Seven businesses in Wichita and Derby were out of compliance during food safety and lodging inspections conducted by the Kansas Department of Agriculture last week. They were cited for a number of violations including spoiled pineapples covered in hundreds of fruit flies, old beef, dead insects in liquor bottles, trash and clutter, an employee who […]
It’s hard not to see the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash last week as a reflection of the Islamic republic’s institutional decrepitude. As is generally the case when the mullahs find themselves under pressure, their default position is to blame the West. In the warped universe Iran’s rulers inhabit, the […]
South Africa’s former President Thabo Mbeki has vowed to remove “rotten apples” and “thieves” from the governing African National Congress (ANC) party. The 81-year-old was on the campaign trail for the ANC for the first time ahead of elections in May. He made the pledge in front of cheering crowds in Soweto as the party […]
A Delta flight was diverted on Tuesday after maggots fell from a suitcase, multiple reports said. The suitcase contained a rotten fish. This incident marks the latest flight canceled due to safety hazards on board. A Delta flight had to turn around after maggots fell from a passenger’s suitcase onto another passenger. The incident, which […]
Lexington will spend up to $550,000 to develop new odor control systems for two of its sewage treatment plants. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council gave initial approval Tuesday for a contract for the design of new odor control systems. The move comes after hearing repeated complaints from neighborhoods surrounding the West Hickman Wastewater Treatment Plant […]