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Raul Rangel, a 28-year-old Spanish teacher who lives in Wichita, has visited 90 countries — and counting.
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Kirkwood Kreations PhotographyThis summer’s drought has been rough on crops, including sunflowers, but there are still places where you can find those brilliant yellow fields … if you don’t wait too long. Lu Anne Stephens recently visited a sunflower field north of Lawrence that is just ready to pop for this month's Hidden Kansas. -
File photoMonarch butterflies are flying south toward central Mexico as a part of their fall migration.
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Bad news for attendees at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival, Irish Fest, SantaCaliGon and other local events this weekend: High temperatures are prolonging their stay across the metro. Here's how you can stay safe. -
After trade talks between the countries fell apart last month, the Trump administration and Canada's leaders have rolled out new tariffs on everything from dairy products to machinery. Experts say farmers will likely feel the squeeze on both ends. -
Destination: everywhere … a Wichita man wants to see the world. Also, this year’s sunflower season might be brief, but it’s also glorious. -
According to the report, individual income tax receipts were above the estimate by $64.1 million, or 8.7%. -
Women twice as likely to die in pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum than 20 years ago.
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Alyson Hurt/NPRThe U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition. -
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North AmericaA report from Labor Department investigators found former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated her own department's policy prohibiting harassment. She resigned in April.
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The new effort appears to be another tactic in a broader Trump administration strategy to short-circuit immigrants' already limited due process options in order to speed deportations. -
That's the grim assessment from the ground in the wake of the catastrophic flooding, which damaged or destroyed 7 health facilities, interrupted routine care and is affecting mental health. -
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says "excavation work" will begin in the next two weeks, without approval from a key federal body. Veterans who sued over the arch want a judge to intervene before then. -
The global effort to end child marriage is in the news. In the U.S., there's a new bill before Congress (but it's controversial). And the U.N. is designating a day dedicated to ending the practice. -
The judge in Lindsay Clancy's murder case has declared a mistrial after the jury was unable to agree on a verdict.
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Wichita’s restaurant scene has been overflowing with news of closings and planned relocations. Denise Neil of The Wichita Eagle has more.
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