LONDON (AP) — More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year — about the same number as the year before — according to U.N. health officials. Nine countries accounted for more than half of those unprotected children. In their annual estimate of global vaccine coverage, released Tuesday, the World Health
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By ITZEL LUNA Associated Press Unreleased music by Beyoncé along with footage, show plans and concert set lists were stolen from a car in Atlanta rented by the singer’s choreographer and one of her dancers, according to a police incident report. The theft of the materials, stored on five thumb drives, happened on July 8,
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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — An estimated 14.3 million children globally remain completely unvaccinated, according to a new report, and public health experts point to conflict zones as threatening childhood vaccination efforts worldwide. Each year, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund publish a comprehensive report on estimates of national immunization
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By Jeremy Diamond and Kareem Khadder, CNN Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, West Bank (CNN) — Saif Musallet was just weeks away from celebrating his 21st birthday, and as he visited his family here, the Florida native’s thoughts began to turn toward marriage. “I think it’s time for me to get married,” Musallet told his father, Kamel, during
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Hard drives containing Beyoncé’s unreleased music and several other items were stolen from a car that had been rented by her choreographer during a Cowboy Carter tour stop in Atlanta last week, according to police. Officers responded on July 8 after receiving a call regarding a theft from a
Continue Reading WSB, CNN FILE, CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Hard drives containing Beyoncé’s unreleased music and several other items were stolen from a car that had been rented by her choreographer during a Cowboy Carter tour stop in Atlanta last week, according to police. Officers responded on July 8 after receiving a call regarding
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man accused of killing and dismembering his wife, her mother and her stepfather has died in jail while awaiting trial, authorities said Monday. Samuel Bond Haskell, 37, was found dead Saturday in his cell in a downtown Los Angeles jail and died
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s first judicial pick of his second term, voting to approve Whitney Hermandorfer as a judge for the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The confirmation of Hermandorfer, who worked for Tennessee’s attorney general, comes after the Democratic-led Senate under
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A Savannah, Missouri, man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after fleeing from the scene of an accident that resulted in death.
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has stockpiled more than $1.7 million for his re-election bid as the Kentucky Republican gears up to face President Donald Trump’s vaunted political operation, Massie’s campaign announced Monday. Massie was one of two House Republicans to vote against Trump’s massive tax bill and he said Trump
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By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people. Earlier this month, the official government websites that hosted the authoritative, peer-reviewed national climate assessments went
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched an independent run for New York City mayor on Monday, restarting his campaign after a bruising loss to progressive Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary. In a video, Cuomo announced he would remain in the race to combat Mamdani, a democratic socialist state lawmaker, while
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By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — More than 20 states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over billions of dollars in frozen education funding for after-school care, summer programs and more. Some of the withheld money funds after-school and summer programming at Boys & Girls Clubs, the YMCA
Continue ReadingWICHITA, Kan. (AP) — WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Equity Bancshares Inc. (EQBK) on Monday reported net income of $15.3 million in its second quarter. The bank, based in Wichita, Kansas, said it had earnings of 86 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 99 cents per share. The bank holding company posted
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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press Andrea Gibson, a celebrated poet and performance artist who through their verse explored gender identity, politics and their 4-year battle with terminal ovarian cancer, died Monday at age 49. Gibson’s death was announced on social media by their wife, Megan Falley. Gibson and Falley are the main
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding her department. The justices on Monday paused a lower court order that had halted nearly 1,400 layoffs and had called into
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By Luke Snyder, Amanda Musa, Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Another round of showers and thunderstorms moved across the Mid-Atlantic Tuesday after intense rain set off dangerous flash flooding from Virginia to New York on Monday, leaving at least two dead and prompting dozens of rescues as water overwhelmed roads and subways. Monday saw the
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CAMERON, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — One person is dead and one child is safe after being trapped inside a structure on fire on Sunday in Cameron, Missouri.
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s race for governor is hitting the airwaves more than a year before voting begins. Republican candidate Bill Berrien announced the purchase of about $400,000 in cable TV, radio and online ads Monday. The buy comes 13 months before the Aug. 11, 2026, primary. Berrien is
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Following a string of recent fire-related calls, the St. Joseph Fire Department is urging residents to stay mindful of fire safety.
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By Lily O’Shea Becker Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) — After visiting all 30 MLB stadiums, an Olathe father-son duo ranked Kauffman Stadium in 22nd place. The Royals fans concluded their eight-year journey on Thursday. “We’ve done as many as six or seven (stadiums) in a year,” Scott Summers
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CNN By Devan Cole, John Fritze and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday said President Donald Trump may proceed with his plan to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education in the latest win for the White House at the conservative high court. In an unsigned order, the justices
Continue Reading By Devan Cole and John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday said President Donald Trump may proceed with his plan to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education in the latest win for the White House at the conservative high court. In an unsigned order, the justices lifted for now
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By KATC News Staff Click here for updates on this story PORT BARRE, Louisiana (KATC) — A Port Barre man is accused of robbing a worker of his truck and trailer, then driving it to the police department where he was arrested. Chad Myers, 56, was booked with armed robbery and possession of a firearm
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — One Missouri Lottery Player won $50,000 from a 100X Scratcher’s ticket purchased at Casey’s, located at 401 E. Hyde Park Ave.
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By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Temporary measures that allowed nearly 12,000 Afghans to work in the U.S. and be protected from deportation are expiring Monday as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to make more people eligible for removal from the country. The Department of Homeland Security in May said it was
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By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Good times never seemed so good for a delighted audience over the weekend, when Neil Diamond emerged from retirement for an impromptu sing-along. Diamond performed “Sweet Caroline” in a surprise appearance on Saturday at his namesake musical, “The Neil Diamond Musical: A Beautiful Noise,” in Los Angeles at the
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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, MEG KINNARD and ED WHITE Associated Press A broken promise to release more information about the Jeffrey Epstein case has sparked outrage among some of President Donald Trump’s loyal supporters. The Justice Department last week said Epstein, who was facing charges of sex trafficking, did not leave behind a “client list.”
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By Tim Fang Click here for updates on this story BENICIA, California (KPIX) — Authorities in Benicia said four people were arrested last week on suspicion of stealing copper from businesses in the Solano County community. Officers made the arrests on July 9 in connection with thefts that took place over the preceding week in
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By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s foreign aid cuts, tariffs on allies and restrictions on international students have “deeply” undermined America’s ability to compete with China, Senate Democrats say. In a report released Monday, Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee called for congressional action toward restoring the country’s global
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