COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A study by the American Farm Bureau Federation found that grocery bills for this year’s Thanksgiving are down 5% from last year, giving relief to some consumers. While current prices are still 19% higher than five years ago, this is the second year in a row shoppers will see a dip in
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A government spokesman in Pakistan’s volatile northwest says Shiite and Sunni Muslim tribes have agreed to a cease-fire. Violence has rocked Kurram district since gunmen ambushed a convoy of Shiite Muslims last Thursday, killing 42. The assault triggered retaliatory attacks and rampages that killed dozens more people from both communities. Sunday’s
Continue Reading Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s conservatives have chosen a presidential candidate ahead of an election next year. The opposition Law and Justice party picked a historian who runs a state institute, Karol Nawrocki. The announcement was made at a party convention in Krakow on Sunday. It comes a day after the main governing
Continue Reading DENVER (AP) — A Civil Air Patrol plane crash in Colorado has killed the aircraft’s pilot and an aerial photographer. The crash that occurred in Larimer County on Saturday killed pilot Susan Wolber and aerial photographer Jay Rhoten. That is according to a statement released by the office of Gov. Jared Polis. The aircraft was
Continue Reading By Jordan D. Brown, CNN (CNN) — After 45 years, authorities in California were finally able to tell the Gonzalez family who they believe killed their loved one. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office used DNA and forensic genealogy to identify the suspected killer, who turned out to be the same man who reported finding Esther
Continue Reading AP Hockey Writer Drew Bannister is out as coach of the St. Louis Blues after less than a full calendar year on the job. Jim Montgomery is back behind the bench of an NHL team five days after he was fired by the Boston Bruins. The Blues fired Bannister on Sunday and hired Montgomery as
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Blues fire coach Drew Bannister and hire Jim Montgomery 5 days after he was let go by the Boston Bruins.
Continue Reading AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Planet Earth is parting company with an asteroid that’s been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months. The harmless space rock will peel away on Monday, overcome by the stronger tug of the sun’s gravity. But it will zip closer for a quick
Continue Reading By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — With 2024 winding down, it’s time for the annual “of the year” story barrage to begin. Among the first out of the gate is the Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year. Hint: It’s all about thinking positive. Here’s what else you need to know to Start
Continue Reading Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.S. Air Force says a number of small drones were detected last week around three bases in eastern England that are used by American forces. The drones were spotted between Wednesday and Friday near RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Feltwell. The Air Force didn’t identify who was behind
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — A man was killed and three other people were injured after a hand grenade accidentally exploded at a house party in Croatia Saturday, authorities said. The 25-year-old died after another man, also aged 25, handed him the Yugoslavia-era weapon during the party in the city of Knin, police said.
Continue Reading Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women’s March on Washington. As a Black woman, she just couldn’t see herself helping to replicate the largest act of resistance against then-President Donald Trump’s first term in January 2017.
Continue Reading By Billy Stockwell and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Russia has removed a senior commander from his post for making false claims about the progress of the war in parts of eastern Ukraine, according to military bloggers and Russian media. Colonel General Gennady Anashkin, the commander of the South Forces Group, was dismissed after providing
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has big plans for the economy — and a big debt problem that will be a hurdle to delivering on them. Trump has bold ideas on tax cuts, tariffs and other programs, but high interest rates and the price of repaying the federal government’s existing debt could limit
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, John Miller and Sabrina Shulman, CNN (CNN) — Tall and disheveled, with a scraggly salt-and-pepper beard, Ramon Rivera was just one month out of jail when he approached a construction worker early Monday and fatally stabbed him without saying a word, police said. He was not done, police said. An urban nightmare
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta and Natasha Bertrand, CNN London (CNN) — Unidentified drones have been spotted flying over three bases used by the United States Air Force in Britain, the two countries have confirmed. The objects were seen between Wednesday and Saturday flying over the Royal Air Force’s Lakenheath, Mildenhall and Feltwell bases, all used by
Continue Reading AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Police in Jordan have shot and killed a man after he opened fire near the Israeli Embassy. Authorities say three police officers were wounded in the shootout early Sunday in capital Amman. Jordan is a close Western ally that made peace with Israel in 1994. But Israel’s devastating offensive in the
Continue Reading Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group’s heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut while negotiators pressed on with cease-fire efforts to halt the all-out war. Some of the rockets reached
Continue Reading Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight in Ukraine. The measure, whose final version appeared on a government website Saturday, underscores Russia’s needs for military personnel in the nearly 3-year war, even as it fired last week
Continue Reading By John Blake, CNN (CNN) — The high price of bread and eggs doomed her. Nope, it was raw racism and sexism. Well, maybe she should have gone on Joe Rogan’s show. If you’re looking for a reason why Vice President Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump, there are plenty to choose from. Many of
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