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Aaron Moody

Aaron Moody

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Since 1989, David J. Neal’s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day. Support my work with a digital subscription

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James Holston, 61, with his oversized check.

National

Husband shows wife a winning lottery ticket after work. ‘Her mouth dropped wide open’

Aug 15, 2023 3:04 PM

The rare heart condition was a symptom of long COVID, a condition that occurs after an infection and persists for months.

Coronavirus

Man’s legs turn purple when he stands up. It’s a rare long COVID symptom, doctors say

Aug 15, 2023 2:59 PM

Handcuffs, thumb prints

North Carolina

Remains found two years after man vanished, cops say. Now SC man charged with murder

Aug 15, 2023 2:49 PM

LATEST FROM Aaron Moody

The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the state’s anti-truancy school attendance law.

Government & Politics

Missouri Supreme Court upholds law allowing jailing of parents over kids’ missed school

Aug 15, 2023 2:32 PM

Dolly Parton speaks about the Imagination Library at White Theatre at the Jewish Community Center on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Overland Park, Kan.

Government & Politics

Dolly comes to Kansas. Parton promotes reading program as it expands to JoCo, WyCo

Aug 15, 2023 2:28 PM

The ancient synagogue was discovered near the Black Sea in Russia, experts said.

World

Richly decorated synagogue — one of the oldest — unearthed. See its marble treasures

Aug 15, 2023 2:23 PM

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft

Government & Politics

After Trump indictment, Ashcroft dodges how he would handle interference in Missouri

Aug 15, 2023 2:12 PM

A federal grand jury in Kansas City has indicted a 34-year-old Efren Torres-Rodriguez of Olathe following a high-speed police chase down a runway at the Wheeler Downtown Airport in Kansas City. This Google Maps Street View image of the airport is from 2021.

Crime

Judge sentences Olathe man who led pursuit on KC’s Charles B. Wheeler Airport runway

Aug 15, 2023 2:01 PM

Eric Meyer, the editor and publisher of the Marion County Record, stands outside the newspaper’s office on Monday. The office and Meyer’s home were raided by police on Friday.

Kansas

Latest on Kansas newspaper raid: KBI takes over case; what to know about privacy law

Aug 15, 2023 1:50 PM

Front pages hang on a wall at the Marion County Record, where police served a search warrant Friday.

Government & Politics

KBI takes lead in Marion investigation following police raid of local newspaper

Aug 15, 2023 1:50 PM

An image from surveillance video from inside the Marion County Record newspaper in central Kansas shows police officers executing a search warrant on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023.

Crime

Read the search warrant that police used to raid the Marion County Record’s offices

Aug 15, 2023 1:50 PM

Eric Meyer, the editor and publisher of the Marion County Record, stands outside the newspaper’s office on Monday. The office and Meyer’s home were raided by police on Friday.

Kansas

Raided Kansas newspaper is known for aggressively covering small town’s many disputes

Aug 15, 2023 1:50 PM

A child has died after being hit by a car in North Myrtle Beach Tuesday. The incident happened in the Timber Ridge Community after 4 p.m.

Texas

Fight over who will pay for beer ends with shooting at child’s birthday, Texas cops say

Aug 15, 2023 1:48 PM

Boaters spotted massive sea creature swimming in the Texas Gulf, so they jumped in the water for a closer look, video shows.

Texas

Massive sea creature with over 3,000 teeth spotted near Texas coast, video shows

Aug 15, 2023 1:46 PM

An 18-year-old Maryland man won a lottery prize from a ticket purchased by his father.

National

Son helps 78-year-old North Carolina dad confirm big Powerball prize. ‘It was real’

Aug 15, 2023 1:46 PM