It’s almost strange to see the numbers go up so quickly. In 2018, Ebola spread ten times in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It took 235 days for there to be 1,000 cases. In 2026, that line was crossed again, and this time it only took 40 days. Forty days. The number stops you in your tracks because it makes you think that something has changed, and not just with the virus but also with the world around it. For the second time ever, the Bundibugyo strain is to blame for the spread of Ebola. In the Democratic Republic…
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Sierra Foster
Born in Kansas City, Sierra Foster writes about politics and serves as Senior Editor at kbsd6.com. She was raised paying attention to this city, not just living in it. Sierra has a strong, deep connection to Kansas City, from the neighborhoods east of Troost to the discussions that take place in the city hall halls. Sierra, who is presently enrolled at the University of Kansas to pursue a degree in Political Science, applies the rigor of academic study to her journalism. She writes about politics in Missouri and Kansas as someone who genuinely cares about what happens to the people in these communities—the policies that impact them, the leaders who represent them, and the civic forces influencing their futures—rather than as an outsider watching from a distance. Her editorial coverage encompasses state-level policy, local government, and the national political currents that permeate bi-state regional life. Whether it's a city council vote or a Senate race, she has a special gift for turning complex policy language into writing that feels urgent, relatable, and worthwhile. Sierra seldom sits still off the page. She claims that playing soccer on a regular basis has sharpened her instincts for political reporting because of the sport's teamwork, strategy, and requirement to read a changing game in real time. She's probably somewhere in Kansas City with her friends when she's not writing or on the pitch, discovering new reasons to adore a city she already knows so well.
It’s almost certain that the chaos that happens after a Mountain Dew limited-edition drop will happen. On the internet, people quickly have different points of view, and Pitch Black is always brought up somewhere in the comment threads. The new Mountain Dew Trolli Mango Pineapple Punch is the same way. This might be the most interesting thing about it. Mountain Dew and Trolli have worked together for the second year in a row to break the rules of what a partnership between a neon soda brand and a gummy candy company should look like. Sour Brite Crawlers with cherry lemon…
Right now, there’s a number going around Silicon Valley that even experienced investors aren’t sure about. $12,900,000,000. Like for a business that makes about $150 million a year. That’s an 86x multiple, which is a price that either shows huge confidence or a huge desire to go too far. It’s really hard to tell which one it is with Nvidia. Part of what makes this deal so interesting is how uncertain it is. Hugging Face has never been a quiet business. As it grew, it became less like a startup and more like a public library for AI developers. You…
Waiting for one of the most-anticipated games in years without even knowing how much space it will take up on your hard drive makes you feel a little uneasy. Grand Theft Auto VI is almost here; it comes out on November 19, 2026, and Rockstar still hasn’t said anything about file size. Not even a baseball field. The studio seems to carefully manage its public image, so the silence seems either on purpose or a way of telling us something. No one knows for sure how big GTA 6 will be. It’s important to be clear about that because the…
Like most food safety alerts, the recall notice came as a quiet surprise: a few paragraphs on a government website full of store numbers and cut names that most shoppers have never heard of. But what the U.S. Department of Agriculture said at the end of May was not normal. A recall was made on almost 30,000 pounds of raw beef that came from Argentina and was sent to stores and distributors in Texas and Florida. The reason is that the goods came into the US without going through the required re-inspection process. Corte Argentino USA LLC, a company with…
Taking a pill every morning at the same time, in the same amount, and from the same little orange bottle might not contain what it says it does. This thought is slightly unsettling. It was pretty much the same thing the FDA said in July when it ordered the recall of levothyroxine sodium tablets across the country because they were not stable enough. Not powerful. A fancy word for something simple: the tablet you’re holding has less active drug in it than the label says. That is not a small thing for the millions of Americans who take levothyroxine every…
It’s likely that most shoppers didn’t notice when Wegmans quietly took bags of Lundberg Family Farms jasmine white rice off the shelves in April. When a stack of two-pound bags falls off a grocery store shelf, most people don’t stop to look. But four months later, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration changed the size of the recall from what it said at first. It now includes over 54,000 pounds of rice, or 27,324 packages, spread out across twelve states. There’s a big mistake there. That is a big addition to a recall that didn’t get the attention it deserved.…
In Nepal, the water level in the Trishuli River rose nine meters in less than thirty minutes early on a Wednesday morning in late August. In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, that’s about the height of a three-story building. Power plants, homes, bridges, and roads were all erased. At least 469 people had died and more than 1,500 were missing in Nepal and Tibet by the time the water started to recede. At first, people thought it was an earthquake. Nepal’s foreign minister told parliament that early reports suggested that a landslide was caused by…
When you see the numbers go up this quickly, it seems almost strange. The Democratic Republic of the Congo had its tenth Ebola outbreak in 2018. It took about 235 days for the number of cases to reach 1,000. That same line was crossed again in 2026, and it only took 40 days. Forty days. This kind of number stops you in the middle of a thought because it suggests that something has changed, and not just with the virus but also with the environment around it. It is now the second largest outbreak of Ebola ever, thanks to the…
The chaos that happens after a Mountain Dew limited-edition drop is almost like it will happen. When people on the internet weigh in, opinions split quickly, and Pitch Black is always brought up somewhere in the comment threads. This is also true for the new Mountain Dew Trolli Mango Pineapple Punch. This may be the most interesting thing about it. For the second year in a row, Mountain Dew and Trolli have worked together to break the rules of what a partnership between a neon soda brand and a gummy candy company can really look like. The cherry lemon flavor…