WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow the Trump administration to immediately enforce new medical restrictions for transgender people in prison. The decision leaves in place a lower-court block on the policy. It was adopted after an executive order from President ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday directed the federal government to bolster federal research into women's health through all stages of their lives, a move pushed by his wife, first lady Melania Trump. The Republican president signed an executive order creating a Women's ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in more than a quarter-century, Americans have a new option when shopping for sunscreen: a skin-protecting chemical that’s long been a go-to option in Europe and other parts of the world. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved bemotrizinol — ...
Maybe you had COVID a couple months ago. Maybe you’re immunocompromised. Maybe you rarely get sick, or you got a flu shot last year and caught the flu anyway. No matter your circumstances, when another fall vaccination reminder arrives, it is normal to wonder if another dose of the flu or ...
Fall is garden cleanup time, but that doesn't mean you should turn your property into a barren wasteland. Leaving certain perennials standing over winter can be beneficial. Others, however, need to go. Similarly, some shrubs should be pruned as they wind down, while cutting others back now ...
Native planting and reseeding are two of several options for Lawrence gardeners to enjoy the outdoors and spice-up their areas into the fall, with cooler temperatures on the way after a hot summer. Dana Hunter, owner of Clinton Parkway Nursery, said that fall is a “second spring” for ...
Many homeowners are building outdoor living spaces around a TV room where they can host movie nights and game watches under the stars. Data from the National Association of Realtors indicates that such spaces are worth homeowners' investment, as a new patio can recoup as much as 95 percent at ...
Most of my summer vegetables are winding down now, the cooling temperatures serving as a cue that their mission has been nearly accomplished. But if frost threatens before the last of my tomatoes have turned red, I'll drape a sheet of sheer fabric over their supporting cages to provide some ...
Traditionally, Ukrainians used kvass (a low-alcohol fermented drink) for cooking. For example, when making vereshchaka — a pork stew — the pork is braised in beet-based or bread-based kvass. Since finding kvass outside of Ukraine can be a little challenging (and making your own takes some ...
Many cultures have their own versions of bread pudding, created as a way to eliminate the waste of old bread. This version is from my cookbook, "Pan y Dulce." "Old bread" does not necessarily mean that it has gone bad or is moldy. I'm simply referring to bread that is a day or two old and has ...
This light and spicy broth is so wholesome and warming. It's my go-to dish on chilly winter days to stave off cold symptoms … and it works every time! If you're happy to go low and slow while cooking, this dish from my cookbook, "Zoe's Ghana Kitchen," is perfect for cheaper cuts of chicken ...
It’s St. John’s Oktoberfest weekend, and just like each of the past 20 or so years, that means Susan Lechtenberg-Fingerhut has her breakfast plans covered. “We start at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning of the event frying all of the schnitzel,” said Lechtenberg-Fingerhut after some food prep ...
Jeffrey “Chubby” Smith loved to perform – in so many different bands that his partner, Julie Mulvihill, can’t remember them all. He loved to create, building wild “Frankenstein” guitars with names like "Steakhouse Firebird." And, he really loved to hear other musicians play ...
Friday, October 23 Jayhawk Homecoming Lecture for Community Impact, 3:30-5 p.m., Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Ave. Free and open to the public. “Curious George: The Golden Meatball,” 7 p.m., Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive; ticket information at lied.ku.edu. ...
If the infamous Borden murders happened today, they’d likely be solved in about 15 minutes. DNA, blood splatter, doorbell cameras, geofencing — all the crime-fighting evidence that wasn’t available to detectives in 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts — would coalesce quickly into a tidy ...
Friday, October 16 Dolly Parton Tribute Concert, 7-9 p.m., Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. A benefit for Imagination Library. See liberty-hall.com for ticket details. Saturday, October 17 Lawrence Farmers Market, 7:30-11:30 a.m., 824 New Hampshire St. 65+ vendors of locally ...
Whether you know it for its train or its swimming pool or its basketball court and playground equipment, the park running for two blocks between Kentucky and Tennessee streets has been through a lot. Often referred to as “Train Park” in reference to the No. 1073 locomotive on its grounds, ...
Most of the rural schools in Douglas County are identified by a name as well as a number. An exception to this norm is “No. 6.” Goldie Piper Daniels, in her 1974 history of the educational buildings in our county, notes that the name “Crutchfield” was found attached to No. 6 on an ...
On the east side of Iowa Street, between 19th and 23rd streets, stands the United States Army Reserve Training Center, which bears the name of Samuel J. Churchill. Churchill is one of two Medal of Honor recipients to have been Lawrence residents and to be buried here. Churchill was ...
On the east side of the 700 block of Vermont Street, you can see a small bronze plaque on a brick building at about eye level. It tells of a First Methodist Church that once stood there, which was built in 1857 and was used as morgue following Quantrill’s Raid on Aug. 21, 1863. More than ...
