Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Wednesday, Nov. 05. 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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New York (CNN) — The ongoing government shutdown isn’t just the longest in American history. It’s likely the most damaging, too.
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CNN, SENATE TV By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The last time the federal government ran out of money, President Donald Trump wanted the world to know he was making sacrifices. “I am all alone (poor me) in the White House,” he tweeted on Christmas Eve 2018, left behind in dreary, shutdown Washington, DC, as
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By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore seized hundreds of millions of dollars in assets belonging to a Cambodian businessman whom the U.S. accuses of heading a global scam syndicate. It’s the latest in a string of investigations and asset seizures that began when American prosecutors charged
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By JOHN HANNA and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Democrats Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards advanced to a runoff Tuesday night in a special election for a U.S. House seat that has been vacant since March and will narrow the GOP’s slim majority once a winner is sworn in. Menefee, who currently serves
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Get rid of the board I’m calling about the school system wanting to cut back on custodians and teachers. What about getting rid of the school board? All they’re doing is spending money for useless things. Shame on the Democrats The big, beautiful bill passed, and the Democrats didn’t like it. Now they’re holding the
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By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, eager to raise his national profile as a Democrat willing to aggressively confront President Donald Trump, scored a campaign victory that may help his party in the midterms as he moves toward a White House run. With
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By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Democratic Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell faces a tough reelection fight against progressive activist Katie Wilson as voters in the liberal city recoil from President Donald Trump’s second term and question whether the incumbent has done enough to address public safety, homelessness and affordability. Harrell, an attorney who
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US ELECTION 2025-MAYOR-MINNEAPOLIS DESCRIPTION: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has a 10-point lead over his closest challenger, state
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US ELECTION 2025-MAYOR-MINNEAPOLIS DESCRIPTION: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has a 10-point lead over his closest challenger, state
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US ELECTION 2025-MAYOR-MINNEAPOLIS DESCRIPTION: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has a 10-point lead over his closest challenger, state
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US ELECTION 2025-MAYOR-MINNEAPOLIS DESCRIPTION: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has a 10-point lead over his closest challenger, state
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Jacob Ryan Holler, 23, of St. Joseph, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in a St. Joseph hospital. Born on Jan. 24, 2002, in Kansas City, Missouri. Jacob was a graduate of Helen Davis school. He was known for his great smile, laugh, and the best kisses. Jacob was a very smart and ornery
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Sharon Marilyn Lund, born on March 23, 1941, in Los Angeles, California, passed away peacefully on Oct. 31, 2025, in Overland Park, Kansas. Though small in stature, Sharon was a tiny lady with a big personality whose humor, warmth, and love filled every space she entered. Born to her loving parents,
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Late Notices Judith M. Carter HIAWATHA, Kan. – Judith Marie “Judy” Carter, 81, died Nov. 1, 2025. www.chapeloaksfuneralhome.com Barbara J. Crockett Barbara Joyce Crockett, 94, of St. Joseph, died Oct. 30, 2025. Visitation Nov. 12 from 10 a.m. to noon at Heaton-Bowman-Smith & Sidenfaden Chapel. Private interment will be in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas.
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By The Associated Press NFL Thursday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at DENVER 8½ 8½ (42½) Las Vegas Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at INDIANAPOLIS 1½ 6½ (48½) Atlanta Buffalo 8½ 9½ (49½) at MIAMI Cleveland 1½ 2½ (37½) at NY JETS at CAROLINA 3½ 5½ (39½) New Orleans at CHICAGO 3 4½ (47½)
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards advanced to a runoff to fill Texas’ 18th Congressional District on Tuesday. Neither candidate received the majority of the vote in the all-party contest, which is necessary to win the seat outright. Gov. Greg Abbott will set the date for a special runoff election. The Houston-based seat
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Christian Menefee and Amanda Edwards advance to runoff for U.S. House in Texas’ 18th Congressional District.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Iowa Pick 3 Evening” game were: 3, 3, 4 (three, three, 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 Tuesday evening’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Evening” game were: 5, 7, 9 (five, seven, nine) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By LINLEY SANDERS, JOSH BOAK, and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot in Tuesday’s elections, but many voters in key races made their choice in opposition to him or considered him to be irrelevant, according to the AP Voter Poll. It was hardly an endorsement of his
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By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at Senate Republicans to end the government shutdown, now the longest ever at 36 days, blaming the impasse for the party’s defeat in closely-watched elections while Democrats, emboldened by their off-year victories, dug in for a fight.
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By MELINA WALLING and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When summer heat comes to the Arara neighborhood in northern Rio, it lingers, baking the red brick and concrete that make up many of the buildings long after the sun has gone down. Luis Cassiano, who’s lived here more than 30 years,
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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When he announced his run for mayor last October, Zohran Mamdani was a state lawmaker unknown to most New York City residents. But that was before the 34-year-old democratic socialist crashed the national political scene with a stunning upset over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
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By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill won the race for governor in New Jersey, maintaining Democratic control of the seat one year after the state showed signs of shifting toward President Donald Trump. Sherrill, who will be the first female Democratic governor in the state’s history, defeated Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli,
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By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist whose focus on working-class issues and personal magnetism attracted a diverse coalition of supporters to propel a once-underdog campaign, has won New York City’s general election race for mayor. Mamdani beat former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a second time, shattering the political scion’s hopes of a
Continue Reading WUSA, SPECTRUM-NEWS-NY1, WABC, CNN By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist whose focus on working-class issues and personal magnetism attracted a diverse coalition of supporters to propel a once-underdog campaign, has won New York City’s general election race for mayor. Mamdani beat former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a second time, shattering the
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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three lower courts have ruled illegal President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose worldwide tariffs. Now the Supreme Court, with three justices Trump appointed and generally favorable to muscular presidential power, will have the final word. In roughly two dozen emergency appeals, the justices have
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By CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered authorities to improve a Chicago-area immigration facility after a group of detainees sued, alleging they were being kept in “inhumane” conditions. The order will be in effect for 14 days. It requires officials to provide detainees at a U.S. Immigration and
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