By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — At 100 years old, Lee Grant knows the cost of McCarthyism better than almost anyone else on the planet. One of the last surviving actors to be blacklisted during the anti-communist Red Scare, the Academy Award-winning performer is speaking out against Florida’s new social
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Firefighters and army helicopters battled a fire Wednesday that burned through a neighborhood of old wooden houses in a fishing town in southwestern Japan, killing one person, injuring another and forcing more than 170 people to evacuate. A man in his 70s was unaccounted for and firefighters
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By Danya Gainor, CNN (CNN) — On Saturday evening, Samantha Surovtsev squinted at her phone, blinking through tears as she rushed to order a set of Eastern European power adapters. Despite the 80-degree North Texas heat, she then drove to Old Navy and bought two bulky winter coats. When the adapters arrived Sunday, she tucked
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By JOSH FUNK and RIO YAMAT AP Transportation and Airlines Writers The flight disruptions during the record government shutdown that ended last week inspired a rare act of bipartisanship in Washington on Tuesday, when congressional representatives from both parties introduced legislation that would allow air traffic controllers to get paid during future shutdowns. The bill
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Tuesday No. 1 Purdue (4-0) did not play. Next: vs. Memphis, Thursday. No. 2 Houston (4-0) did not play. Next: vs. Rider, Thursday. No. 3 UConn (4-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 4 Arizona, Wednesday. No. 4 Arizona (4-0) did not play. Next: at No. 3 UConn, Wednesday. No. 5 Duke (5-0) beat No.
Continue Reading Tuesday No. 1 UConn (4-0) did not play. Next: vs. No. 6 Michigan, Friday. No. 2 South Carolina (4-0) did not play. Next: vs. Winthrop, Wednesday. No. 3 UCLA (5-0) did not play. Next: vs. Southern University, Sunday. No. 4 Texas (4-0) did not play. Next: vs. James Madison, Wednesday. No. 5 LSU (5-0) did
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ten Democratic secretaries of state asked the Trump administration Tuesday to provide more information about its wide-ranging efforts to seek statewide voter registration lists, citing concerns that federal agencies have apparently misled them and might be entering the data in a program used to verify U.S.
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By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Facing a public backlash, the commission that oversees Alabama Public Television voted Tuesday to continue paying its contract with PBS, rejecting an effort — at least for now — to be the first state to cut ties with the broadcast giant because of politics and federal
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TRENTON, Mo. (KQTV) — The City of Trenton is working toward reviving its downtown, just in time for the holidays.
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MAYSVILLE, Mo. (KQTV) — The city of Maysville came together to congratulate the opening of a memory care unit at Sunset Home Nursing and Rehabilitation with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The winning numbers in Tuesday’s drawing of the “Missouri Pick 3 Midday” game were: 3, 3, 6 (three, three, six) 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’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Midday” game were: 1, 5, 7 (one, five, seven) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — Upon the open grasslands of what is now Kazakhstan, there once stood a Bronze Age settlement that may have served as a center of exchange and power around 1600 BC. The settlement — called Semiyarka and nicknamed “The City of Seven Ravines” for its location overlooking a network of
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Both the House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.
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By Lisa Eadicicco, CNN (CNN) — Having problems with your favorite websites lately? It’s not just you. Web infrastructure provider Cloudflare experienced a disruption on Tuesday that temporarily impacted a swath of online services – from Spotify to ChatGPT and even President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform – marking the latest in a string of
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (KQTV) — A recent post made by a St. Joseph School District Board of Education Member details that the district will revisit long-debated consolidation plans, dive into an in-depth financial audit and ultimately guide some of the most consequential decisions the board has faced this year in terms of finances.
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By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — An Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon killed 13 people on Tuesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry. Several others were injured by the strike on the Ain al-Hilweh camp on the outskirts of the coastal city of Sidon, the ministry said, adding that ambulances
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Rapper Nicki Minaj took up President Donald Trump’s allegations that Christians are persecuted in Nigeria, saying Tuesday at a United Nations event organized by the U.S. that she wants to shine a spotlight on “the deadly threat.” Trump has said Christianity faces an “existential threat” in Nigeria and has told the
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By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press President Donald Trump is insisting that the redistricting fight in Indiana is not over even as the GOP-led state Senate again refused Tuesday to return to the Capitol this year for a special session to draw new congressional maps. Divisions among Indiana’s GOP lawmakers were on full display as senators
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The City of St. Joseph is seeking the input of local youth in an effort to promote civic engagement and explore new ways to problem solve in local government.
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By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee National Guard will keep supporting a crime-fighting task force ordered by President Donald Trump in Memphis after a judge blocked the troops from operating in the city, but she kept the ruling paused while the state appeals, Gov. Bill Lee’s office said Tuesday. Davidson
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By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Both Democrats and Republicans alike readied for a unanimous House vote Tuesday to pass a bill to force the release of the c ase files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But in the end, one lawmaker stood alone in opposition: Republican Rep. Clay Higgins. Higgins,
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump denounced ABC News’ Mary Bruce as a “terrible reporter” Tuesday and threatened the network’s license to broadcast after she asked him three sharp questions at the White House. The network’s chief White House correspondent was among reporters let into the Oval Office
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump denounced ABC News’ Mary Bruce as a “terrible reporter” Tuesday and threatened the network’s license to broadcast after she asked him three sharp questions at the White House. The network’s chief White House correspondent was among reporters let into the Oval Office
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By MOHAMMAD ZAATARI Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed 13 people and wounded several others, state media and government officials said. It was the deadliest strike on Lebanon since a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war a year ago. The drone strike
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian authorities on Tuesday railed against comments by Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz in which he appeared to look down on Belem, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest where the United Nations’ Climate Summit is taking place. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Para
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By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida elections officials have taken early steps under pressure from activists to advance a proposed initiative to legalize recreational marijuana to next year’s ballot, legal filings show. The procedural move comes after the campaign behind the issue, Smart & Safe Florida, filed a complaint
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate agrees to pass bill to force release of Epstein files, sending Trump legislation he initially opposed.
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By TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday strongly backed U.S. bishops who condemned the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, as he urged the American people to listen to them and treat migrants humanely. History’s first American pope was asked about the “special message” the U.S. Conference of Catholic
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