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Zane Irwin
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Kansas News Service
The city commission voted to grant a permit allowing private corrections company CoreCivic to hold over 1,000 federal immigration detainees in a shuttered facility.
Zane Irwin
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Kansas News Service
Daniel Caudill
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KMUW
We remember Wichita and Nashville musician Jenny Wood, who passed on March 7 at age 43.
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Gas prices average $2.92 in Kansas and $2.98 in Missouri. California tops the nation at $5.20 per gallon. -
A new report finds that states with legalized sports betting aren't doing enough to protect people from gambling trouble. -
Three students explain why they wanted to participate in an anti-ICE walkout at their school. -
Child welfare advocates say Kansas foster care regulations unintentionally tear families apart. State law forced one family to decide between asking their adopted son to move out when he turned 18 or send four younger boys out of their foster home. -
Public ownership of the new Chiefs stadium would shield bonds for the project from the federal income tax.
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Gustavo Garello/APChile has sworn in its most right-wing president in decades — and his rise, and ideology, are rooted in a small town beneath the Andes. -
Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty ImagesIran is set to play three games in the U.S. this June. But amid the U.S.-Israel military campaign that has killed Iran's supreme leader, Iran's sports minister said the team would pull out.
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A military assessment suggests a U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile was responsible for at least 165 deaths at an Iranian girls' school, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. -
Ford struggled to find his footing in Hollywood before being cast as Han Solo in Star Wars. Now 83, he plays a therapist in the Apple TV series Shrinking: "I really do love the work," he says. -
Before making her upcoming sixth album, the country star returned to her small-town Texas home and discovered the power of in-between spaces. "I found a lot of clarity there," she says. -
The war in Iran is roiling jet fuel prices and airlines are beginning to hike prices, unsettling travelers far from the Middle East. If you're booking a flight soon, here are things to know. -
New research finds AI can point people in the wrong direction. And the quality of health information it imparts depends on how well you prompt the tools.
Commentary & Podcasts
Robert Jon & The Wreck continue building their audience with dedicated touring and raucous live performances. Robert Jon Burrison explains it all.
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