Sunny skies and an enthusiastic crowd were on hand Saturday as the annual Veterans Day Parade made its way up Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence. All branches of the U.S. military were represented as were multiple generations of veterans and active service members. The parade, held the ...
It wasn't quite a roast, but Judge Blake Glover's colleagues got in a few good cracks - on the record, no less - at his investiture ceremony Friday afternoon. Before the serious part of the swearing-in, Judge Amy Hanley and Judge Stacey Donovan - seeming to channel SNL duo Tina Fey and Amy ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A tanker in New Orleans that apparently lost its steering slammed into a docked river cruise boat with 180 people aboard Friday, the mayor said. All aboard survived after the crash prompted a massive rescue operation for passengers and crew who plunged into the Mississippi ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider President Donald Trump's ban on asylum at the southern border, a pillar of the Republican president's far-reaching crackdown on immigration. The Trump administration is asking the justices to overturn lower court decisions that ...
When Lawrence hosted the Algerian national team during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Lt. David Ernst was one of the “cops making people feel at home.” He was just doing his job. He never expected that the Algerians would return the favor by inviting him and a few dozen other people from ...
A year ago, as finals week approached for KU business student Tahima Hashim, she and her older sister Atrooba were staring down one of the toughest tests in their lives. They’d recently opened their Shawarma Press franchise at the corner of 10th and New Hampshire, becoming what Shawarma ...
