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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrats horrified by the thought that provocative conservative Kris Kobach could be Kansas' next governor are attacking a Kansas City-area businessman whose independent candidacy could thwart their ambitions and help elect t...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Lawrence police officer is being charged after shooting a man during what started as a traffic stop. Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson announced Thursday that he charged officer Brindley Blood with aggravated b...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A task force created by Gov. Jeff Colyer is recommending that the Kansas Legislature expand Medicaid to include an estimated 150,000 uninsured Kansans. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Thursday's vote by the task force would e...

AUGUSTA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says two teenagers who were riding horses were critically injured when they were hit by a tow truck. The collision happened Wednesday evening near Augusta. KAKE-TV reports the patrol says the 7...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge says Kansas is owed $142 million and five other states millions more for costs paid to help finance former President Barack Obama's health care law. But Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said in a statement W...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Court records say a 39-year-old man sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl with a developmental disability. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the affidavit released this week in the case against 39-year-old Steven Capps s...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Court records say a Wichita State University student who's accused of taking more than a dozen up-the-skirt videos of women on campus also filmed unsuspecting people at a church and in a shopping mall parking lot. The Wichita E...

PHILLIPSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating an allegation against a former northwest Kansas sheriff's department employee. The Phillip County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that Sheriff Charles Radabaugh and Undersheriff Gary S...

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury has found a second suspect guilty Thursday of first-degree murder in the killing of a 15-year-old high school honor student whose death in 2013 became a symbol of Chicago's random gun violence. The jury concluded Micheail W...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department said Thursday that it is weighing whether to allow states to use federal funds to purchase guns for schools, prompting a storm of criticism from Democratic lawmakers and educators. If approved, the plan w...

TAYLOR, Texas (AP) — Three Texas high school seniors were arrested after investigators say they were overheard discussing plans to launch an attack at school using explosives and firearms. Taylor ISD superintendent Keith Brown says students at T...

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — Officials in Clovis will hold a moment of silence Tuesday on the one-year anniversary of a fatal shooting inside a city library. Mayor David Lansford is scheduled to lead the 8 a.m. observance on the south lawn of the C...

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas appeals court has dismissed mortgage fraud charges against an heir to a Dallas oil fortune, citing prosecutorial misconduct by a former Dallas County District attorney. The Dallas Morning News reports that the 5th Court of A...

COPPELL, Texas (AP) — The average retail gasoline price in Texas did not change this week, remaining at $2.61 for a gallon of unleaded. AAA Texas on Thursday reported the average price was unchanged after falling from $2.63 a gallon two weeks ago. T...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley urged all countries on Thursday to ensure that the Islamic State extremist group faces "an enduring defeat" and said the United States will deepen partnerships with countries fighting terrorism "...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's government lashed out at President Donald Trump on Thursday after he tweeted that his administration would be looking into alleged seizures of white-owned farms and the "large scale killing of farmers" in the c...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — President Donald Trump is claiming that South Africa is seizing farms and that high numbers of farmers are being killed in the country. His comments have intensified an ongoing controversy over the government's plans to r...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Walter Johnson, Arizona State University; Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University, and Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michigan State University...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved an $854 billion measure Thursday that funds much of the government, including $675 billion for the Defense Department. The bill combines military spending with disbursements for Health and Human Services, E...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court won't allow Arkansas to enforce a law that critics say would make the state the first in the U.S. to effectively ban abortion pills. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday denied a r...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional watchdog said Thursday the Trump administration needs to step up its management of sign-up seasons under former President Barack Obama's health care law after mixed results last year in the throes of a failed GOP e...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri mother has been charged with accepting money and cocaine in exchange for letting men sexually assault her 14-year-old daughter who authorities say has cerebral palsy and the mental capacity of a 2- to 3-year-old. T...

CROWLEY, Texas (AP) — A 13-year-old middle school student has died after experiencing a medical emergency and becoming unresponsive during football practice. Crowley Independent School District Superintendent Michael McFarland said in a letter to p...

Google announced Thursday it had disabled dozens of YouTube channels and other accounts linked to a state-run Iranian broadcaster for a political influence campaign. The security firm FireEye, which alerted tech companies to some of the suspicious...

Facebook has pulled one of its own products from Apple's app store because it didn't want to stop tracking what people were doing on their iPhones. Facebook also banned a quiz app from its social network for possible privacy intrusions on about 4...