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https://thefederalist.com/2026/08/14/landmark-suppressor-ruling-leaves-gun-world-with-more-questions-than-answers/

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Most of these “shocking facts” are exaggerated, oversimplified, or false. Here’s a quick reality check on each one:“Your mouth is dirtier than a toilet seat.” Partially true in a narrow sense, but misleading. The mouth has a high bacterial load (hundreds of species), and toilet seats are often relatively clean if not heavily soiled. However, most oral bacteria are not pathogenic in the same way fecal bacteria can be, and a properly cleaned toilet seat is not especially dangerous. The comparison is mostly clickbait. “Your bones are stronger than steel.” False / incomplete. Pound-for-pound (or by weight), bone has high compressive strength and can be stronger than some steels in certain metrics, but steel is far denser and stronger in absolute terms. Bone is impressive for a biological material, but it is not stronger than steel overall. “Stomach acid can dissolve metal.” Mostly true for some metals. Gastric acid (pH ~1.5–3.5) can dissolve or corrode certain metals (e.g., zinc, aluminum, or thin pieces of iron over time). It does not rapidly dissolve most metals the way strong industrial acids do, and it won’t melt a spoon or coin in minutes. “You shed 30,000 skin cells per minute.” Roughly in the right ballpark for total daily shedding, but the per-minute figure is often inflated in viral posts. Humans shed tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of skin cells per day; 30,000 per minute would be millions per hour, which is higher than most scientific estimates. The exact number varies with age, environment, etc. “Your brain eats itself when you’re sleep-deprived.” Highly misleading. Sleep deprivation can increase microglial activity and autophagy-like processes in the brain (the brain does clear waste and can prune connections), but it does not literally “eat itself.” Chronic sleep loss is harmful and linked to neurodegeneration risk, yet the dramatic phrasing is not accurate. The follow-up pitch is just engagement bait. Bottom line: These are classic viral “fact” graphics that mix a grain of truth with heavy exaggeration for shock value. Real human biology is impressive enough without the hype.

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Based on surveillance camera footage from Aug. 6, 2023, Marshall and Cothran stole a Jeep Grand Cherokee from a Lenexa QuikTrip parking lot. Cothran ended up in the driver’s seat of that stolen vehicle and, after circling various hotel parking lots, drove northbound on Interstate 35 before crashing near the Lamar Avenue exit in Mission. Marshall and Cothran ran into the nearby QuikTrip off Lamar Avenue and barricaded themselves in the men’s and women’s restrooms, respectively. By this time, several law enforcement agencies, including the Kansas Highway Patrol and Fairway and Mission Police, had responded to calls for backup. Cothran was removed from the women’s restroom by a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper and a Lenexa police officer. She was placed in handcuffs. Meanwhile, a standoff with Marshall in the men’s restroom continued. Then, Marshall, from inside a stall in the men’s bathroom, opened fire at police officers, including a gunshot that hit Oswald in the head. A Kansas Highway Patrol officer and Mission police officer returned fire at Marshall, killing him. Oswald died from his injuries the next day, Aug. 7, 2023. Hundreds mourned Oswald at a parade and vigil a few days later. A Fairway resident started a blue ribbon parade around the city and other parts of northeastern Johnson County to show support for Oswald and police. Four months later, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe determined that Kansas Highway Patrol Derek Keyser and Mission Police Officer Tyler Eddings were justified in opening fire at Marshall. Cothran was found guilty in May Nearly three years after Oswald was killed, a 12-person jury found Cothran guilty of felony murder. That verdict came after a seven-day trial that included several days’ worth of testimony from witnesses. The jury arrived at the verdict less than 24 hours after closing statements. Cothran faced eight counts, and the jury found her guilty of the most serious charge, felony murder. The jury also found her guilty of battery of a law enforcement officer, fleeing law enforcement, reckless driving and theft of less than $25,000. The jury acquitted Cothran of three charges, the possession of a weapon and two other felony theft counts. Keep reading crime and courts news: Overland Park man enters plea deal for sister’s 2020 killing

