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Missouri governor says new public aid plan in the works for Chiefs, Royals stadiums 06/27/2024 06:28pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that he expects the state to put together an aid plan by the end of the year to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from being lured across state lines to new stadiums in Kansas. Missouri's renewed efforts come after Kan As COVID-19 ticks up in some places, US health officials recommend a fall vaccination campaign 06/27/2024 06:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — With fresh COVID-19 cases bubbling up in some parts of the country, health officials are setting course for a fall vaccination campaign. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended new shots for all Americans this fall. Officials acknowledged the need for Harvard looks to combat antisemitism, anti-Muslim bias after protests over war in Gaza 06/27/2024 05:33pm • CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two task forces charged with proposing ways to combat anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian bias and antisemitism at Harvard University have delivered preliminary recommendations to the school's interim president Alan Garber. The recommendations issued Wednesday foc Officials evacuate area after train derails in suburban Chicago 06/27/2024 05:25pm • Emergency officials ordered what turned out to be a relatively brief evacuation after a freight train derailed in suburban Chicago on Thursday. The Canadian National Railway train derailed in the village of Matteson around 10:30 a.m. The company issued a statement about 1:30 p.m. saying that about 2 The Supreme Court rejects a nationwide opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma 06/27/2024 04:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family who own the company from civil lawsuits over the toll of opioids but also would have provided billions of dollars to combat the Most kids get antibiotics for pink eye, study shows. Experts say they're usually not needed 06/27/2024 04:39pm • Doctors are prescribing antibiotics to most kids and teens who have pink eye, despite guidelines that discourage their use, researchers reported Thursday. More than two-thirds of U.S. children and teens who saw a doctor for pink eye left with a prescription for antibiotic eye drops, their research f US sanctions Boeing for sharing information about 737 Max 9 investigation 06/27/2024 04:12pm • Boeing is being sanctioned by U.S. investigators for sharing information about a federal investigation of a door plug blowout that left a gaping hole in a Boeing 737 Max 9. The National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday that Boeing “blatantly violated” the agency's investigative regulati Montgomery County school system violated its own policy on crisis management contracts, report finds 06/27/2024 03:44pm • Montgomery County Public Schools officials violated the rules in place on emergency spending for contracts when they were trying to deal with the fallout from allegations of sexual harassment and bullying involving then-principal Joel Beidleman last year, a new report found. The latest report fro South Sudan says its 6M antelope make up world’s largest land mammal migration, but poaching on rise 06/27/2024 02:46pm • BADINGILO and BOMA NATIONAL PARKS, South Sudan (AP) — Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of South Sudan in what conservationists say is the world's largest land mammal migration. The country's first comprehensive aerial wil Editorial Roundup: United States 06/27/2024 02:30pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 25 The Philadelphia Inquirer on the war in Gaza and the Houthis As hopes for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza continue to dim, it’s important to underline that the United States is already engaged militarily in a broader Middle E Poles seek safety in gold investments during troubled times across their eastern borders 06/27/2024 02:18pm • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — When COVID-19 hit, long lines formed outside shops selling gold in Poland. Then came Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, triggering another rush for gold. Piotr Kozik, the manager of a Warsaw shop selling gold bars and coins produced by the Mint of Poland, remembers how Analysis: No matter who wins Iran's presidential election, much may hinge on the 'Great Satan' US 06/27/2024 02:16pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In the waning moments of Iran's final televised presidential debate, one of the top candidates to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi invoked the name of the one person who perhaps has done more than anyone to change the trajectory of the Islamic R 2 killed, 5 injured in gang-related shooting in Southern California's high desert, authorities say 06/27/2024 01:06pm • LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — Two people were killed and five others injured during a gang-related shooting in Southern California's high desert, authorities said. Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were called to the scene in the city of Lancaster, about 42 miles (68 kilometers) north of downtown L Ohio Republicans move bill on school bathroom use by transgender students forward in Legislature 06/27/2024 12:37pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio lawmakers advanced a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identity in a late-night state House vote Wednesday just before they left Columbus for the summer. The Republican-backed bill was sent back to the Senate with the amended provision, wh Thousands of doctors go on strike in England a week before the UK general election 06/27/2024 12:26pm • LONDON (AP) — Thousands of doctors in England are staging their 11th walkout on Thursday in a long-running dispute with the government over pay and working conditions, disrupting hospital services just days before the U.K. general election. The five-day strike by junior doctors — those in the ea