TOPEKA — The chancellor of the University of Kansas said Thursday influx of federal relief funding to higher education allowed tabling of plans for possible use of a Kansas Board of Regents policy lowering barriers…

 “Tammy (A Coming of Age Story About a Girl Who is Part T-rex)” is free to the public, and shows are scheduled for June 18 and 19 at 7:30 in the Allen Community College theater…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court dismissed a major challenge to the Obama era health care law on Thursday, turning aside an effort by Republican-led states to throw out the law that provides insurance coverage…

President Biden’s first summit meeting with Vladimir Putin was preceded by reports of persistent cyberattacks by Russian state and private actors against sensitive U.S. targets and a major Russian military mobilization along the borders of…

Tracy Keagle is stressed out. That’s because the Kansas COVID-19 disaster declaration has ended, which in turn means the end of pandemic benefits. For the nonprofit Humanity House, which Keagle directs, that means seeing more…

Faith has always been a big part of Madison Carlin’s life, and a ministry trip to South Africa this summer is helping the 2018 Iola High School graduate consider her career options. Perhaps when she…

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California declared a drought emergency last month in Sonoma and Mendocino counties because of severe drop-offs in the winter rains that once had been counted on to fill reservoirs in the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. The House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday, and…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police used a sweeping national security law Thursday to arrest five editors and executives of a pro-democracy newspaper on charges of colluding with foreign powers — the first time…

PHOENIX (AP) — An unusually early and long-lasting heat wave brought more triple-digit temperatures Wednesday to a large swath of the U.S. West, raising concerns that such extreme weather could become the new normal amid…