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KEMMERER, Wyoming (AP) — A tiny Wyoming town faces transformation when a company started by Bill Gates builds a new type of nuclear power plant there. Bellevue, Washington-based TerraPower plans to launch its Natrium reactor in Kemmerer, Wyoming, in the latter part of this decade. The reactor would be cooled by molten sodium instead of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A task force created by Gov. Mike Parson is recommending several steps that could help small businesses in the state recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The task force’s final report was issued Monday. The recommendations include improving childcare availability and affordability; expanding hospitality industry apprenticeships; and promoting and enhancing existing…
COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — Police in England say they have arrested two teenagers in their investigation into an armed British national holding four people hostage during a 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue. The Greater Manchester Police did not name the suspects Sunday or whether they faced any charges. They described them as teenagers who…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic was being deported rather than playing his first-round Australian Open match on Monday. The nine-time and defending champion was scheduled to play a night match on Day 1 in a program announced on Sunday while Djokovic was still in legal limbo. Three judges in the Federal Court later upheld…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The current surge in virus cases in Missouri driven by the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant is straining hospital capacity and making it difficult to transfer patients to larger hospitals. Kellie Meehan told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she can hear the desperation in doctors’ and nurses’ voices when…
FORISTELL, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a Kentucky woman was killed after walking in front of a semi-truck in Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 73-year-old Bonnie Stinson of Bowling Green, Kentucky was hit near the Highway W and Interstate 70 overpass in St. Charles County. It is unclear if the accident was related…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis firefighter died and another was injured after a large house collapsed while the firefighters were searching to make sure no one was inside. Fire officials identified the firefighter who died as Benjamin Polson. He had been with the department since November 2019. Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson says the…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor has rejected releasing Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan from prison more than a half-century after the slaying shook the world in 1968. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday rejected a recommendation from a two-person panel of parole commissioners. Newsom said Sirhan, now 77, poses an unreasonable public safety threat.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested an interview and records from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. He says he will not cooperate, claiming the investigation is not legitimate and accusing the panel of “abuse of power.” The committee is seeking first-hand details from members of Congress on former…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a man who shot a woman to death in St. Louis County will not face charges. The St. Louis County Prosecutor’s office said 23-year-old Shabria Furlow was killed early Tuesday when she was one of several people apparently trying to rob an acquaintance in a home invasion in…