At Rooftop Church, just outside St. Louis, Missouri, it’s not collars and frocks — it’s baseball caps and jeans. Head pastor Matt Herndon sets the tone on Sundays. “When a lot of people come in, they do notice some things that maybe they wouldn’t see at other churches, [like] oh that’s strange, he’s wearing a…
If you felt a personal connection with a celebrity this year, you likely weren’t alone. That feeling led Cambridge Dictionary to select “parasocial” as its 2025 word of the year. Parasocial is defied as “involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character…
Artificial intelligence can save you money preparing that Thanksgiving Day feast. Just tell an AI chatbot such as ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and Microsoft Co-Pilot how many guests you’re expecting, provide information on any dietary restrictions and outline your budget. The tools will help compare prices at different stores, and can even offer step-by-step instructions on…
Washington — President Trump said Monday the U.S. would sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, a day before he’s set to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House. “I will say that we will be doing that, we’ll be selling F-35s, yeah,” the president said when he was asked…
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved a U.S. plan for Gaza that authorizes an international stabilization force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state. What You Need To Know The U.N. Security Council has approved a U.S. plan for Gaza…
Three men were arrested Monday for allegedly offering to pay $100,000 in cash to a juror at the Brooklyn drug trial of former heavyweight boxer Goran Gogic, leading a federal judge to abruptly dismiss the jury as it was about to hear opening statements. An anonymous jury will be chosen when Gogic’s trial resumes after…
An attorney for a man charged with killing four members of the same family told a judge on Monday that he plans to request that a jury from outside the county hear the case, which set a swath of rural Tennessee on edge as the man eluded authorities for a week after the shootings. Austin…
Social Security’s so-called “full retirement age” — the age when people can start collecting all of their earned benefits — is about to hit a new threshold, a change that will affect Americans born in 1960 or later. The full retirement age (FRA) for Social Security is calculated using a worker’s birth year, while their…
{KXLG – Frankfort, SD} As of 12 p.m. (noon) on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, U.S. Highway 212, from five miles east of Redfield to east of Frankfort, has been reopened to all traffic. Motorists should be aware that there is an interim asphalt surface treatment through the work area. A reduced speed limit of 55 miles per…
Joseph Emerson, the former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut down a commercial plane’s engines midflight in 2023 while traveling off duty in the cockpit’s jump seat, was sentenced Monday in federal court to time served and three years of supervised release. Emerson, of Pleasant Hill, California, had pleaded guilty to the single charge…