WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a scenario that terrifies America’s auto industry. Chinese carmakers set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules. Once in place, they send ultra-low-priced electric vehicles streaming into the United States. As the Chinese EVs go on sale across the country, America’s homegrown EVs — costing an average of […]
Israel warned Hezbollah on Tuesday of the prospect of “all-out war” after the Lebanese militant group published a 9-minute video, purportedly taken by a drone, showing Israeli military and civilian locations in several Israeli cities. “We are getting very close to the moment of deciding to change the rules of the game against Hezbollah and […]
Jun. 15—A $1.7 million contract for beautification and new traffic signals, turn lanes, sidewalks and a stormwater drainage system at the intersection of Fourth Street and Murphy Boulevard will be considered by the Joplin City Council at a meeting Monday. The contract will be proposed with Sprouls Construction Inc. on first reading. The plan includes […]
The nation’s top gun control groups are awkwardly avoiding talking about Hunter Biden’s gun conviction — and his widely expected appeal on Second Amendment grounds. In the day since President Joe Biden’s son was found guilty of owning a gun while being a drug user and lying about his drug use on a purchase form, […]
A man stabbed June 2 on Prospect Avenue has died, Kansas City police said Wednesday. Before the man’s death, police arrested a suspect, a Kansas City man, at the scene, and he faces a pair of charges in Jackson County Circuit Court. Officers were called to the 7000 block of Prospect Avenue on a reported […]
By Xinghui Kok and Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The prospect of peaceful “reunification” with Taiwan is being increasingly “eroded” by Taiwanese separatists and external forces, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said on Sunday, promising to ensure independence never happens. China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the strong objections of the government […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump faces the prospect of additional sanctions in his hush money trial as he returns to court Thursday for another contempt hearing followed by testimony from a lawyer who represented two women who have said they had sexual encounters with the former president. The testimony from attorney Keith Davidson is […]
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Thursday on the prospect the U.S. may start buying crude for its petroleum reserve, after prices sank to a seven-week low on hopes for an Israel-Gaza ceasefire, doubts about U.S. interest rate cuts and swelling oil inventories. Snapping three days of losses, Brent crude futures […]
Phil Parish knew the warning signs this week when he saw tornado conditions approaching his home in Prospect. Fifty years ago, when twisters ripped through Louisville, he was a student at Stivers Elementary. “I remember that vividly,” he said on a stroll through his neighborhood Tuesday in the aftermath of the latest storm, 49 years […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo, — One person and a puppy have died after a crash near East 27th St. and Prospect on Saturday afternoon. Investigations revealed that a black GMC Yukon was traveling westbound on East 27th Street at a very high rate of speed. Woman charged in hit-and-run where 94-year-old man died The driver lost […]
The prospect of the City of Pittsburgh adding a new full-service hotel on the open lots along 10th Street as a companion to the David L. Lawrence Convention Center comes and goes every year like spring hopes for a winning season by the Pittsburgh Pirates. While it has now been more than 20 years since […]
Nineteen-year-old Doe Doe has already had to make a series of difficult decisions in his young life. When Myanmar’s military took power in 2021, he decided to drop out of high school, feeling he was unable to continue with his education in a system controlled by the junta. He was 16 years old at the […]