Cole County Judge Brian Stumpe on Monday denied the temporary restraining order the Missouri National Education Association sought against House Bill 12, which would give $50 million to the Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program for families to use on private school tuition.
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By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Efforts by U.S. immigration officials to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, a country to which the Salvadoran national has no ties, has again focused attention on efforts by the Trump administration to send people to countries other than their own. The administration’s agreements with so-called
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By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Efforts by U.S. immigration officials to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, a country to which the Salvadoran national has no ties, has again focused attention on efforts by the Trump administration to send people to countries other than their own. The administration’s agreements with so-called
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By Landon Haaf Click here for updates on this story Colorado (KMGH) — For the second time in five days, law enforcement officers on Friday tracked down a runaway emu on the streets of the Front Range. This time it was animal control officers with the Weld County Sheriff’s Office who wrangled one of the
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By Chris Isidore, Auzinea Bacon, CNN (CNN) — Move over, CEOs. Someone else might be angling to weigh in on your company: the president of the United States. President Donald Trump has brought a transactional mindset to the White House, one in which the US government isn’t just a regulator but a participant. The administration
Continue ReadingIn the Monday, Aug. 25 eEdition of the St. Joseph News-Press, an article about a Patriots Day event honoring veterans was run on Page B1. The article incorrectly listed the number of the Cameron Veterans Home as 816-632-6100. The number is actually: 816-632-6010. The News-Press apologizes for this error.
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By Alyssa Bethencourt Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — State inspectors discovered bodies stored improperly for months at McDermott’s Funeral and Cremation Service before its sudden shutdown, leaving families uncertain about the ashes they received or will receive from their loved ones. For Dorothy Duran, losing her mother was devastating
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By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the estate of the late Jeffrey Epstein on Monday as congressional lawmakers try to determine who was connected to the disgraced financier and whether prosecutors mishandled his case. The committee’s subpoena is the latest effort by both Republicans and Democrats to respond
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By MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday threatening to withhold or revoke federal funding to local and state governments that offer cashless bail, arguing that it is a threat to public safety. “No cash. Come back in a couple of months, we’ll give you a trial. You never
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Property owners requesting safety checks of their businesses by the St. Joseph Police Department are now seeing extra signs of security from officers.
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By DASHA LITVINOVA and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Monday condemned Woody Allen for speaking virtually at a Russian film festival over the weekend, calling his participation in the event “a disgrace and an insult” to the victims of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to Russian media, Allen spoke Sunday
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By Shannon Becker Click here for updates on this story Missouri (KOAM) — Peanut the conservation turtle turns 41! Her shell was transformed into the shape it is by litter, a cast-off plastic six-pack ring. Missouri Dept Conservation (MDC) have given Peanut a wonderful life and she has been able to remind Missourians — and
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By Julian Paras Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — Early Thursday morning, thieves used a stolen car as a battering ram to break into Dark Matter Cannabis in Northeast Albuquerque, leaving the business with thousands of dollars in damages and stolen products. Hannah Renick, the general manager of the
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By Graham Cawthon Click here for updates on this story CONWAY, South Carolina (WJCL) — One person has been arrested, and 39 dogs have been seized in connection with an animal care and treatment case in South Carolina. Herbert Dozier, of Conway, faces 78 charges, including 39 felony counts of ill-treatment of animals. On Thursday,
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By Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — While a recent bout with Covid-19 didn’t give Petra Kvitova the proper preparation she probably would have liked, the two-time Wimbledon champion did successfully make her farewell to tennis the way she wanted – at the US Open. After her 6-1, 6-0 defeat to Frenchwoman Diane Parry, Kvitova told
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Temperatures across the St. Joseph region have remained well below average, bringing cool, fall-like mornings to the area.
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By Gabe Cohen, CNN (CNN) — More than 180 current and former Federal Emergency Management Agency employees – most signing anonymously – sent a sharply worded letter to Congress on Monday, warning that the Trump administration’s sweeping overhaul is gutting the disaster relief agency’s authority and capabilities, undoing two decades of progress since the failures
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By Grace Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story RICEBORO, Georgia (WJCL) — A family in Riceboro continues to search for answers in the disappearance of their loved one, Harold Eugene Clark Sr., who has been missing since Dec. 21, 2023. Harold, a 64-year-old husband, father, and grandfather, has never missed a high school
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By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Texas manufacturers continue to express frustration over the Trump administration’s volatile tariff playbook and the impact of high borrowing costs. “Tariff Bingo is tough,” one furniture manufacturer told the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in a survey released Monday. “We are probably going out of business within
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By Jazmon DeJarnette Click here for updates on this story SEASIDE, California (KSBW) — In Seaside, city council passed an ordinance last night to crack down on what the homeless community can and cannot do in Seaside. Alexis Garcia-Arrazola, Seaside City Council said, “We needed to take aggressive measures to ensure the safety of both
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The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported 843 school bus crashes statewide, resulting in seven deaths in 2024.
Continue ReadingTo 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–Democrats ‘No magic fixes’ for Democrats as party confronts internal and fundraising struggles SUMMARY: Ken Martin, the new chair of the Democratic National Committee,
Continue ReadingTo 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–Democrats ‘No magic fixes’ for Democrats as party confronts internal and fundraising struggles SUMMARY: Ken Martin, the new chair of the Democratic National Committee,
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By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated Press More than 180 current and former employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency published a letter Monday warning that debilitating cuts to the agency charged with handling federal disaster response risks a catastrophe like the one seen after Hurricane Katrina. “Our shared commitment to our country, our oaths of
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By STEPHANIE SCARBROUGH and KT KANAZAWICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia turned himself in at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore on Monday. He was accompanied by his wife, brother and supporters who were protesting the Trump administration’s plan to deport him to Uganda. Abrego Garcia was wrongfully
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lil Nas X was charged Monday with four felonies after police say he charged at them when they confronted him for walking naked down a Los Angeles street last week. The musician, whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill, pleaded not guilty in a court
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By SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who freelanced for The Associated Press and other news organizations and produced harrowing images of the war in Gaza, was killed Monday by an Israeli strike on a hospital. She was 33. Through photographs and video, Dagga captured the lives of ordinary
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ATCHISON CO, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — One person is seriously injured after a 2021 Chevrolet Silverado traveled off of I-29 on Saturday.
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By The Associated Press Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc is back. So are the stars of “Wicked” and the animals of “Zootopia.” Summer may be known as sequel season, but part twos, and threes, will play big roles this fall at the movies. That goes not just for the likes of Rian Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — On Aug. 18, President Trump announced on Truth Social his plan to end mail-in ballots.
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