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1 man dead in police shooting in southwest Kansas March 10, 2021 GMT MINNEOLA, Kan. (AP) — Law enforcement officers fatally shot a driver in southwest Kansas when he got out of his sport utility vehicle holding a gun after a chase, authorities say. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that 67-year-old Jim Wright, of Fowler, was pronounced dead Tuesday night at the scene in Minneola. Deputies tracked Wright down after his relatives called the Meade County Sheriff’s Offi...

Being owned by a billionaire is a struggling newsroom’s dream. But it can turn into a nightmare Not all rich people spend their money on space travel and charities. Some also want to own media companies. Jeff Bezos has The Washington Post. John and Linda Henry have The Boston Globe. Marc and Lynne Benioff have Time magazine. Laurene Powell Jobs has The Atlantic. And soon, most likely, Stewart Bainum Jr. will have The Baltimore Sun. Bainum Jr., a businessman and former politician, is planning...

Congrats Mr. Jewett. Dan Jewett, a teacher at Seattle’s Lakeside School, just married MacKenzie Scott, aka Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife. MacKenzie is “worth” somewhere around $50 billion—at least to people who believe that money is in any way a reflection of a person’s value—and she’s said that she’ll give away most of that money. The George Floyd murder trial starts today.Crowds are gathered outside the courthouse in Minneapolis where Derek Chauvin’s trial has begun. Today marks t...

Credit: (Jim Wright/The Nature Conservancy) New Jersey Highlands Last month, preservation efforts in the Highlands region of the state got a multimillion-dollar boost from the Open Space Institute, a national nonprofit that works to protect land throughout the Appalachian range. The initiative, called the Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund, aims to raise up to $18 million to conserve 50,000 acres of forest throughout the Appalachian range. Unlike traditional open-space acquisition initiativ...

Singer-songwriter tries to tackle the less obvious songs that shaped him Share this article: CREDIT: Beth Yorn Pete Yorn had big plans this time last year — before the pandemic shut down life as we know it. Like many musicians, the singer-songwriter was ready to work on new material, his first batch of originals since 2019’s Caretakers.  But he put those plans on hold, and they’ve been there ever since. But rather than sitting around bored in his Los Angeles-enclave, Yorn got to work...

Special Focus: 2021 Forecast & Review – U.S. Drilling /// A meaningful recovery in U.S. drilling activity during 2021 will be hampered further by President Biden’s Executive Order that indefinitely blocks new leases and drilling permits on federal lands and waters for up to a year.

Frozen natural-gas equipment led to the states deadly power outages March 2, 2021 8:00PM (UTC) A view of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost their power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. Wind turbines that provide an estimated 24 percent of energy to the state became inoperable when they froze. (Justin Sul...

Outdoor dining is a safe bet during the pandemic, and the Stanley Beer Hall is making it easier with a new self-serve patio beer wall.

3 Min Read (Reuters) - The Texas oil and gas regulator on Thursday alerted state natural gas producers of a directive to reserve their supplies for in-state electric generation even as one member questioned whether the directive could be enforced. FILE PHOTO: Refinery workers walk inside the LyondellBasell oil refinery in Houston, Texas March 6, 2013. REUTERS/Donna Carson Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday issued an executive order restricting gas exports and asked the state regulator to “take...

By Jennifer Hiller Feb 18 (Reuters) – The Texas oil and gas regulator on Thursday alerted state natural gas producers of a directive to reserve their supplies for in-state electric generation even as one member questioned whether the directive could be enforced. Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday issued an executive order restricting gas exports and asked the state regulator to “take all reasonable steps” to keep fuel in Texas until Sunday, a decision challenged by gas importer Mexico. Day...