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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas regulators are seeking to take over management of 15 nursing homes after the operator of the facilities advised the state it will not be able to make an upcoming payroll. The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability S...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Legislation designed to strengthen Kansas schools against gunmen passed in the House Wednesday, though some lawmakers argued the bill is more ploy than policy. The measure would set aside $5 million for schools to upgrade i...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Funeral services are planned for next week for Linda Brown, who as a Kansas girl was at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down racial segregation in schools. Brown died Sunday at the age of 75. P...

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas post office temporarily shut down after receiving a suspicious envelope that authorities later deemed a hoax. The Salina Journal reports that streets near the Salina Post Office were blocked off most of the day Tuesday b...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Wichita police officer has been charged with felony aggravated battery for shooting a dog and injuring a 9-year-old girl. Dexter Betts was called to a home for a domestic issue in December when he shot the family dog, T...

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Texas man has pleaded guilty to murder and involuntary manslaughter for the 2016 crash deaths of a mother and her two children on Interstate 70 in Kansas. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a written release W...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley has chastised his colleagues for failing to make progress on a school finance plan. He urged them Tuesday to come to grips with reality. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that during the d...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The United States Naval Academy says it has dismissed a white midshipman for using a racial slur for African-Americans in online communications with other midshipmen. Jeff McFadden, an attorney for Midshipman 4th Class Ted C...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A judge has ordered the conditional release of records about a University of Montana rape case to author Jon Krakauer after a four-year dispute that pitted student privacy against the public's right to know the decisions their go...

MARSHALL, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan gun store owner shrugged off criticism and went ahead with a class that teaches people how to build their own AR-15 semi-automatic rifles like those used in many mass shootings, including last month's massacre at a...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Recent school shootings and the March for Our Lives rallies held in cities around the world on March 24 have rekindle...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas schools that refuse to allow teachers to carry guns could be held legally responsible in the event of a tragedy under a proposal drafted after last month's mass shooting at a Florida high school. Opponents of the m...

DALLAS (AP) — Concho Resources Inc. says it's buying shale-drilling energy producer RSP Permian Inc. for about $9.5 billion in stock, sending RSP shares up more than 15 percent. Concho said Tuesday that the combined company will have the biggest d...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Data shows that Colorado coal production surpassed 15 million tons (14 million metric tons) last year, an improvement from 2016. The Daily Sentinel reported Wednesday that data from the Colorado Division of R...

Ten years ago, you could count on one hand the number of hybrid models available from luxury automakers. Today, there are 24 and more on the way. It turns out there's a good reason for the popularity of hybrid powertrains in luxury cars, and it's...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has given initial approval to a proposal that would exempt small farms from parts of the state's clean water law. The proposal, approved Wednesday, says farms would not need a permit to allow water f...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — On the edge of the Mogollon Rim in eastern Arizona, snow covered the ground and blizzard conditions were setting in as biologists prepared to open the gates to a trio of pens, releasing three packs of Mexican gray wolves t...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas agriculture officials have approved a statewide quarantine in hopes of slowing the spread of an invasive beetle that destroys ash trees. The State Plant Board announced Tuesday the quarantine in response to the e...

ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — When someone asks Candy Spence-Ezzell, who represents District 58 in the New Mexico Legislature, where she grew up, her answer is typically "west of L.A." If your first thought after reading that makes you think of Los Angeles a...

Notable firings and resignations from President Donald Trump's White House since he took office on Jan. 20, 2017. __March 28: Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin __March 22: National security adviser H.R. McMaster — March 13: Secretary of S...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has given initial approval to a bill that would allow chiropractors to receive Medicaid reimbursements. The proposal, approved Wednesday, could make it easier for more patients to visit chiropractors. P...

An online story falsely claims that Muslim nurses in Britain have the option of participating in medical operations or otherwise caring for patients without washing their hands. The story that has appeared online since at least 2013 recently...

PROSPECT, Va. (AP) — Carnival Cruise rolled into a small Virginia town this week on the hunt for a local teen and his coveted Snapchat handle @CarnivalCruise. The company surprised 15-year-old Darian Lipscomb at his Prospect, Virginia, home T...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Despite safety concerns, a recreational ax-throwing venue in Salt Lake City has been approved for a license to serve beer. The state liquor commission approved Social Axe Throwing's request for a recreational beer license on T...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man who signed up for internet gambling has won nearly $194,000 on his very first spin of an online slots game. Anibal Lopes, of Woodbridge, said he was bored after work Monday night, so he created an a...