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2024 Difference Makers: Becky Harding and Lori Fowler making an impact through faith, service and real estate (7/27/24)By Amanda Flinn ~ B MagazineDiscover how Becky Harding and Lori Fowler are transforming lives through faith, service, and real estate. From launching inclusive initiatives to supporting foster care, their journey is a testament to impactful leadership.
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Today in History: July 27 (7/27/24)Associated PressToday is Friday, July 27, the 209th day of 2024. There are 157 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 27, 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting on the Korean peninsula that...
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Cape Girardeau Public Schools touts teacher retention rate (7/26/24)6By J.C. Reeves ~ Southeast MissourianThe Cape Girardeau Public Schools Board of Education discussed the evaluation of the district’s culture, climate and staff retention for the 2023-24 school year during its meeting Monday night, July 22.
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New Spirit of St. Louis makes pit stop in Cape Girardeau (7/26/24)By Nathan Gladden ~ Southeast MissourianThe New Spirit of St. Louis landed earlier this month in Cape Girardeau to receive avionics upgrades from Elite Avionics near Cape Girardeau Regional Airport. The New Spirit of St. Louis, or Lancair Columbia 300, was flown across the Atlantic on May...
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Meet the 10-year-old author behind ‘Leah and the Pumpkin’ (7/26/24)By Alyssa Lunsford ~ Southeast MissourianEllie Houston, a 10-year-old from Benton, has published her first book, “Leah and the Pumpkin”. This accomplishment marks a significant milestone for the young author. Ellie found inspiration for her book from a pumpkin drawing in her room. With...
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Missouri judges have overturned 2 murder convictions in recent weeks. Why did the AG fight freedom? (7/26/24)ST. LOUIS — A man who was on the verge of walking out of prison this week after a judge found evidence of “actual innocence" and overturned his murder conviction now faces a fresh legal hurdle. The person blocking Christopher Dunn's freedom is Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, who is fresh off an unsuccessful battle to keep another woman whose murder conviction was reversed imprisoned...
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Missouri lawsuits allege abuse by Catholic priests, nuns. Archdiocese leader in Omaha among them (7/26/24)ST. LOUIS — Sixty people allege in new lawsuits filed in Missouri that they were abused as children by dozens of Catholic priests, nuns and others, and the man who now leads the Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska, is among the accused. Five separate lawsuits seeking unspecified damages were filed this week in St. Louis and neighboring counties. All told, the lawsuits name 56 alleged abusers. The suits seek unspecified damages...
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Workers at GM seat supplier in Missouri reach tentative agreement, end strike (7/26/24)The union representing workers, a Lear Corp. plant in Missouri that makes seats for General Motors vehicles said Thursday it reached a tentative agreement with the company, ending a strike that was in its fourth day. About 480 workers at Lear Corp. in Wentzville who walked out at midnight Sunday are back at work. They are represented by United Auto Workers union...
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Days before a Biden rule against anti-LGBTQ+ bias takes effect, judges are narrowing its reach (7/26/24)TOPEKA, Kan. — New federal court rulings are narrowing the Biden administration's enforcement of a rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination and allowing critics to limit it even further school by school. A federal judge in Missouri blocked enforcement of the rule in six additional states, bringing the total to 21. ...
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Four detainees stabbed during altercation at jail in downtown St. Louis (7/26/24)ST. LOUIS — Four detainees at a downtown St. Louis jail were injured when they were stabbed during a fight — the latest of several instances of violence at the jail. A guard sent out a distress call about a disturbance around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday at the City Justice Center, spokesman for the St. Louis Department of Public Safety, Monte Chambers, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The injured detainees were taken to a hospital. Their conditions were not immediately made available...
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Harris tells Netanyahu 'it is time' to end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home (7/26/24)WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said she urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal soon with Hamas so that dozens of hostages held by the militants in Gaza since Oct. 7 can return home. Harris said she had a “frank and constructive” conversation with Netanyahu in which she affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself but also expressed deep concern about the high death toll in Gaza over nine months of war and the “dire” humanitarian situation there.. ...
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US arrests 2 leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel: ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and son of 'El Chapo' (7/26/24)WASHINGTON — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas on Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department said. A leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel for decades alongside Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Zambada is one of the most notorious drug traffickers in the world and known for running the cartel’s smuggling operations while keeping a lower profile...
