Day: April 24, 2023

Kelly vetoes $1.4B tax cut, individual flat tax proposal

9:13 pm April 24, 2023

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed a bill that would have cut taxes in Kansas by nearly $1.4 billion over the next three years, objecting to a proposal included by conservative Republicans to impose a single-rate flat income tax for individuals. Kelly said abandoning the state’s current three-rate individual income tax with higher rates […]

Pakistani police say 2 blasts at counterterrorism facility kill at least 12

9:11 pm April 24, 2023

Two explosions Monday at a counterterrorism police facility in northwest Pakistan killed at least 12 people and wounded at least 50, police said. Senior police officer Ataullah Khan said an initial blast at the facility in the Swat Valley district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was followed by a larger, more intense one. No one immediately […]

Former respiratory therapist kills 2 patients with unprescribed morphine

9:08 pm April 24, 2023

A former respiratory therapist has pleaded guilty in the deaths of two patients at a Missouri hospital two decades ago. Jennifer Hall, 42, initially was charged with two counts of first-degree murder but pleaded guilty instead Friday to reduced first-degree involuntary manslaughter counts in the deaths of 75-year-old Fern Franco and 37-year-old David Wesley Harper, […]

American woman, daughter caught in middle of Sudan fighting as family calls for help to bring them home

9:07 pm April 24, 2023

Violence in Sudan’s capital continued Tuesday as rival military factions compete for power, with civilians and some Americans caught in the crossfire. Among the reported figure of some 14,000 Americans living in Sudan, Trillian Clifford and her 18-month-old daughter are currently sheltering in place in her apartment in Khartoum amid a fierce military standoff that […]

AOC suggests DeSantis would be the ‘weaker’ 2024 GOP nominee: ‘That base belongs to Donald Trump’

8:14 pm April 24, 2023

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., said she thinks that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is “weaker” than former President Donald Trump, as polls show DeSantis faring better than Trump against President Biden in a hypothetical 2024 matchup. MSNBC’s Jen Psaki asked the congresswoman if Trump winning the GOP nomination would be the Democrats’ best chance at […]