KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City metro is in a middle of a fight to get its residents to stop fighting. One-hundred and eighty-two homicides in 2023 set a new record, with 58 through April 29, 2023. In 2024, Kansas City has 45 homicides so far with the most recent one happening at 8:30 […]
Apr. 6—JUNEAU — Utilities in Alaska’s Railbelt are getting closer to importing natural gas as legislators debate energy bills intended to bridge a looming shortfall of Cook Inlet gas. Natural gas is used to generate more than 80% of the Railbelt’s heat and power. Since Hilcorp told utilities in 2022 that its contracts would not […]
Ukraine is forced to buy technical salt from Africa, as the Bushtyn salt deposit in Zakarpattia Oblast is not operating at full capacity. Source: Viktor Mykyta, Head of Zakarpattia Oblast Military Administration, in an interview with Ukrinform Quote from Mykyta: “The situation with Zakarpattia-produced salt is as follows: the company started developing the deposit in […]
Russian occupation authorities are purportedly importing young individuals from Russia to Ukraine’s occupied territories in order to orchestrate staged elections slated for March 2024, according to a statement by the Center for National Resistance (CNR) on Dec. 21. Preparations are in full swing on the temporarily occupied territories for what is being referred to as […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. agents recently seized more than 1.4 million illegal e-cigarettes from overseas manufacturers, including the Chinese company behind Elf Bar, a line of fruity disposable vapes that has become the top brand among American teens, officials said Thursday. Officials pegged the value of the e-cigarettes seized at Los Angeles International Airport at $18 […]