Judge blocks Kansas law on mailed ballot applications A federal judge has permanently blocked a Kansas law prohibiting out-of-state groups from mailing advance ballot applications to voters who request them, ordering the state to pay the attorney fees of two national nonprofit groups who sued contending it disenfranchises voters. U.S.
An embattled Ukraine moved to solidify its bond with the West on Monday by applying to join the European Union, while the first round of Ukraine-Russia talks aimed at ending the fighting concluded with no deal but an agreement to keep talking.
Markets quivered Monday amid worries about how high oil prices will go and how badly the global economy will get hit after the U.S. and allies upped the financial pressure on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Stocks swung down and then up, investors herded into bonds in search of safety and the value of the Russian ruble plunged to a record low.
Russian teams were suspended Monday from all international soccer, including qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup, as Moscow was pushed toward pariah status in sports after its invasion of Ukraine. World soccer body FIFA and European authority UEFA banned Russian national and clubs teams from their competitions “until further notice.”
Deadly with extreme weather now, climate change is about to get so much worse. It is likely going to make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer, gloomier and way more dangerous in the next 18 years with an “unavoidable” increase in risks, a new United Nations science report says.
Leavenworth officials are looking for volunteers to serve on a Solid Waste Citizens Task Force. City commissioners reached a consensus in favor of forming the task force last month.
A man has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated robbery in connection to a Feb. 20 incident at a Leavenworth convenience store, according to a prosecution official.
A dog runs free after being rescued from a freezing lake by Capt. Mike Roe on Friday off of Metro Avenue in the Fairmount Township. Roe is a member of the Fairmount Township Fire Department. The dog had fallen through ice on the lake, according to Fire Chief Mike Lingenfelser.
Though it was offered as a suggestion for discussion, the idea of changing speed limits south on Kansas 7 Highway dominated talk among Lansing officials at last Thursday’s City Council work session.
A man who was wounded in an officer-involved shooting in downtown Leavenworth has been charged, a prosecution spokesman said. Donald S.