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‘Maverick-style’ player Ulett returns

Loren Ulett, who has become a Kansas City Mavericks fan favorite over the past four seasons, has signed a contract to return for season No. 5 – and it’s difficult to tell who is more excited, the tough-asnails forward or his coach.

Official: Upgrades urged at Amtrak crash site, but no action

MENDON, Mo. — The chief elected official in the Missouri county where an Amtrak train slammed into a dump truck said Tuesday that residents and county leaders have been pushing for a safety upgrade at the railroad crossing for nearly three years. Meanwhile, the toll from the accident rose to four deaths and 150 injuries.

Greitens claims violent video is humorous. No, it’s dangerous

Did you hear the one about the Republican Senate candidate who suggested killing any Republican who isn’t deemed conservative enough? It’s a real knee-slapper. Especially with recent horrendous mass shootings, public officials getting death threats and the country watching a forensic review of how a former president’s violent rhetoric spurred the actual violence of Jan. 6, 2021.

FBI opens sweeping probe of clergy sex abuse in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades, a rare federal foray into such cases looking specifically at whether priests took children across state lines to molest them, officials and others familiar with the inquiry told The Associated Press.

Abusive husband manipulates wife, kids living in shelter

DEAR ABBY: I am the mother of two small children. I have separated from their verbally abusive, alcoholic father. I returned to my grandmother, who raised me, and tried to get a job. I couldn’t find one quickly because we went into quarantine and my uncles made me move out.