A Johnson County judge on Wednesday sentenced a Tennessee woman to life in prison after she was found guilty of felony murder in the 2023 killing of Fairway Police Officer Jonah Oswald. Johnson County Judge Michael P. Joyce of Division 15 issued the sentence to Andrea Rene Cothran, 35, of Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Cothran will be required to serve 25 years before she is eligible for parole. (It’s often referred to as a “Hard 25” sentence.) Cothran is also serving a consecutive 10-month sentence for a count of fleeing and alluding law enforcement, and three other concurrent sentences for three other counts. Joyce denied the defense’s motions for mistrial and motions for a new trial on Wednesday, before sentencing Cothran. Oswald killed in August 2023 The sentencing comes three years and one week after the Aug. 6, 2023 standoff inside the restrooms at a QuikTrip on Lamar Avenue in Mission. According to investigators, Shannon Wayne Marshall, 40, shot and killed the 29-year-old Oswald, who had responded to the QuikTrip scene after a lengthy police chase that began in Leenxa. Oswald died from his injuries the following day. He left behind a wife and two children. Two months ago, a jury found Cothran guilty on several felony counts related to the events that led up to and including the killing of Oswald, even though she herself did not fire the shot that killed him. Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris McMullin said during the sentencing that it was “a bit too much for [the Oswald family] to come to court today.” Members of the Oswald family declined to comment for this story. In remarks to the press at the courthouse Wednesday, Fairway Police Chief J.P. Thrulo said the police department is “grateful to see justice carried out through the judicial process” though “no verdict or sentencing can undo the pain of losing Officer Oswald.” “There still remains deep loss within our department that we feel daily, and the community that we serve feels it as well,” Thurlo said. Defense: “She’s not some monster” Before sentencing, both prosecution and the public defenders made final arguments related to Cothran’s sentencing. Carissa Leffler, one of Cothran’s two public defenders, said Cothran has endured a hard life, and that past tragedies and traumas caught up with her. Jarrod Steffan, a Wichita-based psychologist who evaluated Cothran, diagnosed her with dependent personality disorder. People with dependent personality disorder have poor decision-making and problem-solving skills, as well as a deep reliance on others taking care of them, Steffan said. Leffler said Cothran’s diagnosis is treatable, and “she’s not a complete lost cause.” Leffler also argued that Cothran was not the gunman and referenced character letters from Cothran’s friends and family that described her as caring and loving. “She’s not some monster that aligns with murder,” Leffler said. Judge: “You could’ve stopped” For the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office, Kevin O’Connor argued that Cothran was on the run in 2023 after failing to re-file as a sex offender in the state of Tennessee. O’Connor said in the 2020 case in Sumner County, Tennessee, that led Cothran to be required to register as a sex offender, the judge asked why she engaged in sexual acts in front of minors and what she learned from it. In response, O’Connor said that Cothran told the Sumner County judge that “it was just a very bad decision” and she learned to “choose my associates wisely.” O’Connor said Cothran did not follow through with that, alluding to her connection to Marshall, who she was with the day Oswald was killed. “She is deserving of a life sentence,” O’Connor said. Prior to Joyce delivering the life sentence to Cothran, he told her that at multiple times that August 2023 weekend, “you could’ve stopped.” “You were involved in a chain of events of mostly your own doing,” Joyce said, adding that that chain of events led to the deaths of both Oswald and Marshall.

https://johnsoncountypost.com/2026/08/13/fairway-oswald-cothran-sentenced-293898/

