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Deep Fission, the company planning a one-mile underground nuclear reactor in Parsons, Kansas, has passed a regulatory milestone, but at the same time is facing new financial questions. A financial research organization has raised questions…

TOPEKA — The state of Kansas collected $147 million more in taxes than anticipated during the first quarter of the fiscal year as income, sales and excise revenue exceeded expectations by a combined 6.1%, state…

The Trump administration is launching investigations into foreign exchange visa holders at nine top colleges including Harvard University, Stanford University and MIT, in its latest broadside against international students and scholars at elite schools. The…

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. (AP) — Isaias surged toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on Thursday as the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, prompting mandatory evacuations, school closures and local government shutdowns in parts of Florida. Isaias was forecast to…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian guided bomb exploded next to public buses filled with passengers in eastern Ukraine, authorities said Thursday, killing 30 people as part of a wave of attacks that also worsened…

A downtown office is certain to make Allen Community College more accessible and responsive to the public. So says Vince DeGrado, Allen’s director of advancement, as he helped this week with painting and other prep…

Allen County is considering a new emergency notification system that could provide county employees, dispatchers and law enforcement with real-time alerts and building floor plans during fires, active-shooter situations and other emergencies. Emergency Management Director…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — FBI agents thwarted a terror attack by a teenager on the Mall of America after monitoring him for nearly two years and ultimately supplying him with the assault rifle he planned to…

An investigation into the reported theft of funds from St. John’s Catholic Church of Iola has been forwarded to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Wichita. Iola Police Chief Jared Warner told the Register Wednesday detectives…

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly issued the anticipated endorsement Wednesday of a fellow Kansas Democrat campaigning for U.S. House and unexpectedly ventured into the Iowa gubernatorial contest to oppose one of her “constituents.” The two-term…