People used to talk about cholesterol in this way: get a lipid panel when you turn 40 and wait for the numbers to get high enough to worry about. That framework has just changed in a big way. The new starting point is now 30 years old, thanks to updated guidelines from the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, and nine other medical societies that work together. The numbers are very interesting. According to a study released in JAMA on July 20, 2026, the new guidelines would make statin therapy available to about 87.5 million Americans between the…
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.
At first, it was something that many sailors dream about. A crossing by one. A 32-foot sailboat. There was nothing else to do but look out at the Pacific Ocean. Kai Sato, 39, from California, left Catalina Island on June 7 with Hawaii as his goal. Depending on who you ask, this kind of plan sounds either crazy or totally reasonable. The mast broke after two weeks. What happened next was about as bad as a month can be by itself. Sato had lost the three most important things for a solo sailor: direction, communication, and fuel. He also had…
In Kumamoto, Tuesday afternoon began like any other. The Aeon Mall was doing what malls do: the aisles were filling up with the quiet noise of everyday life. People were shopping, and workers were ending their shifts. The ground then “turned into liquid” at 4:27 p.m. local time in one of Japan’s cities that gets hit by earthquakes a lot. The earthquake happened on the island of Kyushu and was 7.1 on the Richter scale, according to Japan’s Meteorological Agency. The number was given by the US Geological Survey as 6.8. Seismologists say it can take days to close the…
A certain type of show has lost a lot of support from critics, but fans just won’t give up on it. At this point, Ransom Canyon is a pretty good example of that. When Season 2 came out on Netflix on July 23, 2026, it shot to the top of the U.S. streaming charts very quickly. At the same time, its Rotten Tomatoes score settled at 40%, down from Season 1’s already low score of 45%. There is a difference between those two numbers that can be seen as either a problem or an endorsement. The show, which was created…
Em Roberts married Cody John on July 25, 2026, at his family’s estate in Sun Valley, Idaho. It was a dry, hot summer day. It took about 45 minutes for the ceremony to end. It was a hot 95 degrees outside. People were seen fanning themselves to protect their eyes from the sun. In the middle of all that normal human discomfort, it looked like the kind of wedding Emma Roberts would choose: small, personal, and a little out of the ordinary for celebrities. Roberts, who is 35 years old now, wore a white chiffon dress with a high slit…
Chennai Love Story came out in theaters on July 24, 2026, without all the fuss that usually comes with big Telugu releases. There are no big franchises or plans to play all over India. Just a love story that takes place in Chennai, is about two pretty young actors, and lasts for almost three hours. Most producers would be nervous about that mix. Instead, the movie is still playing to packed theaters during the week, which is about as good of a sign as you can get these days. The movie is directed by Ravi Namburu and written by Sai…
Monday night in Los Angeles was the premiere, and by the time the credits rolled, people had already started to talk about it. People saw Spider-Man: Brand New Day for the first time in front of a real audience, and what they said was something like, “This is really good, possibly great, and also a lot.” Starting with Tom Holland, he is getting praise that makes you think this might be the play that his fans have always thought he could make. A lot of critics said, “Never been better.” One entertainment reporter said that the movie had a “strong…
Someone leaked one of the MCU’s best kept secrets, but it wasn’t broken by a hacker, a leaker, or a set photographer with a telephoto lens. It’s almost poetic. It looks like a musician on the red carpet who hadn’t quite tuned back into the conversation undid it. Steve Lacy went to the premiere of Spider-Man: Brand New Day in Los Angeles on the night of July 27. It was only natural that he would, since his song “oh yeah?” is in the movie. The interviewer made it clear what they were going to ask: “Without giving anything away, which…
It looked like eastern Wisconsin would have a low-level storm on Monday afternoon. There was a higher chance of severe weather, but the threat of tornadoes was only moderate. This is the kind of forecast that doesn’t usually make people rush to their basements. Then, around noon, a confirmed tornado hit the west side of Appleton and moved southeast toward Menasha, sending debris into the air and leaving behind damage that takes days to fully document. Miller Electric’s roof on South Perkins Street in Appleton caved in on itself. Trees and power lines fell all over the city. Prospect Avenue…
Hurricane Genevieve is spinning about 500 miles south of Baja California as of July 28. Winds have reached 160 miles per hour at their fastest point. The weather was like a tropical depression three days ago. That kind of rise doesn’t happen very often, and when it does, it often surprises everyone, even the meteorologists who watch it hourly from space. The National Hurricane Center said that its own peak wind speed prediction of 160 mph might be too low. No one writes that sentence unless they really mean it. In the Eastern Pacific, Genevieve was the first Category 5…