LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) — LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) — First Busey Corp. (BUSE) on Tuesday reported second-quarter net income of $47.4 million. The bank, based in Leawood, Kansas, said it had earnings of 52 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 63 cents per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate
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By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amid a federal overhaul of student loan plans, many borrowers have been left wondering what it means for their hopes of loan forgiveness. In particular, those who are enrolled in a repayment plan known as income-based repayment, or IBR, have wondered if forgiveness will still be
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By The Associated Press Luminaries of the music world and beyond mourned the death of Ozzy Osbourne at age 76, expressing affection and admiration for the heavy metal icon. Elton John called the Black Sabbath frontman “a dear friend and a huge trailblazer” and “one of the funniest people I’ve ever met.” Nirvana said Black
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans safety Tyrann Mathieu, a three-time All-Pro who was known as the “Honey Badger” for the relentless play in college that made him a Heisman Trophy finalist, said on the day the Saints opened training camp Tuesday that he is retiring from the NFL after 12 seasons. “As I hang
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By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, planned to head to the Middle East as the U.S. tries once again to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, the State Department’s spokesperson said Tuesday. Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told reporters that Witkoff
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By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Once a British socialite who lived a life of luxury, Ghislaine Maxwell today is confined in a U.S. prison after being convicted of helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. Now, three years after she was sentenced, a top U.S. Department of Justice official plans to personally interview Maxwell
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By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Despite a judge’s order calling for his return to the United States from El Salvador, a Venezuelan migrant was instead sent back to his home country in a prisoner exchange deal reached last week, an unexpected development that left his lawyers scrambling to locate him. It marks
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Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died Tuesday, just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76.
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Andy Reid stood before his players before the start of training camp this week, just as the longtime Kansas City Chiefs coach does every year, and impressed upon the reigning AFC champions the importance of urgency. Patrick Mahomes saw no such need to deliver
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By ABBY SEWELL and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — More than 1,400 people were killed in several days of sectarian violence on Syria ’s coast earlier this year, a government investigating committee said Tuesday. The violence followed the ouster of longtime President Bashar Assad in December. The inquiry said there was no
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By ITZEL LUNA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix’s new reality show, “Building the Band,” unexpectedly became Liam Payne’s last major appearance — moments the show’s hosts say they, along with contestants and viewers, are lucky to have. The show features Payne as a guest judge, offering pointed but witty advice to young bands
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By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press Thousands of Afghans in the U.S. are no longer protected from deportation after a federal appeals court refused to postpone the Trump administration’s decision to end their legal status. A three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia said in a ruling late Monday there was
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are making progress in stadium negotiations with lawmakers on both sides of the Kansas-Missouri state line, though it remains unclear whether the team will stay at Arrowhead Stadium or ultimately move elsewhere. The Chiefs recently were granted an extension to
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are making progress in stadium negotiations with lawmakers on both sides of the Kansas-Missouri state line, though it remains unclear whether the team will stay at Arrowhead Stadium or ultimately move elsewhere. The Chiefs recently were granted an extension to
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are making progress in stadium negotiations with lawmakers on both sides of the Kansas-Missouri state line, though it remains unclear whether the team will stay at Arrowhead Stadium or ultimately move elsewhere. The Chiefs recently were granted an extension to
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are making progress in stadium negotiations with lawmakers on both sides of the Kansas-Missouri state line, though it remains unclear whether the team will stay at Arrowhead Stadium or ultimately move elsewhere. The Chiefs recently were granted an extension to
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By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government employee has been banned from leaving China after traveling there in a personal capacity, the State Department said Tuesday, marking the latest case where Beijing has stopped U.S. nationals from departing the country. The State Department did not reveal the identity of the employee
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By SYLVIA HUI and SAM McNEIL Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain threatened Tuesday to take further action against Israel if it does not agree to end the war in Gaza, a day after two dozen mostly European countries condemned Israel’s restrictions on aid shipments into the territory and the killings of hundreds of Palestinians
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Continue Reading By 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. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–TWINS-DODGERS DESCRIPTION: LOS ANGELES — Chris Paddack starts for the Minnesota Twins against Tyler Glasnow and the
Continue Reading By 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. —————————— MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS —————————— BBO–TWINS-DODGERS DESCRIPTION: LOS ANGELES — Chris Paddack starts for the Minnesota Twins against Tyler Glasnow and the
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By MEG KINNARD and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, seen by some as the problem child of the Democratic Party for legal and drug-related woes that brought negative attention to his father, is lashing out against Democratic “elites” and others over the way he says his father
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By MEG KINNARD and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden’s son Hunter, seen by some as the problem child of the Democratic Party for legal and drug-related woes that brought negative attention to his father, is lashing out against Democratic “elites” and others over the way he says his father
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By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer Stephen Colbert returned for his first full program after last week’s announcement that CBS was canceling his “Late Show” with some supportive late-night guests, a joke about cancel culture and an extremely pointed remark directed at President Donald Trump. “I’m going to go ahead and say it: Cancel culture’s
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By RONALD BLUM Associated Press ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Renée Fleming’s “Così fan tutte” was ready to rumble. Long a star soprano, Fleming made her directing debut Monday night at the Aspen Music Festival and School by transporting Mozart’s masterpiece from 18th century Naples, Italy, to a gym in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, amid professional wrestling’s rise
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