That’s right. She’s got the “munchies” for a California cheeseburger.
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Kansas basketball gets a shoutout on HBO Max comedy ‘Hacks’ | Kansas City Star
Actress Jean Smart has won an Emmy Award for her work on the HBO Max show “Hacks,” which returned for a third season earlier this month.
KU takes control in ninth inning to advance past K-State in Big 12 tournament – KU Sports
Hard-throwing KU closer Hunter Cranton struck out consecutive Kansas State batters, then got the previously 3-for-3 shortstop Kaelen Culpepper to fly out, preserving a 2-1 victory for the Jayhawks on the opening day of the Big 12 Conference tournament at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.
Town Talk: Pending NCAA settlement may cost Kansas Athletics an extra $20M a year; Girod says KU doesn’t have it to spend – KU Sports
The success of the Kansas Jayhawks soon may depend on how many of those championship budget cutters can be found. Many national media outlets are reporting that the NCAA and the Power 5 Conferences — including the Big 12 — are likely to agree this week to a multi-billion dollar settlement in an antitrust case involving whether student-athletes should get a share of athletic department revenues.
Former Jayhawk headed to Canada – KU Sports
Gervin, who was previously invited to NFL minicamps by the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants after going undrafted, has signed with the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League, the team announced Monday.
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Millennials would rather take secret PTO than ask their boss
Younger professionals say they don’t ask for time off because they feel pressure to meet deadlines and be productive, and they get nervous requesting PTO because they don’t want to look like a slacker, says Libby Rodney, chief strategy officer at The Harris Poll.
Deadly tornado devastates Iowa town as severe weather moves south
Central Iowa was reeling Wednesday morning after what police described as a “devastating” tornado laid waste to rural communities and killed an unknown number of people.
Trump hush money trial: Defense rests, case now in hands of jury
Former President Trump’s defense team rested its case Tuesday without calling him to testify in his ongoing New York hush money criminal trial.
Reunion or reissue? Fans are getting excited by an Oasis teaser
This has led some fans to believe that the teaser could be signalling an upcoming reissue to mark the record’s 30th anniversary. Last year, Noel Gallagher confirmed that a new edition of the LP would be arriving in 2024 to mark the milestone.
Supreme Court Justice Alito has a toxic response to flag scandal
Then, in a longer explanation to Fox News’ Shannon Bream, Alito put some more flesh on the bone. He claimed that an angry spat with anti-Trump neighbors left his wife “so distraught” that she “hung the flag upside down for a very ‘short period of time.’”
Biden to cancel $7.7 billion in student debt for 160K borrowers
President Joe Biden announced a new round of federal student debt forgiveness Wednesday that his administration said will provide relief to 160,000 borrowers.
16 years after buying a slice of paradise, Columbia Heights family learns home is on a toxic site | Daily Inter Lake
But what Luke and Leslie Sterling didn’t know up until a few weeks ago was that the soil in their yard was contaminated with dioxin, a known carcinogen and what the Environmental Protection Agency calls a persistent organic pollutant, meaning it takes a long time to break down once in the environment. Tests done by an EPA contractor in October 2023 show that the Sterlings have levels of dioxins/furans (furans are another toxic substance) at about 111 nanograms/kilogram in the soil.
Rio Vista, Texas: He’s one of the last surviving participants in a US program some described as ‘legalized slavery’ | CNN
Corral and millions of others who crossed the border like him between 1942 and 1964 were known as braceros, a term derived from the Spanish word for arm and referencing the grueling labor participants in the Mexican Farm Worker Program would be doing upon arrival.
Warning: Powerful Montana Storm To Bring More Than 15″ Snow
Another famous Montana spring storm is headed our way, and higher elevations are going to get more than a foot of heavy, wet snow. Winter Storm Watches, Advisories, and Warnings are in effect for over a dozen counties in southwest Montana.
Louisiana House passes bill to make abortion pills a controlled dangerous substance
The Louisiana House approved a bill Tuesday that would add two medications commonly used to induce abortions to the state’s list of controlled dangerous substances, making possession of the drugs without valid prescriptions a crime punishable by fines, jail time or both.