Daily Audio Newscast - August 21, 2024
Daily audio newscast with stories from across the United States and around the world.
Cooking at Home - Bread Pudding with Vanilla Sauce
A vanilla sauce gives this stove-top bread pudding a little extra sweetness.
Kansas bipartisan coalition applies political pressure to end marijuana prohibition
(Kansas Reflector) Inga Selders watched the Kansas Legislature repeatedly fumble bills opening the door to legal sales of medicinal or recreational cannabis.
The U.S. Congress has declined to bring unity to the hodgepodge of state laws guiding possession and consumption of cannabis.
As a member of the Prairie Village City Council, Selders wasn’t able to convince colleagues to decriminalize weed in that pocket of Johnson County.
Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect
As intense around the world, a little-reported fact offers some hope for cooling down cities.
Americans love free speech, survey finds − until they realize everyone else has it, too
Americans’ views on free speech change directions every so often.
Pollution violations continued at Idaho sewage plants in 2023, report says
A new report finds pollution violations at wastewater treatment plants have been a problem in more than half of Idaho's communities.
New snapshot of youth incarceration in shows hope, but disparities persist
A new national report says there's been major progress in the U.S. in reducing youth incarceration rates
New Mexico parents, mostly women, pursue better paying jobs through higher education
Student parents at New Mexico's community colleges represent a significant portion of the postsecondary population.
Texans asked to turn lights out during migratory bird season
The fall migration period for birds is underway, and the nonprofit Defenders of Wildlife is trying to save as many birds as possible.
Report details Big Pharma’s price-gouging patent tactics
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