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The Republican senator from Kansas is known for her bipartisan work in both foreign relations and domestic policy.
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A new music festival is coming to Wichita this weekend. Wichita Forever Fest takes place Saturday (Aug. 22) in multiple venues across the city. While city-wide music festivals give people a chance to enjoy live music, this event specifically showcases local Wichita talent. Nick Carswell has more. -
Hugo Phan/KMUWThe Pokémon franchise celebrated its 30th year this year, and along with it comes the 10th anniversary of an app that lets you catch those cute critters in the real world.
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Hundreds of pesticides are legal, but that doesn’t mean that their impacts on health are fully understood. Cleaning produce before eating it reduces your exposure. -
Inflation in food prices can hit even harder for people in their 60s and older as they also juggle fixed incomes, health problems and changes in federal law. Experts say the age group is a “forgotten population” when it comes to food insecurity. -
Cox Communications trucks in Kansas will soon be sporting Spectrum branding after Charter Communications purchased the company. -
3D-printed concrete blocks could help build severe weather shelters in places like manufactured home communities. Kansas State University is developing the technology. -
The latest craze among kids and teenagers is a squeezable, squishable, goop-filled blob toy known as a Nee-doh. The colorful stress relievers are selling out everywhere
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Nathan Howard/ReutersIndyCar drivers zoomed past some of the nation's most famous landmarks this weekend. They faced novel challenges on an unconventional route. -
Illustration by Mari Fouz for NPRAs President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C., enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR.
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More than a foot of rain could fall across Big Island of Hawaii, according to NOAA. -
The family of Jonah Neal and their attorney were recently shown video from the day that Neal was shot by a federal agent while he experienced a mental health crisis. -
The U.S. stopped issuing visas for citizens of 75 countries because it said they were likely to need public assistance. A judge ruled the policy illegally discriminated on the basis of nationality. -
Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock. Some are switching to other companies, but privacy experts say they're no better than Flock. -
If Watchmen taught us that you can use superheroes to excavate the cracked foundations of the American experience, Lanterns seems content to linger in the shadow of another HBO prestige genre series, True Detective.
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On today's episode, Beth Golay visits with author Chris Bohjalian about his new novel, "The Amateur." And book critic Suzanne Perez looks reviews "Unread" by Oliver James, aa memoir by a man who rallied the forces of TikTok to finally learn to read.
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