By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — President Donald Trump has encouraged a retired Navy SEAL and unsuccessful legislative candidate to challenge Republican Rep. Thomas Massie in next year’s Kentucky primary, building up his choice as “A WINNER WHO WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN” in his latest social media barrage against the congressman,
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TODAY’S SPORTS SCHEDULE ___ NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Final Minnesota 3 N-Y Rangers 1 Final Philadelphia 5 Seattle 2 Final Montreal 4 Buffalo 2 Final Winnipeg 2 Calgary 1 Final Vegas 4 Carolina 1 ___ NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Final Detroit 24 Tampa Bay 9 Final Seattle 27 Houston 19 ___
Continue ReadingDUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Flexsteel Industries Inc. (FLXS) on Monday reported net income of $7.3 million in its fiscal first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Dubuque, Iowa-based company said it had profit of $1.31. The furniture maker posted revenue of $110.4 million in the period. _____ This story was generated
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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Props, mementos and photographs adorn Adam Driver ’s Brooklyn office. There’s an artwork Jim Jarmusch gave him for his 40th birthday, the doll from Leos Carax’s “Annette” and dozens of on-set photographs, including one of Driver and his son in the Millennium Falcon. “A friend
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By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An appeals court on Monday put on hold a lower-court ruling that kept President Donald Trump from taking command of 200 Oregon National Guard troops. However, Trump is still barred from actually deploying those troops, at least for now. U.S. District Judge Karin
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press A Minnesota woman convicted of filling out and submitting a mail-in ballot for her deceased mother in support of Republican Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential election was ordered by a judge to write an essay and read a book about voting’s importance to democracy. Trump, who won a second
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Kansas Daybook for Monday, Oct. 20. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Kansas City bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Kansas@applanner.com. To
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. —————————— MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–KINGS-BLUES DESCRIPTION: The Los Angeles Kings visit the St. Louis Blues. By Joe Harris. UPCOMING: 300 words,
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. —————————— MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–KINGS-BLUES DESCRIPTION: The Los Angeles Kings visit the St. Louis Blues. By Joe Harris. UPCOMING: 300 words,
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. —————————— MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–KINGS-BLUES DESCRIPTION: The Los Angeles Kings visit the St. Louis Blues. By Joe Harris. UPCOMING: 300 words,
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. —————————— MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— HKN–KINGS-BLUES DESCRIPTION: The Los Angeles Kings visit the St. Louis Blues. By Joe Harris. UPCOMING: 300 words,
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Some 136 newspapers in the United States have closed in the past year, news deserts are expanding and web traffic to the nation’s top newspapers has dropped markedly this decade, according to a report issued Monday that struggles to find hope for the beleaguered news industry. While entrepreneurs are
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democrats are seeking to make a statewide election of two utility regulators a referendum on rising electricity bills. Republicans, warning Democrats could steal rare wins in the races for the Public Service Commission, want to make the vote about party loyalty. Among Republicans trying to turn
Continue Reading By The Associated Press All Times EDT x-if necessary WILD CARD SERIES (Best-of-3) American League Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Detroit 2, Cleveland 1 Wednesday, Oct. 1: Cleveland 6, Detroit 1 Thursday, Oct. 2: Detroit 6, Cleveland 3 New York 2, Boston 1 Tuesday, Sept. 30: Boston 3, New York 1 Wednesday, Oct.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Disney+ and Hulu subscription cancellations rose during the month that ABC briefly cancelled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ” according to data from subscription analytics company Antenna. Walt Disney Co. owns the streaming platforms and ABC. ABC pulled the show off the air for less than a week in September in the wake
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LONDON (AP) — A problem at Amazon’s cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world early Monday, taking down dozens of online services, including social media site Snapchat, the Roblox and Fortnite video games and chat app Signal.
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By PATRICK WHITTLE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Old online comments made by a U.S. Senate candidate in Maine in which the candidate appeared to endorse political violence, dismiss rape in the military and criticize both police officers and rural America were wrong but not disqualifying from office, the national chair
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It took until the third series against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday for Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid to finally send the tantalizing wide receiver trio of Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy and Marquise Brown onto the field together. Folks had waited 16
Continue Reading By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Oct. 21 COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Kennesaw St. at FIU 7:30 p.m. CBSSN — W. Kentucky at Louisiana Tech COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S) 7 p.m. BTN — Wisconsin at Indiana NBA BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. NBC — Houston at Oklahoma City
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Irish TV comedy writer Graham Linehan will not face charges following his arrest over a series of social media posts critical of transgender people, prosecutors said Monday. The arrest last month of the co-creator of hit sitcoms “Father Ted” and the “IT Crowd” sparked a debate about
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Missouri Daybook for Monday, Oct. 20. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Nebraska Daybook for Monday, Oct. 20. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press A Vermont state senator who took part in a Young Republicans group chat on Telegram in which members made racist comments and joked about rape and gas chambers has resigned. State Sen. Sam Douglass was revealed last week to have participated in the chat, which was first reported on by
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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press A Vermont state senator who took part in a Young Republicans group chat on Telegram in which members made racist comments and joked about rape and gas chambers has resigned. State Sen. Sam Douglass was revealed last week to have participated in the chat, which was first reported on by
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By OLIVIA DIAZ and BILL BARROW Associated Press PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) — Rae Pickett stepped onto Richell Hines’ front stoop wearing a pink T-shirt that foretold the case she hoped to make to Virginia voters as she knocked on doors on a sunny Saturday in early October. “Abortion is on the ballot,” it read. Hines
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical-minerals deal at the White House on Monday as the U.S. eyes the continent’s rich rare-earth resources when China is imposing tougher rules on exporting its own critical minerals abroad. The two
Continue ReadingBy GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has shut down a major online scam operation near the border with Thailand, detaining more than 2,000 people and seizing dozens of Starlink satellite internet terminals, state media reported Monday. Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyberscam operations responsible for bilking people all over the world.
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press Nicolas Sarkozy will become the first former French president in living memory to be imprisoned when he is expected to begin a five-year sentence Tuesday in Paris’ La Santé prison. Convicted of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya,
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing thousands of Broadway actors reached a tentative new labor agreement over the weekend with commercial producers, leaving just the musicians’ union still negotiating. Actors’ Equity Association — which represents over 51,000 members, including singers, actors, dancers and stage managers — announced a
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By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV met Monday for the first time with an organization of clergy abuse survivors and advocates, who said he agreed to maintain a permanent dialogue as they press for a zero-tolerance policy for abuse in the Catholic Church. Ending Clergy Abuse is a global
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