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Humans transport some non-native species on purpose. Others arrive by accident. The vast majority don’t hijack landscapes. But those that do come with high stakes.
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Up From Dust is a limited series about the Kansans who are finding less damaging, more sustainable ways to fix the environmental problems humans have caused.
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Terra Morehead, who retired as a federal prosecutor last August, has agreed to turn over her law license as part of an agreement with a Kansas disciplinary board. As a Wyandotte County prosecutor in the 1990s, Morehead helped KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski frame an innocent man who spent 23 years in prison.
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As newspapers around the country close and consolidate, a printing press in Liberal, Kansas, is a lifeline for local media in the region.
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The Mike Steinel Quintet kicks off the 2024 Wichita Jazz Festival on Tuesday, April 15, at the Wichita Art Museum.
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Iasis Christian Center’s senior pastor is devoted to providing solid but low-cost houses to rent or buy on contract.
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A new single, "Primrose Hill," was co-written by Sean Ono Lennon and James McCartney, the youngest sons of Beatles musicians John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
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Divisions within the House Republican conference could threaten both the future of the package and Mike Johnson's speakership.
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The Toronto Raptors player has been banned for life from the NBA after a probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and bet on games, even betting on the Raptors to lose.
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The senior editor says CEO Katherine Maher has "divisive views" that confirm the issues he wrote about in an essay accusing NPR of losing the public's trust.
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Alua Arthur helps people plan for death. A big part of her work is helping them reconcile the lives they lived with the lives they might have wanted. Her memoir is called Briefly Perfectly Human.
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These new books will take you from murder in present-day Texas to cryptography in Cold War Berlin to an online community that might hold the solution to a missing-person case.
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Some states make it much easier to get on the ballot as a minor-party presidential candidate, compared with running as an independent. That's why RFK Jr. and Cornel West have made their own parties.
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Eric Litwiller says that a patient's history is important when diagnosing mental illness.
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