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The legal group says low-income people are disproportionately affected by the cost of bail and calls for using no-cash bail for nonviolent crimes. But President Donald Trump argues it's leading to a rise in crime.
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Jack Baumgartner is a farmer in Rose Hill. His most recent work, “The Fourth Vision of Zecharia,” has already been acquired for a private collection. Torin Andersen talked with Baumgartner before this painting left his studio.
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Harold Smith’s newest paintings take familiar works of art like Grant Wood’s “American Gothic,” Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” and Leonardo DaVinci’s “The Last Supper” and reimagines them with people he grew up with.
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The Atlanta, Georgia band Dropsonic will perform its first Wichita show in over 15 years Friday night at Kirby's. The band's vocalist and guitarist Dan Dixon says he has vivid memories of the trio's first show at that venue in late 2003.
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Erin and Ryan Potter bought Wichita's Watermark Books & Cafe in April. Here's what Erin Potter has to say about how it's going, what she likes to read, and what's next for the bookstore.
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A federal appeals court blocked President Trump from firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook, just ahead of a key vote on interest rates.
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After the 2023 train crash in East Palestine, Ohio, freight railroads promised to join a federal safety program that lets employees anonymously report mistakes. Only two pilot programs have launched.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Newsweek Chief Royal Correspondent Jack Royston about the pomp and circumstance that will accompany President Trump's meeting with King Charles.
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This summer in Baltimore, thousands of copies of the same book showed up in mailboxes and on doorsteps without an explanation. Here's the story behind the mysterious "Great Controversy."
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Vice President JD Vance hosted Charlie Kirk's radio program Monday — following last week's murder of the conservative activist.