By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The midterm elections might be a year away, but the fight for control of the U.S. House is underway in California. Voting opened statewide Monday on whether to dramatically reshape California’s congressional districts to add as many as five Democrat-held seats in Congress —
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BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said. About 350 hikers had reached a meeting point in Tingri country and rescuers were in contact with another 200, state broadcaster CCTV said late Sunday. There was
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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The leaders of Australia and Papua New Guinea signed a major bilateral defense treaty Monday that China believes targets it unfairly. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Papua New Guinea counterpart James Marape described the agreement as a mutual defense treaty that will enable unprecedented
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 5” game were: 7, 10, 11, 21, 24 (seven, ten, eleven, twenty-one, twenty-four) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday’s drawing of the “Nebraska Pick 4” game were: 2, 2, 7, 8 (two, two, seven, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday’s drawing of the “Missouri Show Me Ca$h” game were: 8, 16, 25, 28, 35 (eight, sixteen, twenty-five, twenty-eight, thirty-five) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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CNN By Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — In an unprecedented win for a theatrical release announced just two weeks ago, the album debut event from American pop superstar Taylor Swift topped the domestic box office with about $33 million domestically. “Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl,” released in theaters for a three-day
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Sunday’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Midday” game were: 2, 3, 6 (two, three, six) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By Metro Creative It can be bittersweet to say farewell to summer. Months of warm weather and sunshine are hard to beat and provide plenty of opportunities to rest and relax. Just because summer has come and gone doesn’t mean the opportunity to enjoy recreation is in the rearview mirror. Fall is awash in opportunities
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By Pat MelgaresK-State Research and Extension news service MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas gardeners often face a common challenge at the end of a successful growing season: what to do with an abundant tomato harvest when time is short. Karen Blakeslee, coordinator of Kansas State University’s Rapid Response Center, said freezing tomatoes is a safe and
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MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Priscilla has formed in the Pacific Ocean off the southwestern coast of Mexico, with heavy rain and gusty winds affecting coastal areas. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Sunday that Priscilla’s maximum sustained winds were 75 mph (120 kph) and that the storm was located about 285 miles (460 kilometers) south-southwest
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By Linda GeistUniversity of Missouri Extension COLUMBIA, Mo. — Few flowers signal fall’s arrival more than the cheerful chrysanthemum, or mum, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Mums’ long-lasting blooms put on a colorful display for weeks when other flowers have clocked out for the season. Mums are one of the oldest known
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By Kris KohlIowa State University Extension and Outreach AMES, Iowa — Early planting combined with warm spring and fall conditions has led to an earlier-than-usual corn harvest in Iowa. Crops are also drier than normal, creating a greater risk of field fires during harvest. The primary factor related to field fires is higher air temperature.
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By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Chemena Kamali said it with flower prints. A good old-style collection that set a few themes on the table and spent the rest of the Paris Fashion Week Sunday show refining them — proof that focus can still feel new. Kamali, now in her third stint
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Submitted by Cleo Anna Laybourne Hot date, hot dogs and hot rodsCruisin’ to check what’s on atThe Belt, Frontier and Skylark theatresDrive-in movie magic A ticket booth guards the stageWhere speaker posts stand like tombstoneSaluting the silent screen, a giant sheetbleaching in the noon day sun At dusk cars crawl behind the fenceBulky gray speakers
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital. Activists, residents and leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the
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By The Associated Press All Times EDT (x-if necessary) First Round (Best-of-3) Minnesota 2, Golden State 0 Sunday, Sept. 14: Minnesota 101, Golden State 72 Wednesday, Sept. 17: Minnesota 75, Golden State 74 Las Vegas 2, Seattle 1 Sunday, Sept. 14: Las Vegas 102, Seattle 77 Tuesday, Sept. 16: Seattle 86, Las Vegas 83 Thursday,
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Tracking an approaching cold front: showers likely and cooler temperatures
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By Linda GeistUniversity of Missouri Extension COLUMBIA, Mo. — As frost approaches, gardeners are tempted to dig up plants and place them in pots for use indoors. Too often, the results are disappointing as plants that flourished in the garden drop leaves and stop flowering indoors, said University of Missouri Extension horticulture specialist David Trinklein.
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Collector Toy Auction, 4:20 p.m. Oct. 5 in Maryville, Missouri Two-day Estate Gun Auction, 10 a.m. Oct. 11 and 10:30 a.m. Oct. 12 in Maryville, Missouri Byergo Angus Auction, 12:30 p.m. Oct. 11 in Savannah, Missouri Altec Walk-In Open Interviews, 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 16 in St. Joseph, Missouri
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The Associated Press Sukkot, a week-long Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, starts at sundown Monday and continues through Monday, Oct. 13. Sukkot is considered one of the most joyful festivals on the Jewish calendar — distinctive in that it explicitly encourages Jews to rejoice and discourages public mourning. Descriptions of these
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By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Here’s a question about the shutdown submitted by an Associated Press reader, John P.: Who gets paid during a federal shutdown? When it comes to federal employees, everybody is supposed to get paid eventually, but only a few get their paychecks while the government shutdown is still happening. The president
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By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s new prime minister named a government Sunday, bringing back former finance minister Bruno Le Maire to serve at the defense ministry, where he’ll help oversee French military support for Ukraine and address threats to European security posed by Russia. Other key positions in the new cabinet,
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By Alison Main, CNN (CNN) — Police arrested and charged a man with possession of explosives Sunday outside a Washington, DC, church where an annual Mass to mark the start of the Supreme Court term was set to take place hours later. The so-called Red Mass is held each year to “invoke God’s blessings on
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By Lauren Mascarenhas, Amanda Musa, Danya Gainor, Hanna Park, Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending any National Guard troops to Portland – a ruling which came as the Trump administration stepped up attempts to send out-of-state National Guard troops to the city after the
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By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — It’s a wonder the Jacksonville Jaguars won four games last season. Assistants bickering. Head coach Doug Pederson pointing fingers. Players privately questioning the direction of the franchise. The Jaguars had all sorts of behind-the-scenes dysfunction long before they reached double-digit losses for the fifth
Continue Reading The Associated Press The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Ohio St. (40) 5-0 1620 1 2. Miami
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