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Southwest Airlines plans to start assigning seats, breaking with a 50-year tradition (7/26/24)DALLAS — Goodbye, cattle call. Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it plans to drop the open-boarding system it has used for more than 50 years and will start assigning passengers to seats, just like all the other big airlines. The airline said it has been studying seating options, running tests and surveying customers. Southwest discovered that preferences have changed over the years and the vast majority of travelers now want to know where they are sitting before they get to the airport...
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Harris says she's ready to debate Trump and accuses him of 'backpedaling' from Sept. 10 faceoff (7/26/24)WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters on Thursday that she’s “ready to debate Donald Trump.” She accused him of “backpedaling” away from a previous agreement for a debate hosted by ABC News on Sept. 10. “I think the voters deserve to see the split screen that exists in this race on the debate stage,” she said after landing at Joint Base Andrews following a trip to Indiana and Texas...
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Chinese and Russian bombers patrolling off Alaska raise concerns about growing military cooperation (7/26/24)WASHINGTON — Russian and Chinese bombers flew together for the first time in international airspace off the coast of Alaska, in a new show of expanding military cooperation that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday raises concerns. The flights Wednesday were not seen as a threat, and the bombers were tracked and intercepted by U.S. ...
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Bollinger County search related to girl missing since 1989 (7/26/24)Law enforcement officials recently searched a rural Bollinger County property in connection with the case of a girl who disappeared in 1989...
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Cape Girardeau man arrested for unlawful possession of firearm after possible overdose (7/26/24)2A Cape Girardeau man was arrested after allegedly being found to possess a firearm illegally after a Cape Girardeau police officer responded to a possible drug overdose Monday, July 22...
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Road work: Sidewalk repairs impact SB U.S. 61 in Perry County (7/26/24)Southbound U.S. 61 in Perry County — from Lucy Street to Ash Street in Perryville — will be impacted as contractor crews replace various portions of the sidewalk. According to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release, the work will take place daily from 8 a.m. ...
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Newsom orders California state agencies to start clearing homeless encampments (7/26/24)SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies Thursday to start removing homeless encampments on state land in his boldest action yet following a Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces...
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Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of crisis-plagued US Bureau of Prisons after AP reporting (7/26/24)WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday a bill strengthening oversight of the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons after reporting by The Associated Press exposed systemic corruption, failures and abuse in the federal prison system...
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House Republicans vote to rebuke Kamala Harris over administration's handling of border policy (7/26/24)WASHINGTON — House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris's role in the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, passing a resolution Thursday that condemns her performance in the job. The resolution, which is purely symbolic, echoes an attack line that Republican Donald Trump has taken against Harris since she rose to become the likely Democratic presidential nominee. ...
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Prosecutors urge judge not to toss out Trump’s hush money conviction, pushing back on immunity claim (7/26/24)NEW YORK — Prosecutors are urging a judge to uphold Donald Trump’s historic hush money conviction, arguing in court papers made public Thursday that the verdict should stand despite the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. The Manhattan district attorney’s office said in a court filing that the high court’s opinion “has no bearing” on the hush money case because it involves unofficial acts for which the former president is not immune...
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Martin Indyk, former US diplomat and author who devoted career to Middle East peace, dies at 73 (7/26/24)NORWICH, Conn. — Veteran diplomat Martin S. Indyk, an author and leader at prominent U.S. think tanks who devoted years to finding a path toward peace in the Middle East, died Thursday. He was 73. His wife, Gahl Hodges Burt, confirmed in a phone call that he died from complications of esophageal cancer at the couple's home in New Fairfield, Connecticut...
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Venezuela's presidential candidates conclude their campaigns ahead of Sunday's election (7/26/24)CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s government and opposition closed the official presidential campaign season Thursday with demonstrations that drew thousands of people to the streets of the capital. The events three days before the highly anticipated election on Sunday encapsulated the massive disparities between the top contenders, including their resources...
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Today in History: July 26 (7/26/24)Today is Friday, July 26, the 208th day of 2024. There are 158 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed the ADA, prohibiting discrimination based on mental or physical disabilities. Also on this date:...
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Strategies, community voices highlight first Gun Violence Task Force meeting (7/25/24)12The City of Cape Girardeau’s first Gun Violence Task Force meeting focused on an introduction to work being done by the Community Partnership of Southeast Missouri to prevent gun violence and the Cape Girardeau Police Department’s Gun Crime Taskforce and overview of crime data. ...
