Call it the Golden Age of lottery jackpots. Or to put it another way, what’s up with all the massive lottery prizes? The latest haul up for grabs is a $940 million Mega Millions jackpot, with a drawing set for Friday night.
The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level in more than three months last week, refl ecting a still-robust job market despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool the economy and bring down decades-high inflation.
For a third day, divided Republicans left the speaker’s chair of the U.S. House sitting empty Thursday, as party leader Kevin McCarthy failed and failed again in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough GOP votes to seize the chamber’s gavel.
A man was shot multiple times early Thursday morning at a Leavenworth apartment complex, a police spokesman said. The victim’s injuries are considered to be serious but not life-threatening, Leavenworth Police Chief Pat Kitchens said.
Wire reports FDA finalizes rule expanding availability of abortion pills The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies. The Biden administration partially implemented the change last year, announcing it would no longer enforce a long-standing requirement that women pick up the medicine in person.
House Republicans flailed through a second day of multiple balloting Wednesday, unable to elect their leader Kevin McCarthy as House speaker or come up with a new strategy to end the political chaos that has tarnished the start of their new majority.
The Lansing City Council will meet at 7 p.m. today at Lansing City Hall, 800 First Terrace.
Twitter says it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to pump up revenue after purchasing the social media platform last year. The company tweeted late Tuesday that “we’re relaxing our ads policy for cause-based ads in the US.” “We also plan to expand the political advertising we permit in the coming weeks,” the company said from its Twitter Safety account.
Wire reports Former Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan dies at 89 Former Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan, who emphasized victims’ rights and consumer protection during four terms in office, has died at the age of 89. Stephan died overnight, his brother, Don Stephan, told Kansas media Tuesday.