The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012.
After decades of decline, U.S. unions have a new reason for hope: younger workers.
Police: Man charged in house fire in suburban KCK The father of an infant killed in a house fire in suburban Kansas City, Kansas, has been charged with first-degree murder and other counts in the case. The fire was reported around 1 a.m.
The accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements says the documents, used to secure lucrative loans and burnish Trump’s image as a wealthy businessman, “should no longer be relied upon” after New York’s attorney general said they regularly misstated the value of assets.
President Joe Biden came into office with a plan to fix inflation – just not the particular inflationary problem that the country now faces. His belief is that a cluster of companies control too many industries, which reduces competition for both customers and workers.
Four years after 17 people were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, families and gun control advocates are pressing President Joe Biden to do more to address gun violence.
In an earlier article, I noted that, in an effort to defeat Democratic incumbent Sharice Davids in the 3rd U.S. House seat in Kansas, the Kansas Legislature had taken some strongly Democratic precincts out of her district and moved them to the 2nd House District, and had also added some heavily Republican precincts to her district. In this article, I will try to assess the impact of these redistricting changes on the competitiveness of the 2nd House District. The 2nd U.S.
During the first World War, Ralph Lindsey, my great-grandfather, kept a journal of his service on the front. He wrote about the front, his travels, his wounds, but the thing that came up most often – the mail. Fast forward 100 years. Even in the digital age there is something uniquely personal about a written letter. It creates a connection that digital communications simply cannot match. Anyone who has served in the military knows – no mail equals low morale.
When the COVID-19 cases spiked in the community due to the omicron variant, a surge of cases also was seen in the public schools, the Leavenworth superintendent said. And Mike Roth said cases in the schools continue to mirror the community as things are now improving.
Princes and princesses were the guests of honor recently at the Basehor Community Library at the annual tea party, sponsored by the Friends of the Library. After taking a year off last year due to the pandemic, the library once again hosted children and their parents to enjoy a tea party, play games and learn about manners.