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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Bill Self had never found himself in this position in nearly two decades as the head coach at Kansas. Sure, there have been teams that have struggled to assimilate new players. Teams with deficiencies on offense or defense. H...

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas could be on the hook for nearly $3.3 million in attorney fees and expenses after losing a lawsuit that challenged a state law requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. The law was championed b...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas City, Kansas department is making changes to improve its recruitment of minority and female candidates after the latest class of recruits did not meet its inclusion goals, Chief Michael Callahan said. The d...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The operator of a Kansas drug treatment clinic has been indicted in Kansas City, Missouri, on federal charges of drug trafficking. Trevor Robinson, 44, was indicted Tuesday on one count each of possessing methamphetamine, c...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Police in Lawrence believe a woman whose body was found this week in her home was the victim of homicide, based on a tip from police in Topeka. Topeka police officials reported to Lawrence police that they had a man in c...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The state agency that oversees Oklahoma's Medicaid program announced Friday the four for-profit companies it will use to outsource the care of most of the state's Medicaid population. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority announced...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A 10-year-old San Antonio boy made a killing by selling GameStop stock he was gifted more than a year ago. Jaydyn Carr's mother, Nina, spent $60 for 10 shares of the video game chain's stock in December of 2019 that she gave him f...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — There once was a tune that tickled the Internet's fancy/When TikTok revived the humble sea shanty/The views came fast, the fad could last/Go, read about it go: ___ People are stuck at home, toiling away, getting bored, going s...

Another bout of selling gripped the U.S. stock market Friday, as anxiety mounts over whether the frenzy behind a swift, meteoric rise in GameStop and a handful of other stocks will damage Wall Street overall. The S&P 500 dropped 1.9%, giving the benc...

The first one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides good protection against the illness, Johnson & Johnson reported in a key study released Friday, offering the world a potentially important new tool as it races to stay ahead of the rapidly mutating virus....

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government's top infectious disease expert said Friday he hopes to see some kids starting to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in the next few months. It's a needed step to securing widespread immunity to the virus. Vaccines are n...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cicely Tyson was a Black actor who knocked down doors so other women of color could walk through them. Tyson strategically selected powerful roles with an intent to elevate how Black actors were perceived. With dignified grace, she...

Donald Trump's departure from the White House shattered the hopes of some Qanon conspiracy theorists who said they believed he would expose a worldwide cabal of devil-worshipping pedophiles. While some have clung to the faith even after the reality...