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Month: March 2025

Late Notices, March 18, 2025

Late Notices Sue C. Sexton MAYSVILLE, Mo. – Sue C. Sexton, 94, died March 14, 2025. Visitation 10 a.m. April 19 at United Methodist Church, in Maysville. Funeral services will begin at noon. Services under the direction of Turner Family Funeral Home of Maysville. www.turnerfamilyfuneral.com As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.

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Suni Williams is seen during a six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station. A SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft (top right) can be seen docked to the space station's Harmony module.

Unexpected nature of an extended stay in orbit led to high interest in NASA astronauts’ mission

By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — who gained international attention as their planned short stay in space stretched into a more than nine-month, politically fraught mission — are finally home. Williams and Wilmore, alongside NASA’s Nick Hague and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of Russia’s Roscosmos space

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A sign for the United States Institute of Peace is seen on its building headquarters on February 20 in Washington. Personnel from the Department of Government Efficiency

DOGE gains access to US Institute of Peace after Trump administration overhauls board

By Jennifer Hansler and Harlan Schmidt, CNN Washington (CNN) — Personnel from the Department of Government Efficiency, accompanied by DC police officers, gained access to the US Institute of Peace Monday after being turned away last week. The dramatic escalation follows the Trump administration’s Friday gutting of the organization’s board and tees up another court

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A demonstrator holds a sign in support of federal workers during a President's Day protest in Washington

Getting paid not to work: Federal probationary workers are being reinstated but put on paid leave

By Tami Luhby, Ella Nilsen, Marshall Cohen, Rene Marsh and Linda Gaudino, CNN (CNN) — Days after a Maryland federal judge ruled that terminated probationary workers must be temporarily reinstated, multiple federal agencies have told their staffers that they are complying with the decision – but placing the employees on paid administrative leave. Workers at

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Nasser hospital in Khan Younis

Gaza truce shatters as Israel carries out wave of deadly strikes and says it has ‘returned to fighting’

By Helen Regan, Abeer Salman, Lauren Izso and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN (CNN) — Gaza’s fragile ceasefire was shattered early Tuesday as Israel carried out deadly strikes across the enclave and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to use “increasing military strength” against Hamas. Gaza experienced its deadliest day in over 15 months on Tuesday, according

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