‘Soul-crushing’: US COVID-19 deaths are topping 1,900 a day

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COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with...

Police investigate fatal shooting in Kansas City, Kansas

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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are investigating a fatal shooting. ...

‘Devious licks’ videos of damage, thefts bedevil US schools

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TOPEKA, Kan. — Kids across the U.S. are posting TikTok videos of themselves vandalizing school bathrooms and stealing soap dispensers and even turf from...

Outbreaks strand some students at home with minimal learning

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Within his first week back at school after a year and a half, 7-year-old Ben Medlin was exposed to a classmate...

Could Texas abortion ban strategy be double-edged sword?

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SALT LAKE CITY — The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to...

GOP group held ‘war games’ for state AGs before Trump loss

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TOPEKA, Kan. — An offshoot of the Republican Attorneys General Association that sent a robocall urging “patriots” to support then-President Donald Trump at the...

Former Kansas legislator charged with COVID relief fraud

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WICHITA, Kan. — A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted former Kansas state Rep. Michael Capps on 19 counts alleging that he tried to...

Kansas man gets 30-year term for murder of emaciated mother

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OLATHE, Kan. — A suburban Kansas City man has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison in the death of his 75-year-old...

Farmers restore native grasslands as groundwater disappears

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MULESHOE, Texas — Tim Black‘s cell phone dings, signaling the time to reverse sprinklers spitting water across a pie-shaped section of grass that will...

Cattle producers have a beef with 35-year marketing campaign

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BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — Cattle producers for 35 years have been bankrolling one of the nation's most iconic marketing campaigns, but now many want...