There are cases that make you pause and read again, not because of how big they are, but because they seem so human. One of those stories is about Elrich Daudet, who works as a senior IT analyst at Computacenter UK Ltd. A man who thought he had the power to dream about the future. Someone from work who had shown up in those dreams months before they actually met. A group of love poems. A court of employment had to decide if seeing someone in a dream could legally be considered a “protected belief.” At first glance, it seems…
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.
This kind of stubbornness is what makes these kinds of situations unique. A federal judge scolded President Trump harshly for suing the IRS for $10 billion, but Trump didn’t just take it lying down. He filed a notice of appeal on July 31, which was the second step in a legal battle that had already caused a lot of trouble in his own party. In the first lawsuit, which Trump, two of his adult sons, and the Trump Organization filed earlier this year, they said that the IRS failed to stop the leak of their private tax records without their…
There is something very unsettling about seeing video of police breaking down the front door of a 79-year-old woman’s house. Not because doors need to be opened sometimes or because animal welfare isn’t important, but because the scene makes you wonder: was all of this really necessary? The case between Dr. Katherine Theodotou and the RSPCA started in March of this year, when police came to her home in north London with a warrant and what looked like an axe. The reason given was worry for Rita, her 17-month-old black and white cat, after what Dr. Theodotou calls a “malicious…
A few days before everything changed, Nirmal Purja wrote something on X that doesn’t make sense the way it does now. “Broad Peak, I ask for nothing but safe passage up and back down,” he wrote. “I don’t take any mountains for granted.” “Not one.” There was nothing cocky about it. It was more of a quiet admission of how unpredictable these places are, even for someone who has climbed all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks in a little over six months. Then, an avalanche happened on Broad Peak’s west ridge, between Camp Two and Camp Three. This happened…
A game store has a certain smell, thanks to the plastic cases, the air conditioning that smells a little old, and the faint hum of demo units running in the corner. A group of gamers carry this memory around with them without giving it much thought. Sony seems to have decided that memory has a time limit. To be exact, January 2028. Sony Interactive Entertainment confirmed that all new PlayStation games will no longer be released on physical discs after that date. You will only be able to get new games through the PlayStation Store or in digital form at…
It’s strange to see people waiting in line for movies the same way they used to wait in line for concert tickets. Since July 17, when Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” opened, that’s what you’ve seen outside of AMC theaters. It changed what a movie release could look like in 2026, first quietly and then very loudly. On July 27, AMC Theaters said that The Odyssey’s first two weekends were the most successful IMAX runs in the company’s history. In its first weekend in the United States, the movie made about $124.5 million. It made $87 million in its second weekend.…
Six months have passed since Nancy Guthrie was last seen in the middle of the night at her home in Arizona. Anyone who knows her well can say for sure that she was somewhere on February 1. She was 84 years old. Investigators’ main idea is that she was taken from her home in Pima County at night, without warning. Even though it’s been six months, there is still no suspect, no clear idea of where she is or what happened, and no confirmed motive. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has been very careful about how to deal with that…
The Viking Ullur, a 443-foot river cruise ship, stopped on the Danube River, about 15 miles upstream from the Bulgarian city of Vidin, at 2 a.m. on July 28, 2026. This wasn’t planned. The ship was going to port to get supplies before continuing its trip. It hit a sandbank instead. The ship couldn’t stay in the water of the river at night because there wasn’t enough water. The next few events were mostly well-planned. Bulgarian border police sent out a patrol boat from their base in Vidin and got all 186 people on board to safety. It did not…
It was meant to be a normal morning. Around the end of June, Leota Walker drove through a Starbucks drive-thru in Wildomar, California. Wildomar is a quiet city in Riverside County. After she took the cup and went to put it in the cupholder, everything changed in an instant. The cup broke. The lid came off. Coffee that was very hot poured all over her lap, stomach, inner thighs, and private parts. Walker was picked up by an ambulance. She would be in the hospital for 24 days getting surgery and skin grafts. She is still getting better. She sees…
When you take a game off the shelf, read the back of the box on the way home, and then slide the disc into the console, it’s a certain feeling. It’s just a small ritual—nothing important—but for a generation of gamers, it’s part of what it means to buy a game. Sony has chosen January 2028 as the end date for that ritual. There will be no more discs for new PlayStation games. The platform is going digital-only, and the company said this week that they don’t want to make that call again. During the company’s Q1 2026 earnings call,…