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By NewsPress Now Missouri hires Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch for the same role KANSAS CITY, Mo. | Missouri hired longtime college administrator Laird Veatch to be its athletic director on Tuesday, bringing him back to campus 14 years after he departed for a series of other positions that culminated with five years spent as

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Moscow court rejects Evan Gershkovich’s appeal

By Associated Press MOSCOW — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain jailed on espionage charges until at least late June, after a Moscow court on Tuesday rejected his appeal that sought to end his pretrial detention. The 32-year-old U.S. citizen was detained in late March 2023 while on a reporting trip and has

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Today in History

By Associated Press April 26 In 1607, English colonists went ashore at present-day Cape Henry, Virginia, on an expedition to establish the first permanent English settlement in the Western Hemisphere. In 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, was surrounded by federal troops near Port Royal, Virginia, and killed. In 1913, Mary

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Baltimore port to open deeper channel

By Associated Press BALTIMORE — Officials in Baltimore plan to open a deeper channel for commercial ships to enter and leave the city’s port starting on Thursday — a significant step toward reopening the major maritime shipping hub that has remained closed to most traffic since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed last month. The

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Tensions between Beijing and Washington are the biggest worry for U.S. companies in China, report says

By Associated Press Simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington remain the top worry for American companies operating in China, according to a report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China released Tuesday. The survey of U.S. companies said inconsistent and unclear policies and enforcement, rising labor costs and data security issues were other top

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Business news in brief

By The Associated Press Tesla 1Q profit falls 55%, but stock jumps Tesla’s first-quarter net income plummeted 55%, but its stock price surged in after-hours trading Tuesday as the company said it would accelerate production of new, more affordable vehicles. The company said it made $1.13 billion from January through March compared with $2.51 billion

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Guilty Pleasures

By NewsPress Now Ex-gang leader’s account of Tupac Shakur killing is fiction, defense lawyer says LAS VEGAS | The defense attorney representing a former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas said Tuesday his client’s accounts of the killing are fiction and prosecutors lack key

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Gov. Laura Kelly approves bill creating independent agency devoted to child welfare

By Kansas Reflector via TN Content Exchange TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly signed bipartisan legislation placing into state law establishment of an independent agency dedicated to serving as an advocate for children involved with the state welfare system. The second-term governor also signed a bill committing the Legislature to providing public universities and colleges $32.7

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