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Research shows intergenerational connection boosts wellbeing. The residents of Logan are putting that to the test.
Local news
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The Moody Hills neighborhood, once shaded with towering trees, is now lined with stump after stump. It's part of a street reconstruction project that will also completely overhaul other infrastructure in the northern Overland Park neighborhood. -
One great place to put a native plant bed is the base of a tree. It creates what is called a 'soft landing' for caterpillars that need to transition from the tree to pupating on the ground. -
The Trump administration on Monday asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three GOP-led states seeking to cut off telehealth access to abortion medication mifepristone. -
Scientists in Kansas, Missouri and other states were poised to start research to cut U.S. reliance on fertilizer imports, keep biofuel farming cost-competitive and tackle a potent greenhouse gas. -
A chemical plume of trichloroethylene, or TCE, was discovered in the 1990s and traced back to an airplane manufacturing plant in east Wichita.
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Sam Watson/South Carolina State UniversityThe Vietnam veteran and former businessman got his diploma from South Carolina State University on Friday. He signed up for classes after hearing about the police killing of protesting students in 1968. -
Karma Bhutia/APThe blame game began only hours after President Trump announced Saturday that the U.S. had mediated an immediate ceasefire.
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Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will be available by prescription through a telehealth service. -
The meetings between top U.S. and Chinese officials in Geneva represent the first potential efforts to end a trade war that has frazzled financial markets. -
U.K. Prime Minister says Europe and the U.S. are "calling out" Putin, by proposing a 30-day unconditional ceasefire starting Monday. -
News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his hometown. -
Jeanine Pirro is the latest Fox News personality to join the Trump administration. She will serve as the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., replacing Ed Martin whose confirmation ran into problems in the Senate.
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Kathy and Ross give Fletcher one of the most deceptively difficult spelling tests you're ever likely to see.
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