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Judge prods Maxwell jury to work harder

NEW YORK – The judge presiding over the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell cited an “astronomical spike” in the number of coronavirus cases in New York City as she explained Tuesday why she was urging jurors to work longer hours.

Lawsuit shaky for workers in Ky.

Legal experts, including leading Kentucky trial and employment lawyers, say it will be virtually impossible for workers injured by a tornado at a Mayfield, Ky., candle factory to win their lawsuit against the company after they say they weren’t allowed to leave.

Somatic therapy could help to treat childhood trauma

Dear Annie: I’m a 45-year-old-male and have had many traumatic events in my past, including abuses too bad to name. My problem is, as I was growing up, I was so mistreated that I never learned how to feel. I had to suppress everything I was feeling and disconnect from my emotions and body to survive.

Stephen J. Kempf

Stephen J. Kempf, Colonel, U. S. Army, Retired, passed away on December 19, 2021 in Parkville, MO. He was born on October 18, 1939 in Washington, IN, the son of Corwin and Margaret Kempf. He married Barbara Hawkins on November 22, 1980 in Alexandria, VA

Maria Basilia Maestas Hofflinger

LANSING - Maria Basilia Maestas Hofflinger, age 94, of Lansing, Kansas, went ‘home’ to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, December 27, 2021 at her home surrounded by her family. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m.

‘COVID-19 virus didn’t take a holiday’

The first COVID-19 report after Christmas shows the new omicron variant has been detected in nine Kansas counties, while hospitals continue to feel the brunt of the surge. “Stormont Vail Health, like other hospitals in our region, continues to feel the impact of the pandemic with almost all of our staffed beds full today,” hospital CEO Robert Kenagy said in a Monday statement to the Topeka area community.

IN BRIEF

Unvaccinated Colts QB Wentz goes to COVID-19 list Indianapolis Colts quarterback Carson Wentz ran the risk all season of missing game action by not receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Now his decision has come at a most inopportune time for his team.

Desmond Tutu’s lessons for America

The recently deceased Rev. Desmond Tutu was a great statesman and a great fighter for social justice. I never had the honor to meet him, but from the work I did in 1987-1994 as an unpaid consultant to a number of the groups working to end apartheid in South Africa and replace it with a multiracial democracy, I heard many inspiring stories about him.

The First Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.