By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union rolled out a new defense package on Wednesday to allow tanks and troops to deploy more rapidly across the many borders of the 27-nation bloc in the event of a conflict, as concern mounts that Russia is already probing its defenses. Since Russia’s invasion
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By OLGA FEDOROVA and YUKI IWAMURA Associated Press A girl clings to her asylum-seeking father as he is swarmed by agents outside an immigration court in lower Manhattan. Another man, the fear clear on his face, turns back to his wife and daughters as an agent leads him away. Outside courtroom after courtroom, masked immigration
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LONDON (AP) — Britain warned Russia on Wednesday that it was ready to deal with any incursions into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was detected on the edge of U.K. waters north of Scotland. Defense Secretary John Healey said on Wednesday that the Russian vessel had directed lasers at pilots of surveillance aircraft
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By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Christmas is coming early for those who love spending the holidays with the Stone family. Thomas Bezucha, the writer-director behind the 2005 perennial yuletide favorite “The Family Stone,” is working on a sequel to the movie, he tells CNN. Bezucha shared the news during an interview about working with
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CNN, POOL, WCCO, WTVD, WCNC, WRAL, WBTV, SEE PREFONTS By Taylor Romine, Priscilla Alvarez, Rebekah Riess, Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — Rheba Hamilton was sipping coffee on her porch Saturday morning as she watched the two workers she‘d hired begin draping her front yard tree with lights in a quiet Charlotte, North Carolina, neighborhood. Suddenly,
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By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — High above the North Pole, in a slice of atmosphere rarely noticed and even less understood, a transformation is underway. Over the next 10 days, changes in the stratosphere will upend weather patterns and set the stage for a cold, snowy December across parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It
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By J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE and JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican and longtime Trump loyalist, stood with several Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivors outside the Capitol on Tuesday morning, along with other Republican lawmakers, before Congress voted to force the Justice Department to release its files on
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press The government lawyer knew what was coming as she stood inside a courtroom and texted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent waiting in a corridor a few feet away. “I can’t do this,” the lawyer said in a text message as she looked at her docket of
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — Target’s problems are intensifying. In the latest signal of trouble at the struggling company, Target posted another drop in sales during its latest quarter and cut its full-year profit guidance Wednesday. Target’s stock slipped 1% during pre-market trading. Heading into Wednesday, shares had tumbled roughly 35% this
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — For more than two centuries, the Antico Caffè Greco has been part of the cultural landscape of Rome. Authors and artists, movie stars and princesses — even cowboys — have all made the pilgrimage to Via dei Condotti, at the foot of the Spanish Steps, to soak
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A large Russian drone and missile barrage on Ukraine’s western city of Ternopil killed at least 25 people, including three children, authorities said Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Turkey in search of diplomatic support for his fight against Russia’s invasion. The nighttime attack hit
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LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang will start a two-day visit to the southern African nation of Zambia on Wednesday that will focus on the $1.4 billion refurbishment of a Cold War-era railway line to further improve China’s access to critical minerals. China is heavily invested in mining in Zambia, which is one
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By Hanna Park, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Former Harvard president Larry Summers will not finish out the semester in his instructor role, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed, as the university investigates emails from Jeffrey Epstein released last week. “Mr. Summers has decided it’s in the best interest of the Center for him to go on
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish authorities have arrested several people in connection with a blast that damaged a rail line linking Warsaw to the Ukrainian border over the weekend, state media reported Wednesday. Jacek Dobrzyński, the spokesman for Poland’s secret services minister, said the suspects were being questioned but did not provide details on how
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By HUSSEIN MALLA, BASSEM MROUE and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — The Israeli military carried out barrages of airstrikes in southern Lebanon Wednesday on what it said were Hezbollah sites, including weapons storage facilities, after a drone strike earlier in the day killed one person and wounded several others, including students on
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Toronto 121 Philadelphia 112 Final Indiana 127 Charlotte 118 Final Houston 114 Cleveland 104 Final Miami 110 Golden State 96 Final Oklahoma City 113 Sacramento 99 Final Denver 125 New Orleans 118 Final Minnesota 120 Washington 109 Final New York 113 Dallas 111 Final Chicago 122 Portland
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Kansas Daybook for Wednesday, Nov. 19. 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
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Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Wednesday, Nov. 19. 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 ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Wednesday released a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with all its 21 crew members, days after Tehran seized the ship without explanation, the vessel’s managers said. Tehran had no immediate comment on the release of the Talara, which marked the first ship seizure by
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Veer off the usual pattern This is about the consideration of putting in new housing on 36th Street. I would just encourage the city to consider veering a little from their usual pattern of flash and burn and leaving the old parts of the city to fend for themselves. There are so many areas, particularly
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. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–IMPACT FRESHMAN DESCRIPTION: The recent trend in college basketball has been to build rosters through the transfer
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. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–IMPACT FRESHMAN DESCRIPTION: The recent trend in college basketball has been to build rosters through the transfer
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. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–IMPACT FRESHMAN DESCRIPTION: The recent trend in college basketball has been to build rosters through the transfer
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. —————————— KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BKC–IMPACT FRESHMAN DESCRIPTION: The recent trend in college basketball has been to build rosters through the transfer
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STEWARTSVILLE, Mo. – Robert “Bob” Duane Antle, age 92, was born Aug. 31, 1933, in King City, Missouri, the son of Leavern and Eva Caroline (Taylor) Antle and passed away on Nov. 16, 2025. Bob faithfully served his country in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. After returning home, he married the love
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OREGON, Mo. – Mary Lou Betts, 85, Oregon, Missouri, passed away Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, at Oregon Health Care surrounded by her family. Farewell Services and Public Livestream 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Interment Mount Auburn Cemetery. The family will gather with friends one hour prior to the service. The
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Jesus Christ fulfilled His promise to Betty Kingsley on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, when He welcomed her into her eternal home. She was born Oct. 29, 1930, in New Boston, Ohio, beloved daughter of the late Bertha and Warnie Blanton. After accepting Jesus Christ’s love and grace in 1980, Betty became an “everyday evangelist” sharing
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Elizabeth “Beth” Ann Cota Kosse, aged 61, of St. Joseph, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. She was born on May 8, 1964, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the beloved daughter of the late Elizabeth “Betty” and Richard “Dick” Cota. Beth was a proud graduate of O’Gorman Catholic High School
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