By GHAYA BEN MBAREK Associated Press HAMMAM CHOTT, Tunisia (AP) — Jamel Bahrini remembers the smell of dust and blood that clung to the air when he arrived at the scene of the strike in Tunisia ‘s capital 40 years ago, among hundreds of other first responders. Israeli warplanes had just struck the Palestine Liberation
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Keith Urban is singing a different tune these days. In a recent video shared with up-and-coming country singer Maggie Baugh, she performs with Urban on his song, “The Fighter.” On the original, which features his fellow country star Carrie Underwood, Urban sings, “When they’re tryna get to you,
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The captain of an oil tanker that authorities in France have detained off the country’s Atlantic coast and which President Emmanuel Macron has linked to Russia will go on trial in February over the crew’s alleged refusal to cooperate, a French prosecutor said Thursday. Macron has alleged
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake shook Istanbul and other parts of northwestern Turkey on Thursday, Turkey’s emergency services said. The quake sent people running from buildings and forced evacuations from schools, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The temblor with a preliminary 5 magnitude was centered in the Sea
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — October is here, and there’s no shortage of ways to get out and enjoy the weekend. Whether you’re in the mood for shopping, live theatre or fall fun, it’s time to See St. Joseph.
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By Dana Santas, CNN (CNN) — When your shoulders ache or feel stiff, your first instinct might be to stretch or massage them. But the real culprit behind most shoulder problems isn’t surface-level tension — it’s more often a lack of shoulder blade stability. Office workers, professional athletes and older adults face scapular stability challenges
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By WAFAA SHURAFA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 57 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, health officials said Thursday, as Hamas was still considering its response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for ending the nearly two-year war. The plan requires Hamas to
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — Berkshire Hathaway, the Warren Buffett-owned conglomerate, has announced its biggest deal in three years with the planned acquisition of OxyChem for $9.7 billion. This will be Buffett’s biggest deal since he paid $11.6 billion for Alleghany, an insurance company, in 2022. Buffett, 95, recently announced he was
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers have observed a planet that in some ways behaves more like a star — including a massive growth spurt unlike anything witnessed before in a free-floating planet. The rogue planet, which does not orbit any star, is called Cha 1107-7626 and is outside of our solar system, 620
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway is buying Occidental Petroleum’s chemical division for $9.7 billion in what may be the last big acquisition involving the consummate dealmaker, Warren Buffett. Buffett wasn’t mentioned anywhere in materials released by Berkshire Hathaway discussing the deal Thursday, potentially signaling a passing of the
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CNN By Peter Wilkinson and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — At least two people were killed in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, northern England, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Three other people are in a serious condition after the incident in Crumpsall, north
Continue Reading By Peter Wilkinson and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — At least two Jewish worshippers were killed and several others injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in the English city of Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism. Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer flew back to the UK
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — English golfer Tyrrell Hatton has underlined that insults are not “the way forward” when it comes to fan behavior at the Ryder Cup, several days after his victory with Team Europe. The language used by American fans towards European players at Bethpage Black became a flashpoint during last weekend’s
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By IBRAHIM HAZBOUN and RENATA BRITO Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israeli police officers were deployed Thursday to the southern port of Ashdod to process some 450 international activists detained by Israeli naval forces hours earlier in the Mediterranean Sea, Israeli authorities said. The activists, including European lawmakers, were taking part of a
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY, PAN PYLAS and IAN HODGSON Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue Thursday in northern England and stabbed two of them to death in what police called a terrorist attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year. Officers shot and killed the
Continue ReadingBy AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press BOGO, Philippines (AP) — When firefighters brought out the body of his 4-year-old son in a bag from a budget hotel demolished by a 6.9-magnitude earthquake in the central Philippines, Isagani Gelig stooped down and gently stroked the black cadaver bag for several minutes, trying to feel
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — A new rule is going into effect next year that will affect high earners who make “catch-up contributions” in their 401(k)s or other tax-deferred workplace retirement plans. The rule, which was created under the Secure 2.0 retirement law, will essentially eliminate the immediate tax break for catch-up contributions that
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Tracking continued October heat
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Detroit 6 Cleveland 3 Final N.Y. Yankees 4 Boston 0 ___ NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Final Chicago Cubs 3 San Diego 1 ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Final New York 99 Philadelphia 84 ___ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON Final New Jersey 3 N-Y Rangers 1 Final N-Y Islanders
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Kansas Daybook for Thursday, Oct. 02. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Iowa Daybook for Thursday, Oct. 02. 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 Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Thursday, Oct. 02. 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 ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Thursday, Oct. 02. 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
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CNN, POOL, SEE PREFONTS By Tami Luhby, Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — A self-described national park fanatic, Lucas Wall was excited to start a weeklong trip to visit seven National Park Service sites in Virginia on Thursday. The Washington, DC, resident prepaid for a rental car to drive to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park,
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By HANNA ARHIROVA and BARRY HATTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s sustained bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid is deepening concerns about the safety of the country’s nuclear facilities after a drone knocked out power for more than three hours to the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in northern Ukraine, officials said
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DEKALB COUNTY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A Cameron, Missouri, man is dead after a one-car crash near that town Wednesday morning.
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Let’s face it Let’s just face it, America is doing better than ever under the leadership of Donald Trump. Our country is finally back on track. We’ve had obviously no leadership or even a president for the last four years under Joe Biden. The Democrats are jealous. They’ve done absolutely nothing. They have absolutely nothing
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By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish journalist Fatih Altayli has been imprisoned, but his reporting remains defiantly alive. From behind bars, the veteran journalist delivers news and sharp political commentary on his YouTube channel through letters relayed by his lawyers. The letters are read aloud by an assistant in an initiative
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Backstage compiled a list of movies and TV shows casting in Kansas City.
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president apologized Thursday for poorly managed foreign adoption programs that were rife with abuses and fraud, months after the country’s truth commission admitted state responsibilities for such practices for the first time. President Lee Jae Myung said in a Facebook post that he
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