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Month: November 2025

States and cities challenge Trump policy overhauling public service loan forgiveness

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 20 Democrat-led states are challenging a new Trump administration policy designed to block nonprofit and government workers from a student loan cancellation program if federal officials determine their employer has a “substantial illegal purpose.” The policy is aimed primarily at organizations that work with

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By 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. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG 12-PLAYOFF PUSH DESCRIPTION: For the first time, the Big 12 is in the fight for multiple

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By 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. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG 12-PLAYOFF PUSH DESCRIPTION: For the first time, the Big 12 is in the fight for multiple

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By 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. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG 12-PLAYOFF PUSH DESCRIPTION: For the first time, the Big 12 is in the fight for multiple

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Great Plains Lookahead Digest

By 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. —————————— IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— FBC–BIG 12-PLAYOFF PUSH DESCRIPTION: For the first time, the Big 12 is in the fight for multiple

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Great Plains News Digest

To 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 ——————————-— KANSAS ————-——————— US–Government Shutdown-Utility Freeze Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families SUMMARY: Millions of low-income families may face delays

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Great Plains News Digest

To 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 ——————————-— KANSAS ————-——————— US–Government Shutdown-Utility Freeze Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families SUMMARY: Millions of low-income families may face delays

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Great Plains News Digest

To 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 ——————————-— KANSAS ————-——————— US–Government Shutdown-Utility Freeze Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families SUMMARY: Millions of low-income families may face delays

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Great Plains News Digest

To 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 ——————————-— KANSAS ————-——————— US–Government Shutdown-Utility Freeze Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families SUMMARY: Millions of low-income families may face delays

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Hearings focus on National Guard deployments in the nation’s capital and Memphis, Tennessee

By JOHN RABY and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Courts in Tennessee and West Virginia heard arguments Monday challenging the deployment of their states’ National Guard troops to patrol the streets of Memphis and Washington, D.C., respectively, as part of President Donald Trump’s push to send the military into Democratic-run cities. Judges in West Virginia and

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Michael King, Michael Lorenzen and Mitch Garver become free agents after mutual options are declined

NEW YORK (AP) — Pitchers Michael King and Michael Lorenzen and catcher Mitch Garver became free agents Monday when their mutual options for 2026 were declined. King declined his option with San Diego, while Kansas City turned down Lorenzen and Seattle declined Garver. Milwaukee pitcher Brandon Woodruff declined a $20 million mutual option in favor

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NBA Glance

All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 5 1 .833 — New York 4 3 .571 1½ Toronto 3 4 .429 2½ Boston 3 5 .375 3 Brooklyn 0 7 .000 5½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 3 3 .500 — Atlanta 3 4 .429 ½ Orlando 3

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News-Press & Gazette Company partnering with KQTV to strengthen local news coverage

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) – St. Joseph based News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) and Heartland Media have announced a partnership, effective today, that will combine broadcast news resources under the KQ2 Hometown News brand. The media companies have entered into a Shared Services Agreement to strengthen local journalism in St. Joseph and across the

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Changing Times

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) – NewspressNow and KQTV have formed a new partnership to strengthen the news and information we provide to the St. Joseph region. This shared service agreement combines the resources of both operations, allowing us to deliver more complete and comprehensive coverage of our area. At the same time, the St.

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A man stands in front of a damaged house following a deadly attack in Yelwata

The violence in Nigeria that Trump cites as a reason for military strikes is not limited to Christians

By Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump caused alarm across Nigeria over the weekend when he said he was contemplating military action in Africa’s most populous nation in response to what he claimed was a “mass slaughter” of Christians by Islamist insurgents. The reality on the ground, experts and analysts say, is

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