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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
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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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Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesA potentially strong El Niño weather pattern will likely emerge this summer and persist through the rest of the year. The hottest years on record generally occur in years when El Niño is active. -
Courtesy of NetflixThe visual album and documentary Songs from the Hole tells the story of James Jacobs, the hip-hop artist JJ'88, as he reflects on his coming-of-age within California's state prison system.
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The Pritzker Prize was awarded Thursday. "In every work, he is able to answer with radical originality, making the unobvious obvious," said fellow Chilean architect and prize chair Alejandro Aravena. -
Iran's state media broadcast what it said was a public statement by Mojtaba Khamenei, as Day 13 of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran rages. -
Utilities are convincing lawmakers around the U.S. to delay bills that would allow people to buy solar panels, plug them into an outlet and begin generating electricity. -
So you want to spend less time on your phone. How do you do that when it's designed to suck you in? Life Kit spoke to experts in behavioral science, psychology and technology for real-world advice. -
Swing voters who helped reelect President Trump in 2024 don't support his decision to go to war in Iran and instead want to see U.S. tax dollars spent tackling economic pressures facing Americans.
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Fletcher Powell says a new movie sequel succeeds against all odds.
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