ATCHISON, Kan. (KQTV) — 49-year-old Taurus S. Beadles of Atchison, Kansas, was arrested Wednesday evening and charged with arson, criminal use of explosives and criminal threat connected to an explosion Tuesday evening.
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Poison ivy rash is not contagious. You cannot give it to a family member by touching them, and no one in your household will break out simply by being near you. The rash itself poses no risk of transmission. What does spread is the substance that causes the rash: urushiol (pronounced yoo-ROO-shee-ol), the colorless,
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Families often begin searching for home care because a loved one needs help with daily activities. Yet the decision to hire home care is rarely driven by practical needs alone, according to a 2026 survey commissioned by A Place for Mom. Using proprietary survey data from 708 family caregivers who were searching for, using,
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Property owners who skip estate planning are walking into a financial trap. Tangled titles pile up. Fractional ownership disputes multiply. Forced partition auctions drain equity. Family assets fragment across generations, and there’s no easy way back. Without clear documentation—without wills, without trusts, without written agreement on ownership—properties get locked down. Owners can’t refinance. They
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Your caller ID shows you a local number, and you pick up to a guy named “Brian” — who suspiciously sounds a lot like he’s calling from a busy office in Kolkata — with some important news about your car warranty. Do you listen, or bail out? While most people are generally going to
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From step counts and sleep scores to protein intake and microplastic exposure, Americans have more access to personal health data than ever before. But when does healthy self-awareness become unhealthy self-monitoring? To understand what that access is actually doing, Naturepedic partnered with North Star Inbound to survey 2,009 adults across the U.S. about the
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On one hot, humid Saturday earlier this month, children lined up at the Greater Model public pool in West Baltimore’s historically Black neighborhood of Poppleton. The youth adjusted their goggles and swim caps, then dove into the crisp water to meet their opponents on the other side. The citywide swim meet — the first
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Moving can mean a fresh start, but for many Americans, it comes with a financial hangover. A July 2026 survey from Intuit Credit Karma of 1,029 American adults found that more than a third of American adults (35%) who’ve moved in the past five years took on debt to do so. The figure climbs
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Campaign fundraising in the 2026 Senate battlegrounds has become overwhelmingly nationalized, leaving most high-stakes candidates far more reliant on out-of-state donors than the voters they hope to represent. Continuing a decades-long retreat from locally sourced campaign money, an OpenSecrets analysis of 17 candidates across nine key battleground states shows that two-thirds of the $289
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Although homeowners insurance rates have been rising significantly across the nation, new Insurance.com data shows that 16 states saw average annual premiums fall from 2025 to 2026. There’s no single reason for these decreases. In some states, targeted resilience grants, insurance discounts, and a slower-than-normal storm season in 2025 may have helped, while others
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