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The landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed racial segregation in public schools may have played out differently if it hadn’t been for a tenacious group of women in Johnson County, Kansas, who led their own integration lawsuit five years earlier. The case centered around a two-room schoolhouse and included a lengthy boycott, big-shot NAACP lawyers, FBI surveillance — and six very brave children.
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Former Wichita musician Jenny Wood suffered near-fatal injuries in a 2019 car accident that have left her suffering life-threatening grand mal seizures. Despite her struggles, she says she's determined to keep moving forward with music and life.
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Planned Parenthood Great Plains’ Pittsburg health center will offer abortions, contraception and other care beginning this fall.
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Black women hoping to conceive using donor sperm often have to choose a donor from a different race or put their fertility journey on hold because of a shortage of Black sperm donors. Researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center are trying to find out why.
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill Friday that would have prevented the ownership of land "foreign adversaries." It was passed by the legislature in the midst of increasing fears of Chinese companies operating on Kansas land.
NPR News
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Since last October, complaints have included Israeli soldiers firing on unarmed Palestinian refugees and the killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers when Israeli drones fired on their convoy.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former New York Assistant Attorney General Adam Pollock about Michael Cohen's testimony in the ongoing hush money trial of former President Donald Trump.
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Wildfires have forced evacuations in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas are seeing poor air quality due to smoke.
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The AP called the race, making Attorney General Patrick Morrisey the frontrunner going into the November election in the heavily Republican state. But a Democrat hopes for an upset.
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The former two-term governor's win in Tuesday's primary gives Republicans a chance at a Senate seat in deep blue state. Hogan will face Democrat and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.