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Cape police make early morning drug busts Thursday
(Local News ~ 01/20/23)
The Cape Girardeau Police Department and SEMO Drug Task Force seized drugs and a firearm, and made numerous arrests from two unrelated narcotics search warrants Thursday morning, Jan. 19. According to a department news release, officers searched a residence in the 900 block of North Sprigg Street around 5 a.m. At the location, officers found suspected cocaine and prescription medicine, and took one occupant into custody...
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Donate blood for chance to attend Super Bowl
(Local News ~ 01/20/23)
The American Red Cross, in partnership with the National Football League, is offering blood donors a chance to go to Super Bowl LVII . In a news release from Joe Zydlo, regional communications manager for American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas, donors who give blood, platelets or plasma through Tuesday, Jan. 31, will be automatically entered to win two tickets to the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 12, in Glendale, Arizona...
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Missouri Senate confirms Dr. Andrew Moore for SEMO Board of Governors
(Local News ~ 01/20/23)
Dr. J. Moore, a hematologist/oncologist with SoutheastHEALTH, and state Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder on Wednesday. Jan. 18, at Moore's Missouri Senate confirmation hearing in Jefferson City. ...
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Religious leaders sue to block Mo.'s abortion ban
(State News ~ 01/20/23)
ST. LOUIS — A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Missouri's abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who don't share them...
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Cape community members perform in SEMO Opera's 'The Bat's Revenge'
(Local News ~ 01/20/23)
Three Cape Girardeau community members will be performing in "The Bat's Revenge", a comic opera, being performed Friday, Jan. 20, and Sunday, Jan. 22, at the Southeast Missouri State University River Campus. Robb Davis will be singing in the chorus, Matt Antill will be playing a character named Blind the Lawyer, and Seth Tanner will be playing the role of Freddie, the titular "Bat" seeking his revenge...
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Paint for a Cause project aims to help Mississippi Valley Therapeutic Horsemanship
(Local News ~ 01/20/23)
Painted Wren Art Gallery in Cape Girardeau has teamed up with Mississippi Valley Therapeutic Horsemanship in Oak Ridge to create a new Paint for a Cause project. MVTH is a not-for-profit offering therapeutic horseback riding to adults and children. Local artists Aaron Horrell and Barb Bailey have created a painting that will raise money and be given to the organization once it is completed...
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Local BBB and police advice for avoiding parking lot scams
(Local News ~ 01/20/23)
With technological advances come increased opportunities for people to fall victim to sophisticated hoaxes, said Better Business Bureau's Whitney Quick, regional director for Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. One scam utilizes fake parking tickets appearing to be authentic...
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Flu cases up significantly in Cape Girardeau County
(Local News ~ 01/20/23)
Jane Wernsman, director of Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center, said Wednesday, Jan. 18, the final two months of 2022 saw a "substantial" year-over-year increase in flu cases from the same period in 2021. Wernsman said the flu season — which runs from October through May — usually peaks in late January and February but things are different this winter...
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Prayer 1/20/2023
(Prayer ~ 01/20/23)
O Lord Jesus, we worship you our Glorious Savior and King of kings. Amen.
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SADI receives top grant via Chick-fil-A True Inspiration Awards
(Editorial ~ 01/20/23)
SEMO Alliance for Disability Independence was the S. Truett Cathy honoree for the True Inspiration Awards last month, a nationwide honor that came with a $350,000 grant. The organization knew it was to receive one of the awards, which was to come with a $30,000 grant to support the construction of a sensory garden, but the surprise announcement and additional dollars means the organization will be able to do much more good...
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GOP's deficit reduction is a cynical performative gesture
(Column ~ 01/20/23)
For several years now, I've been told that the old consensus of fiscal conservatism and limited government was dead. So, you might think I'm delighted by the sudden rebirth of tea party-style budget-cutting zeal on display in the GOP's brinkmanship over the debt ceiling...
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Fire report 1-20-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/20/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Fire Department responded to the following calls. Jan. 18 n Medical assists were made at 6:32 a.m. on South Benton Street; 11:22 a.m. on Shirley Drive; and 3:59 p.m. on Wisteria Drive. n At 8:40 a.m., fire alarm on South Silver Springs Road...
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Police report 1-20-23
(Police/Fire Report ~ 01/20/23)
CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the following calls. Arrests do not imply guilt. Arrests n A warrant arrest was reported on North Sprigg Street. n A warrant arrest was reported on Luce Street. n First-degree domestic assault, resisting/interfering with arrest for a felony and armed criminal action were reported on Gordonville Road...
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AI tools can create new images, but who is the real artist?
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
NEW YORK -- Countless artists have taken inspiration from "The Starry Night" since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. Now artificial intelligence systems are doing the same, training themselves on a vast collection of digitized artworks to produce new images you can conjure in seconds from a smartphone app...
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Fashion sneakers propel sustainable rubber in Brazil Amazon
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
XAPURI, Brazil -- Rubber tapper Raimundo Mendes de Barros prepares to leave his home, surrounded by rainforest, for an errand in the Brazilian Amazon city of Xapuri. He slides his long, scarred, 77-year-old feet into a pair of sneakers made by Veja, a French brand...
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California storms feed systems set up to capture rainwater
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
LOS ANGELES -- As Californians tally the damage from recent storms, some are taking stock of the rainwater captured by cisterns, catches, wells and underground basins -- many built in recent years to provide relief to a state locked in decades of drought...
