Women’s winning streak in this year’s elections has extended to statehouses across the country. More than 2,000 women will serve in state legislatures when those chambers convene for their upcoming sessions, representing roughly a quarter of all state lawmakers across ...
Read More »Remembering the sweet life of a town wiped out by wildfire
There’s a sweet legend about the town of Paradise, California: On a blazing summer day in the 1850s, a lumber-mill crew with wagon and ox took a break under a grove of tall evergreens. The air was cool, the pine ...
Read More »After midterms success, Democrats develop 2020 strategies
Speaking before a gathering of black leaders on Capitol Hill recently, Sen. Kamala Harris offered guidance on when Democrats should fight President Donald Trump and Republicans. “What I’ve found myself recently saying is this: ‘If it’s worth fighting for, it’s ...
Read More »2 small airlines protest price of Kansas City airport plan
Two small airlines are protesting the price tag for the new single terminal project at Kansas City International Airport. Executives at Spirit and Allegiant airlines outlined their concerns in letters to the Kansas City Council Airport Committee, citing the $1.6 ...
Read More »Industrial production ticks up 0.1 percent in October
U.S. industry expanded slightly in October, with manufacturing growth offsetting declines in mining and utility production. Industrial production ticked up a modest 0.1 percent, the fifth straight monthly gain, following a 0.2 percent advance in September and a sizable 0.8 ...
Read More »Kelly senses ‘momentum’ in Kansas toward medical marijuana
Could Kansas soon join the growing list of states allowing medical marijuana? The election of Democrat Laura Kelly puts a medical-marijuana supporter in the governor’s seat, and she recently said she senses “some momentum” among legislators to legalize medical marijuana ...
Read More »John Lennon’s killer says he feels more shame every year
The man who killed John Lennon told a parole board he feels “more and more shame” every year for gunning down the former Beatle outside his Manhattan apartment in 1980. “Thirty years ago I couldn’t say I felt shame and ...
Read More »Couple, homeless man charged in charitable scam
A feel-good tale of a homeless man using his last $20 to help a stranded New Jersey woman buy gas was actually a complete lie, manufactured to get strangers to donate more than $400,000 dollars to help the down-and-out good ...
Read More »Man on trial for killing girlfriend’s abusive Missouri mom
A southwest Missouri woman whose mother forced her to use a wheelchair and pretend to be ill testified that she asked her ex-boyfriend to kill her mother. Gypsy Blanchard testified Thursday in the trial of Nicholas Godejohn. The Big Bend, ...
Read More »Lawsuit: Nurse gave 83-year-old man fatal dose of fentanyl
Relatives of a man who died of a fatal overdose at a Springfield hospital have filed a lawsuit. The suit says 83-year-old Nelson Tyler came to the emergency department of Cox Medical Center South in February 2016. A lawyer representing ...
Read More »Judge in infamous 2000 Florida recount: ‘I had a job to do’
Retired Judge Robert Rosenberg was front and center 18 years ago in Florida’s infamous recount in the presidential contest between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore. Rosenberg, perhaps best remembered for eyeing ballots through a large looking glass, ...
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