Monday, January 8, 2024
Winter storm could create hazardous travel in Kansas City Monday and Tuesday Kendrick Calfee The Kansas City Star
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Anyone making commutes Monday morning and evening could run into wintry weather and hazardous road conditions, according to the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch as it monitors a storm system headed for Kansas City early next week. Effects of the storm could make travel difficult, the weather service said, with chances of patchy blowing snow that could reduce visibility. A winter storm watch is in effect from 6 a.m. Monday morning through Tuesday afternoon. According to NWS, it is expected to affect portions of east-central and northeast Kansas, and central, westcentral, north-central, northeast and west-central regions of Missouri. It’s the second and possibly more severe of two winter storm systems that made their way into Kansas City in early January. Early next week there is a chance of heavy snow accumulation with three to six inches possible
Tribune Content Agency Visibility was a bit limited as snow fell and began to accumulate on the ground as shoppers headed to a grocery store in Lenexa, Kansas, on Jan. 5, 2024.
and wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service. On Friday, Amtrak announced it would be operating on a modified schedule in light of the winter storm.
It canceled its Monday and Tuesday service between St. Louis and Kansas City, among other lines, for the safety of employees and customers. “The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening com-
mute,” the National Weather Service said in its advisory. Heading into next week, the National Weather Service advises people to monitor conditions if they plan to travel. news.ed@ocolly.com
Who’s accused of what in the Jeffrey Epstein court documents? Everything you need to know New York Daily News Staff New York Daily News
identities and individuals whose names came up but didn’t do anything wrong, the judge who unsealed them wrote last month. Manhattan federal court Judge Loretta Preska noted From former presidents their contents were largely Donald Trump and Bill Clin- public record, whether from being revealed in court cases ton to disgraced king of pop Michael Jackson, the inclusion or media reports, documentaries, podcasts, books, or of some of the most famous elsewhere. Vast swaths of the names on the planet in this case were unsealed at variweek’s release of unsealed records related to Jeffrey Ep- ous intervals in recent years stein brought the prolific sex following legal efforts led by predator and sphere of high- the Miami Herald, including a massive release on the eve of flying figures he surrounded Epstein’s 2019 suicide while himself with into clearer he was awaiting trial in a focus. The names — who were Manhattan jail cell. Most of the elite names largely not accused of wrongto hit the headlines this week doing — featured among have long been known to have more than 1,300 pages of socialized with Epstein. Still, court filings made public in Manhattan federal court start- new tidbits of their dealings ing late Wednesday in a law- with the perverted financier add sharper detail to claims suit settled in 2017 between by scores of women who say Epstein’s convicted righthand, Ghislaine Maxwell, and he sought to leverage his high-profile contacts while Virginia Giuffre. grooming them for repeated Giuffre, now 40, has long alleged she was recruited sexual abuse. Here’s a look at some to be abused by Epstein as of the most notable figures a teenager and loaned out to referenced. powerful men in his orbit for Prince Andrew sex. More than 1,000 pages Prince Andrew’s wellwere unsealed on Friday documented friendship with alone. Epstein comes up throughout The paperwork comthe filings, including Giufprises motions by Giuffre and fre’s allegations the financier Maxwell, excerpts from their depositions and those of other forced her to sleep with him Epstein victims, members of as a teen. The disgraced British royal, who stepped down his house staff, and law enforcement, as well as records from his military duties in from a 2005 investigation into 2022 amid fallout over his the disgraced financier by the friendship with the disgraced Palm Beach police that almost perv, settled a suit with Giuffre the same year for a rebrought him to justice. ported $16 million. He did not The tranche of docuadmit wrongdoing as part of ments had remained under seal throughout the litigation, the settlement and has adaprimarily to protect victims’ mantly denied any abuse. See Documents on 6
Tribune Content Agency Meg Bellamy, left, as Kate Middleton and Ed McVey as Prince William in Season 6 of “The Crown.”
‘The Crown’ finale reaches royal heights Hayden Alexander Staff Reporter
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“The Crown” is at an
The final six episodes finish out a long-reigning Netflix original series. There is a lot packed into the end of the series. The show balances a coming-of-age story on two fronts. Queen Elizabeth II (Imelda Staunton) settles into her reign’s final years, and William attends university. We start off in the late ‘90s before transitioning to the
early 2000s. The first major plot point we happen across is the father-son relationship between Prince William (Ed McVey) and Prince Charles (Dominic West). It’s a beautiful arc that examines common themes between young sons and their fathers. Prince Phillip (Jonathan Price) talks William into forgiving his father. It’s a great moment where Phillip gets to finally do something for his son who he had been so harsh on growing up. William heads off to college and faces an ever-growing crowd of lovestruck girls, hoping for a glance from the young prince. He hates it but quickly falls for Kate Middleton (Meg Bellamy). Middleton’s mother
schemes to ensure the pair follows the same plan in the show by taking a gap year and attending St. Andrews. In real life, there is some merit to the plan, but the best evidence is Middleton’s mother, Carole Middleton (Eve Best), trying to help her win the Prince back after their 2007 breakup. It’s an interesting love story. They don’t start immediately dating, which gives their budding relationship time to grow as the two grow into their adulthood. One of my absolute favorite William moments is when the young Prince puts his own dislike of his role in the monarchy aside for his grandmother and stands by the Queen during her Golden Jubilee. See ‘The Crown’ on 7