ST. JOSEPH, MO (News-Press NOW) — Buchanan County EMS and the St. Joseph Police Department responded to a two-vehicle crash, resulting in minor injuries, around 3 p.m. on Wednesday at the corner of South 35th and Duncan Streets.
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday sued a Hong Kong jewelry company it accuses of selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry. The international media and entertainment conglomerate filed a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against the Red Earth Group, which sells jewelry online under
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The United States is set to destroy nearly 500 metric tons of US-taxpayer funded emergency food meant for starving people around the world. The high-energy, nutrient-dense biscuits have been sitting for months in a warehouse in Dubai, according to a former USAID official. Now, because they expire this month,
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By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration has paused work on a new database that would provide Americans with precise estimates of the likelihood of extreme precipitation events in a warming world — a warning of their new flash flood risk. This database would, for the first time, take the influence of climate
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — An event hosted by the wives and significant others of Kansas City Royals players aims to raise funds to grant life-changing wishes for children battling critical illnesses across the region.
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By ANDREW DeMILLO The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Arkansas can enforce its ban on critical race theory in classrooms, ruling the First Amendment doesn’t give students the right to compel the state to offer its instruction in public schools. A three-judge panel of the 8th
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By MARIA CHENG and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Eight healthy babies were born in Britain with the help of an experimental technique that uses DNA from three people to help mothers avoid passing devastating rare diseases to their children, researchers reported Wednesday. Most DNA is found in the nucleus of our cells,
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By Haley Britzky, CNN Wiesbaden, Germany (CNN) — Ukraine’s military commander in charge of the country’s drone warfare program urged the US and NATO countries alike on Wednesday to learn from Kyiv’s use of the technology on the battlefield so in the future there are not “hard questions from your children [about] when [their] father
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The liquid rule for carry-on bags could be the next airport security measure to be overhauled. Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, hinted at a possible policy change on Wednesday at the Hill Nation Summit hosted by The Hill and NewsNation in Washington. “But I will
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By Rob Hayes Click here for updates on this story ARCADIA, Calif. (KABC) — An Arcadia couple’s 21 children – all from surrogate mothers – have been placed in protective custody amid an investigation. Arcadia police stumbled upon a house on Camino Real Avenue while investigating a child abuse case involving a 2-month-old suffering a
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By Ashley Mackey Click here for updates on this story VAN NUYS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Tow truck operators accused of illegally towing vehicles and then demanding drivers pay inflated fees to get them back, have been busted. Police announced the recovery of more than 140 vehicles in Van Nuys. The operation was a joint
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Missourians will join a nationwide movement on Thursday, July 17, to honor the legacy of the late Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Herzog Contracting Corp., working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, has delayed a concrete patching project on I-229.
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By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Democrats can win back disaffected voters by addressing their everyday concerns to counter the anticipated fallout from President Donald Trump’s budget-and-policy package, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday as he began a tour of South Carolina. Offering blunt advice to fellow Democrats in the traditionally early primary state, Beshear said
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell says a local Florida sheriff’s office isn’t doing enough to protect his multimillion-dollar beachfront property from trespassers and is asking a judge for an order commanding deputies to do so. The petition filed last month by Littrell’s company in a Florida
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Twenty Democratic-led states filed suit Wednesday against the Federal Emergency Management Agency, challenging the elimination of a long-running grant program that helps communities guard against damage from natural disasters. The lawsuit contends President Donald Trump’s administration acted illegally when it announced in April that it was ending the Building
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By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska is suing Colorado over the amount of water it draws from the South Platte River, the latest in a long history of water rights disputes between the states that have been left increasingly dry by climate change. Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen and state Attorney
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By The Associated Press Pete Davidson is going to be a dad. His girlfriend, Elsie Hewitt, announced their baby news Wednesday on Instagram with an ultrasound preview. The model and actor posted photos of herself and the “Saturday Night Live” alum with the caption: “welp now everyone knows we had sex.” She included a video
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By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two California Republican state lawmakers launched a campaign Wednesday to place a measure on the 2026 ballot that would require voter identification and proof of citizenship at the polls. The proposal would require the state to verify proof of citizenship when a person registers to vote,
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By COREY WILLIAMS, BEN FINLEY and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press Gabriel House had seen better days, but for residents and their families it was the center of a caring community. The 100-unit assisted-living facility that burned Sunday night, killing nine people so far, opened in 1999 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Some photos on its Facebook
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department is testing a new mobile application designed to keep the public informed and alert.
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted a pair of Arab Gulf leaders at the White House on Wednesday as violence between Israel and Syria renewed doubts about his pledge to impose peace on the Middle East. Trump held a meeting in the Oval Office with Bahrain’s crown prince and
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By Matias Grez and Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — A Spanish government official has called for an investigation into Barcelona star Lamine Yamal’s 18th birthday party after a prominent disability activist group said organizers of the event hired people with dwarfism “solely for entertainment and attractions” in contravention of Spanish law. Yamal hosted the party
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By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired two of his top aides in an abrupt shakeup of the leadership at the nation’s sprawling health department, two people familiar with the matter told CNN. Kennedy’s chief of staff, Heather Flick, and deputy chief of staff
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By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — It will take $31.5 billion to build a new air traffic control system for the country, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told members of the House Wednesday. It is the first time the department has publicly put a dollar figure on the project. “We will need more
Continue Reading 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 ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–Minnesota Lawmakers Shot Federal grand jury indicts man accused of killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman SUMMARY: A federal grand jury has indicted
Continue Reading 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 ——————————-— MINNESOTA ————-——————— US–Minnesota Lawmakers Shot Federal grand jury indicts man accused of killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman SUMMARY: A federal grand jury has indicted
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police officers conducting a welfare check at a gated home on Monday discovered two bodies inside with gunshot wounds. The victims were identified as Robin Kaye, a longtime music supervisor for “American Idol,” and her husband, Thomas Deluca. A day later, police arrested a 22-year-old man in connection with
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By The Associated Press The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. There was no specific reason given for her firing from
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