Some timeshare buyers know almost instantly that they’ve made a mistake. Other owners struggle for years with loan payments and ever-escalating annual fees before they’re ready to throw in the towel. Even the happiest timeshare owners may decide they want ...
Read More »Pentagon restricts use of fitness trackers, other devices
Military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk warzone areas won’t be allowed to use fitness tracker or cellphone applications that can reveal their location, according to a new Pentagon order. The memo, obtained by The ...
Read More »2 Joplin manufacturers lead battery development industry
Two Joplin companies are at the forefront of the country’s battery development industry. A new company, ZAF Energy Systems, is joining longtime local manufacturer, EaglePicher Technologies, in transforming how batteries are made and used. ZAF Energy is working on replacing ...
Read More »Manafort’s ‘right-hand man’ to testify in fraud trial
The most critical moment in the financial fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will likely arrive this week with the testimony of his “right-hand man” — the person defense attorneys blame for any crimes. Rick Gates, who ...
Read More »Russian immigrant seeks Democratic nod for Alaska House seat
At age 37, Dimitri Shein has already lived the American dream. Born in the Soviet Union, Shein recalls standing in bread lines with his grandfather. After moving to Alaska in the early 1990s, he and his mom, who had married ...
Read More »GOP senators rave about Kavanaugh; Dems prepare to grill him
Now that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has met privately with almost every Republican senator, it’s becoming increasingly clear President Donald Trump’s pick for the bench is running into little GOP resistance to confirmation this fall. The conservative appellate judge ...
Read More »Jury tells pork giant to pay $473.5M in nuisance lawsuit
A federal jury decided Friday that the world’s largest pork producer should pay $473.5 million to neighbors of three North Carolina industrial-scale hog farms for unreasonable nuisances they suffered from odors, flies and rumbling trucks The jury found that Smithfield ...
Read More »Former corrections officers seek to block execution
Nearly two dozen former corrections officers from across the country have filed a court brief in support of a Missouri death-row inmate’s claim that his medical condition could cause an unconstitutionally cruel execution. Russell Bucklew was sentenced to death in ...
Read More »Police: Chinese missionary fatally shot in Kansas City
A Christian missionary from China who was visiting Kansas City with his wife and four children was shot to death after he crossed paths with an 18-year-old who was shooting at people while high on drugs, police say. The victim, ...
Read More »Judge in Manafort trial has a sharp wit, sharp tongue
“I’m not in the theater business,” Judge T.S. Ellis asserted during jury selection in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial. “You have to be better-looking for that.” Objection, Your Honor. The trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman has plenty ...
Read More »US trade deficit widens by $46.3 billion in June
The U.S. trade deficit widened in June for the first time in four months as exports fell and imports grew. Politically sensitive trade gaps with China, Mexico and Canada all increased. The Commerce Department said Friday that the deficit in ...
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