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SJPL receives grant award for new computers

August 23, 2025 11:30 am News-Press NOW

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph Public Library was recently awarded a grant to replace outdated staff computers.

Playing politics gets dangerous for Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones in ‘Hostage’

August 21, 2025 11:11 am Associated Press

By HILARY FOX Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Only a few people know what it’s like to stand outside 10 Downing Street and address the world’s media. Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy aren’t politicians, but they got that opportunity playing rival stateswomen in thriller miniseries “Hostage.” No. 10 is where the British prime minister lives

New Beatles ‘Anthology’ projects will be released this fall

August 21, 2025 11:04 am Associated Press

By The Associated Press Beatles fans will be feeling some “real love” for this: New content from the iconic band is coming this fall on screen, in music and in print. “The Beatles Anthology” will be returning “in its ultimate form,” according to a release issued Thursday. The famed 1995 “Anthology” music documentary, recounting the

City finishing $1.6 million for new restrooms at Hyde, Eagles, Corby and Hochman Park

August 21, 2025 11:01 am Cameron Montemayor

ST. JOSEPH, Mo (News-Press NOW) — It’s officially out with the old and in with new and improved restrooms at various locations throughout St. Joseph’s park system.

New school year, new school lunches

August 21, 2025 10:55 am Carter Ostermiller

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Every kid looks forward to lunchtime in school, and during a time for students to fuel their bodies, it’s important to fill plates with healthy food options.

12 movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival to get excited about

August 21, 2025 10:48 am Associated Press

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Venice Film Festival offers an embarrassment of auteur riches this year. The 82nd edition, which kicks off on Wednesday, has films from Guillermo del Toro, Kathryn Bigelow, Park Chan-wook, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sofia Coppola, Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant and Luca Guadagnino, to name a few. Even Charlie Kaufman

From classroom to career: SJSD educators gain hands-on experience to take back to classrooms

August 21, 2025 10:47 am Praji Ghosh

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The St. Joseph School District gave local educators a chance to step outside the classroom this summer.

Bones of ancient child suggest humans could have interbred with Neanderthals earlier than thought

August 21, 2025 10:45 am Associated Press

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Modern humans and Neanderthals were interacting 100,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to researchers who used CT scans and 3D mapping to study the bones of a child they believe was the result of interbreeding between the two distinct groups. The child, described in

Former MoWest Head Track Coach now Assistant Track Coach at NWMSU

August 21, 2025 10:41 am News-Press NOW

MARYVILLE, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Northwest Missouri State University Track and Field Head Coach Brandon Masters has added former Missouri Western State University Head Coach Cody Ingold to the team as an assistant coach.

Why the Federal Reserve has historically been independent of the White House

August 21, 2025 10:30 am Associated Press

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook late Monday, in a move viewed as a sharp escalation in his battle to exert greater control over the independent institution. Trump said in a letter posted on his Truth Social platform Monday that

Pueblo County Coroner accused of hiding bodies in secret room at his privately-owned funeral home

Colorado Coroner accused of hiding bodies in secret room at his privately-owned funeral home

August 21, 2025 10:00 am NPG Content Share

PUEBLO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — In a bizarre turn of events, 13 Investigates has uncovered that the Pueblo County Coroner is accused of hiding bodies in a secret room of his privately-owned funeral home, Davis Mortuary.

Cars loaded onto a carrier ship in Germany for export. The lower tariffs on US imports from the EU won't go into effect as early as previously believed

Lower US tariffs on EU autos are on hold for now

August 21, 2025 9:49 am CNN Newsource

By Chris Isidore, CNN (CNN) — The lower US tariffs on cars imported from the EU will have to wait, at least for now. The EU-US trade agreement is poised to cut the US import tax on cars from the EU from 27.5% to 15%. However, details released Thursday reveal that the lower rate won’t

Katherine Magbanua is pictured as she tears up ahead of jury deliberations in her retrial for the 2014 murder of Dan Markel in Tallahassee on May 27

A law professor was stalked and killed by hit men. His former mother-in-law is now on trial for the 2014 contract killing

August 21, 2025 9:42 am CNN Newsource

By Lauren del Valle, Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — More than a decade after two hit men stalked and killed a law professor in Florida, the alleged mastermind of the murder-for-hire plot is now on trial – the victim’s former mother-in-law. Donna Adelson, 75, once accustomed to a life of luxury in Miami, faces a

St. Joseph sewer customers receive calls about billing error

August 21, 2025 9:33 am News-Press NOW

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Some St. Joseph sewer customers are receiving calls from city representatives regarding a billing error.

LOCALIZE IT: Students in many states are returning to school with new restrictions on cellphones

August 21, 2025 9:28 am Associated Press

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: As students start school this year, 17 states and the District of Columbia are imposing new cellphone restrictions. In total, 35 states have passed laws or rules to limit student phone use in schools. Florida was the first state to pass a law limiting phones in classrooms in 2023, but the movement has

LOCALIZE IT: Students in many states are returning to school with new restrictions on cellphones

August 21, 2025 9:28 am Associated Press

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: As students start school this year, 17 states and the District of Columbia are imposing new cellphone restrictions. In total, 35 states have passed laws or rules to limit student phone use in schools. Florida was the first state to pass a law limiting phones in classrooms in 2023, but the movement has

LOCALIZE IT: Students in many states are returning to school with new restrictions on cellphones

