ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Two of St. Joseph’s historic thoroughfares will undergo widespread sidewalk infrastructure upgrades with the help of Capital Improvements Program funding this year.
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Happy Gilmore” was born on the range. When Adam Sandler was a kid growing up in New Hampshire, his father was an avid golfer. He’d often take his son along to hit balls at the driving range. But Sandler was uninterested in the sport, and
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Ozzy Osbourne was an architect of heavy metal music, but that’s not the only medium in which he blazed a trail. The rocker, who died Tuesday at the age of 76, also helped shape reality television. An argument might even be made, for better or for worse, that
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By The Associated Press Heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne died this week at 76, just weeks after his farewell show and about five years after announcing he had Parkinson’s disease. Here’s what to know about the disease: What is Parkinson’s? Parkinson’s is a neurologic disease that robs people of control over their movements. It typically
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama have met for a substantive conversation exactly once: November 10, 2016, two days after Trump won his first election. It was Trump’s first time in the Oval Office. By most accounts, it was a little awkward. Eight years and eight months
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN (CNN) — In comments to the press on Tuesday, President Donald Trump suggested he is considering eliminating capital gains taxes on the sale of homes. “We are thinking about … no tax on capital gains on houses,” Trump said. Soon afterwards, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia posted her thanks to
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By Michele Gile Click here for updates on this story ORANGE COUNTY, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Orange County officials launched an investigation in Laguna Niguel Regional Park after local fishermen found a large number of dead bass floating in the water. “I saw all the dead fish,” fisherman Aidan Woodward said. “There was probably like
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By Ivana Kottasová, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine has seen the first major anti-government protests since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion over three years ago, as a move by President Volodymyr Zelensky to curb anti-corruption agencies sparked fury across the nation. Defiant crowds gathered in the capital Kyiv on Tuesday, as well as Lviv in
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By Ashley Sharp Click here for updates on this story YOLO COUNTY, California (KOVR) — The first civil lawsuit stemming from the deadly fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto that shook the entire community three weeks ago has been filed in Yolo County Superior Court. It’s not on behalf of the families of the seven workers
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, July 24 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:05 a.m. (Friday) FS2 — AFL: Western at Essendon AUTO RACING 6:25 a.m. (Friday) ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium CFL FOOTBALL 9 p.m. CBSSN — Montreal at Calgary CYCLING 6
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 16 6 .727 — Atlanta 14 10 .583 3 Indiana 12 12 .500 5 Washington 11 12 .478 5½ Chicago 7 16 .304 9½ Connecticut 3 19 .136 13 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 21 4 .840 — Phoenix 15 8 .652
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All Times EDT Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA San Diego FC 13 7 4 43 47 32 Vancouver 12 5 6 42 39 26 Minnesota United 11 5 8 41 40 27 Seattle 10 6 7 37 37 33 Los Angeles FC 10 5 6 36 39 27 Portland 9 7 7
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By Tori Mason Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — A small business in Centennial is facing a major setback two months after opening. Pyre Vape and Glass was one of several vape shops across the Denver metro area targeted in a string of coordinated overnight burglaries. Surveillance footage from Pyre
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By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press The fiercest voices of dissent against President Nayib Bukele have long feared a widespread crackdown. They weathered police raids on their homes, watched their friends being thrown into jail and jumped between safe houses so they can stay in El Salvador. Then they received a warning: Leave immediately. It’s exile
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph Symphony launched a new program for kids to learn, enjoy and create classical harmonies.
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 60 42 .588 — New York 56 46 .549 4 Boston 55 49 .529 6 Tampa Bay 53 50 .515 7½ Baltimore 44 57 .436 15½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 60 43 .583 — Cleveland 51 50 .505 8 Kansas City 50
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 59 44 .573 — Philadelphia 58 44 .569 ½ Miami 48 53 .475 10 Atlanta 44 57 .436 14 Washington 41 61 .402 17½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 61 41 .598 — Chicago 60 42 .588 1 Cincinnati 53 50 .515
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By Alan Gionet Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — Lawyers for convicted former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters on Tuesday tried to get a federal court in Denver to let her out on bond as they appeal her case in the Colorado State Court of Appeals. But the magistrate judge
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 60 42 .588 — New York 56 46 .549 4 Boston 55 49 .529 6 Tampa Bay 53 50 .515 7½ Baltimore 44 57 .436 15½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 60 43 .583 — Cleveland 51 50 .505 8 Kansas City 50
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF Toronto 60 42 .588 — — 6-4 W-1 37-17 23-25 474 442 32 New York 56 46 .549 4 +2 5-5 L-1 30-19 26-27 530 424 106 Boston 55 49 .529 6 — 6-4 W-1 32-20
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Adv26-27 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, July 28 BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 6 p.m. FS1 — The Basketball Tournament: TBD MLB BASEBALL 9:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Mets at San Diego (9:40 p.m.) OR Pittsburgh at San Francisco (9:45 p.m.) SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 7:55 p.m. FS1 —
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — They’re not going their own way anymore. After much speculation, Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham announced Wednesday the reissue of “Buckingham Nicks,” more than 50 years after the release of their only full-length album as a duo. Originally released in 1973, “Buckingham Nicks”
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world’s smallest-known snake. Some scientists worried that maybe the Barbados threadsnake had become extinct, but one sunny morning, Connor Blades lifted a rock in a tiny forest in the eastern Caribbean island and held his
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly a decade, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been using science to warn about evermore dangerous climate change in increasingly urgent tones. Now he’s enlisting something seemingly more important to the world’s powerful: Money. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Guterres
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV and MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Activists on Wednesday called for more protests of a new law that they say weakens Ukraine’s anti-corruption watchdogs, following the first major anti-government demonstration in over three years of war. The legislation, which has also drawn rebukes from European Union officials and international
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By Jermont Terry Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — In Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood, a late-night basketball league is bringing much more than friendly competition to the Salvation Army’s Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center. The after-hours action on the hardwood at the facility, at 1250 W. 119th St.,
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By Amelia Mugavero Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — A North Texas teenager is using her love for music — and her heart for others — to help victims of the deadly flooding in Kerr County. Seventeen-year-old Charlotte March, of University Park, has loved music all her life, sharing her
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By The Associated Press A subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight voted Wednesday to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Three Republicans on the panel voted with Democrats for the subpoena, sending it through on an 8-2 vote tally. Republican subcommittee chairman, Rep. Clay Higgins
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CNN By Danya Gainor, Lauren Mascarenhas, Isabel Rosales, Meridith Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A cell phone video showing a White police officer in Jacksonville, Florida, striking a Black man in the face during a February traffic stop before officers dragged the driver from his car has sparked outrage online as conflicting accounts of the incident
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Capitol Federal Financial Inc. (CFFN) on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of $18.4 million. On a per-share basis, the Topeka, Kansas-based company said it had profit of 14 cents. The holding company for Capitol Federal Savings Bank posted revenue of $105 million in the period. Its adjusted
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