The full moon makes you feel safe in a quiet way. Every month, it just appears out of nowhere and hangs over the rooftops. Most people take a quick look at it before going back inside. The full moon in July, though, is known as the “Buck Moon,” and it can make you stop for a little longer than you had planned. At 10:36 a.m. EDT on July 29, 2026, in the morning, the Buck Moon was brightest. Because of that, the technical peak will happen in the middle of the workday, which is not ideal. But that doesn’t really…
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.
As you watch Kimi Antonelli race his way to the top of the 2026 Formula 1 championship standings, it’s easy to forget that he used to be a kid in a kart. An 11-year-old from Bologna who was so good that it made people look twice. One of those people was Giovanni Minardi. Now, many years later, he wants a court to decide if his work was ever properly recognized. The Kimi Antonelli Giovanni Minardi lawsuit has been moving slowly through the Bologna civil court for about a year. It is now finally out in the open. It’s hard to…
In the Wuanita Swedlund case, there’s one detail that’s hard to get past. A federal inspector got pictures of a Casey’s General Store worker’s schedule early in 2026. The pictures were sent by the person the inspector was supposed to be watching. The inspector looked at the schedule and saw that there wasn’t much free time. That’s where the conversation left off. It’s just a moment. But it does say something about how the law was applied in this case. The 35-year-old Swedlund ran a licensed dog breeding kennel in Farmington, a small town in VanBuren County in the southern…
In June 2023, a man named Rocha went into a car dealership in Gqeberha, signed some papers, and then drove off in a brand-new Ford Ranger. He sent three payments, totaling almost R81,000, and then didn’t show up at all. Don’t talk. Not a car. No address to send mail to. This next part was even stranger than the fraud itself: WesBank sued the dealership instead of going after the man who had disappeared. That case ended up in the Eastern Cape High Court, and the bank wasn’t happy with the decision that they got back. Your Car Guy, a…
It’s hard to ignore a number like 73%. A new CNN poll by SSRS found that almost three quarters of American adults say President Donald Trump hasn’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems. This isn’t a split between parties or a small change. 27% say he’s put the right things first. It’s striking to look at that figure from a distance. Not because polls have never shown this direction before, but because the dissatisfaction seems to be widespread and steady right now. Trump’s approval rating has leveled off at 34%, which is the same as the all-time…
Another check or a PayPal message is on the way to more than a million people, which most likely wasn’t expecting. The FTC is sending more than $6.8 million to Brigit customers in a second round of payments. This is part of a $18 million settlement against the cash-advance app. It’s a big deal, not because the amounts are huge for each person, but because of what it means for how these apps work. For those who don’t know, Brigit advertised itself as a way for people who were between paychecks to get by. The offer was easy to understand:…
The strangest thing about it is that the way it happened feels both scary and like it happened all the time. On July 25, an American Airlines Boeing 787 took off from Fiumicino Airport in Rome and flew to Philadelphia. It was about three hours into the trip across the Atlantic when six of the nine flight attendants started to feel dizzy. Not just a little off. The pilots were so dizzy that they decided to change their course and send the plane north toward Dublin, Ireland instead of west toward Pennsylvania. Early reports said it was because of a…
Nothing exciting will happen if you walk by a Dollar Tree on a Tuesday afternoon. There are stacks of cardboard boxes near the door. A few people shopping and comparing cleaning supplies. Fluorescent lights are working well. This is a common scene in America, and for millions of people on a tight budget, it’s a useful one. That’s why the news that about 75 Dollar Tree stores will be closing this year carried a little more weight than the numbers alone might have suggested. Dollar Tree announced the closings along with its earnings report for the first quarter of fiscal…
A lot of people delete retail emails without even reading the subject lines. It starts with “sale today,” “last chance,” and “member savings ending soon.” After a while, they all blend together. Some shoppers in Washington state may have lost more money than they thought because they ignored them. Because it was said that those Costco marketing emails had more than just marketing noise in them. Some things were said that were not true. A lawsuit called Michael Aaland v. Costco Wholesale Corporation is a class action lawsuit that says Costco sent emails with subject lines like “Today is the…
For some reason, reading a winter weather advisory in the last week of July is really confusing. Most of the country is in the middle of summer right now, with heat advisories, concerts outside, and trips to the lake in the afternoon. As for Alaska, it could get up to six inches of snow and there will be ice on the roads. The National Weather Service in Fairbanks has issued a formal advisory. The cold front is moving southeast from the Chukchi Sea, which is in the Arctic Ocean and lies between Alaska and Russia. It is pushing the storm…