A Shawnee man with previous convictions involving children will serve 15 years in federal prison for four charges related to child pornography. On Thursday, David Mark Jones, 35, of Shawnee, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court of Kansas in Kansas City, Kansas, to 180 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography and three counts of distribution of child pornography, according to federal court files. Jones was previously convicted of sexual exploitation of a child in February 2023, according to Johnson County District Court documents. As part of his previous sentence, Jones was required to register as a sex offender and was placed under lifetime supervision, which he violated. Johnson was previously convicted in 2023 In February 2023 in Johnson County District Court, Jones received a suspended sentence of 32 months in favor 3 years of probation, a lifetime of post-release supervision, and a requirement to register as a sex offender for life. The conviction stemmed from several incidents involving Jones possessing child pornography, including uploading a video to YouTube and image to Twitter in 2019 that both involved minors that triggered an investigation by the Shawnee Police Department. In 2020, his brother contacted the Overland Park Police Department after finding child pornography on Jones’s computer, as well his brother’s fiance discovering videos involving minors on his phone. The reports prompted the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office to file a charge of sexual exploitation of a child, which he pleaded guilty to on July 2022, . Johnson continued to reoffend In March 2024, Johnson was found to be in possession of multiple electronic devices containing child pornography in the home he shared with his mother in Kansas, according to federal court files. When questioned by the Kansas Highway Patrol, Jones admitted to them that he violated his probation and sex offender registration requirements by not disclosing an e-mail account and internet-connected cell phones he was actively using, court records stated. In addition, he admitted to viewing and downloading child pornography using phone apps he found on the “deep web” using the Overland Park Library’s wifi, which is also a violation of the library’s Internet Use Policy. In March 2024, Jones was arrested and charged with Failure to Register in Johnson County District Court. In September of that same year, Jones’s probation was revoked, and federal charges for distribution and possession of child pornography were filed in federal court. In October 2025, he pleaded guilty to all four charges. “This case is an example of why the sex offender registry is so needed” said U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser in a press release this week. “Because there are people monitoring sex offenders and checking to see that they are compliant with the rules once they are released, Mr. Jones’ crimes were detected, and now Mr. Jones is going back to prison.” What’s next In addition to the federal prison sentence, Jones is also ordered to pay $18,000, or $3,000 for each victim, in restitution. Jones is being held in the Federal Correctional Institution in Leavenworth, Kansas, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

https://johnsoncountypost.com/2026/08/13/shawnee-man-convicted-for-csam-federal-293891/

As plans for the project move forward, the debate over public financing continues — and has come up during this election season. Republican gubernatorial nominee and Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson defended the incentives used to attract the team, calling the move a “generational opportunity” for the state, in a candidate survey conducted by the Post. Masterson said the project will generate construction jobs, long-term employment and new economic activity that will repay STAR bonds. “The project imposes zero new taxes and does not divert existing state revenue,” Masterson said in his survey response. “This pay-as-you-grow mechanism ensures no impact on essential services and carries no risk to taxpayers.” In contrast, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Cindy Holscher, a Kansas state senator from Overland Park, has expressed the opposite view. Holscher originally supported legislation that allowed the state to pursue a deal with the Chiefs but said she is opposed to the ultimate financing package that was approved by legislative leaders last year. “The deal that resulted is a raw deal, and I couldn’t support it,” Holscher said in her own candidate survey response for the Post. “I am the only Democrat in this race that opposed the Chiefs stadium financing plan because it asked taxpayers to shoulder billions of dollars in long-term risks while negotiations happened largely behind closed doors.” The exact boundary lines for the proposed STAR bond district have also not been finalized. A map released by the state commerce department last year when the deal was announced showed nearly all of Olathe, as well as Lenexa, Shawnee and Wyandotte County, inside the district. If ultimately approved, that means a portion of state sales taxes on purchases made in those cities would go towards paying off the debt that is financing the stadium and HQ project. Looking ahead In Olathe, Bacon remains optimistic about what the move will do for the area. “I feel like this is an opportunity for Olathe,” Bacon said. “I think there is a real opportunity around sports event development, sports facility development. And it’s kind of a hot market right now.” While the City Council has already approved Olathe’s participation in the STAR bond district, much of the project still needs the city’s approval. “We are just at the beginning point,” Bacon said. “We’re just at the part where we’re getting started with all the approval process and the reviews.” Plans for the development will eventually make their way through the city’s planning department, Bacon said. For now, Bacon said much of the work is happening within the Chiefs organization and among the firms it has hired to plan and design the project. “The funding and the authority and the approvals up to this point are just the background stuff,” Bacon said. “Now the real work will begin for our community.” FacebookEmailCopy LinkShare

