ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys still face long odds in trying to rally for a spot in the playoffs. They won’t be short…
Read more Prescott’s Cowboys overcome Mahomes’ fourth-down magic in 31-28 Thanksgiving win over ChiefsCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — No one wants a weasel on their Thanksgiving table, but swapping turkeys for other animals was once surprisingly common. Trading turkeys – for wildlife…
Read more How trading wild turkeys for other animals became a conservation success storyREEDS SPRING, Mo. (AP) — The first year Shirley Mease cooked up a free Thanksgiving feast in the Reeds Spring High School cafeteria, icy weather kept most people…
Read more Photos of a cafeteria worker preparing a Thanksgiving meal to feed hundredsKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs special teams coach Dave Toub doesn’t care a whole lot about what President Donald Trump thinks of new kickoff rules…
Read more Chiefs assistant Dave Toub: President Trump ‘doesn’t even know what he’s looking at’ on NFL kickoffsAs President Donald Trump laid it out to reporters this summer, the plan was simple. Republicans, the president said, were “entitled” to five more conservative-leaning U.S. House seats…
Read more Why Trump’s plan to help GOP keep control of the House could backfireMore than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers went on strike at 65 U.S. stores Thursday to protest a lack of progress in labor negotiations with the company. The strike…
Read more Starbucks workers kick off 65-store US strike on company’s busy Red Cup DayPresident Donald Trump on Thursday instructed the Commerce Department to have the Census Bureau start work on a new census that would exclude immigrants who are in the…
Read more Q&A: Can Trump hold a census in the middle of a decade and exclude immigrants in the US illegally?Don’t splurge just yet. Rumors spread online Friday that the U.S. government will soon be issuing stimulus checks to taxpayers in certain income brackets. But Congress has not…
Read more FACT FOCUS: No, taxpayers will not receive new stimulus checks this summerDelivery drones are so fast they can zip a pint of ice cream to a customer’s driveway before it melts. Yet the long-promised technology has been slow to…
Read more Delivery drones may soon take off in the US. Here’s whyST. LOUIS (AP) — Many states have laws designed to keep children away from convicted sexual offenders on Halloween night, such as curfews for those on offender registries…
Read more In Missouri, Halloween night signs were required at the homes of sex offenders. Until nowKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Taylor Swift capped a headline-grabbing week that included her endorsement of Kamala Harris for president and seven trophies from the MTV Video Music…
Read more Taylor Swift, fresh off the VMAs, back at Arrowhead to watch boyfriend Travis Kelce and the ChiefsJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A campaign to bring a casino to the Missouri tourist destination of the Lake of the Ozarks on Tuesday sued to get the…
Read more Campaign to bring casino to Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks sues to get measure on ballotKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his brother, former Eagles center Jason Kelce, are taking their popular “New Heights” podcast to Amazon’s Wondery…
Read more Kelces cash in: Travis and Jason Kelce take popular ‘New Heights’ podcast to Amazon’s WonderyBrandi Brown has yet to find a Black church near her Southern California home that feels right for her. So when she wants to talk about God, she…
Read more How women of color with Christian and progressive values are keeping the faith — outside churchesWASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges she orchestrated a brazen scheme to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland…
Read more Woman charged in brazen plot to extort Elvis Presley’s family and auction off GracelandJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis lawyer David Wasinger has won the Republican primary for Missouri lieutenant governor, defeating state Sen. Lincoln Hough by slim margins. “Missourians…
Read more St. Louis lawyer David Wasinger wins GOP primary for Missouri lieutenant governorST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell has defeated U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in a Democratic primary in St. Louis, marking the second time…
Read more Wesley Bell defeats ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush. A pro-Israel group spent $8.5 million to help oust herJames Peeler’s phone blew up with messages as he drove home from church in Texas. Reading a book on her couch in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Wendy Schweiger spied something…
Read more Even on quiet summer weekends, huge news stories spread to millions more swiftly than ever beforeWithout immigration, the white population in the U.S. would have declined last year. Immigration also propelled the expansion of the Asian population, which was the fastest-growing race or…
Read more Immigration drove white, Asian population growth in US last yearCHICAGO (AP) — Amtrak travel between Chicago and St. Louis is about to get 15 minutes quicker thanks to a high-speed rail project allowing trains to reach speeds…
Read more Chicago-St. Louis Amtrak travel getting upgraded from current 90 mph to 110 mph
