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A number of changes are in place ahead of the fall semester, with more issues set to come up.
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What’s changing as Wichita students head back to school…new school year, new rules. Also, what’s in store for Wichita students this year?
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Food scientist Camryn Granger breaks down what it takes to make things nutritious and delicious.
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The cost of pet care is rising. Petflation is affecting more than the cost of food and care; it's also making it costlier to transport pets between shelters, the key to getting many animals adopted.
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Phyllis Zorn, the reporter whose acts of journalism served as an excuse for the August 2023 police raid of the Marion County Record, previously received $600,000 from the county, which settled various lawsuits over the raid for a collective $3 million last fall.
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The Department for Children and Families has lowered the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payment error rate from 9.13% to 7.8%, which means the state may have to pay about $20.6 million to the federal government because it didn't achieve an error rate below 6%. The state still has time to achieve that milestone.
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Betting on what people say is becoming an increasingly popular category of prediction market sites. Now, federal officials have opened a probe examining whether those markets are a magnet for manipulators.
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The board voted to close the Washington, D.C., arts complex's main campus for a $250 million renovation — three months after a federal judge temporarily blocked a similar closure.
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Domingo is nominated for two Emmy Awards for two very different performances — in the Netflix comedy The Four Seasons and in HBO's Euphoria. "I can go very deep with my characters," he says.
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A surprise hearing this Friday in federal court has added to speculation that Luigi Mangione could enter a plea, which could derail a state murder trial.
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The four southernmost islands of the chain also are claimed by Japan, which calls them the Northern Territories.
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Russia maintained an iron grip on Crimea since seizing it from Ukraine in 2014. Many Russian civilians go there to enjoy the beaches. But now Ukraine is hitting Crimea hard, upending daily life.
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The drills come amid rising tensions with China, which frequently sends military planes and ships towards Taiwan.
Commentary & Podcasts
Johanna Samuels discusses Sorry, Kid, a look back at her younger self with a sense of wisdom and empathy.
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