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TTF7 committee discusses ways to evaluate upcoming Cape street projects (7/25/24)8The Transportation Trust Fund 7 (TTF7) committee became familiar with the fund’s history and the projects still in the works while members met for the first time July 7 at Cape Girardeau City Hall. The city rolls out a new TTF plan to voters every five years. The seventh plan will go to voters on the April 2025 ballot. ...
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Surveillance helps Scott City police catch alleged copper thieves (7/25/24)Scott City Police Department officers arrested four Scott City residents alleged to have stolen 3,000 feet of copper wire valued at $13,000 from the Union Pacific Railroad property in the city. ...
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Missouri Supreme Court halts release of man with overturned conviction as he was about to go free (7/25/24)3ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Supreme Court halted the immediate release Wednesday of a man whose murder conviction was overturned — just as the man was about to walk free. A St. Louis Circuit Court judge had ordered Christopher Dunn, now 52, to be released by 6 p.m. CDT Wednesday and threatened the prison warden with contempt if Dunn remained imprisoned. But Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey has been fighting Dunn's release...
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Biden delivers solemn call to defend democracy as he lays out his reasons for quitting race (7/25/24)1WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country's democracy as he laid out in an Oval Office address his decision to drop his bid for reelection and throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris...
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In fiery speech to Congress, Netanyahu vows 'total victory' in Gaza and denounces US protesters (7/25/24)WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in a scathing speech to Congress on Wednesday to achieve “total victory” against Hamas and denounced American opponents of the war in Gaza as “idiots,” taking a combative stance in a visit the Biden administration has hoped will yield progress in negotiations to end the fighting...
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Myanmar violence, South China Sea tensions are top issues as Southeast Asian diplomats meet in Laos (7/25/24)VIENTIANE, Laos — Southeast Asian foreign ministers and top diplomats from key partners including the United States and China were gathering in the Laotian capital on Thursday for the start of three days of talks expected to focus on the increasingly violent civil war in Myanmar, tensions in the South China Sea and other regional issues...
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Monday breaks the record for the hottest day ever on Earth (7/25/24)Driven by oceans that won't cool down, an unseasonably warm Antarctica and worsening climate change, Earth's record hot streak dialed up this week, making Sunday, then Monday, the hottest days humans have measured, according to the European climate service...
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John Mayall, tireless and influential British blues pioneer, dies at 90 (7/25/24)LONDON — John Mayall, the British blues musician whose influential band the Bluesbreakers was a training ground for Eric Clapton, Mick Fleetwood and many other superstars, has died. He was 90. A statement on Mayall's Instagram page announced his death Tuesday, saying the musician died Monday at his home in California. “Health issues that forced John to end his epic touring career have finally led to peace for one of this world’s greatest road warriors,” the post said...
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Plane crashes just after takeoff from Nepal's capital, killing 18 people. Pilot is lone survivor (7/25/24)KATHMANDU, Nepal — A plane crashed Wednesday just after taking off from Nepal’s capital, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor. All the people aboard the Saurya Airlines flight including the co-pilot were Nepali except for one passenger, who was a Yemeni national, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said. Authorities have pulled all 18 bodies from the wreckage, police official Basanta Rajauri said...
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Surprise Yellowstone geyser eruption highlights little known hazard at popular park (7/25/24)BILLINGS, Mont. — A surprise eruption of steam in a Yellowstone National Park geyser basin that sent people scrambling for safety as basketball-sized rocks flew overhead has highlighted a little-known hazard that scientists hope to be able to predict someday...
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Trump rally gunman looked online for information about Kennedy assassination, FBI director says (7/25/24)WASHINGTON — The gunman in the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump is believed to have done a Google search one week before the shooting of “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?” FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday, revealing new details about a suspect he said had taken a keen interest in public figures but had otherwise not left behind clear clues of an ideological motive...
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Trump turns his full focus on Harris at first rally since Biden's exit from 2024 race (7/25/24)CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of attack lines Wednesday against his likely new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, whom he called his “new victim to defeat” and accused of deceiving the public about President Joe Biden 's ability to run for a second term...
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Oregon fire is the largest burning in the US. Thunderstorms and high winds are exacerbating it (7/25/24)BOISE, Idaho — Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho Wednesday afternoon, cutting power and stoking fires, including one in Oregon that is already the largest active blaze in the nation...
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Today in History: July 25 (7/25/24)Today is Thursday, July 25, the 207th day of 2024. There are 159 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 25, 1972, the notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment came to light as The Associated Press reported that for the previous four decades, the U.S. ...