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Wichita city leaders OK'd another five years of tax abatement for a major Spirit AeroSystems manufacturing plant, despite the company missing hiring benchmarks.
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An affidavit outlines the events leading up to Charles Adair’s death and the KBI investigation that followed. Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Fatherley is charged with second-degree murder.
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As food production and farming become increasingly computerized, cyberattacks are on the rise. Lawmakers and universities are encouraging more research into how to protect the industry from cyber threats.
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Rachel Marlow, a music teacher at Central Elementary School in Olathe, was named the top educator in Kansas. Her students say she's 'the perfect amount' of kind and knows how to make learning fun.
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The $4 billion Panasonic plant opened this summer in the Kansas town, but has delayed its goals for full production. But its impact can already be felt in new housing projects and an incoming data center.
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The only public radio station serving the five-state, mostly rural High Plains region is organizing a fresh era of community-based journalism after $1 billion in cuts to public broadcasting. A grant to create a brand-new network for local news and information arrived, according to High Plains Public Radio founders, with serendipitous timing.
NPR News
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Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for the "first phase" of a plan promoted by President Trump to end the war in Gaza. A ceasefire is expected to go into effect after an Israeli Cabinet vote.
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Roberts plays a Yale professor whose life unravels after one of her colleagues is accused of sexually assaulting a student. After the Hunt is an academic potboiler that muddles its central issue.
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Anticipation is growing and bookies around the world are taking bets on who'll be awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Here is what to know ahead of the award announcement this week.
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Ten men escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center through a hole in the wall behind a toilet on May 16. Most were captured within days, but Derrick Groves managed to elude authorities until Wednesday.
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Financial educators bust three common myths about credit card debt — and explain why these negative assumptions can hold us back from making smart money decisions.
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Analysts say Thursday's announcement is China's bid to strengthen its leverage in trade talks with the U.S., ahead of a planned leaders' meeting.
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In his first major document as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo urges nations and believers to care for the poorest in society.
Commentary & Podcasts
Friendship Commanders continue to mix up a brand of sludge and doom music with radio-ready hooks and lyrics that reach deep into our souls on the new album Bear.
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