DNA testing reveals family shock
Dear Amy: About five years ago, I found out through DNA testing that my third child (age 31), is not my biological son. I learned this after divorcing my wife.
tschram
Lansing Middle School Science Club selected as finalist in STEM competition
The Lansing Middle School Science Club was selected as one of 300 state finalists in the 13th annual 2023-2023 National Samsung Solve for Tomorrow STEM Competition. The group received a $2,500 prize package.
Black history AP class rejected in Florida catches on
Compared with her other classes, high school senior Kahlila Bandele said a lesson this week spanning topics from Afro-Caribbean migration to jazz offered a welcome shift in perspective. The discussion in her Advanced Placement course on African American studies touched on figures from Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X to Jimi Hendrix and Rihanna.
Chiefs banked on rookie returns to reach Super Bowl again
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andy Reid remembers talking to the Kansas City Chiefs at some point last year, back when veterans were getting to know rookies and the season still seemed so far off, and he brought up the San Francisco 49ers under Bill Walsh.
In Iowa, potential 2024 GOP Trump challengers quiet for now
By this time four years ago, at least a dozen Democratic presidential hopefuls eager to make their case against Donald Trump had either visited Iowa or announced plans to soon visit the leadoff voting state ahead of the 2020 election.
Officials cut ribbon for new Crisis Stabilization Center
Members of the public had the opportunity this week to see the Guiding Lights Crisis Stabilization Center. The Guidance Center hosted an open house Wednesday afternoon for the new center, which is located in the former Saint Luke’s Cushing Hospital building.
Phil’s Groundhog Day prediction: 6 more weeks of winter
A furry critter in a western Pennsylvania town has predicted six more weeks of winter during an annual Groundhog Day celebration. People gathered Thursday at Gobbler’s Knob as members of Punxsutawney Phil’s “inner circle” summoned the groundhog from his tree stump at dawn to learn if he has seen his shadow — and they say he did.
First sweeping federal gun crime report in 20 years released
The most expansive federal report in over two decades on guns and crime shows a shrinking turnaround between the time a gun was purchased and when it was recovered from a crime scene, indicating firearms bought legally are more quickly being used in crimes around the country.
Board discusses traits for new superintendent
Leavenworth Board of Education members met this week to review the results of an online survey and focus groups that were conducted as part of a search for a new superintendent. And board members were asked to select traits they want to see in the person hired to be the school district’s next superintendent.
NEWS BRIEFS
Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested and raided the home of a former “Dances With Wolves” actor turned alleged cult leader accused of sexually assaulting young Indigenous girls during a period spanning two decades, according to police records obtained by The Associated Press.