One of those movie facts that gets more unexpected the more you consider it is the age of Ralph Macchio in Karate Kid 3. While filming The Karate Kid Part III, Macchio was 27 years old; he turned 28 during that time. However, he continued to play Daniel LaRusso on film, a character who was supposed to be around 19. When watching the film, it’s easy to overlook the age difference. Macchio’s youthful appearance contributed to the illusion, as he had already spent years associating himself with Daniel. Daniel still looked convincing enough to be a teenager when he stepped…
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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.
On September 11, 2024, Chad McQueen passed away at his ranch in Palm Desert, California. He was sixty-three. Organ failure, which resulted from a fall in 2020 from which Chad never fully recovered, was the cause of death, according to his longtime lawyer and friend Arthur Barens. When he died, his wife Jeanie and their kids were all around him. There are still numerous unanswered questions about the 2020 fall. Chad “never fully recovered from” the injuries, according to Barens, who would not elaborate on the specifics. What is known is that the harm it inflicted gradually worsened over the…
A working-class family from the Bronx or South Queens drives past the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, looks over at the crowds coming in, and keeps driving. This is a New York moment that doesn’t get talked about enough. It’s not because they don’t care about tennis. But because a Main Draw seat at Arthur Ashe Stadium can cost hundreds of dollars, and most people can’t afford that. In this context, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and the US Tennis Association announced that 1,000 $100 tickets to the 2026 US Open would be made available to residents…
Certain types of anger happen when you realize that you probably paid more for something than you should have, and the company knew it at the time. That’s pretty much the basis of a class action suit against Sony Interactive Entertainment. The case, called Caccuri v. Sony Interactive Entertainment, says that Sony quietly got rid of a way for PlayStation owners to buy digital games from other online stores by ending vouchers that were specific to games. When those coupons ran out, customers were forced to go to the PlayStation Store, which is Sony’s own market, because there was no…
There’s something almost theatrical about seeing a politician sue to stop a law that he pushed for in public. You can kind of picture Zohran Mamdani right now: he’s the new mayor of New York City and he’s suing his own city council over a pay raise for school paraprofessionals worth $25 billion. The same pay raise he backed as a candidate not long ago. The Zohran Mamdani teachers union’s lawsuit is about a law that the city council passed unanimously that lets paraprofessionals (school staff who help teachers and students but don’t have teaching licenses) get one-time cash payments.…
There is a certain kind of stubbornness that no longer seems like strength. It seems to be a pattern. Mike Lindell, the founder of MyPillow, spent years and millions of dollars saying that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. Now he is focusing on his own loss—a Republican primary for governor of Minnesota that he lost by 45,000 votes—with the same amount of energy. I don’t see a squeaker there. That’s not a margin that makes you think very deeply. Still, here we are. Lindell lost the GOP primary for governor of Minnesota by 11 points on August 11. Lisa…
In 2021, one State Farm captive agent couldn’t forget a phrase. He said that trying to get information from the company’s claims adjusters was like getting answers from a “secret society.” He wasn’t making a scene. It looked like he wasn’t the only one who was angry. That anger has now been written down in court. Recently, a judge in Oklahoma’s Comanche County brought public 31 documents that State Farm’s lawyers had worked hard to hide. Lawyers for hundreds of Oklahoma homeowners say that those documents show a planned, year-long effort to lower insurance payouts after hail and wind damage,…
It often starts out quietly. A vague feeling of pain around the stomach. You might feel a little sick after dinner, which you think is because you ate too quickly. The cramps get worse a few hours later, or sometimes a whole day later, and your fever rises. Suddenly, the bathroom becomes your best friend. Salmonella is that. And this is exactly how things go for about a million Americans every year. Most of the time, people in the United States get food poisoning from Salmonella. Even though most people have heard of it and many have experienced it, a…
When a food recall starts in April but doesn’t reach most customers until months later, it’s a little unsettling. That’s about where things stand with the Lundberg Family Farms jasmine white rice recall. It began as a voluntary recall but has since grown into an FDA-wide notice that affects more than 27,000 packages sent to at least eleven states. The recall is for 32-ounce packages of Lundberg Family Farms Jasmine White Rice with the UPC code 073416040281 and lot numbers 260201MA or 260202MA. The best-before dates for these packages are in February 2027. That sounds very specific, but that’s because…
Most people who own pets come to trust the brands they buy. They read the labels once or twice and then stop. The food goes in the bowl, the bag goes in the freezer, and life goes on. That’s exactly why the recent Northwest Naturals recall was important to pay attention to. Northwest Naturals, a company that sells food for pets that is clean, raw, and minimally processed, took back two of its frozen products after routine FDA testing showed that they might be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. Two of the products that are affected are the Frozen…