‘Soul-crushing’: US COVID-19 deaths are topping 1,900 a day
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
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are investigating a fatal shooting.
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‘Devious licks’ videos of damage, thefts bedevil US schools
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — Cattle producers for 35 years have been bankrolling one of the nation's most iconic marketing campaigns, but now many want...