By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The president of the United States has been elevated to the status of “a king above the law.” The occupant of the White House may order assassinations of political rivals without fear of prosecution. America’s leader may now be insulated from criminal consequences for whatever he or she wants […]
A Manhattan man accused of fatally bashing in his neighbor’s head with a cricket bat says the weapon actually belonged to the man he killed and he was defending himself from an attack. Victor Springer, 35, faces murder charges for the Saturday killing of 40-year-old Guillermo Edgardo Ortiz Palacios in Harlem, but his lawyer contends […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After protesters occupied it for days, the Portland State University library is expected to remain closed until the fall. PSU President Ann Cudd said the Branford Price Millar Library is “not suitable for occupation.” Crews are now hard at work cleaning up after four days of protests calling for a ceasefire […]
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. One month ago when Diane and Michael Olson stood on the front porch of their De Soto home — a resplendent, modern farmhouse, painted […]
Valentyna Savych, 70, was watching television in her single-room apartment in the capital’s southern Holosiivskyi district when a powerful blast threw her off the couch. “The balcony was wrecked, and all the windows shattered,” Savych told the Kyiv Independent. “At my old age, my home was destroyed,” she said with tears in her eyes. In […]
By Allison Lampert, Valerie Insinna and Abhijith Ganapavaram SEATTLE (Reuters) – Rosemary and Larry Brester have been running Hobart Machined Products since 1978, milling and grinding metal to make aircraft components out of a tiny building behind their home. Hobart is one of many suppliers that dot Boeing’s home turf around Puget Sound in Washington […]