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Twinkle, twinkle fading stars: Hiding in our brighter skies
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
WASHINGTON -- Every year, the night sky grows brighter, and the stars look dimmer. A new study that analyzes data from more than 50,000 amateur stargazers finds that artificial lighting is making the night sky about 10% brighter each year. That's a much faster rate of change than scientists had previously estimated looking at satellite data. The research, which includes data from 2011 to 2022, is published Thursday in the journal Science...
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US citizens get chance to play role in resettling refugees
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
WASHINGTON -- A government program launched Thursday is giving American citizens the chance to play a role in resettling the thousands of refugees who arrive every year in the United States. During the first year of the Welcome Corps, the State Department aims to line up 10,000 Americans who can help 5,000 refugees adjust to life in the United States...
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GOP action on mail ballot timelines angers military families
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's restrictive new election law significantly shortens the window for mailed ballots to be received -- despite no evidence that the extended timeline has led to fraud or any other problems -- and that change is angering active-duty members of the military and their families because of its potential to disenfranchise them...
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Polar bear emerged unseen from snowstorm to kill mom, son
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Summer Myomick bundled her baby against the freezing winds whipping off the Bering Sea and stepped outside into a blur of blowing snow. It was a short walk from the school where she had visited relatives to the health clinic about 150 yards (137 meters) away, but the young mother could hardly have seen where she was going -- or the terror that was approaching...
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Peru police use tear gas to block protesters from marching
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
LIMA, Peru -- Police fired tear gas to try to subdue thousands of protesters who poured into the Peruvian capital Thursday, many from remote Andean regions, calling for the ouster of President Dina Boluarte and the return to power of her predecessor, whose removal last month launched deadly unrest and cast the nation into political chaos...
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Supreme Court says it hasn't found abortion opinion leaker
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Thursday it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation continues. Eight months after Politico published its explosive leak detailing the draft of Justice Samuel Alito's opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, the court said its investigative team "has to date been unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence."...
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New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down
(International News ~ 01/20/23)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who became a global icon of the left and exemplified a new style of leadership, said Thursday that she would leave office. Just 37 when she became leader, Ardern was praised around the world for her handling of the nation's worst-ever mass shooting and the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. ...
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French unions call for new strikes, protests Jan. 31
(International News ~ 01/20/23)
PARIS -- French unions have announced new nationwide strikes and protests Jan. 31 against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to raise the retirement age. Eight leading unions held a meeting Thursday after their first day of mass protests against the plan, and issued statements vowing to push on with their action to try to get the government to back down...
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Germany pressed on tanks for Ukraine; Kyiv frustrated
(International News ~ 01/20/23)
BERLIN -- Germany faced mounting pressure to supply battle tanks to Kyiv and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aired frustration about not obtaining enough weaponry as Western allies conferred Thursday on how best to support Ukraine nearly 11 months into Russia's invasion...
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New USDA rule boosts 'organic' food oversight, targets fraud
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
The Agriculture Department on Thursday issued new requirements for foods labeled organic, a move aimed at cracking down on fraud and boosting oversight. The rule strengthens enforcement of the USDA's strict definitions of organic, which must rely on "natural substances and physical, mechanical or biologically based farming methods to the fullest extent possible."...
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T-Mobile says data on 37M customers stolen
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
BOSTON -- The U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said Thursday that an unidentified malicious intruder breached its network in late November and stole data on 37 million customers, including addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth. T-Mobile said in a filing with the Security and Exchange Commission that the breach was discovered Jan. ...
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Biden on classified documents discovery: 'There's no there there'
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
APTOS, Calif. -- A frustrated President Joe Biden said Thursday there is "no there there" when he was persistently questioned about the discovery of classified documents and official records at his home and former office. "We found a handful of documents were filed in the wrong place," Biden said to reporters who questioned him during a tour of the damage from storms in California. "We immediately turned them over to the Archives and the Justice Department."...
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Climate misinformation 'rocket boosters' on Twitter
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
WASHINGTON -- Search for the word "climate" on Twitter and the first automatic recommendation isn't "climate crisis" or "climate jobs" or even "climate change" but instead "climate scam." Clicking on the recommendation yields dozens of posts denying the reality of climate change and making misleading claims about efforts to mitigate it...
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White House mindful of California storm victims' trauma
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- President Joe Biden is touring damaged areas and being briefed on recovery efforts Thursday after devastating storms hit California in recent weeks, killing at least 20 people and causing destruction across 41 of the state's 58 counties...
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Alec Baldwin to be charged with manslaughter in set shooting
(Entertainment ~ 01/20/23)
SANTA FE, N.M. -- Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, prosecutors announced Thursday, citing a "criminal disregard for safety."...
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US Treasury buys time for Biden, GOP on debt limit deal
(National News ~ 01/20/23)
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government bumped up against its debt limit Thursday, prompting the Treasury Department to take "extraordinary" accounting steps to avoid default -- as friction between President Joe Biden and House Republicans raised concern about whether the U.S. can sidestep an economic crisis...
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Reports: David Crosby, rock star and CSNY co-founder, dies
(Entertainment ~ 01/20/23)
David Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with the Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, Stills, Nash & (sometimes) Young, has died at 81, several media outlets reported Thursday...
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Out of the past: Jan. 20
(Out of the Past ~ 01/20/23)
The quest for equality in America is "an unfinished revolution," Dr. Frank Nickell told the assemblage last night at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration; Debra Mitchell-Braxton, recognized for her tireless work on behalf of African-American youth in the area, received the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award; the event at St. James AME Church was attended by about 75 people...
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