WASHINGTON — Four days after his disastrous debate performance, President Joe Biden still hadn’t personally called top Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill to shore up support, five sources told NBC News, though White House chief of staff Jeff Zients was making calls. Biden’s team has been working to quash questions swirling in the party about […]
Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at RealityCheck@kcstar.com. More than a week after a 7-month-old baby died in Kansas City of injuries consistent with serious abuse, police have not yet made an […]
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s massive Pantanal wetlands haven’t technically entered annual fire season, but already the number of blazes has broken records and is leading experts to predict this year will be the most devastating in decades. Typically the world’s largest tropical wetlands dry out and are prone to fires from July to September. […]
A search for a missing Midlands woman with medical issues has ended. Rachel Michelle Neese was found and was in good health, the Lexington Police Department said Monday afternoon. Hours earlier, Neese was publicly reported missing by police. The 38-year-old had not been seen for days, police said. Information about where and when Neese was […]
Pharma giant Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) has become an unstoppable stock to own lately. Year to date, its share price is up more than 50%. And despite trading at a hefty 130 times earnings, investors continue to buy up more shares of the company. Although it may seem like the stock is approaching a peak, […]
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Sunday said that former President Donald Trump should pick a running mate who “will help him win,” and indicated that she has not been formally vetted for the position. “I haven’t received any paperwork. No, I haven’t,” Noem told NBC’s “Meet the Press,” adding: “I’ve had conversations with the […]
Some of the biggest Supreme Court cases this term remain outstanding. A case concerning Donald Trump could become one of the nation’s most important rulings. There’s also a pending case about administrative law that could potentially affect billions of dollars. The Supreme Court has yet to address cases that could affect former President Donald Trump’s […]
In May, 51 million retired-worker beneficiaries took home an average Social Security check totaling $1,916.63, which works out to $23,000 on an annualized basis. While this might not sound like a game-changing amount of money, the average retiree would struggle mightily without their guaranteed monthly benefit. Over the last 23 years, national pollster Gallup has […]
Missouri is set to carry out its second execution of the year Tuesday evening after Gov. Mike Parson rejected a death row inmate’s clemency petition, which the condemned man had also expressed frustration over. “I don’t feel like they’ve been representing me at all,” David Hosier, 69, said of his legal team in a recent […]
During the Second World War Canada punched substantially above its weight. More than a million Canadians and Newfoundlanders (the province didn’t join the national federation until 1949) served, and 45,000 lost their lives. Canadian pilots excelled in the Battle of Britain and then in Bomber Command, and by 1945 the Canadian navy was the fourth […]
United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) stock gained an impressive 83% between 2020 and the end of 2021 — benefiting from a shift away from services and in-store shopping toward home delivery. But since the beginning of 2022, UPS is down over 35% compared to a 12% gain in the S&P 500. Here’s why the high-yield […]
Consistently investing in the stock market is a proven wealth creator. Over the long term, stocks produce better returns than almost any other asset class. While stocks as a group consistently climb in value over time, economic cycles lead some segments to outperfom others when you zoom in on a few years at a time. […]