By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The person who admitted to trying to kill Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of the Supreme Court’s leaked decision overturning of Roe v. Wade was sentenced to just over 8 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release – far less than the 30 years sought by
Continue ReadingBy GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train, even while opposing provisions within or wishing for others left out.
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CNN By Abeer Salman, Oren Liebermann, Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Hamas announced that it had agreed to “immediately” enter negotiations for the release of all hostages according to President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan — a potential breakthrough after months of failed efforts to end the war. Hamas stopped short of accepting the Trump
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By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration said Friday that it would pay migrant children $2,500 to voluntarily return to their home countries, dangling a new incentive in efforts to persuade people to self-deport. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement didn’t say how much migrants would get or when the offer
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Summer-like heat, sunshine, and southerly breezes will persist across Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas this weekend, before a cold front brings rain chances and cooler air Sunday night through much of next week.
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN (CNN) — Singer-turned-actor Tyrese Gibson turned himself in to police in Atlanta on Friday morning, days after breaking his silence about an alleged incident in which his neighbors say his dogs attacked and killed another dog. Gibson, who faces a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty, was booked just before 6 a.m.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced Friday to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and “freak-offs.” The judge said a lengthy sentence was needed for deterrence and that he was unconvinced that if Combs is released these crimes won’t happen again.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — In St. Joseph in the 1990s, Steve Schomburg and his father, Cliff, built and sent a 1947 speedliner boat to Boston.
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(CNN) — Hamas has submitted its response to President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan to mediators, according to a senior Hamas official, after the president earlier Friday offered a firm ultimatum for the group to respond by Sunday evening.
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By SUSAN HAIGH and GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press President Donald Trump said Friday he has personally reversed $187 million in funding cuts made by his administration for New York’s law enforcement and counterterrorism operations, following bipartisan outcry from New York officials. The Republican announced the restoration of federal funding on Truth Social. “I am
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA and KWIYEON HA Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Hundreds of mourners gathered in wind and rain Friday for a vigil that combined grief and defiance in the remembrance of two men who were killed when a knife-wielding assailant attacked their synagogue in the English city of Manchester. Standing behind the police
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By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — After previous attempts to bring Fani Willis before a special state Senate committee formed to investigate her failed, the committee chairman said Friday that he expects the Fulton County district attorney to appear for questioning next month. State senators in January 2024 created the
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By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Native Americans watched the shuttered government on Friday and braced for damage to health care, education, infrastructure and other services funded by Washington under treaties struck more than a century ago. Tribal nations with casinos, oil and gas leases and other independent revenue sources said
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By ITZEL LUNA Associated Press Tyrese Gibson was booked into a Georgia jail early Friday, a week after he failed to turn himself in following an arrest warrant for cruelty to animals, police said. Gibson was released the same day on a $20,000 bond, Fulton County Police Captain Nicole Dwyer said. He has still not
Continue ReadingBy R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Real estate giant Greystar and 25 other property management companies have agreed to collectively pay more than $141 million to settle a class action lawsuit accusing landlords of driving up housing costs by using rent-setting algorithms offered by the software company RealPage. Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord,
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Government funding legislation fails again in the Senate with little sign of progress on third day of shutdown.
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By Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — The US military carried out another strike on a boat operating in the Caribbean officials deemed to be a “narco-trafficking vessel” on Friday morning, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced in a social media post. The strike killed all four people who were on board, Hegseth said. The attack
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed Planet Y. The planet has not been detected but merely inferred by the tilted orbits of
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US Immigration-Des Moines Schools Superintendent Former Iowa superintendent charged with federal firearms offense after immigration arrest SUMMARY: Federal authorities have charged Ian Roberts, the
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US Immigration-Des Moines Schools Superintendent Former Iowa superintendent charged with federal firearms offense after immigration arrest SUMMARY: Federal authorities have charged Ian Roberts, the
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US Immigration-Des Moines Schools Superintendent Former Iowa superintendent charged with federal firearms offense after immigration arrest SUMMARY: Federal authorities have charged Ian Roberts, the
Continue ReadingTo see stories that have already moved, please visit AP Newsroom. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan ——————————-— IOWA ————-——————— US Immigration-Des Moines Schools Superintendent Former Iowa superintendent charged with federal firearms offense after immigration arrest SUMMARY: Federal authorities have charged Ian Roberts, the
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press From Mexico City to Manila, the United Kingdom to the United States, Taylor Swift fans hooted, sobbed happy tears and danced their way through the pop star’s latest album release, “The Life of a Showgirl.” Swift’s 12th studio offering dropped Friday, and her Swifties were more than ready for it. Many
Continue ReadingBy GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — More than 2 million people across Italy rallied in over 100 cities Friday for a one-day general strike to support the residents of Gaza and a humanitarian aid mission, Italy’s largest union said. Italian unions proclaimed the strike after the Global Sumud Flotilla that was trying to
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By Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Days after being fired, the top national security prosecutor in Virginia’s eastern district taped a letter outside his former office accusing top Justice Department officials of being “more concerned” with going after President Donald Trump’s perceived enemies than protecting the country’s security. The typed letter dated Friday
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By CHRISTINE FERNANDO and JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press BROADVIEW, Ill. (AP) — Federal officials reported the arrests of 13 people Friday protesting near an immigration facility outside Chicago that has been frequently targeted during President Donald Trump’s administration’s surge of immigration enforcement this fall. As Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem met with employees inside the
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By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal authorities on Friday said the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district had a history of criminal charges before his arrest by immigration agents last week, which shocked the community and prompted the school board to sue the consulting company it hired to vet candidates.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–CHIEFS-JAGUARS DESCRIPTION: Kansas City Chiefs plays Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Stadium. 300 words, more on merit. UPCOMING:
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–CHIEFS-JAGUARS DESCRIPTION: Kansas City Chiefs plays Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Stadium. 300 words, more on merit. UPCOMING:
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBN–CHIEFS-JAGUARS DESCRIPTION: Kansas City Chiefs plays Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Stadium. 300 words, more on merit. UPCOMING:
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