By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala on Monday said he would not step down in the face of a sweeping probe into the city’s massive urban development over the last two decades, saying, “My hands are clean.” The city’s top urban development official, however, resigned while denying wrongdoing. Milan
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By The Associated Press The winning numbers in Monday’s drawing of the “Kansas Pick 3 Midday” game were: 2, 4, 8 (two, four, eight) For more lottery results, go to Jackpot.com | Order Lottery Tickets
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By NADIA LATHAN Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democrats showed up Monday for a special session but left open the possibility of walking out as a means to derail an unusual summer redrawing of U.S. House maps that would help protect Republicans’ slim majority in the 2026 elections. President Donald Trump
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer President Donald Trump on Monday followed up his lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over last week’s Jeffrey Epstein story by banishing one of the newspaper’s reporters from Air Force One for an upcoming Scotland trip. The moves reflect Trump’s aggressiveness toward media who displease him — even a
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer President Donald Trump on Monday followed up his lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over last week’s Jeffrey Epstein story by banishing one of the newspaper’s reporters from Air Force One for an upcoming Scotland trip. The moves reflect Trump’s aggressiveness toward media who displease him — even a
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By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law will add $3.4 trillion to federal deficits through 2034, the Congressional Budget Office reported Monday, a slight increase in the projection that takes into account the final tweaks that Republicans made before getting the legislation over the finish line. More
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By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press It took 40 years, but Pee-wee’s bike is now at the Alamo. Just not the basement. The Alamo announced last week it had acquired and would display the iconic bike from the 1985 Tim Burton film, “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure.” The San Antonio landmark plays a key role in the film
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By The Associated Press The death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner at just 54 was mourned by fans and admirers of the actor, who played the only son of Bill Cosby’s Cliff Huxtable on the landmark series “The Cosby Show” from 1984 to 1992 and also starred on the UPN sitcom “Malcolm & Eddie” with Eddie Griffin.
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By BILL BARROW Associated Press The Trump administration on Monday released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination. The digital document dump includes more than 240,000 pages of records that had been
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By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — For Black youth and teens growing up in the mid-1980s, “The Cosby Show” offered something rarely seen on television up until that time: a sitcom that placed characters who looked like them in a positive light. And Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s Theo Huxtable was the character Generation X most
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By JAVIER CORDOBA and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who as teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show” was central to a cultural phenomenon that helped define the 1980s, died at 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said Monday. Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation
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By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the deadly 2020 Breonna Taylor raid, rebuffing a U.S. Department of Justice recommendation of no prison time for the defendant. Brett Hankison, who fired
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By Brian Stelter and Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — When the White House took control of the so-called “press pool” that accompanies the president, journalists worried that the Trump administration would use that power to punish news outlets. First it was the Associated Press; now it’s the Wall Street Journal. On Monday, the White House
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was “caught off guard” by the recent Israeli strikes in Syria and on a Catholic church in Gaza, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. Her comments were a rare suggestion of daylight between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A local club is organizing a Jeep show to support The Friends of the St. Joseph Animal Shelter.
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By Cornell Barnard Click here for updates on this story DUBLIN, California (KGO) — Hundreds showed up Saturday to protest the possible reopening of a former women’s prison in Dublin with a disturbing and notorious history. The Trump administration has proposed converting the former Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin into an ICE detention center. However,
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By Austen Erblat Click here for updates on this story ARAPAHOE, Colorado (KCNC) — A baby raccoon was awoken from its adorable slumber after being spotted in the engine compartment of a semi-truck in Colorado. The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday that animal control officers were dispatched to the truck and found the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration releases thousands of FBI records on Martin Luther King Jr., despite his family’s opposition.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — St. Joseph Mayor John Josendale presented awards to individuals and organizations at the 34th Annual Mayor’s Awards for the Arts celebration on Thursday, July 17.
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KCRA, RYDE HOTEL, CNN By Andres Valle Click here for updates on this story WALNUT GROVE, California (KCRA) — Nearly all of the peacocks at the historic Ryde Hotel in Walnut Grove have gone missing within the past week, prompting an investigation by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. The Ryde Hotel, located deep in the
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — While Bronny James and other young talent were lighting up the NBA Summer League court in Las Vegas, another game was being played just a few steps away: One with scripts, storyboards and studio buzz. Inside the Thomas & Mack Center, just as the
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CNN By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an actor and artist who rose to fame as a child as Theodore Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” died Sunday in a drowning accident in Costa Rica, according to local police. He was 54. Warner was swimming at Playa Grande near the town of Cahuita in
Continue Reading By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — Malcolm-Jamal Warner, an actor and artist who rose to fame as a child as Theodore Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died, according to a source close to the actor. He was 54. Warner died in a drowning accident in Costa Rica, where he was on vacation with his
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By Lauren Schwentker Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (WRTV) — This weekend marked a painful milestone for Ashlynne Walker and her family, the 17th anniversary of the death of her sister, Chanelle Walker-Wells, who was tragically killed by gun violence. “She was a beautiful person, sister, mother, daughter and she was
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By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jimmy Buffett ’s widow has accused her late husband’s financial adviser of failing to administer the singer’s multimillion-dollar trust in good faith and ignoring what she believed were her best interests for the $275 million estate. Jane Buffett on Monday asked a judge in West
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Roughly 700 active-duty US Marines who were mobilized last month to respond to protests in Los Angeles are being sent home from the mission, the Pentagon said Monday. “With stability returning to Los Angeles, the Secretary has directed the redeployment of the 700 Marines whose presence sent a clear
Continue Reading SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Malcolm-Jamal Warner the actor who played teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” has died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said.
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By Imani Clement Click here for updates on this story MONSON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A car crashed into a Massachusetts summer camp pool, narrowly missing campers swimming in the pool, the Monson Police Department said. The incident happened Sunday afternoon at the Sunsetview Campground on Town Farm Road in Monson. The driver accidentally drove into
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billy Joel is doing much better, the “Piano Man” singer wants fans to know. In May, Joel canceled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain that has affected his “hearing, vision and balance.” The
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Former St. Joseph Central High School golf star Ali Perry, right, will receive the Bill Snyder Woman of Impact Award at this year’s Hall of Fame banquet.
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