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Dr. Shawn A. Baker will be honored at the Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship & Awards Gala on November 4, 2023.

Since 2016 the number of threats against members of Congress has increased nearly 1,000%. However, it declined last year: Threat levels are still historically high but are down 22% from their peak in 2021. Is this good news? Maybe the lunatic fringe is finally calming down slightly?

Ruby Leigh and her opponent, Al Boogie, sang "Jolene" by Dolly Parton during the Battles round.

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history, the gunman’s family alerted the sheriff that they were becoming “concerned” about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday. After the alert, the Sagadohoc County Sheriff's Office reached out to officials of Robert Card’s Army [...]

Ramesh Ponnuru says that discontent over the economy can probably be explained fairly simply. It's all about declining income: Average wages are down in real terms — adjusted, that is, for inflation — since President Biden took office. They are roughly 3 percent lower than their peak in April 2020....Even when you compare wages today ...continue reading "No, wages aren’t down recently"

They made their initial appearance in court on Monday.

For kids to adults, from pleasant and serene to downright terrifying, here are events and attractions to keep your hair on end and your candy bag filled.

That 1% earnings tax the cities of St. Louis and Kansas City both have has provided more than $500 million to both cities last year.

This time of year, Brookdale Farms gives us the heebie-jeebies. Plagued by evil, the Field of Nightmares admits only the bravest souls. Here, spirits roam the land and haunt the […]

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DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers announced Monday that it reached a tentative deal with General Motors, capping a whirlwind few days in which GM, Ford and Stellantis agreed to generous terms that would end the union's six weeks of targeted strikes, pending approval of the rank and file. The deal UAW President Shawn [...]

"We do believe that there are several others out there, and we do have a few others that have been identified."

Police said the 19-year-old went on an assault spree and tried to kidnap an 11-month-old girl Sunday in the Central West End.