The easiest types of business credit cards to get approved for
Ramp reports that business credit cards are available for varied credit scores, including secured and corporate options for easier approval.
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What Disability Pride Month can teach us about innovation, accessibility, and the future of tech
AudioEye reports that Disability Pride Month highlights how innovations in accessibility benefit everyone, urging businesses to prioritize inclusive design.
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‘Build, baby, build’: A guide to Canada’s efforts to fast-track pipelines and mines
The Narwhal reports on Canada’s Bill C-5, aiming to fast-track pipelines and mines amid U.S. tensions, raising concerns over democracy and Indigenous rights.
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Rising from obscurity: Unique baby names gaining sudden popularity in 2025
Spokeo reports unique baby names like Truce and Azaiah are rising in popularity in 2025, reflecting cultural shifts and parental values.
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US senators pushing bipartisan bill on new Russia sanctions brief European allies and Ukraine
By NICOLE WINFIELD, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press ROME (AP) — The co-sponsors of a new bipartisan U.S. sanctions package targeting Russia briefed European allies and Ukraine on the legislation Thursday, in an effort to show continued resolve to help Kyiv and force Moscow to the negotiating table through what they describe
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UN investigator and critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza tells AP she was shocked by US sanctions
By AMER COHADZIC SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — An independent U.N. investigator and outspoken critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza said Thursday that “it was shocking” to learn that the Trump administration had imposed sanctions on her but defiantly stood by her view on the war. Francesca Albanese said in an interview with The Associated Press
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The world’s first national park isn’t in the US. It’s in Mongolia
By Lilit Marcus, CNN Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (CNN) — Many American schoolchildren grow up learning that Yellowstone was the world’s first national park. But across the globe in Mongolia, just south of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, a mountain holds a claim to the crown. Like many things in Mongolia, that mountain has a connection to Chinggis Khan
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Protesters and federal agents clash during raid at Southern California farm
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press A confrontation erupted Thursday between protesters and federal officials carrying out a raid on a Southern California farm, with authorities throwing canisters that sprayed what looked like smoke into the air to disperse the crowd. Vehicles from Border Patrol and U.S. Customs and Border Protection blocked the road in a
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Arkansas prison employees fired after ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ escape
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two employees at an Arkansas prison where an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped have been fired for policy violations, corrections officials said Thursday as they faced questions from lawmakers who said the escape points to deeper problems. The head of the
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Federal judge issues new nationwide block against Trump’s order seeking to end birthright citizenship
CNN By Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN Concord, New Hampshire (CNN) — A federal judge agreed Thursday to issue a new nationwide block against President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The ruling from US District Judge Joseph Laplante is significant because the Supreme Court last month curbed the power of
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The White House just took its most aggressive stance yet against Jerome Powell
By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration’s intensifying campaign against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hit a boiling point Thursday. Just two weeks after President Donald Trump sent a handwritten letter to Powell demanding lower interest rates, Russell Vought, Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), accused Powell of breaking
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Extension service to hold session on using drones for agriculture
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The University of Missouri Extension specialists will offer a full-day discussion and hands-on training on using drones in agriculture.
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Websites serving Harvard undergrad women, minority and LGBTQ students taken down, Crimson reports
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Websites for Harvard College centers serving minority and LGBTQ students and women vanished Wednesday, The Harvard Crimson reported, marking the continued unraveling of diversity initiatives at the nation’s most prestigious university as it faces fresh pressure from the Trump administration. Websites for the Harvard College Women’s Center, the Office
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Vance plans to kick off admin efforts to tout Trump’s agenda bill with Pennsylvania visit
By Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Vice President JD Vance is hitting the road on Wednesday to tout President Donald Trump’s agenda bill in the key battleground state of Pennsylvania, according to an official in Vance’s office. The vice president will travel to West Pittston in Luzerne County, where he will hold a rally-style event
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Gov. Mike Kehoe signs repeal of paid sick leave into law
Gov. Mike Kehoe has repealed certain provisions of Proposition A, by signing House Bill 567 into law.
