The Associated Press The Christmas Eve deadline to enroll via HeatlhCare.gov for health care insurance that starts Jan. 1 has passed. The federal website received 2 million visits on Monday,… Read more »
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After years apart, family reunited with child
(BALLWIN, Mo., AP) — For years, Munawar Kabashi of suburban St. Louis assumed his oldest child, Mona, was dead. Likewise, she thought her family had been killed. The St. Louis… Read more »
Deadline extended for health insurance sign-up
By CARLA K. JOHNSON (CHICAGO, AP) — The deadline to sign up for insurance on the government’s health care website arrived Tuesday, a day later than expected after the Obama… Read more »
Astronauts make rare Christmas Eve spacewalk
By MARCIA DUNN (CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., AP) — Two space station astronauts ventured out on a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk Tuesday, hoping to wrap up urgent repairs to a cooling… Read more »
Emergency snow routes phase I canceled
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The emergency snow routes phase I that began Saturday was canceled Monday morning. When the emergency snow route ordinance took effect, drivers were required to remove their… Read more »
Last-minute insurance shoppers given grace period
By CARLA K. JOHNSON (CHICAGO, AP) — Monday’s deadline for signing up for insurance under the new health care law has effectively been extended through Tuesday in case of heavy… Read more »
KU researcher takes cancer fight to urban churches
(LAWRENCE, Kan., AP) — A University of Kansas researcher is studying the effectiveness of using urban churches to fight colorectal cancer. Assistant professor Crystal Lumpkins and her colleagues have met… Read more »
KC-St. Joseph Diocese settles abuse lawsuit
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A religious order and the Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph have settled a 2012 lawsuit accusing a priest of sexual abuse. The lawsuit was… Read more »
Mo. sheriff accused of stalking to stand trial
(LINN, Mo., AP) — A central Missouri sheriff accused of stalking a woman will stand trial, a judge has ruled. Osage County Sheriff Michael Dixon has pleaded not guilty to… Read more »
Storms kill 2 in southern US, thousands lose power
By JEFF AMY and TAMARA LUSH (MONROE, La., AP) — A storm system swept across the central and southern U.S. on Saturday, bringing tornadoes and wind gusts that ripped roofs… Read more »