The Kansas Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for a convicted serial killer on Friday who trolled the Internet for female victims, sometimes using promises of work or sex, and stuffed some their bodies into barrels on his rural property. ...
Read More »Kansas Supreme Court takes up school funding case
A case that has the potential to increase funding for Kansas schools went before the state Supreme Court on Friday, the same day that economists, legislative researchers and officials in Gov. Sam Brownback’s administration were expected to announce new, more ...
Read More »Burst of hiring: US employers added 271,000 jobs in October
U.S. hiring roared back in October after two weak months, with employers adding a robust 271,000 jobs and likely setting the stage for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month. The unemployment rate dipped to a fresh seven-year ...
Read More »‘Happiness advantage’ over age 30 is vanishing, study finds
Are you happy? Very happy? If you’re in your 30s or older, a new study has found that you’re less likely to answer “yes” than your parents were. The findings, being published online Thursday in the journal Social Psychological and ...
Read More »Official: NY probes Exxon, Peabody climate statements
New York’s attorney general is examining statements by Exxon Mobil and Peabody Energy to determine whether they deceived investors about the causes and impacts of climate change, an official familiar with the investigations said Thursday. A subpoena was sent Wednesday ...
Read More »Toyota invests $1 billion in artificial intelligence in US
Toyota is investing $1 billion in a research company it’s setting up in Silicon Valley to develop artificial intelligence and robotics, underlining the Japanese automaker’s determination to lead in futuristic cars that drive themselves and apply the technology to other ...
Read More »Details of controversial Pacific trade deal are released
Details of a sweeping Pacific Rim trade deal released Thursday set the stage for a raucous debate in the U.S. Congress but also may provide reassurances to those who worried the agreement could gut protections for the environment, public health ...
Read More »High court debates fees on prisoner lawsuits
From his cell at the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, Antoine Bruce has had plenty of time to file — or attempt to file — 19 lawsuits and appeals that challenge prison conditions or claim civil rights violations. What he ...
Read More »Student on hunger strike against Missouri system president
A graduate student is refusing to eat in an effort to oust University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe for failing to respond to a range of student concerns, such as the use of racial slurs on campus. Graduate student ...
Read More »GOP views Kentucky election as victory over health care law
The election of a conservative outsider as Kentucky governor has given Republicans a laboratory to show the rest of the country how they’d replace President Barack Obama’s health care law. Three years into a coverage expansion that has brought the ...
Read More »Fannie Mae posts $2B profit for 3Q; paying $2.2B dividend
Mortgage giant Fannie Mae reported net income of $2 billion for the July-September period, down from $3.9 billion a year earlier. The government-controlled company attributed the third-quarter decline in profit mainly to losses on the investments it uses to hedge ...
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