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Commerce Bank and Noah Cameron host youth baseball and softball equipment collection drive in St Joseph

ST JOSEPH, Mo (News-Press NOW) — From baseballs and bats, to gloves and cleats, the Commerce Bank community collection drive in St Joseph was a part of the “Commerce Bank: Helping Kids Take the Field” campaign. Brendon Clark, President of Commerce Bank in St Joseph, explained where and what you can donate. “Any of our 42 convenient

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Air Canada flight attendants standing in a silent protest at Vancouver International Airport.

Air Canada will start canceling flights today before it locks out flight attendants. Here’s what we know

By Matthew Rehbein, Alexandra Skores, Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — Canada’s biggest airline is poised to start canceling several dozen flights Thursday ahead of a weekend lockout of flight attendants that threatens to throw travel plans for tens of thousands into chaos during the peak summer season. Air Canada said it will gradually suspend operations

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Sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, UN says

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sexual violence in conflicts worldwide increased by 25% last year, with the highest number of cases in the Central African Republic, Congo, Haiti, Somalia and South Sudan, according to a U.N. report released Thursday. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ annual report said more than 4,600 people survived

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Delaware ex-Gov. Mike Castle, who championed 50 State Quarters Program while in Congress, dies at 86

By MINGSON LAU Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Former Delaware Gov. Mike Castle, a Republican moderate who championed creating the popular 50 State Quarters Program of commemorative coins while he served in Congress, has died. He was 86. The Delaware Republican Party announced that Castle died Thursday in Greenville but shared no other details.

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Japan marks end of WWII as survivors remember wartime emperor’s surrender speech 80 years ago

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and MAYUKO ONO Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about how the war should be taught to younger generations. A national ceremony will begin at Tokyo’s

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Lady Gaga will perform during the MTV Video Music Awards. Here’s everything to know about the show

By ITZEL LUNA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lady Gaga is extending her dominance of this year’s MTV Video Music Awards and has been added as a performer, show organizers announced Saturday. The Grammy-award winning musician leads this year’s VMA nominations with 12 nods, including artist of the year and best album for “Mayhem,”

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A young child receives a Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in Needham

RFK Jr.’s HHS re-establishes childhood vaccine safety task force after pressure from his former anti-vaccine advocacy group

By Meg Tirrell, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services said it is re-establishing the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, a panel of US health officials tasked with making recommendations on vaccine development, distribution and monitoring. The task force, which will be helmed by US National Institutes of

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Warren Buffett’s company reveals new investments in Nucor, UnitedHealth and two big homebuilders

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway revealed four new investments Thursday in steelmaker Nucor, insurer UnitedHealth and two of the nation’s biggest homebuilders — Lennar and DR Horton — but it’s not clear if the investments are big enough to ensure that legendary investor Warren Buffett handled them. Buffett,

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