By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Monday’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Midday” game were: 0, 0, 4 (zero, zero, four) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Monday, the fragile ceasefire in Gaza led to freedom for Israeli hostages and the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. It was the culmination of a long and tortuous process — but it may, in the end, have been the easier part. The coming
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On Monday, the fragile ceasefire in Gaza led to freedom for Israeli hostages and the release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. It was the culmination of a long and tortuous process — but it may, in the end, have been the easier part. The coming
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By Brian Stelter, CNN (CNN) — The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Virtually every news outlet is rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign. The Pentagon Press Association, a body that represents the beat reporters, says the new policy
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Toby Talbot, a great patron of art house cinema who with her husband, Dan, helped introduce movie lovers to celebrated works from Jean-Luc Godard,Pedro Almodóvar and hundreds of other international filmmakers and to American favorites old and new, has died at age 96. Talbot died
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By ALI SWENSON and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of federal employees working on mental health services, disease outbreaks and disaster preparedness were among those hit by the Trump administration’s mass firings over the weekend, current and laid-off workers said Monday, as the administration aimed to pressure Democratic lawmakers to give
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph Animal Shelter is currently at full capacity, and has seen a rise in pets coming through the shelter over the years.
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James struck a defiant tone Monday during her first public appearance since being indicted on federal fraud charges related to her purchase of a home in Virginia. The Democrat took the stage to thunderous and sustained applause and chants of “We
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to another blood test to help assess Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of cognitive decline, providing a broader understanding of when the disease can be ruled out. Roche Diagnostics said Monday that its Elecsys pTau181 test, developed in collaboration with
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — More than 2.5 million North Carolina residents are getting over $6.5 billion in medical debt eliminated through a state government effort that offered hospitals extra Medicaid funds from Washington if they gave low- and middle-income patients the financial relief and implemented policies to discourage future
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NEW YORK (AP) — Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch was suspended for one game without pay by the NFL on Monday for unsportsmanlike conduct following a loss at Kansas City. Branch punched Chiefs receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster on Sunday night, setting off a postgame melee. “Your aggressive, non-football act was entirely unwarranted, posed a serious risk
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By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After much speculation, John Bel Edwards — a Democrat who defied near-universal predictions by being elected governor twice in the reliably red state of Louisiana — announced on Monday that he will not run for the U.S. Senate. The announcement ended months of guessing whether
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Area donors were able to donate blood at an annual FFA blood drive Monday at Savannah High School.
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By Tim Lister, Abeer Salman, Nada Bashir, Eyad Kourdi, CNN (CNN) — Israel freed almost 2,000 Palestinians from its jails on Monday as part of a Gaza ceasefire deal, prompting emotional scenes of families reunited with loved ones, some of whom had spent decades behind bars. More than 1,700 of those released were detainees who
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By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders announced plans Monday to vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S. House district map, taking up President Donald Trump’s call to secure more GOP seats nationwide and resist rival moves by Democrats. The push to retool already right-leaning boundaries
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By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press Havana (AP) — Prominent Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer left the island Monday for exile in the U.S. at the request of the U.S. government, Cuban and U.S. authorities confirmed. The director of bilateral relations for the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Alejandro García, told The Associated Press that Ferrer, 55, departed
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Slight rain chances and periods of cloud cover will persist across Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas Monday night and Tuesday, as a series of disturbances passes through the region. Seasonably cool temperatures will also linger through Tuesday, before another warming trend takes hold Wednesday.
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By Alisha Ebrahimji, Isabel Rosales, CNN (CNN) — Nearly three days after a massive blast at a Tennessee facility that specialized in making military explosives, investigators are still combing through the site where 16 people were killed in a “mass detonation” so significant experts say it produced seismic readings hundreds of miles away. Investigators from
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph School District Board of Education public hearing is set for 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, in the Benton High School auditorium.
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By FÉLIX MÁRQUEZ Associated Press POZA RICA, Mexico (AP) — Fifteen minutes before water from a flooded stream swept into her home, Lilia Ramírez took off running with what little she could carry. When she returned she found not only damage from the water that had flooded her first floor to the ceiling, but the
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce’s Shop St. Joseph Holiday Program is just around the corner and businesses can now sign up to participate.
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By John Towfighi, CNN New York (CNN) — Cryptocurrencies plunged in value on Friday in a short but significant flash crash, leaving investors with billions of dollars in losses and highlighting the volatility associated with the industry. Traders were jolted after President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on imports from China, sparking a sell-off in
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans announce plans to vote on new US House map amid nationwide redistricting battle.
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is declaring Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip over and has already barreled ahead toward far larger goals — arguing that the fragile ceasefire his administration helped broker is a chance to bring a lasting peace to the greater Middle East. Israeli
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By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is declaring Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip over and has already barreled ahead toward far larger goals — arguing that the fragile ceasefire his administration helped broker is a chance to bring a lasting peace to the greater Middle East. Israeli
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — For the first five weeks of the season, everyone seemed to be asking what was wrong with the Kansas City Chiefs. Turned out the answer might have been nothing. Their first three losses? One came thousands of miles away in Brazil, another was a
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By OLEG CETINIC and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s Nobel economics laureate Philippe Aghion reflected Monday on the creative roots that shaped his award-winning ideas about innovation and growth. Aghion paid homage to his family lineage, particularly his mother, Gaby Aghion, who founded the fashion house Chloé, after he was awarded the
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Every second Monday in October, the United States celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) — As the federal government shutdown nears the two-week mark, Columbia College is stepping in to support military students by launching a tuition assistance program.
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By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — The Tennessee Titans have fired head coach Brian Callahan after the team’s 1-5 start to the season. “After extended conversations with our owner and general manager, we met with Brian Callahan this morning to tell him we are making a change at head coach,” Titans president of football operations
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