 By KELLY P. KISSEL | Metro editor Southern has had a new president-chancellor since early this summer, and at his first graduation ceremony recounted for students the influences from his youth. How did a young man from predominantly White rural Iowa come to lead a noted predominantly Black university?
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (no, not that one) is in a good position heading into this year's elections. His fundraising has far outpaced that of his challengers, and he's up for a re-election as a Republican in a state that hasn't elected a Democratic senator since 2008. He's the only senator up this year who voted against President Joe Biden's electors in the hours after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
David Chenevert agreed to spend his life behind bars after killing two people. Now there's a chance he'll get out. The emotionally exhausted families of the victims were torn on whether that should happen, but now they agree on what should happen to him. | 
