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Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Ashton Harmon-Manser, 22

Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Ashton Harmon-Manser, 22

The State of Hate: A look at the history of racial hate in the Inland Northwest

The State of Hate: A look at the history of racial hate in the Inland Northwest

April 2024 total solar eclipse guide: How to watch, understand and stay safe on April 8

by Joel Shannon, Doyle Rice, Eric Lagatta, Kayla Jimenez, Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Eduardo Cuevas, Marc Ramirez, Ramon Padilla, Karina Zaiets, and Janet Loehrke. The surreal midday darkness of a total solar eclipse will pass over the United States on April 8, 2024, and there’s plenty you should know before the big day, which won’t happen again forContinue reading “April 2024 total solar eclipse guide: How to watch, understand and stay safe on April 8”

Gas Prices Hit Four-Month High—Here’s Why Analysts Expect More Price Surges

by Brian Bushard TOPLINE The national average price for a gallon of gasoline hit a four-month high on Wednesday, and analysts expect it to keep rising as oil prices trend upward, refineries struggle with capacity and states transition to a more expensive summer fuel blend, though prices are far from where they were at theirContinue reading “Gas Prices Hit Four-Month High—Here’s Why Analysts Expect More Price Surges”

History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003: War In Iraq Begins

On March 19, 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, U.S. President George W. Bush announced in a televised address, “At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, toContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003: War In Iraq Begins”

Opioid Crisis Friday: True Stories from Missouri – Matthew Alan Smith, 37

Jackson County Died: Feb. 12, 2022 ‘If not your child, it’s going to be someone you know’ Matthew Smith started down the path to addiction in high school. At 17, while high on meth, he and two others broke into some cars. “And Matt got sentenced to eight years,” said his mother, Lori Smith. “TheyContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Friday: True Stories from Missouri – Matthew Alan Smith, 37”

History Lesson Tuesdays: 1993- World Trade Center is Bombed

2/26/1993 At 12:18 p.m., a terrorist bomb explodes in a parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City, leaving a massive, multi-story crater and causing the collapse of several steel-reinforced concrete floors in the vicinity of the blast. Although the terrorist bomb failed to critically damage the main structure of the skyscrapers, six people were killed andContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1993- World Trade Center is Bombed”

True Crime Sundays: Affidavit Details Last Moments of 5-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery’s Life: ‘I Think I Really Hurt Her’

A New Hampshire court unsealed documents Tuesday detailing Harmony Montgomery’s death, noting that she was “dismembered or grossly distorted” in the months that followed by Emily Palmer Content warning: This article contains disturbing descriptions. In the months after the death of his 5-year-old daughter, Adam Montgomery is accused of toting Harmony’s body — in aContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Affidavit Details Last Moments of 5-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery’s Life: ‘I Think I Really Hurt Her’”