INDIANAPOLIS — In 2022, Billie Edison had to make one of the most difficult phone calls of her life. The mother of seven boys, living in an Indiana correctional facility at the time, faced an irresistible offer to walk free and reunite with her kids years sooner than anticipated. Edison was going to tell them […]
Since the end of the financial crisis about 15 years ago, it’s generally been an excellent time for the technology sector. A prolonged period of historically low interest rates helped fuel innovation, the stock market has avoided any major recessions, and most of the largest tech companies have performed especially well. This has fueled excellent […]
Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump on Wednesday explained why she believes her cousins Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. haven’t shown up in court to support their father, the former president, during his hush money trial in New York. Eric Trump is the only Trump scion to do it so far. It’s because the family […]
Tom Sandoval is feeling the heat once more, as Rachel Leviss‘ lawyers took aim at him amid the revenge porn lawsuit which was filed earlier this year. According to RadarOnline, Rachel’s lawyers Mark Geragos and Bryan Freedman, who have also worked with the likes of Bethenny Frankel, have asked the court to deny a plea […]
Planning to attend a University of Tennessee at Knoxville graduation ceremony? Make sure you use a clear bag without any prohibited items, including selfie sticks. Sorry, dads and influencers. For commencement ceremonies, UT allows guests to bring a clear plastic bag that is 12 by 6 by 12 inches max. Most other bags and purses […]
The second-graders laughed as they placed the worms — some more quickly than others — in small pots of soil last week at Highwood Hills Elementary School in St. Paul. It was a lesson in irrigation and how worms open channels in the soil. “Watch the way they burrow down,” said Carolyn Chisholm, the school’s […]
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Months before his arrest in Russia, U.S. Army soldier Gordon Black made a surprise video call from his overseas tour in South Korea to his 6-year-old daughter in Texas. Instead of a normal chat, however, his daughter and wife witnessed a fight break out between Black […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — When Luana Salva got her first formal job after years of prostitution, she was ecstatic. A quota law in Argentina that promoted the inclusion of transgender people in the work force — unprecedented in Latin America expect in neighboring Uruguay — pulled her from the capital’s street corners into the Foreign […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Santa Fe police held a safe surrender gun buyback on Saturday. They said more than 115 unwanted guns were turned in. Those who turned in guns got $250 for assault weapons, $200 for semi-automatic handguns and rifles, and $100 for long guns and pistols. PHOTOS: New Mexicans snap pictures of aurora borealis […]
Inside Look is a Star series that takes our readers behind the scenes of some of the most well-known and not-so-well-known places and events in Kansas City. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at InsideLook@kcstar.com. About 60 years after her acting debut at Westport High School, Joy Fisher returned to the […]
There’s no denying that investing in the stock market is one of the best ways to build wealth. The S&P 500 has produced a respectable return over the long run. But individual businesses have fared significantly better. Just look at Home Depot (NYSE: HD). This top-retail stock has generated a total return, including dividends, of […]
Little Rock, Ark.- A childhood dream of becoming a doctor is what won Caleb Coleman the Crayola Dream Works Competition in the late 1990s. It is a competition that thousands of schools participate in, with the winners getting to have their art featured in one of the largest children’s art collections. “The prompt at the time […]