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Russian officials charged in years-old energy sector hacks
Four Russian officials, including hackers with a government intelligence agency, have been charged with the malicious hacking of critical infrastructure around the globe including the U.S. energy and aviation sectors between 2012 and 2018, the U.S. Justice Department and British Foreign Office announced.
Report: Justice Thomas’ wife urged overturning 2020 election
Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent weeks of text messages imploring White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to act to overturn the 2020 presidential election, furthering then-President Donald Trump’s lies that the free and fair vote was marred by nonexistent fraud, according to copies of the messages obtained by The Washington Post and CBS News.
Solid waste task force set to meet
A task force formed to look at issues related to the city of Leavenworth’s trash collection service will begin meeting next month. Leavenworth city commissioners approved the seven members of the new Solid Waste Citizens Task Force during a meeting Tuesday.
Facebook parent announces new data center in Kansas City
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, plans to build an $800 million data center to northern Kansas City, the company and government officials has announced. The company hopes to open the 1 million-square-foot data center in the Golden Plains Technology Park along the border of Platte and Clay counties by 2024.
Oscars slated to air live Sunday night
James Bond didn’t get an Oscar nomination this year, but that doesn’t mean that he won’t be part of the ceremony. It’s the 60th anniversary of the first 007 movie, after all, and the 50th anniversary of “The Godfather” and those landmarks will not go uncelebrated Sunday at the 94th Oscars.
DEPUTY RETIRES
Billy Adcox, right, speaks during a retirement ceremony Wednesday at the Justice Center. Adcox retired from his position as a master deputy with the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office. Before joining the Sheriff’s Office in 2012, Adcox worked for the Tonganoxie Police Department. He retired after serving more than 22 years in law enforcement in Leavenworth County. Also pictured is Sheriff Andy Dedeke. AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo
Legislative update as lawmakers approach ‘first adjournment’
The Legislature is approaching “first adjournment,” a three-week period when we adjourn to allow the governor time to consider the bills we have passed so far this session. I thought this would be a good opportunity to update you on a couple of important things we have accomplished this session.
Kansas lawmaker apologizes for equating gavel with tomahawk
A Kansas House member has apologized after asking a Native American lawmaker if she used a tomahawk rather than a gavel when she was presiding over the House. The incident occurred Wednesday when Rep.
States wrestle with chemically made THC
Over the past few years, Jonny Griffis has invested millions of dollars in his legal marijuana farm in northern Michigan, which produces extracts to be used in things like gummy bears and vape oils. But now that farm, like many other licensed grows in states that have legalized marijuana, faces an existential threat: high-inducing cannabis compounds derived not from the heavily regulated and taxed legal marijuana industry, but from a chemical process involving little-regulated, cheaply grown hemp.