ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — The Shakespeare Chateau Guild is highlighting six historic locations for an up-close look at some of St. Joseph’s finest examples of stained glass. The locations will be featured on a tour, St. Joseph’s Architectural Jewelry: a tour of extraordinary stained glass, from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 27. According to
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By LAURA UNGAR, MICHELLE R. SMITH and DEVI SHASTRI Associated Press The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through Texas communities in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say. Nationwide,
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By LAURA UNGAR, MICHELLE R. SMITH and DEVI SHASTRI Associated Press The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance. The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to
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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a “Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week,” in yet another reassuring public sign of his recovery from a life-threatening battle with double pneumonia. Many in the crowd
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s aggressive measures to crack down on immigration are hurting beer sales, according to Modelo and Corona owner Constellation Brands. About half of Constellation’s US customers are Hispanic, and some have stopped going out to restaurants and gathering in large groups out of fear
Continue ReadingPor Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español La abogada y exasambleísta Luisa Magdalena González Alcívar, candidata a la Presidencia de la República de Ecuador por el Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana, protagonizará la segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales, junto al presidente de centroderecha Daniel Noboa. González es la opción respaldada por el expresidente Rafael Correa, quien
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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Like many in the tech industry, Jeremy Lyons used to think of himself as a relatively apolitical guy. The only time he had participated in a demonstration before now was in the opening days of Donald Trump’s first presidential term, when he joined fellow Google
Continue Reading By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Like many in the tech industry, Jeremy Lyons used to think of himself as a relatively apolitical guy. The only time he had participated in a demonstration before now was in the opening days of Donald Trump’s first presidential term, when he joined fellow Google
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By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After President Donald Trump reversed course on his tariffs and announced he would pursue trade negotiations, he had a simple explanation for how he would make decisions in the coming weeks. “Instinctively, more than anything else,” he told reporters this past week. “You almost can’t take a
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — With every race, 17-year-old Australian sprinter Gout Gout seems to reach yet another milestone and further underscore his immense potential. On Sunday, he won the men’s 200 meters title at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth in 19.84 seconds, an extraordinary time that would have propelled him into the
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Take a look around your kitchen pantry, and what do you see? Boxes of pasta stacked high, maybe, alongside tins of sardines or a jar of olives. Maybe you have some fresh fruit lurking, olive oil or a bag of rice. But food motifs might also be popping up
Continue ReadingPor Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español El presidente Daniel Noboa Azin seguirá gobernando el país y con la opción del Movimiento Acción Democrática Nacional (ADN) ganó en segunda vuelta un mandato que irá hasta el año 2029. La presidenta del CNE, Diana Atamaint, informó en conferencia de prensa que, tras el 90% de las
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By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — An impressive leaping catch in foul territory from three-time AL MVP Mike Trout was controversially thwarted on Saturday night when a fan ripped the ball from his glove. With the Los Angeles Angels leading the Houston Astros 2-0 in the second inning, Yainer Díaz’s fly ball to right field
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By Abeer Salman, Dana Karni, Ibrahim Dahman and Tim Lister (CNN) — An Israeli air strike early on Sunday has incapacitated the last fully functioning hospital in Gaza City as the military expands and intensifies its campaign across the territory. No casualties were reported from the strike but the Anglican church in Jerusalem – which
Continue ReadingBy John Blake, CNN (CNN) — He had just finished leading a worship service when two Gestapo agents approached him. “Prisoner Bonhoeffer — get ready and come with us,” one of them ordered. It was April 8, 1945, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer knew what their summons meant. Berlin had been reduced to rubble. Adolf Hitler had
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Ferris and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson has relied on one strategy so far in his chaotic GOP House: Survive and advance. The Louisiana Republican notched another unlikely victory last week, convincing his most recalcitrant conservatives to back a budget blueprint they detested — all without losing the votes of
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By JUSTIN KABUMBA and JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 50 people were killed in weekend attacks in Congo’s conflict-battered east, authorities said Saturday. The government traded blame with Rwanda-backed rebels over who was responsible for the violence that quickly escalated the conflict in the region. The renewed violence that residents
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By Svitlana Vlasova and Rosa Rahimi, CNN (CNN) — Russian ballistic missiles ripped through the busy center of Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy on Sunday, officials said, killing at least 35 people and striking terror into residents who were out enjoying Palm Sunday and attending morning church services. It was the deadliest attack of the
Continue ReadingSvitlana Vlasova y Rosa Rahimi Misiles rusos impactaron la ciudad de Sumy, en el noreste de Ucrania, mientras la gente se reunía para los servicios religiosos del domingo, matando al menos a 21 personas, dijeron funcionarios locales. “Muchas personas murieron hoy como resultado del ataque con misiles”, dijo Artem Kobzar, alcalde interino de Sumy, confirmando
Continue ReadingPor Ray Sánchez y Gloria Pazmiño Si bien la decisión de un juez de inmigración de que Mahmoud Khalil, graduado de la Universidad de Columbia y residente legal permanente en EE.UU., puede ser deportado es una victoria para la administración Trump, la batalla legal contra su detención y deportación está lejos de terminar. La decisión
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By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press SUMY, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles struck the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, killing at least 34 people, officials said, in the second large-scale attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week. The two ballistic missiles hit around 10:15
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By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A wave of Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday hit a hospital and other sites, killing at least 21 people, including children, as Israel vowed to expand its security presence in the small coastal strip. The predawn strike on Al-Ahli Hospital
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Continue Reading Associated Press Missouri Daybook for Sunday, Apr. 13. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Missouri bureau is reachable at 816-421-4844. Send daybook items to Missouri@applanner.com. To see
Continue Reading Associated Press Nebraska Daybook for Sunday, Apr. 13. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Omaha bureau is reachable at 402-391-0031. Send daybook items to Nebraska@applanner.com. To see
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Continue Reading Associated Press Iowa Daybook for Sunday, Apr. 13. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Des Moines bureau is reachable at 515-243-3281. Send daybook items to iowa@applanner.com. To
Continue ReadingBy Rosa de Acosta, CNN (CNN) — US President Donald Trump has imposed an additional 145% tariffs on all Chinese imports despite pausing his “reciprocal” levies on all other countries in a stunning reversal last week. But China is not backing down, saying it will “fight to the end” if Trump continues to escalate what
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By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Several Southeast Asian countries kicked off their annual water festival holiday on Sunday, but in the wake of a devastating earthquake last month, Myanmar is missing out on the fun. The holiday is an occasion for merrymaking during what is usually the hottest time of the year.
Continue ReadingBy Lex Harvey and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a 20-year-old man accused of plotting a mass shooting at a high school later this month, one day after the anniversary of the Columbine massacre. Braeden Phillips is accused of conspiring with another individual “to commit murder(s) by planning a coordinated
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