reynolds learned that first hand. The “Deadpool” star revealed at a the premiere screening of his documentary, “John Candy: I Like Me” at the Toronto International Film Festival this week how he got Murray to appear
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Missouri Republicans, including those in the 6th congressional district, could get more than they bargained for in a wave of partisan redistricting sweeping the country. As it stands now, Missouri’s 5th congressional district resembles an inverted state of Oklahoma, with a sliver in Clay County serving as a panhandle. How easy it would be to lop
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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope. Released this week, the picture provides a breathtaking view of a nearby star-birthing center, 5,500 light-years away. A single light-year is 5.8 trillion miles. Besides baby stars in
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By SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Gaza’s Nasser Hospital became a death trap for rescue workers, journalists and others last week when it was targeted by Israeli forces in an attack that has galvanized global anger. Associated Press reporting raises serious questions about Israel’s rationale for the attack
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — George Saunders’ path from obscurity to acclaim began some 30 years ago, not long after he finished a novel his wife could hardly stand. “I used to think the job of serious fiction was to be completely impossible to understand,” he explained during a telephone
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CNN By Alaa Elassar, Isabel Rosales, Caroll Alvarado, CNN A sprawling Hyundai manufacturing plant in a quiet southeast Georgia community became ground zero on Thursday for one of the most extensive immigration raids in recent US history. The operation, months in the making, ended with 475 arrests, most of them Korean nationals. As state troopers
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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The year’s second total lunar eclipse is coming up fast, and this time Asia will have the best seats in the cosmos. Earth’s shadow will obscure this weekend’s full moon as the home planet lines up perfectly between the moon and the sun. Totality
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By Mostafa Salem and Charbel Mallo, CNN (CNN) — The Lebanese government welcomed a plan presented by the army on Friday to disarm Hezbollah, the country’s most formidable military force, in an unprecedented move that risks sparking internal conflict. The army will start implementing the terms of the deal, but may have limited capabilities, according
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By SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Associated Press reporting into an Israeli attack on a Gaza Strip hospital that killed 22 people, including five journalists, raises serious questions about Israel’s rationale for the strikes and the way they were carried out. Among those killed was Mariam Dagga, who
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By MARIA SHERMAN and ELISE RYAN Associated Press New York (AP) — When songs top the charts, they become inescapable: Cross-genre hits are heard on the radio, on streaming, in lobbies and grocery stores. The artists who perform them become famous. But the people who wrote those earworms? Many do not. At least, that used
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, Sept. 6 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS2 — AFL Qualifier: Gold Coast at Fremantle AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Collingwood at North Melbourne AUTO RACING 6:25 a.m. ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Autodromo Nazionale
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 28 14 .667 — x-New York 25 17 .595 3 Indiana 22 20 .524 6 Washington 16 26 .381 12 Connecticut 10 31 .244 17½ Chicago 10 31 .244 17½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 32 9 .780 — x-Phoenix 27 14 .659
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By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. deputy prime minister Angela Rayner resigned Friday after an independent inquiry found that she fell short of the standards expected of government ministers over a tax error on a recent house purchase. Rayner, who acknowledged on Wednesday that she didn’t pay enough tax
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 82 59 .582 — New York 78 63 .553 4 Boston 78 64 .549 4½ Tampa Bay 71 70 .504 11 Baltimore 65 76 .461 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 81 61 .570 — Kansas City 72 69 .511 8½ Cleveland 70
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 82 59 .582 — New York 78 63 .553 4 Boston 78 64 .549 4½ Tampa Bay 71 70 .504 11 Baltimore 65 76 .461 17 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 81 61 .570 — Kansas City 72 69 .511 8½ Cleveland 70
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By The Associated Press Some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, according to a Homeland Security official. Steven Schrank, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, said at a news briefing Friday that the majority of the people detained
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 82 59 .582 — New York 76 65 .539 6 Miami 65 76 .461 17 Atlanta 64 77 .454 18 Washington 56 84 .400 25½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 87 55 .613 — Chicago 81 60 .574 5½ Cincinnati 70 71 .496
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By The Associated Press Adv06-07 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Sept. 8 MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia (6:45 p.m.) OR Kansas City at Cleveland (6:40 p.m.) 9:30 p.m. FS1 — Arizona at San Francisco NFL FOOTBALL 8:15 p.m. ESPN — Minnesota at Chicago
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By Max Foster, Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Billy Stockwell, CNN London (CNN) — The Duchess of Kent, one of Britain’s most beloved royals, died on Thursday night at age 92, surrounded by close family, Buckingham Palace announced Friday. “It is with deep sorrow that Buckingham Palace announces the death of Her Royal Highness The Duchess of
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By Darya Tarasova and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that any Western troops in Ukraine would be considered “legitimate targets for defeat,” a day after it was announced that dozens of Western countries have pledged to contribute to a potential peacekeeping force there if a ceasefire deal is agreed.
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Church attendance and connection are not the most fashionable thing to talk about these days.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo (News-Press NOW) — Week 2 of high school football is right around the corner. Here are the matchups for the teams in our viewing area.
Continue Reading By WAFAA SHURAFA, JULIA FRANKEL and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel struck a high-rise building in Gaza City on Friday after an evacuation warning, as the military stepped up operations aimed at seizing control of the famine-stricken city of some 1 million Palestinians. Strikes elsewhere in Gaza City killed
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CNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The US job market is stalling out. Job growth slowed to a crawl in August, and the unemployment rate rose to its highest level in nearly four years, indicating the US labor market is growing stagnant. The economy added just 22,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Members of California’s Sikh trucking community say a deadly crash involving one of its own, which triggered heated national debates over immigration, has led to a spike in anti-Sikh rhetoric. On Aug. 12, Harjinder Singh, an India-born truck driver, made a U-turn on the Florida Turnpike that authorities say
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CNN By Meg Dunn, CNN Gallatin, Tennessee (CNN) — More than 250,000 animals are hoarded in residences across the United States each year, according to the Animal Humane Society, and they are often left to suffer in horrific conditions. Hundreds are sometimes crammed into small spaces, living in their own waste. Tim Woodward couldn’t let
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The Social Security Administration’s acting inspector general has opened a review of the agency’s call center wait times and its ability to deliver services to Americans. The investigation was requested by Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who has repeatedly voiced concerns about the agency’s performance after a Department
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