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State Department notifies staff it will begin firing personnel ‘soon’
By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The State Department will begin firing personnel “soon” as Secretary of State Marco Rubio implements his dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to an email from a top State Department official to staff Thursday evening. “Soon, the Department will be communicating to individuals affected by the reduction in force,”
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Community Missions 24-hour shelter goes beyond just providing a place to stay
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The official launch of “My Brothers House”, Community Missions’ 24-hour shelter service, provides more than a place of rest for St. Joseph’s homeless community.
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Justin Bieber releases ‘Swag,’ his long-awaited seventh album: Hear the best songs
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Never say never! Justin Bieber surprised fans Friday by releasing “Swag,” his seventh studio album, hours after he teased it on billboards and social media posts. It is his first album since 2021’s “Justice” and his first since becoming a father last year. “Inspired by
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George Mason University faces investigation in Trump administration’s anti-DEI crackdown
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday opened a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices at George Mason University, expanding a national campaign against diversity policies to Virginia’s largest public university. The Education Department said it is responding to a complaint from multiple professors at George Mason
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Wife of Texas AG Ken Paxton files for divorce ‘on biblical grounds’
By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — The wife of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Thursday she is filing for divorce “on biblical grounds,” ending their 38-year marriage as he seeks to unseat Sen. John Cornyn in next year’s Republican Senate primary. Angela Paxton, a state senator, wrote in a social media post that her
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Brazil vows retaliatory tariffs against US if Trump follows through on 50% import taxes
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and JOSH BOAK Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday that he will impose retaliatory tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump follows through on a pledge to boost import taxes by 50% over the South American country’s criminal trial against
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Trump looks to quash criticism on natural disaster response during Texas visit
By Adam Cancryn, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is traveling to central Texas on Friday to survey the aftermath of a catastrophic flood that has killed more than 100 people and put his administration on the sudden defensive over its emergency response efforts. The flooding, which overwhelmed whole neighborhoods in a matter of minutes,
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As Netanyahu wraps Washington visit, progress on a Gaza ceasefire remains murky
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, AAMER MADHANI and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a memorial service Thursday for two slain Israeli Embassy staffers as he wrapped up a four-day visit to Washington in which talks with President Donald Trump, White House aides and lawmakers focused on finding a pathway to
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As Netanyahu wraps Washington visit, progress on a Gaza ceasefire remains murky
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, AAMER MADHANI and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a memorial service Thursday for two slain Israeli Embassy staffers as he wrapped up a four-day visit to Washington in which talks with President Donald Trump, White House aides and lawmakers focused on finding a pathway to
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Missouri governor repeals paid sick leave law approved last year by voters
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eight months after voters approved it, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage. The move marked a major victory for the state’s largest business group
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Missouri governor repeals paid sick leave law approved last year by voters
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eight months after voters approved it, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the repeal of a law Thursday that had guaranteed paid sick leave to workers and inflationary adjustments to the minimum wage. The move marked a major victory for the state’s largest business group
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Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic are investing millions to train teachers how to use AI
By Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — A group of leading tech companies is teaming up with two teachers’ unions to train 400,000 kindergarten through 12th grade teachers in artificial intelligence over the next five years. The National Academy of AI Instruction, announced on Tuesday, is a $23 million initiative backed by Microsoft, OpenAI,
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St. Joseph family starting over after apartment fire
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Two days after moving into their apartment at The Meadows, a St. Joseph family is starting from scratch following a fire that left them with nothing.
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Angela Paxton files for divorce from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after 38 years of marriage
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton, the wife of Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, filed for divorce on Thursday, seeking to end 38 years of marriage as her husband campaigns for the U.S. Senate. Angela Paxton had stuck by her husband through a decade of legal
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White House escalates pressure campaign on Fed chair by targeting its headquarters renovation
By JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is escalating his pressure campaign to get the Federal Reserve chairman to either lower interest rates or quit his post by targeting the expensive renovation at the central bank’s headquarters. The latest step came Thursday when Russ Vought, Trump’s top budget
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