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Ninth rescued from collapsed Iowa apartment; officials evaluate demolition plan amid protests

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(TNS) A ninth victim was reportedly rescued Monday night from a partially collapsed apartment complex in Iowa as officials continue to assess when to demolish the building. Responders removed Lisa Brooks after she called her daughter from the downtown Davenport building’s fourth floor, according to the Quad-City Times.
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U.S. & World

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President Vladimir Putin demanded that Russia strengthen air defenses around Moscow after the biggest drone attack on the capital since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine, as his Foreign Ministry threatened “the harshest” retaliation against Kyiv. While the strikes involving eight drones were repelled “satisfactorily” early Tuesday, “it’s clear what needs to be done to seal the air defense in the capital,” Putin said in televised comments during a visit to a creativity center in Moscow.
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Cast of Neewollah’s Beauty and the Beast announced

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The cast of the 2023 Neewollah production Beauty and the Beast was announced Tuesday evening via the Neewollah website and it is as follows: FEATURED ROLES (THE ROLE OF CHIP IS DOUBLE CAST) Beast: Christopher Kurt Belle: Courtlyn Rose Gaston: Bradley Gray Lumiere: John Gray Lefou: Zachary Collins Mrs. Potts: Terri Barbera Maurice: Chace Owen Cogsworth: Megan Viner Madame: Kathleen Cooke Chip: Nora Newark Meranda Corle ENSEMBLE Samantha Schaper Marcy Armitage Lynnette Williams James Horning Tristan Ausler-Shaw Evalyn Axthelm Carin Barwick Jenna Bates Steve Berry Jinny Billings Lainey Clark Mitch Etter Theresa Fischer Colten Foster Megan Hilton Bobby Hise Lauren Hugo Skyler Jones Meredith Williams Sarah Lasater Cami Lewis Jaben Heater Esme Mcafee Gayle Biery Lindsay McBride Tiffany Moore Yalanda Moore Hannah Owen Charlene Paolini Madeline Seel Cassidy Smalley-Coats Jenny Soper Brynlee Taylor Debra Thomas Lindsay Unruh Christine Wesley Haley Hinthorn Emalee Hoggatt Sarah Stone Katie Wickline Hannah Jackson Sarah Coder Tammy Payden Avery Vargas RJ Williamson YOUTH ENSEMBLE Aiden Drews Kellen Ebert Braylee Bromley Easton Gray Lucy McAfee Magdalene Huser Amelia Turner Kate Heater Evie Moore Ashlee Hoggart Oliver Matlock Landri Webber Gracyn Goins Lauren Blackard Fiona Moore.
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, family announces

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(TNS) ATLANTA — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, the Carter family announced Tuesday. In a statement released by the Carter Center, the family disclosed her health condition, adding that she is “enjoying spring in Plains and visits with loved ones.” “One in 10 older Americans have dementia, a condition that affects overall mental health,” the statement read.
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Kansas education board’s attorney says abstention as substitute for ‘no’ vote an abdication of duty

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■ Four Republicans sidestepping yes-or-no decisions on key education issues Kansas State Board of Education member Michelle Dombrosky abstained rather than cast yes-or-no votes on amendments to teacher licensure requirements, high school graduation standards and a popular program allowing high school students to earn college credit. Dombrosky, an Olathe Republican who represents 10 school districts in Johnson, Miami and Franklin counties, also declined three times since January to take a position on allocation to local school districts of federal COVID-19 relief funding.
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Our Fake Spending Debates

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This week, Speaker of the House Kevin Mc-Carthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden cut a deal to raise the debt limit. The breakthrough came after three months of Biden pledging not to even negotiate over the debt limit. Instead, Biden was forced to concede to a 1% cap on increases for non-military spending, a cutback on IRS funding, a clawback of some unspent COVID-19 allocations, and addition of work requirements for some federal aid. The compromise deal was indeed far less than House Republicans had demanded, as Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., tweeted, 'After factoring in a small cut to discretionary spending over the next 2 yrs, we are still talking about ~$6T more or less in spending bc of large increases in spending elsewhere. ... Govt grew massively over the past 3 years. This growth was supposed to be emergency funding only during COVID. During this time, govt grew 40% or by $2 trillion from 2019 to 2023. We went from spending just over $4T to spending just over $6T.'
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Setting Free Sibling Drama

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Dear Annie: My one sister and I took care of our parents for the last 20 years due to their poor health and dementia. We have another sister who always made promises to our parents to stop by and take them out to eat or make them some of their favorite food, but they hardly ever did that.