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President Trump claimed overnight that the United States carried out airstrikes in Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro.
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A federal ban on most hemp-derived THC products is expected to go into effect in November. It could eliminate the most profitable market for farmers who grow hemp. -
Groundwater in western Kansas is a precious commodity. Hays and Russell are back in court to defend a plan to transfer water from a ranch in another county. -
Lawrence police used genetic genealogy to help solve a 25-year-old pair of child sex crime cases. -
According to a report by the March of Dimes, scores in Kansas improved overall. But people of color still face the biggest disparities, like higher preterm birth rates and disproportionate infant deaths. -
Democratic political outsiders are vying to unseat Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall — and end nearly a century of Republican control of the state’s U.S. Senate seats.
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Jae C. Hong/APOne of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack. -
Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesHiggins said the Trump administration ending TPS for Venezuelans in early 2025 was "reckless, dangerous, and wrong."
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The Venezuelan president, who was captured by U.S. forces early Saturday, is awaiting trial in New York City on federal criminal charges. -
Top Democrat calls operation 'a violation of the law' and promises Senate vote on President Trump's war powers. -
The wife of Trump's deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted a photo implying a U.S. takeover of Greenland, hours after the U.S. attacks on Venezuela. -
We reported on all sorts of products and practices promising to make you healthy last year. Here are the ones that stood up to science, and those that were mostly hype. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KNPR listener Calvin Siemer of Henderson, Nev., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
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This week on Marginalia, Beth Golay speaks with author Ben Markovits about his novel, The Rest of Our Lives. Plus book critic Suzanne looks ahead to some titles coming in 2026. And we’re joined by Steve Iwanski, owner of Charter Books in Newport, Rhode Island who has some book recommendations.
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