By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel’s television future hung in the balance Thursday after ABC suspended his late-night show following the host’s comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, leaving the network’s parent company to decide whether supporting him is worth the risk to its business. Two other companies
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel’s television future hung in the balance Thursday after ABC suspended his late-night show following the host’s comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, leaving the network’s parent company to decide whether supporting him is worth the risk to its business. Two other companies
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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — Erika Kirk has been named CEO of Turning Point USA, taking over the organization that her husband, Charlie Kirk, helped found and led until his assassination last week. The move was announced by the organization’s board. “We will not surrender or kneel before evil,” board members said in a
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By Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump has been quietly pushing his national security officials for months to find a way to get Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan back from the Taliban, three people familiar with the matter told CNN. Trump hinted at those discussions publicly for the first time on
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — There’s a full lineup of family fun and big-name entertainment happening this weekend. Grab your calendars because it’s time to See St. Joseph.
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has used threats, lawsuits and government pressure as he remakes the American media landscape, unleashing his long-standing grievances against an industry that has mocked, criticized and scorned him for years. He’s extracted multimillion-dollar settlements, forced companies into costly litigation and prompted changes to programming
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By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump took his effort to remove a governor from the Federal Reserve to the Supreme Court on Thursday, asking the justices to remove Lisa Cook from the powerful board a day after it cut interest rates for the first time in months. Trump’s emergency appeal put the
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WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC took comic Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air indefinitely Wednesday, just hours after Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr called his comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination “truly sick.” Carr is a longtime FCC commissioner named as chairman by President Donald Trump in November. In the months since, he has launched
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WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC took comic Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air indefinitely Wednesday, just hours after Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr called his comments about Charlie Kirk’s assassination “truly sick.” Carr is a longtime FCC commissioner named as chairman by President Donald Trump in November. In the months since, he has launched
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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — A hydraulic rock drill broke open a tunnel connecting Austria to Italy 1,400 meters (nearly 4,600 feet) beneath the Alps on Thursday, marking a major milestone in a series of ambitious European Union projects that will accelerate passenger train travel between metropolitan centers and shift freight off
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — St. Joseph residents can circle their calendars for the grand opening of one of the first true Vietnamese restaurants in the city.
Continue Reading By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned members of a Sinaloa cartel faction known as Los Mayos, one of the groups that has tormented Sinaloa’s capital in an ongoing war for control. The move came on the same day that U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Safety is a top priority in many industries, especially those that utilize construction and utility tools.
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A meeting of advisers chosen by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to guide US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine recommendations ended abruptly Thursday with a delayed vote on one vaccine, a vote against a vaccine used for young children and confusion around
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By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — American track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won gold in the women’s 400m at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday, running the second-fastest time ever. McLaughlin-Levrone – who typically runs hurdles – completed the race in a world championship record 47.78 seconds in rainy conditions in Tokyo, surpassing the previous mark
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Sept. 19 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:35 a.m. FS2 — AFL Postseason: Geelong vs. Hawthorn, Preliminary Final, Richmond, Australia 3:10 a.m. (Saturday) FS1 — AFL Postseason: Brisbane at Collingwood, Preliminary Final AUTO RACING 4:25 a.m. ESPNU — Formula 1: Practice, Baku
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — At a moment of growing international alarm about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, more U.S. adults view Israel’s military action in the Palestinian territory as excessive than at the beginning of the war, according to a new poll. About half of Americans say the
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By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Japanese author Haruki Murakami will be honored this December in Manhattan with an evening of words and music. The Japan Society and The Town Hall are presenting “The Murakami Mix Tape,” which will include readings from Murakami’s books and performances by jazz artist Jason Moran
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By Michael Williams, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump will keep a promise he first made five years ago, as protests swept the country after the murder of George Floyd, if he follows through with his plan announced Wednesday to designate Antifa as a “major terrorist organization.” But the mechanics of Trump’s plan are not
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By ISAAC SCHARF and AREEJ HAZBOUN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Jordanian aid truck driver opened fire and killed two people at an Israeli-run border crossing in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, officials said. The Israeli military said four more soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip, and that a drone had
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By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — After well over a century under construction, Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia basilica is ready to raise its immense central tower and become the tallest Christian church in Europe. The basilica’s General Director Xavier Martínez said Thursday that “the tower will be finished at the end of this
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By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — Tesla is looking into redesigning the way to open its car doors in an emergency following several accidents where passengers were reportedly trapped in burning vehicles because rescuers could not open them. Even without an accident, other Tesla owners have reported having to break their own car windows after
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