Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his Cabinet has unanimously decided to close broadcaster Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, but did not say when the policy would go into effect. The move came after Israeli lawmakers recently approved a new media law – widely referred to as the “Al Jazeera law” – that gives the government […]
When Stacey Baker, 57, saw a notice to vacate on the ground outside her apartment door in February, her thoughts spiraled through all the sudden bills she’d have to pay. She would have about seven weeks to pack up her belongings, find her next apartment, hire movers, and scrounge up the funds to cover application […]
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Shawnee County residents may be wondering why tornado sirens did not go off Tuesday despite a tornado touching down in the county’s southeast corner. KSNT 27 News spoke with Jake Henry, Planning Section Chief and Training/Exercise Coordinator for Shawnee County Emergency Management. He said since there were no sirens near the area […]
There’s a race underway to build artificial general intelligence, a futuristic vision of machines that are as broadly smart as humans or at least can do many things as well as people can. Achieving such a concept — commonly referred to as AGI — is the driving mission of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and a priority for […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez will not appeal a judge’s ruling on Constitutional grounds that would have delayed his May trial, his lawyers said Thursday. The Democrat’s lawyers notified the Manhattan federal judge who will preside over the May 6 trial in a letter that the senator’s decision was “principally motivated […]
Mar. 26—Alaska telecommunications company GCI no longer plans to end its longtime email service. The company had said last summer it would end the service and cancel gci.net accounts sometime in mid-2024. It also launched a fee for the accounts, at $4.99 monthly. The company said it hosted about 40,000 email accounts last summer. The […]
If someone kills you in Idaho, the chances that your body will be autopsied are worse than almost anywhere else in the country. The same is true if you die by suicide. In fact, regardless of manner of death, Idaho has some of the worst autopsy rates in the country, according to a recent state […]
PHOENIX (AP) — The third-party presidential movement No Labels plans to meet next week to discuss its path forward as it decides whether to help launch an independent candidacy for the White House. Candidates will not be chosen at the March 8 meeting, said Ryan Clancy, the No Labels chief strategist, in a statement. Instead, […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A China-born Australian democracy blogger will not appeal his suspended death sentence imposed by a Beijing court, with his family saying Wednesday a legal challenge would be detrimental to his welfare. Yang Hengjun was found guilty of espionage following a closed trial and sentenced two weeks ago to death with a […]
A China-born Australian democracy blogger will not appeal his suspended death sentence imposed by a Beijing court, with his family saying on Wednesday a legal challenge would be detrimental to his welfare. Yang Hengjun was found guilty of espionage following a closed trial and sentenced to death two weeks ago with a two-year reprieve. Such […]
The “entire world” of Karly Cantrell’s family “flipped upside down” when she was killed in her Middleton home over a year ago. Since Cantrell’s death, one of her sons graduated from high school and another had his 16th birthday. Her granddaughter competed in gymnastics competitions. Her family has celebrated two Thanksgivings and two Christmases. All […]
On Feb. 9, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach introduced a death penalty bill in the Kansas Legislature. A key point is that it would allow the state to execute an inmate using hypoxia, or inhalation of a gas inducing suffocation. Kobach said, “Because of difficulties in acquiring the drugs, lethal injection is now limited,” and […]