Your queer foodie guide: LGBTQ+ chefs, books, tours and events to know
News Is Out reports on thriving queer food culture, featuring chefs, cookbooks, tours, and events across the U.S. and beyond.
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How credit scores are shaping the 2025 housing market
NewHomeSource reports that stronger credit scores in 2025 lead to fewer risky loans, ensuring a more stable housing market compared to 2008.
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Reverse phone lookup demystified: When, why, and how to use it legally
Spokeo reports reverse phone lookup tools help identify unknown callers, verify identities, and monitor digital footprints legally.
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What are the common causes of crane accidents?
CICB reports common crane accident causes include human error, mechanical failure, environmental factors, improper rigging, and inadequate planning.
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The real cost of car ownership in the US
Way.com reports that car ownership costs in the U.S. average $12,297 annually, factoring in purchase, insurance, fuel, maintenance, and parking.
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More Americans than ever are struggling to afford their prescriptions
GoodRx reports that 67% of Americans find prescription costs burdensome, leading many to cut back on essentials or seek risky alternatives.
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From miles to market: The rise of runner-founded brands changing the game
Shopify reports on the rise of runner-founded brands creating innovative solutions by focusing on community needs and building lasting relationships.
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Japan calls China’s military activity its biggest strategic challenge
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan cautioned against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity stretching from its southwestern coasts to the Pacific, describing the moves in a new defense report Tuesday as the biggest strategic challenge. China’s growing military cooperation with Russia also poses serious security concerns to Japan, along with increasing
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EU trade ministers plan countermeasures to Trump’s ‘unacceptable’ 30% tariffs
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — EU trade ministers agreed Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of 30% tariffs on the European Union was “absolutely unacceptable,” and they are studying a new set of countermeasures to respond to the move. The ministers met Monday in Brussels following Trump’s surprise announcement over the
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14 million children did not receive a single vaccine in 2024, UN estimates
LONDON (AP) — More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year — about the same number as the year before — according to U.N. health officials. Nine countries accounted for more than half of those unprotected children. In their annual estimate of global vaccine coverage, released Tuesday, the World Health
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Unreleased Beyoncé music stolen during ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour
By ITZEL LUNA Associated Press Unreleased music by Beyoncé along with footage, show plans and concert set lists were stolen from a car in Atlanta rented by the singer’s choreographer and one of her dancers, according to a police incident report. The theft of the materials, stored on five thumb drives, happened on July 8,
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The world has hit a ‘very stubborn glass ceiling’ on childhood vaccination
By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — An estimated 14.3 million children globally remain completely unvaccinated, according to a new report, and public health experts point to conflict zones as threatening childhood vaccination efforts worldwide. Each year, the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund publish a comprehensive report on estimates of national immunization
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‘Why are you not preventing settler terrorism’: Palestinians call out IDF following beating death of American man
By Jeremy Diamond and Kareem Khadder, CNN Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya, West Bank (CNN) — Saif Musallet was just weeks away from celebrating his 21st birthday, and as he visited his family here, the Florida native’s thoughts began to turn toward marriage. “I think it’s time for me to get married,” Musallet told his father, Kamel, during
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Unreleased Beyoncé music stolen from her choreographer’s rental car during Cowboy Carter tour stop in Atlanta
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Hard drives containing Beyoncé’s unreleased music and several other items were stolen from a car that had been rented by her choreographer during a Cowboy Carter tour stop in Atlanta last week, according to police. Officers responded on July 8 after receiving a call regarding a theft from a
Continue Reading Unreleased Beyoncé music stolen from her choreographer’s rental car during Cowboy Carter tour stop in Atlanta
WSB, CNN FILE, CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Hard drives containing Beyoncé’s unreleased music and several other items were stolen from a car that had been rented by her choreographer during a Cowboy Carter tour stop in Atlanta last week, according to police. Officers responded on July 8 after receiving a call regarding
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Los Angeles man dies in jail while awaiting trial for killing and dismemberment of wife, her parents
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles man accused of killing and dismembering his wife, her mother and her stepfather has died in jail while awaiting trial, authorities said Monday. Samuel Bond Haskell, 37, was found dead Saturday in his cell in a downtown Los Angeles jail and died
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Senate confirms Trump’s first judicial nominee of his second term
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s first judicial pick of his second term, voting to approve Whitney Hermandorfer as a judge for the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The confirmation of Hermandorfer, who worked for Tennessee’s attorney general, comes after the Democratic-led Senate under
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Savannah man charged after fatal hit-and-run in St. Joseph
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — A Savannah, Missouri, man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after fleeing from the scene of an accident that resulted in death.
