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In August, the Wichita school board approved contracts for bat remediation at three schools.
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Propylon more than one year behind schedule, testing still finding flaws.
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Rural communities across Kansas are losing population, often because young people are leaving. How can you get them to return? One rural county has come up with a solution: pay them to come back.
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Bob Love, a longtime band member of the musical group, also announces the release of new arrangements of some of their classic hits.
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After the USDA admitted in 1997 that its programs had routinely discriminated against Black farmers, tens of thousands of them sued the federal government. A judge ultimately ruled in their favor, and farmers were promised nearly $2.2 billion in compensation. But all of these years later, some victims — including in the historic town of Nicodemus, Kansas — still haven’t received anything.
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Some Wichita City Council members said they want to prohibit local police from partnering with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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The district said it's the first time it has had to significantly increase its fuel budget since the pandemic.
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Lawyers for U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall sent his opponent a cease-and-desist letter demanding Rev. Adam Hamilton stop airing an ad featuring one of the senator’s former patients.
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The crew of four — two NASA astronauts, one from Canada, and a Russian cosmonaut — heads to the International Space Station after liftoff from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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My Sad Dead is about an Argentinian doctor who can speak with ghosts. The Spanish-language miniseries blends creepiness, melancholy, sarcastic humor and political anger unlike anything else on TV.
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After selling tens of millions of records worldwide, the singer-songwriter says she's finally aged out of pop music — and she's OK with that. Crow's latest album is Pick You Up.
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In mother-of-pearl suits, the Pearly Kings used to canvass East London for charity. The most famous one, George Major, died in August. A look back on this larger-than-life figure and the Pearly King tradition.
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President Lula promised Brazilians four years ago they'd be able to afford picanha again. Now, as he seeks another term, the price of the country's favorite cut of beef is telling a different story.
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This South Florida community is typically a refuge for Canadians fleeing cold weather, but trade tensions between the United States and Canada mean fewer are coming.
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The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030.
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Fletcher Powell looks at a new movie about a man who sets foot on the wrong island.
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