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In July, the Chiefs gave the public a first look at the plan for the $3 billion stadium in Wyandotte County. Initial renderings show an approximately 70,000-seat domed stadium with a translucent roof and 20,000 parking spaces. The team selected Kansas City-based MANICA as lead design architect and HNTB as architect of record. Despite renderings, the exact location of the new stadium hasn’t been determined. That decision won’t be made by the city. “We don’t have any input in the work or where they’re actually located,” Kansas City, Kansas Mayor Christal Watson told KCTV5. Watson said she has to wait for the team and the state to make that decision. “There’s been nothing definite about the timeline,” Watson said. “When the land moves, when the Chiefs say it’s all done — when the state says we’re ready to talk more. I’m just going with the flow.” What the stadium will be called also remains a question. The Chiefs filed trademark applications in June for several names that could be used for the stadium or mixed-use developments surrounding the new facilities, including: Arrowhead Sports Complex Arrowhead Sports and Entertainment Complex Kingdom Commons Tailgate Town ‘63 Entertainment Two-Point Development. A Chiefs spokesperson told KSHB that the team regularly takes steps to protect potential intellectual property and that the names may or may not be used. Like Olathe, the Unified Government of Wyandotte County approved a STAR bond district in February. Chiefs President Mark Donovan said at the end of July that the team will continue to use the Missouri Western State campus in St. Joseph, Missouri, for training camp through 2031. A training facility is used by a team for general practices throughout the year, while training camp is a weeks-long series of intense daily practices and workouts during the summer that NFL teams use to finalize their rosters. Training camps, or portions of them, are open to the public and have become a big draw for fans and media. “With the training facility being built in Olathe, we as an organization have to look at everything we do with options,” Donovan said. “That training facility is going to be designed with the ability to host a training camp. We have to have that option.” Several Chiefs fans and business owners told the Post in March they were looking forward to the possibility of training camp in Olathe. “I think it’ll be good for business,” Charlie Janssen, a manager at The Rub Bar-B-Que said. “During training camp when people are coming to watch them practice.”

Bacon, as Olathe mayor, will also have a role in the project. The Kansas Legislature this year created the Kansas Sports Facilities Authority, an 11-member board overseeing the construction and management for the team’s move to the state. The sports authority will own all of the new Chiefs’ facilities. (If it were privately operated, the bonds the team is using to pay for the project would be subject to federal income taxes.) A similar entity, the Jackson County Sports Complex Authority, currently owns and operates the Chiefs and Royals stadiums. The legislation allows the mayors of the two cities where Chiefs facilities are located — Olathe and Kansas City, Kansas — to appoint members to the board, including themselves, as long as their cities approve the STAR bond project and meet other conditions. For now, Bacon plans to fill Olathe’s seat himself. “I think it’s a good idea to have, at least, we kind of have an idea of what’s going on and look out for our communities because we are a partner,” Bacon said. “But we also have constituents that we need to look out for too.” Bacon said he may eventually appoint someone else to fill Olathe’s position, but wants to participate himself initially so he can better understand what the job requires. “At some point I may select somebody to sit in for me in that role,” Bacon said. “But initially, I don’t know really what’s gonna be involved in these meetings, so I thought it might be helpful. I might be able to pick a better person down the road if I know a little bit more what it entails.” The authority has 11 voting members, including the two representatives from cities where facilities are located. Other members include the Kansas commerce secretary, appointees selected by the governor and Republican and Democratic legislative leaders and one member selected by the Chiefs. Members must undergo state and national criminal history checks before being appointed.