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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas plans to use a $1 million gift to establish a new chemical engineering research laboratory. Richard and Elizabeth Hoover, of Northport Michigan, both graduated from the university in 1971. They now l...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Lawrence woman has pleaded no contest in a drug-deal robbery in which a 17-year-old was shot and critically wounded. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 19-year-old Ardyn Pannell, of Lawrence, entered the plea Wednesday t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — At least eight Kansas Republicans have expressed interest in running for the Senate seat Pat Roberts will be leaving after four terms, but a big cloud hovers over the potential 2020 field as some in the party nudge U.S. S...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — More than half of the assistant prosecutors in the county home to Kansas City have stopped paying union dues after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Missouri and other states couldn't force government workers to contribute t...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The Democrat-led Legislature and governor pushed Thursday to increase oversight of firearms sales and place new limits on gun possession and ownership. During its 60-day annual legislative session, lawmakers could make New M...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says "all options are on the table" as the U.S. seeks to push Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to give up power. But the reality is much more complicated. The U.S. still has tools to apply pressure on M...

NEW YORK (AP) — Diplomatic relations between U.S. and Venezuela have hit a new low over President Donald Trump's decision to recognize the leader of the South American country's opposition as its legitimate president. But the two countries have l...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Jersey-based company on Thursday defended plans to build a multibillion-dollar facility in the New Mexico desert to store spent fuel from commercial reactors around the United States, citing long-standing yet unmet o...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan and Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, University of Michigan (THE CONVERSATION) As the United States...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A cash-strapped South Texas beef processor has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while it sells off its assets. According to a statement issued Thursday, Corpus Christi-based Sam Kane Beef Processors says its r...

ERNUL, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina say a 3-year-old boy who was missing for two days has been found alive in good health near the home he disappeared from. In a news release Thursday night, FBI spokeswoman Shelley Lynch says Casey H...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis heart transplant program has reached a significant milestone — 500 heart-only transplants. The St. Louis Children's and Washington University Heart Center says the 500th transplant began Wednesday and was completed Thu...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A nonprofit mental health provider in Arkansas has announced plans to lay off more than 10 percent of its staff because of financial losses, which mental health advocates fear will limit access to important resources. Y...

YORK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man says his emotional support alligator helps him deal with his depression. Joie Henney, 65, said his registered emotional support animal named Wally likes to snuggle and give hugs, despite being a 5...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A splintered Senate swatted down competing Democratic and Republican plans for ending the 34-day partial government shutdown on Thursday, but the twin setbacks prompted a burst of bipartisan talks aimed at temporarily halting the l...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House has voted to ban employers in the state from requiring their employees to be implanted with a microchip. The House on Thursday approved by an 84-4 vote a bill that would ban employers from requiring an i...

WASHINGTON (AP) — While Earth was a tad cooler last year than the last couple of years, it still was the fourth warmest on record, a new analysis shows. With the partial U.S. government shutdown, federal agency calculations for last year's temperatur...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's Opportunity rover is silently marking the 15th anniversary of its touchdown on Mars. The spacecraft hasn't been heard from since a global dust storm last June. The six wheeler — about the size of a golf cart — l...

BERLIN (AP) — Police say an intoxicated German man who ducked out of a train for a cigarette during a short stop got into trouble when he tried to jump back on board between two cars after the train departed without him. Police said Thursday the 3...

Robots aren't replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of existing work, according to a new Brookings Institution report. Thursday's report from the Washington...

MILAN (AP) — Europe's human rights court on Thursday ordered Italy to pay Amanda Knox financial damages for police failure to provide legal assistance and an independent interpreter during a long night of questioning following the Nov. 1, 2007 m...

ADA – The East Central University men's basketball team picked up its 10th-straight victory over Henderson State, claiming an 82-63 victory in Great American Conference action at the Kerr Activities Center. Scoring First Half: 39-28 The Tigers (...

SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist muscled itself into a first-place tie atop the Great American Conference men's basketball standings beating league-leader Southern Arkansas 88-72 Thursday night in Shawnee. The win improved OBU to 10-7 on the year and t...