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To the editor: As a 44-year resident and student of Lawrence, I’ve watched how that adage of "nothing good ever happens after midnight" holds true for this town. Indulge me a review of the allegations in the Hawk shooting case: two underage suspects "sneak" into the Hawk bar with ...
To the Editor: Open letter to Sen. Jerry Moran: I have some clarifying questions about your statement regarding events in Minneapolis. “I am deeply troubled by the shootings in Minneapolis involving federal agents.” You mean the killings by federal agents, correct? “Our Constitution ...
The only nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia is the Strategic Nuclear Arms Control Treaty (START) and it expires on Feb. 5, 2026. Russian President Putin has offered to negotiate a new START treaty or extend it for one year. President Trump is quoted to have said, “If it ...
Measles is a “cost of doing business,” says a highly placed official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I’d like to know what business that is. To be fair, let me finish the CDC principal deputy director’s quote. Ralph Abraham said that measles is a cost of doing ...
Last week, a half-dozen masked and unidentifiable Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents killed a 37-year-old federal employee, a nurse, by spraying pepper spray into his eyes, pushing him to the ground, stealing his lawfully owned and carried handgun, and then shooting him nine times in ...
The killing of Alex Pretti was unjust and unjustified. While protesting — aka “observing” or “interfering with” — deportation operations, the VA hospital ICU nurse came to the aid of two protesters, one of whom had been slammed to the ground by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...