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The top five Republican candidates for 2024

The race to become the Republicans’ presidential nominee in 2024 remains wide open less than a year out from the first primary.

The Week · Apr 27, 2023

For Republican presidential hopefuls, Iowa is still the first political beauty contest

The Democratic National Committee may have dethroned the Iowa caucuses as kingmaker in its presidential nominating process, but Iowa voters still have the power to crown Republican presidential contenders or threaten their White House ambitions.

The Conversation · Apr 24, 2023

As Amtrak expands service, replaces cars, riders have high hopes

A second daily round trip between Chicago and St. Paul could serve riders as early as 2024, with new train cars on the way.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 21, 2023

Tyre Nichols' killing revives calls for Congress to address police reform

National outrage over the killing of Tyre Nichols has prompted renewed calls on Capitol Hill for police reform. But in a divided Congress, bipartisan reform legislation is unlikely.

WEKU · Jan 31, 2023

Calls to ‘demolish and rebuild’ police as Memphis mourns Tyre Nichols

The death of the 29-year-old Black man after a traffic stop is not the first such fatality attributed to city law enforcement officers

The Guardian - US · Jan 28, 2023

Gun lobby, stores file federal challenge to assault weapons ban, arguing it violates ‘right to keep and bear common arms’

The Illinois State Rifle Association lawsuit appears to be the first in federal court to challenge Illinois’ new weapons ban, but it is part of a burgeoning legal effort aimed at undoing the new law. Other lawsuits have been filed in state court.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 18, 2023

Columbia University Study Says School Shootings Not Caused By Mental Illness

There is need to begin to focus on the cultural and social drivers, to prevent future mass school shootings.

Zenger · Nov 15, 2022

Civil War-era Relics Unearthed On Dried Banks Of Mississippi River

What is typically an island jutting out of the murky river waters have been submerged for an unknown amount of time.

Zenger · Oct 29, 2022

Historically Low Water Levels In The Mississippi Reveal Shipwreck From 1915

Patrick Ford was walking along the banks of the Mississippi River when he spotted the remains of an old shipwreck.

Zenger · Oct 21, 2022

Photos: What Ian's havoc looks like in South Carolina

The storm landed in South Carolina after devastating southwest and central Florida. Ian brought heavy rain, high winds and flooding along South Carolina coast, causing damage in some areas.

WEKU · Sep 30, 2022