Alva Review-Courier -

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Remains found in western Crawford County in August were those of a man who had been missing since July 1, authorities said Friday. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Crawford County Sheriff's Office said the remains w...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas' top public health official warned Friday that the state is "losing the battle" against the coronavirus as it reported another record increase in new cases. The state Department of Health and Environment said Kansas r...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita State University is conducting an internal investigation into allegations that men's basketball coach Gregg Marshall mistreated players, the school and Marshall have confirmed. Stadium, a multiplatform sports network, s...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State will open the season by hosting the inaugural Little Apple Classic, a four-team event featuring Colorado, Drake and South Dakota State. The school announced the event Friday, with doubleheaders taking place Nov. 2...

PARK CITY, Kan. (AP) — Construction has begun on a tribal casino near Wichita, despite a lawsuit from the state seeking to stop the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma from operating the casino. The tribe on Wednesday opened a smaller casino in a trailer w...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Lawrence man has been charged with a felony after a 6-year-old boy was shot in August at a friend's home. The Douglas County Attorney's office charged Rashun B. Lewis with aggravated endangering a child, which alleges he a...

It's official. Every time residents of Danbury, Connecticut, flush, they will be sending their special deliveries to the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant. The City Council voted 18-1 Thursday night to rename the sewage plant after the comedian, who...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A coalition of school districts is challenging the authority of Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's education secretary to drastically limit in-person instruction, dictate COVID-19 testing procedures and ensure e...

BOSTON (AP) — A Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program sued the Ivy League school on Friday over its refusal to pay his legal defense costs, accusing it of "turning its back on a dedicated f...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nations World Food Program for its efforts to combat... Full story

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Former Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia were on opposite sides of the political...

Federal regulators have not taken adequate steps to protect computer systems on airliners from hackers, a government watchdog agency reported on Friday. The agency said the Federal Aviation Administration has not developed a training program for...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Ripping tarps from already damaged roofs and scattering debris piled by roadsides, Hurricane Delta inflicted a new round of destruction on Louisiana as it struck communities still reeling after Hurricane Laura took a s...

MOSCOW (AP) — With Russia's mediation, Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a cease-fire in Nagorno-Karabakh starting at noon Saturday following two weeks of heavy fighting that marked the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist region in a q...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking to shove his campaign back on track, President Donald Trump and his team laid out an aggressive return to political activities, including a big White House event on Saturday and a rally in Florida on Monday, a week after h...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spent a year prepping his Republican colleagues for this moment, telling them the confirmation of a Supreme Court justice is the "most important" vote they will take as senators, the chance t...