By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Not all the scares and frights and bumps in the night are imaginary on Halloween. Each year, thousands of people land in the emergency room due to Halloween-related injuries. One of the biggest culprits may come as a surprise: It’s pumpkin carving, according to the US Consumer Product Safety
Continue ReadingST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Buchanan County Women’s Democratic Club will meet Tuesday, Oct. 28, for its monthly meeting. The meeting will take place at noon at San Jose Steakhouse, located at 4015 S. U.S. Highway 169; however, attendees who wish to order from the menu are encouraged to arrive around 11 a.m.
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By LESLIE AMBRIZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Samara Joy’s voice has the ability to transform listeners to the early jazz clubs, filling them with warm nostalgia for legends like Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. At 25, Joy is a five-time Grammy winning recording artist, whose album, “Linger Awhile” won her best new artist
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By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The cost of living got even more expensive for Americans last month, with prices rising at the fastest pace since the start of the year. Consumer prices rose 0.3% in September, which drove the annual rate of inflation from 2.9% to 3%, the highest it’s been since January, according
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press KIRYAT GAT, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday toured a U.S.-led center in Israel overseeing the Gaza ceasefire, as the Trump administration worked to set up an international security force in the territory and shore up the tenuous truce between Israel and
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By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Social Security recipients will receive a 2.8% boost in their monthly benefits in 2026, the Social Security Administration announced Friday. However, many seniors say the annual adjustments haven’t been enough to cover their ever-rising expenses. The increase for 2026 is larger than the 2.5% cost-of-living-adjustment that beneficiaries received for
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press President Donald Trump’s favorability has fallen among Hispanic adults since the beginning of the year, a new AP-NORC poll shows, a potential warning sign from a key constituency that helped secure his victory in the 2024 election. The October survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for
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By David Goldman, CNN New York (CNN) — President Donald Trump has canceled trade negotiations with Canada over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-tariff speech delivered by conservative hero and former President Ronald Reagan. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute also said the ad misrepresented the former president’s
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By Frank Nunns O’Connell, CNN (CNN) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander poured in a career-high 55 points as the Thunder outlasted the Indiana Pacers 141-135 on Thursday in what was Oklahoma City’s second straight double-overtime victory to begin the season. In a rematch of last season’s NBA Finals – which went the full seven games – the
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By Kathleen Toner, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Abandoned homes, run-down businesses, and vacant lots where condemned buildings once stood: These signs of urban decay are everywhere in Englewood, a community on Chicago’s South Side. It’s one of the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods, with a high poverty rate. Many people avoid Englewood because of these problems;
Continue ReadingBy RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful roadside bomb struck a police vehicle Friday in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the country’s northwest near the Afghan border, killing a city police chief and two junior officers, officials said. The bombing took place in the city
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — It all started out because he was playing around on Google Earth. Aaron Jackson was at a crossroads. He was living in New York City and working at a nonprofit when the city was devastated by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Stuck in his small Queens apartment, the self-described “news
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By Matthew Chance, CNN’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent (CNN) — Russia’s top economic envoy has arrived in the United States for “official” talks just days after President Donald Trump announced tough new sanctions on Russia, sources with knowledge of the visit have exclusively told CNN. Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court on Friday dismissed a case challenging the legitimacy of the main opposition party’s 2023 internal election, ruling that there was no legal basis to remove the current leadership from office. The lawsuit had sought the annulment of the 38th congress of the Republican People’s Party, or CHP, held
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By Lianne Kolirin and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — As French police, government officials and top executives at the Louvre Museum continue to scratch their heads over how thieves managed to brazenly steal priceless jewelry in broad daylight, a German company is seizing the moment and grabbing its 15 minutes of fame. Böcker, the firm
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Trump’s favorability has fallen among Hispanics, an AP-NORC poll finds, after key group helped his return to White House.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is negotiating with Qatar and Oman to acquire used Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets as part of its effort to bolster its air force capabilities, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in comments released Friday. Turkey aims to purchase dozens of Eurofighters and other advanced jets as a stopgap measure to strengthen
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By Lianne Kolirin and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — As the scandal surrounding Britain’s Prince Andrew continues to make headlines across the world, many are asking whether the disgraced royal will be able to continue living in Royal Lodge, the 30-room mansion that has been his home since 2003. But how much do we know
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By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — A type of mosquito that was believed to have evolved in the London Underground has a much older origin in the Mediterranean, according to a new genetic study. The myth originated during World War II when Londoners sheltering from German warplanes in subway stations had to endure bites from
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By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Forget France: The Louvre Museum jewelry heist was a classic case of German efficiency. Photos of a German-made freight lift that the thieves used in a lightning-fast daylight heist at the Louvre have gone viral. And its manufacturer is now riding high from the unexpected endorsement. Alexander
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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Less than six months after Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated as Tanzania’s first woman president in 2021, the country’s most famous cartoonist depicted her in a military general’s uniform under the title “Dictatoress.” In the cartoon by Tanzanian-born Gado, drawn from his base
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By Thomas Page, CNN (CNN) — Emma Stone’s algorithm is playing up again. The two-time Academy Award winner reported in May that she was being fed a load of “crazy sh*t” online since researching her part as a woman swept up by a cult in Ari Aster’s pandemic satire “Eddington,” released this summer. Stone’s latest
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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Women’s marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich has been banned for three years after testing positive for a prohibited substance earlier this year, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced on Thursday. Chepngetich tested positive for Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), a diuretic used clinically to treat fluid retention and hypertension, in a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Friday, Oct. 24. 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
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Friday, Oct. 24. 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 Kansas Daybook for Friday, Oct. 24. 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 Friday, Oct. 24. 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 Reading(Published in the St. Joseph News-Press Fri. 10/24/25) The Towers, LLC proposes to build a 140-foot monopine communications tower at the approx. vicinity of 3025 Karnes Road, St. Joseph, Buchanan, MO 64506. Lat: 39-48-1.96, Long: -94-49-6.5. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the
Continue Reading(Published in the St. Joseph News-Press Fri. 10/24/25) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Buchanan County Board of Planning and Zoning November 12, 2025 – 6:00 P.M. BUCHANAN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 411 JULES, ST JOSEPH, MISSOURI, ROOM 223. PLEASE USE EAST ENTRANCE. ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED ITEM #1: A request by Gerald & Heather Shope, 2090 NE River
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