August 21, 2025 9:28 am Associated Press

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: As students start school this year, 17 states and the District of Columbia are imposing new cellphone restrictions. In total, 35 states have passed laws or rules to limit student phone use in schools. Florida was the first state to pass a law limiting phones in classrooms in 2023, but the movement has

LOCALIZE IT: Students in many states are returning to school with new restrictions on cellphones

August 21, 2025 9:28 am Associated Press

EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS: As students start school this year, 17 states and the District of Columbia are imposing new cellphone restrictions. In total, 35 states have passed laws or rules to limit student phone use in schools. Florida was the first state to pass a law limiting phones in classrooms in 2023, but the movement has

Patricia Arquette and Tramell Tillman star in "Severance

Patricia Arquette says we won’t have to wait ‘that long’ for the next season of ‘Severance’

August 21, 2025 9:23 am CNN Newsource

By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Patricia Arquette understands the need for more from Lumon Industries. The Oscar- and two-time Emmy-winner, who is again nominated for TV’s biggest honor this year for playing the twisty and manipulative exec Harmony Cobel on “Severance,” told CNN’s Elizabeth Wagmeister in a recent interview that fans of the show

The character Towlie arrives in Washington

‘South Park’s’ latest episode takes aim at federal take over of DC police and AI

August 21, 2025 9:22 am CNN Newsource

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “South Park” slowing down when it comes to mocking the Trump administration. In the latest episode of the popular Comedy Central animated series, a recurring character named “Towelie,” a walking and talking towel, visits major landmarks in Washington, DC, as armed military and tanks are present. “Wow,” Towelie

A Ukrainian service member fires a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops near a front line in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region

Trump ramps up rhetoric on Russia-Ukraine conflict as peace talks momentum stalls

August 21, 2025 9:20 am CNN Newsource

By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to offer a rationale for Ukraine to go on offense against Russia, notable rhetoric as the momentum around peace talks has stalled. “It is very hard, if not impossible, to win a war without attacking an invaders country. It’s like a great team

The spread of Max could increase surveillance of Russian citizens.

Kremlin-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on all smartphones sold in Russia

August 21, 2025 9:17 am CNN Newsource

By Ryan Hogg, CNN London (CNN) — The Russian government will require the state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on all smartphones and tablets sold in the country, in a move that could increase surveillance of Russian citizens. According to an official statement Thursday, Max will be installed on devices from September 1. The

Sports on TV for Friday, Aug. 22

August 21, 2025 9:10 am Associated Press

By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Aug. 22 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:05 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at Collingwood 11 p.m. FS2 — AFL: Adelaide at North Melbourne 2 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Geelong at Richmond 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) FS2 — AFL: Sydney at West

Shelter officials and community members are searching for answers after a cat was shot and paralyzed in Pittsburgh.

Cat euthanized after being shot and paralyzed

August 21, 2025 9:10 am CNN Newsource

By PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Shelter officials and community members are searching for answers after a cat was shot and paralyzed in Pittsburgh’s Brookline neighborhood. Jan Perry lives on Oakridge Street in Brookline. She’s been taking care of an outdoor cat that has spent time

Aging U.S. railroad bridges are self-inspected and their findings are kept secret

August 21, 2025 9:10 am Associated Press

By LEX DOIG, JAEHEE KIM and ADRIAN MANCERA COTA / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — The fire burned for about nine hours, billowing smoke and scorching the wooden trestles of a nearly 75-year-old railroad bridge that spans the Marys River in Corvallis,

WNBA Glance

August 21, 2025 9:09 am Associated Press

All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 23 13 .639 — New York 22 14 .611 1 Indiana 19 16 .543 3½ Washington 16 20 .444 7 Chicago 9 26 .257 13½ Connecticut 8 27 .229 14½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB x-Minnesota 28 7 .800 — Las Vegas 23 14

A man was arrested Wednesday morning after he allegedly attacked the staff of a Planet Fitness in West Bloomfield Township and later led police on a high-speed chase.

Man allegedly attacks Planet Fitness staff, leads police on chase

August 21, 2025 9:06 am CNN Newsource

By Joe Buczek Click here for updates on this story Michigan (WWJ) — A man was arrested Wednesday morning after he allegedly attacked the staff of a Planet Fitness in West Bloomfield Township and later led police on a high-speed chase. West Bloomfield police responded to the Planet Fitness on Orchard Lake Road around 9:30

MLS Glance

August 21, 2025 9:05 am Associated Press

All Times EDT Eastern Conference W L T Pts GF GA Cincinnati 16 7 4 52 42 34 Philadelphia 15 6 6 51 44 26 Nashville 14 8 5 47 44 31 Orlando City 13 6 8 47 53 35 Inter Miami CF 13 5 6 45 53 39 Columbus 12 5 9 45 42

Baseball Glance

August 21, 2025 9:02 am Associated Press

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 74 54 .578 — New York 69 58 .543 4½ Boston 69 59 .539 5 Tampa Bay 61 67 .477 13 Baltimore 59 68 .465 14½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 76 53 .589 — Kansas City 66 62 .516 9½ Cleveland 64

American League Glance

August 21, 2025 9:01 am Associated Press

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 74 54 .578 — New York 69 58 .543 4½ Boston 69 59 .539 5 Tampa Bay 61 67 .477 13 Baltimore 59 68 .465 14½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 76 53 .589 — Kansas City 66 62 .516 9½ Cleveland 64