In the back of a freezer, behind a bag of edamame and Thanksgiving leftovers from last year, there may be a bag of GreenWise organic blueberries that no one has thought about in weeks. That’s the quiet danger at the heart of a story about food safety that has been building since May and really took off in August. The FDA has now labeled the current Publix GreenWise blueberry recall as a Class I recall, which is the most dangerous type. This classification has a very serious meaning: the agency thinks that eating or even being near the affected product…
Author: Sierra Foster
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.
In a way that’s almost theatrical, the way the Joro spider makes itself known is interesting. First, there are the webs. They are wide, golden, and catch the light between the tree trunks in Cades Cove. If you look closely, you can see a female Joro spider hanging in the middle. Her body is about an inch long, and her legs are spread out to be almost four inches long. She has yellow spots with blue-green spots on them. You just can’t help but walk. GSMNP The number of reports of seeing a Joro spider has been steadily going up…
The way that prescription drugs are priced in the United States is quietly annoying. Most people think that the price that the cashier rings up is pretty much the right price. They have health insurance. Their name is on a savings club list. They think that the numbers were really run by someone, somewhere. A class action lawsuit against The Kroger Company says that trust may not have been well placed. Kroger was accused of overcharging insured customers for generic prescription drugs by giving false information about what are called “usual and customary” prices, which are the normal prices a…
When you look at the moon and see Earth’s shadow on it, it makes you feel extremely small. There was no fanfare, no TV countdown, and no safety glasses. Simple geometry: three celestial bodies line up in a way that has been happening for billions of years but that most of us still don’t stop to notice. The August 2026 lunar eclipse will happen from late Thursday nite (August 27) through early Friday morning (August 28). It is one of those events that will reward you for waiting. Around 12:12 a.m. Eastern Time, when it’s at its strongest, Earth’s umbra…
Shows like Cobra Kai do well with a certain type of character: the awkward underdog who develops into something genuine over time, earning their spot through perseverance and a certain unwavering refusal to give up rather than through natural talent. That character was Demetri Alexopoulos. Demetri, portrayed by Gianni DeCenzo in all six seasons, began as the nerdy sidekick that no one took seriously. For a few seasons, that arc paid off in ways that felt truly earned. Demetri was essentially comedic relief with anxiety when he initially appeared in Season 1. On his second day at Cobra Kai, he…
Over the course of six seasons, Cobra Kai has introduced a number of villains. Kreese with his icy military demeanor. Silver’s wealth and cunning. However, something changed when Sensei Wolf entered the Sekai Taikai in Barcelona during the show’s last run. In a way, the atmosphere in the room shifted. A well-written antagonist has a quality that you sense before you fully comprehend them, and Feng Xiao, also known as Sensei Wolf, possessed this quality in spades. Sensei Wolf, played by Lewis Tan, shows up as the sensei of the Iron Dragons, a dojo in Hong Kong that has a…
The last five episodes of Season 6 of Cobra Kai were released on Netflix on February 13, 2025. Six seasons and sixty-five episodes. For a man who was essentially the antagonist in a pair of skeleton Halloween tights in 1984, seven years of karate competitions, dojo rivalries, father-son heartbreak, and an unexpectedly poignant redemption arc. The run has been impressive. People are now curious as to whether it’s truly over. For the time being, the short answer is yes. The longer response is far more intriguing. Since the conclusion, the creators, Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, have been…
This week, Abbott Laboratories resolved its appeal of a $495 million verdict, and a document that most people will never see was filed in a Missouri appeals court. No big announcement. No press conference. At least for one family, it was just a document and the official conclusion of a case that had been dragging through the courts for two years. St. Louis rendered the initial decision in 2024. A jury determined that an Illinois girl developed necrotizing enterocolitis, a dangerous and frequently fatal bowel disease that mainly affects premature newborns, as a result of using Abbott’s specialized preterm infant…
One April morning in 2019, Thuli Nagel’s 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC 220d broke down on Lydenburg Road in Mpumalanga. She likely believed that calling for assistance would be the most difficult part. A tow truck arrived. The car was delivered to Garden City Motors, a Mercedes-Benz dealership. She anticipated a fix. Instead, a seven-year legal battle ensued, involving two courtrooms, a retired magistrate, and a crucial witness who called in from Germany. As these things go, Nagel’s assertion is simple. After the repairs, she looked at her car and thought it was in worse shape than when she had given it…
The sky can’t decide what it wants to be at one point, usually in the middle of the afternoon in Broken Hill. That’s precisely what Thursday is doing. The temperature is 14°C at 4 p.m. local time, with a light wind coming in from the northwest, humidity at 81%, and a flat, gray cloud ceiling. This type of weather seems a little out of place for a town known for its red dirt and sun-baked silence, situated deep in the far west of New South Wales. And yet, here it is. At 4:18 p.m. AEST on Thursday, the Bureau of…