Paul J. Essel has been a Grants Accounting Manager at Missouri State since 2019. He is originally from Ghana. Greene County Jail records indicate Essel was detained by ICE in Springfield Wednesday afternoon.
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U.S. authorities charged the former Venezuelan president with conspiring to torture his fellow citizens as well as Americans. That adds to drugs and weapons charges against him.
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Four people — two NASA astronauts, one from the European Space Agency and a Russian cosmonaut — spent nearly eight months at the space station, conducting spacewalks, science experiments and research.
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Ryan has spent decades pressing presidents for answers. She talks about access, power, race and how asking questions put her in President Trump's crosshairs. Her new book is Notes on a Blacklash.
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CBS' new drama series centers on a small legal firm in Silicon Valley that was created to do battle with the billionaire tech-company behemoths. Cupertino is funny, clever and amazingly current.
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Natalie and Shannon Stein explain the inspiration behind the project.
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The report celebrates the local arts community and questions what next steps will help it thrive.
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The South Korean announcement on Thursday came days after its President Lee Jae Myung threatened unspecified punitive steps if Ukraine refuses to apologize over the revelation.
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The test follows North Korea's recent hypersonic missile test. Tensions between the Koreas have increased after land mine explosions injured three South Korean soldiers near the border. North Korea denies responsibility.
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Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine have killed 30 people and injured at least 18, according to authorities. The attacks included a strike on a public bus and have worsened power outages in Kyiv.
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Isaias became the first hurricane of the Atlantic season late Wednesday. It's expected to make landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast Friday.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with former NOAA official Carolyn Gruber about vulnerabilities in the infrastructure of coastal cities during extreme weather events.
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Federal prosecutors say a teenager is under arrest, under suspicion of plotting a mass shooting at Minnesota's Mall of America.
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Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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In Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, a new system could screen hospital patients for financial aid, preventing hundreds of thousands from getting bills they can't pay.