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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By CARA ANNA Associated Press The program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government says it has saved the lives of over 25 million people around the world with HIV. But despite years of bipartisan support, PEPFAR has faced a severe threat
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By CARA ANNA Associated Press The program known as PEPFAR is one of the most effective and popular U.S. foreign aid projects in history, and the government says it has saved the lives of over 25 million people around the world with HIV. But despite years of bipartisan support, PEPFAR has faced a severe threat
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By MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former senior aide to Jill Biden on Wednesday became the second person to invoke the Fifth Amendment and decline to answer questions from House Republicans who are investigating President Joe Biden’s mental state and use of the autopen while in office. Anthony Bernal, who previously served
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By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suffered a major political blow on Wednesday as a key governing partner announced it was quitting his coalition government, leaving him with a minority in parliament as the country faces a litany of challenges. Shas, an ultra-Orthodox party that has
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By Ashley Killough, Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — A Texas judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a death row inmate who says he is innocent of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter. Judge Austin Reeve Jackson set the date for October 16 – almost one year after
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Area first responders and community leaders will be out and about during an annual “National Night Out” event to meet community members and foster community engagement.
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CNN By Alli Rosenbloom and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — Producers of the singing competition show “American Idol” are mourning the loss of one of their own. Robin Kaye, who served as one of the show’s music supervisors for over a decade, and her husband Thomas Deluca were found dead in their Encino home on
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CNN By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are addressing rumors about a divorce head-on in an episode of her podcast released Wednesday. “She took me back!” Barack Obama said on the “IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson” podcast. “It was touch and go for a
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — One of the longest-standing service clubs is spreading the wealth from a recent grant to support an array of non-profit and youth organizations.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— NORTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US SQUIRRELS OVERRUN TOWN DESCRIPTION: MINOT, N.D. — Minot has had it with the squirrels that
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— NORTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US SQUIRRELS OVERRUN TOWN DESCRIPTION: MINOT, N.D. — Minot has had it with the squirrels that
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— NORTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US SQUIRRELS OVERRUN TOWN DESCRIPTION: MINOT, N.D. — Minot has had it with the squirrels that
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The following stories are planned for the next 12 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 12 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— NORTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS —————————— US SQUIRRELS OVERRUN TOWN DESCRIPTION: MINOT, N.D. — Minot has had it with the squirrels that
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The inspireU Children’s Discovery Center is highlighting a milestone, after admitting over 50,000 visitors in the six months it’s been open.
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Perhaps no position requires a wider range of skills to succeed in the NFL than tight ends, who are asked to thrive as receivers in the middle of the field as well as being key parts to the run and pass games with their blocking. While many teams
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By Sunlen Serfaty and Riane Lumer, CNN Arlington, VA (CNN) — Desperation crept into Sylvia’s voice as she rattled off all the ways her life would become more difficult if a free learning program that her son attends during the summer shuts its doors. A single mother, Sylvia works as a janitor and is the
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By Fredreka Schouten, David Wright and Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN (CNN) — The most vulnerable House Republicans on the ballot next year are building significant stores of cash as they prepare to defend the GOP’s slender majority in Congress. And years before the first presidential primary votes are cast, some potential White House contenders are
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals reacquired veteran utility player Adam Frazier on Wednesday in an All-Star break trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kansas City sent minor league infielder Cam Devanney to Pittsburgh. Frazier, 33, has played in 78 games this season split between second base, left field and right field, hitting
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CNN By Eyad Kourdi, Catherine Nicholls, Eugenia Yosef, Mostafa Salem and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN (CNN) — Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday, escalating a campaign it says is in support of an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian government forces. At least three people
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WJZ By Adam Thompson, Kelsey Kushner Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A 17-year-old was arrested for allegedly pulling a knife on an 8-year-old boy and then stealing a vehicle in Baltimore’s Federal Hill on Monday afternoon, according to police. Police said a mother parked the car, kept it running,
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By Kevin Liptak and Sarah Ferris, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is accusing some of his onetime supporters of being “weaklings” who are falling prey to Democratic “bullshit” about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — concluding that he no longer wants their support. The message was the clearest sign yet of the cracks
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The latest fundraising numbers and campaign spending in Wisconsin’s closely watched race for governor shed some light on how the contest is shaping up more than a year before voters will start casting ballots. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has yet to say whether he will seek
Continue ReadingST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Buchanan County Women’s Democratic Club (BCWDC) will hold its next meeting at noon on Tuesday, July 22. The meeting will be held at San Jose Steakhouse, located at 4015 S. Belt Highway. Attendees who wish to eat lunch are encouraged to arrive at 11:00 a.m. to place their
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By The Associated Press Adv19-20 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, July 21 CYCLING 6 a.m. (Tuesday) PEACOCK — UCI: The Tour de France, Stage 16, Montpellier / Mont Ventoux, France MLB BASEBALL 8 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Kansas City at Chicago Cubs OR Athletics at Texas SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 4:55
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, July 17 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:35 a.m. (Friday) FS2 — AFL: Western at Brisbane CFL FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. CBSSN — Toronto at Montreal CYCLING 6:30 a.m. PEACOCK — UCI: The Tour de France, Stage 12, Auch / Hautacam, France 6:30
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 15 6 .714 — Atlanta 13 9 .591 2½ Indiana 12 11 .522 4 Washington 11 11 .500 4½ Chicago 7 15 .318 8½ Connecticut 3 19 .136 12½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 20 4 .833 — Phoenix 15 7 .682
Continue Reading By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are addressing rumors about a divorce head-on in an episode of her podcast released Wednesday. “She took me back!” Barack Obama said on the “IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson” podcast. “It was touch and go for a while.”
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By MELANIE LIDMAN, WAFAA SHURAFA, and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Twenty Palestinians were killed at a food distribution center run by an Israeli-backed American organization in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, mostly from being trampled, the group said. They were the first deaths reported at one of the group’s sites,
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