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By Associated Press AMES, Iowa — At first glance, it looks like an unassuming farm. Cows are scattered across fenced-in fields. A milking barn sits in the distance with a tractor parked alongside. But the people who work there are not farmers, and other buildings look more like what you’d find at a modern university

By Associated Press Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the “gradual apathy pandemic” in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates registered for service projects she helped organize at her Massachusetts school. Even fewer actually showed up. When she got to high school last fall, Isabella found the problem was even worse: a lackluster

By Barnet Sherman Boston University The Conversation via AP Of the millions of young adults heading off to college this fall, many will be international students. If trends continue, about 1 million students from around the world will come to the U.S. to pursue higher education this year. These young scholars make a big economic

By Metro Creative Including more spinach in one’s diet can be a healthy decision. Spinach is rich in iron, potassium, magnesium, folate, and vitamins C, E and K. With that strong profile, spinach supports the heart, eyes, skin, and immune system. Spinach also can aid digestion and strengthen bones. The good news is that spinach

By Metro Creative Football is back, and with it comes all of the delicious foods served at parking lot tailgates and viewing parties at home. Perhaps no food is more synonymous with football than chicken wings. Sports bars make names for themselves based on their chicken wings, but football fans need not visit their local

By Associated Press NEW YORK — U.S. stocks weakened Thursday in the run-up to Wall Street’s main event for the week, a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell coming on Friday. The S&P 500 fell 0.9% for its worst day following a two-week rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 177 points, or 0.4%,

By Associated Press TORONTO — Freight trains are expected to start rolling again soon in Canada after the government forced the country’s two major railroads into arbitration with their labor union Thursday, averting potentially dire economic consequences across the country and in the U.S. Canadian National said it ended its lockout immediately Thursday evening in

By Wealth of Geeks via AP A recent study from Dollar Sprout finds an astounding 77% of Americans turn to side hustles to supplement their income and cover day-to-day expenses. This trend is a stark indicator of the financial strain many face, as people are not taking on additional work by choice but out of

By Associated Press NEW YORK — Yes, Coco Gauff is a Grand Slam champion. Yes, she’s been ranked No. 1 in doubles and No. 2 in singles. Yes, she’s already a big star who transcends her sport and was a flag bearer alongside LeBron James at the Paris Olympics … and has a signature shoe

By Associated Press The NFL has increased its gambling policy education and integrity monitoring efforts after a successful offseason. There haven’t been any players suspended for gambling violations in 13 months, and the league has taken more steps to keep that trend going. In-person gambling policy education and training is mandatory for all players in

By Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes donated $5 million to Texas Tech, his alma mater, on Thursday to help fund a $242 million renovation of the south end zone of Jones AT&T Stadium and the Dustin R. Womble Football Center. The school in Lubbock, Texas, said it would name the

By Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced questions in a New York court Thursday about how his presidential campaign handled revelations that some people gathering signatures to get him on the state ballot concealed his name on the petitions and used other deceptive methods. Kennedy’s virtual appearance from an office in

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the state that Democratic President Joe Biden won by less than 11,000 votes four years ago. But in a 5-4 order, the high court allowed some

By Associated Press SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. — On a dirt road below the shrub-dotted hills of Arizona, Donald Trump used a stretch of wall and a pile of steel beams to draw a visual contrast between his approach to securing the border and that of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump brought along

By Associated Press CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris closes out the Democratic National Convention Thursday night when she accepts her party’s historic presidential nomination and seizes one of her few remaining opportunities to appeal to an audience of millions. Harris will lay out her vision for the country and prosecute her case against Republican

By Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday accused Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft of thwarting an executive order to ban various forms of the cannabis compound THC over “hurt feelings” because Parson endorsed Ashcroft’s GOP rival in the recent gubernatorial primary Ashcroft lost. Ashcroft did not sign-off on Parson’s August

By Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — J.J. Picollo was sitting in the Royals’ dugout hours before a game against the Angels this week, talking about what has been one of the most remarkable turnarounds in major league history. The conversation meandered toward Picollo’s wife, Nicole, and the Royals general manager pointed to the upper

By Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. — Jalon Daniels contorted himself for the cameras, posing just about every way imaginable, and the back that has given the Kansas quarterback so much consternation the past couple of years seemed to effortlessly twist in myriad directions. That’s a good sign for the 22nd-ranked Jayhawks. The work Daniels was

By Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden III made it perfectly clear just how high expectations are in Columbia this season for the 11th-ranked Tigers. “What I’m trying to do this year that I haven’t done,” he said, “is win the big national championship.” What a change from a year ago,

By Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Pushing back against isolationism in his own ranks, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday the challenge of deterring America’s adversaries should be “front and center” for the next president, as he advocated maintaining a strong military and support for allies, especially in war-torn Ukraine. Speaking to a home-state

By Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his first visit Thursday to the border area where his forces launched their surprise offensive into Russia, saying that Kyiv’s military had taken control of another Russian village and captured more prisoners of war. While in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, Zelenskyy said the new

By Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have spared the life of death row inmate Marcellus Williams and instead ordered a hearing to proceed on Williams’ innocence claim, with just a little over a month to go before his scheduled execution. The ruling late Wednesday came