INGREDIENTS • 1 teaspoon olive oil • 1 onion, chopped • 2 cloves garlic, minced • 3/4 cup uncooked white rice • 1 1/2 cups low sodium, low fat vegetable broth • 1 teaspoon ground cumin • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper • 3 1/2 cups canned black beans, drained INSTRUCTIONS • In a stockpot over medium-high heat, heat the oil. Add the onion and garlic and saute for 4 minutes.
Russian forces bombarded areas around Kyiv and another city just hours after pledging to scale back military operations in those places to help negotiations along, Ukrainian authorities said Wednesday.
The number of people who have fled Ukraine since Russian troops invaded has surpassed 4 million, the United Nations reported Wednesday as shelling continued in places where Moscow had vowed to ease its military operations.
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The GOP-led Missouri House advanced a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, ban fetal tissue donations and put additional restrictions on abortion. The House gave the measure initial approval in a voice vote Tuesday.
Infowars host Alex Jones offered to pay $120,000 per plaintiff to resolve a lawsuit by relatives of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who said he defamed them by asserting the massacre never happened, according to court filings. The offer was quickly rejected by the families.
A NASA astronaut caught a Russian ride back to Earth on Wednesday after a U.S. record 355 days at the International Space Station, returning with two cosmonauts to a world torn apart by war.
More than 900 people are expected to participate this weekend in Leavenworth’s Citywide Spring Cleanup. Many groups already have signed up to pick up trash around the city on Saturday.
Two tornado warnings were issued Tuesday evening for portions of northern Leavenworth County. But no tornadoes were reported in the county. “There was no tornado,”… Login to continue reading Login…
Miles Azzeh, director of teaching and learning for Lansing public schools, is shown with fifth-graders Luke Hixson and Jordan Jenkins during a March Madness learning activity. Fifth-grade teachers Jackie Euler and Katie Maize used an innovative teaching method to help students improve their reading ability. Taking advantage of the current March Madness frenzy, they created their own tournament-style competition. Each team was given five minutes to read a text related to basketball and then had to answer a question that focused on specific reading skills, such as identifying text structure, author’s purpose and making inferences. If each team answered the question correctly, they were able to shoot a basketball for bonus points for their team. Photograph by Sharon Burns