TOPEKA, Kan. — When Lilly Miller was in elementary school, teachers told her parents they needed to immediately sign up their youngest daughter, who has Down syndrome, for a wait list so the state would pay for a day program when she grew up. The teachers predicted a six-year wait. The Millers have been waiting […]
Remember when Kevin Costner’s character in “Field of Dreams” hears a mysterious voice saying, “Build it, and he will come”? In the case of tech mega-giant Apple, it’s more like, “Build it, and watch it rot.” Apple’s dream of building an electric car intended to rival Tesla’s EVs has ended, according to The New York […]
The homicide rate in Venezuela has dropped like a rock. The numbers are shocking, actually, in how high they remain and how much they have fallen. More than a 25% drop in about a year, according to the Venezuela Violence Observatory. Suicides are up, though, which isn’t such good news. Venezuela has its lowest homicide […]
A veteran human rights campaigner who criticized the war in Ukraine was convicted Tuesday by a Moscow court of “repeatedly discrediting” the Russian military and sentenced to 2½ years in prison. Oleg Orlov, 70, co-chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Memorial, had rejected the case against him as politically motivated, saying in […]
The United Methodist Church is weighing an upcoming three-year $346.7 million budget, a 43% drop from the last triennial spending plan of $603.1 million, according to a report by UM News, the church’s official news service. The proposed cuts stem from the exit of 7,673 of congregations from America’s second-largest Protestant denomination, of which nearly […]
Comedian Shane Gillis — who was fired from “Saturday Night Live” in 2019 — returned to host the show Saturday and was featured in a sketch that ribbed former President Donald Trump and also featured a rare “SNL” jab at President Joe Biden. Gillis portrayed everyday loser Gordon Dwyer in a faux trailer for “White […]
At least half of the Western military aid meant for Ukraine in its fight against Russian invaders is slow to arrive, aggravating an already difficult shortage of artillery shells that is forcing frontline units to ration ammunition. The supply bottlenecks are putting Ukrainian lives and territory at risk, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rusem Umerov said Sunday […]
Edgy “anti-woke” stand-up comedian Shane Gillis held nothing back when he hosted this week’s “Saturday Night Live”, opening his monologue with a jokes about his firing from the show, his parents, a relative with Down syndrome, and much more. “I’m here,” Gillis began his monologue, which “SNL” posted on the social media platform X. “Most […]
Houston-based Intuitive Machines has successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon. It is the first private company to land on the Moon and the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the Moon in 50 years. NASA awarded Intuitive Machines a $118 million contract as part of its $2.8 billion […]
Former President Donald Trump coaxed the Teamsters into making their first donation to the Republican Party in decades. According to multiple news outlets Thursday, citing campaign-finance filings, the union’s PAC gave $45,000 to the cash-strapped Republican National Committee in January, its first such donation since 2004. The donation reportedly came days after union President Sean […]
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