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By My Courier-Tribune After being teased for the last few months by the white blooms of the blackberry vines in yards, pastures and alongside roadways, the fruit is finally ripening. Being the only species of blackberry found in Missouri, the common blackberry is easily identifiable, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. “White blooms are

By My Courier-Tribune “Turnip is an underappreciated and underused fall vegetable crop,” said David Trinklein, horticulture state specialist for University of Missouri Extension. To help home gardeners learn to love the vegetable, the expert offers the following tips. Plant turnip seed in late summer It’s best to plant this versatile vegetable in the late summer

By Metro Creative Decadent desserts make the perfect capper to great meals. Providing the bite of dark chocolate with the sweetness of milk, the following recipe for “Milk Chocolate Torte with Assam Tea Ganache” from Robert Wemischner and Diana Rosen’s “Cooking with Tea” (Periplus) is ideal for special occasions. Milk Chocolate Torte with Assam Tea

By Associated Press NEW YORK — A widespread washout for U.S. stocks dragged Wall Street lower on Thursday. The S&P 500 dropped 0.8% to pull further from its all-time high set on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 533 points, or 1.3%, from its own record set a day before, while the Nasdaq composite

By Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Sales of U.S. homes to Chinese, Canadian and other foreign buyers have fallen to the lowest level in more than a decade, hampered by a strong dollar and more hurdles that have kept the housing market in a deep sales slump for over two years. Some 54,300 previously occupied

By Associated Press NEW YORK — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday that apps that allow workers to access their paychecks in advance, often for a fee, are providing loans and therefore subject to the Truth in Lending Act, a 1968 law that requires lenders disclose all loan costs and fees. If enacted, the

By Associated Press The short summer vacation is over for NFL players. It’s time to begin the journey to Super Bowl 59. Coming off a disappointing finish in the AFC championship game, the Baltimore Ravens became the first team to open training camp when they welcomed rookies on Saturday. Nineteen more teams get underway this

By Associated Press PARIS — A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine sealing off a kilometers-long (miles-long) area to Parisians and tourists who hadn’t applied in advance for a pass. The words on many

By Associated Press NEW YORK — Aaron Rodgers knows all eyes are on him. That’s nothing new for the four-time NFL MVP. But the 40-year-old New York Jets quarterback enters this season, his 20th in the league, with plenty to prove after missing all but four snaps last year because of a torn Achilles tendon.

By Associated Press Blues’ Krug diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle ST. LOUIS | St. Louis Blues defenseman Torey Krug is in danger of missing the entire 2024-25 NHL season after being diagnosed with pre-arthritic changes in his left ankle. The team announced Tuesday that Krug will work to rehabilitate the injury without

By Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Kyle Larson spent May trying to become the second driver to complete 1,100 miles of racing in a single day. Rain in Indianapolis and Charlotte washed away his big dream. Now the 2021 NASCAR champion is back in town for the first time since finishing his inaugural Indianapolis 500 with

By Associated Press TROON, Scotland — The wind caught just about everyone off guard Thursday in the British Open. It came from the opposite direction off the Irish Sea, accompanied by occasional rain, and made Royal Troon a tougher test than anyone was expecting. Turns out that wasn’t even the biggest surprise. Daniel Brown made

By Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas isn’t enforcing a new law requiring abortion providers to ask patients why they want to terminate their pregnancies, as a legal challenge against that rule and other older requirements makes its way through the courts. Attorneys for the state and for providers challenging the new law along with

By Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has announced a broad tax plan for an upcoming special legislative session that would cut property taxes on average in half — including for his own home and family farm in eastern Nebraska valued at more than $6 million. Pillen announced the plan Thursday with

By The Center Square via My Courier-Tribune After signing dozens of books at a children’s education venue in Chesterfield, Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson acknowledged increased security after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “Since I’ve been governor, there have been numerous threats, some real and some not real,” Parson told reporters on

By Associated Press WOODSTOCK, England — Leaders from across Europe expressed support for Ukraine and concern about the direction of the United States on Thursday at a security-focused summit clouded by worries about whether the U.S. will remain a reliable ally if Donald Trump wins a second presidency. Newly elected U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer

By Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise visit to troops in southern Gaza on Thursday, saying it was essential that Israel keep control of a strip of territory along the territory’s border with Egypt, just days before he was set to give a speech to the U.S. Congress. In

By Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille ordered gangs to surrender their weapons during a televised speech late Wednesday in which he acknowledged how dangerous life in Haiti’s capital and beyond has become and pledged to crack down on the rampant violence. Conille spoke a day after a second group of

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, asked a federal judge Thursday to dismiss tax and gun cases against him, citing a ruling in Florida this week that threw out a separate prosecution of former President Donald Trump. The requests in federal court in Delaware and California underscore the potential ramifications of

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court blocked the implementation of the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a ruling Thursday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion for an administrative stay filed by a group of Republican-led states seeking

By Associated Press CHILLICOTHE, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for a Missouri woman whose murder conviction was overturned to be freed after 43 years in prison. A circuit court judge ruled last month that Sandra Hemme’s attorneys showed evidence of her “actual innocence,” and an appeals court ruled she should

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The 20-year-old Pennsylvania man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump had photos on his phone of the former Republican president, President Joe Biden and other officials, including Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Chris Wray, according to two people familiar with the matter. Investigators searching Thomas Matthew Crooks’ devices

By Associated Press YEKATERINBURG, Russia — Closing arguments in the espionage trial of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich will be held Friday, a court said, as the proceedings in Russia’s highly politicized legal system picked up speed in a case that has seen the reporter held behind bars for over a year. Gershkovich attended a trial

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama has privately expressed concerns to Democrats about President Joe Biden’s candidacy, and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately warned Biden that Democrats could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he doesn’t step away from the 2024 race, according to several people familiar with

By American Heart Association News For years, the question of whether to take medication to lower high blood pressure had been partly answered by a tool that calculated someone’s 10-year risk of having a heart attack or stroke. But new equations, which take into account both 10-year and 30-year predicted risk for cardiovascular disease, suggest