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Thomas Massie, GOP congressman who broke with Trump, reports strong fundraising
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has stockpiled more than $1.7 million for his re-election bid as the Kentucky Republican gears up to face President Donald Trump’s vaunted political operation, Massie’s campaign announced Monday. Massie was one of two House Republicans to vote against Trump’s massive tax bill and he said Trump
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Trump administration says it won’t publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday took another step to make it harder to find major, legally mandated scientific assessments of how climate change is endangering the nation and its people. Earlier this month, the official government websites that hosted the authoritative, peer-reviewed national climate assessments went
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Cuomo stays in NYC mayor’s race despite losing the Democratic primary to Mamdani
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched an independent run for New York City mayor on Monday, restarting his campaign after a bruising loss to progressive Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primary. In a video, Cuomo announced he would remain in the race to combat Mamdani, a democratic socialist state lawmaker, while
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More than 20 states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer funding
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — More than 20 states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday over billions of dollars in frozen education funding for after-school care, summer programs and more. Some of the withheld money funds after-school and summer programming at Boys & Girls Clubs, the YMCA
Continue Reading Equity Bancshares: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Equity Bancshares Inc. (EQBK) on Monday reported net income of $15.3 million in its second quarter. The bank, based in Wichita, Kansas, said it had earnings of 86 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 99 cents per share. The bank holding company posted
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Poet Andrea Gibson, candid explorer of life, death and identity, dies at 49
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press Andrea Gibson, a celebrated poet and performance artist who through their verse explored gender identity, politics and their 4-year battle with terminal ovarian cancer, died Monday at age 49. Gibson’s death was announced on social media by their wife, Megan Falley. Gibson and Falley are the main
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How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding her department. The justices on Monday paused a lower court order that had halted nearly 1,400 layoffs and had called into
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More slow-moving storms are developing across a flood-weary East Coast. When will the rain end?
By Luke Snyder, Amanda Musa, Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — Another round of showers and thunderstorms is slowly moving across the Mid-Atlantic Tuesday evening, after intense rain set off dangerous flash flooding from Virginia to New York on Monday, leaving at least two dead and prompting dozens of rescues as water overwhelmed roads and subways.
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One dead, one rescued in Cameron fire on Sunday
CAMERON, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — One person is dead and one child is safe after being trapped inside a structure on fire on Sunday in Cameron, Missouri.
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Voting in Wisconsin’s governor’s race is a year away, but the ads are starting
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s race for governor is hitting the airwaves more than a year before voting begins. Republican candidate Bill Berrien announced the purchase of about $400,000 in cable TV, radio and online ads Monday. The buy comes 13 months before the Aug. 11, 2026, primary. Berrien is
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SJFD warns of common fire dangers during summer months
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Following a string of recent fire-related calls, the St. Joseph Fire Department is urging residents to stay mindful of fire safety.
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Father-son duo concludes journey to visit all MLB stadiums, talks new Royals stadium
By Lily O’Shea Becker Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) — After visiting all 30 MLB stadiums, an Olathe father-son duo ranked Kauffman Stadium in 22nd place. The Royals fans concluded their eight-year journey on Thursday. “We’ve done as many as six or seven (stadiums) in a year,” Scott Summers
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