Month: November 2018

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion ripped through a mosque inside an Afghan army base in the country’s volatile eastern Khost province as today’s prayers were drawing to a close, killing 27 soldiers and wounding…

Leaning against the brick front of our fireplace is an old sled, festooned with Mickey Mouse’s name and his well-preserved image. How the sled came to be mine is a Christmas tale that has likely…

WASHINGTON — Nancy Pelosi had an exceptional 2018 midterm election cycle. Her prodigious fundraising and the message discipline she helped impose propelled House Democrats to their biggest gains since 1974. She has proved herself to…

With another 2 percent or so decline on Tuesday, U.S. stock indices have given up their gains for the year. The rout that started in tech stocks has moved to oil shares amid worries about…

More than 17,000 government employees in Kansas now have paid parental leave, under an executive order signed Wednesday by Gov. Jeff Colyer. The order creates a policy that all state employees under the governor’s jurisdiction…

MANHATTAN, Kan.  — If Kansas State’s winning streak over Iowa State goes on for much longer, Farmageddon is going to need a new nickname. Sure, it’s a catchy and fun moniker that accurately reflects the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Top five teams Kansas and Tennessee were tested in the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals. Both passed and will face off in the championship game tonight. Dedric Lawson had a double-double with…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees made Atlanta pay for losing track of his inexperienced receivers, and New Orleans’ defense halted several promising Falcons drives with forced fumbles they could not afford. Tommylee Lewis and…

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says a worrying number of the newest Ebola cases amid Congo’s ongoing outbreak are in patients not usually known to catch the disease: babies. In an update published…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two groups of local Democratic activists are meeting next week to fill the Kansas Senate seats previously held by Gov.-elect Laura Kelly and Lt. Gov.-elect Lynn Rogers. Precinct committee members of…