WASHINGTON (AP) — Bowing to the coronavirus threat, President Donald Trump has scrapped plans for a four-night Republican National Convention celebration in Florida that had been set to draw more than 10,000 people to a…

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer was released Friday after a judge ruled that  he had been sent back to prison from home confinement as retaliation for his plan to release…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As public health officials warned Friday that the coronavirus posed new risks to parts of the Midwest and South, enhanced federal payments that helped avert financial ruin for millions of unemployed…

Thursday was a day of mixed messages for those in public education. If in a “hot spot” of high rates of coronavirus, schools should postpone opening, President Donald Trump advised Thursday.  But if they delay,…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A study released Wednesday by the U.S. Agriculture Department into the disparity between cattle prices paid to ranchers and the higher prices earned by meat processors offers more details about…

The Facebook post just before 9 last Sunday night was the kind you couldn’t help but stop and read. “Friends: I’m asking for prayers for my hometown of Logan, Kansas,” wrote Andy Stanton in a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has dropped a bid to cut Social Security payroll taxes as Republicans unveil a $1 trillion COVID-19 rescue package on Thursday, ceding to opposition to the idea among top…

The Kansas Board of Education couldn’t meet in person Wednesday because indoor gatherings aren’t safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. So they met virtually, via Zoom, and rejected Gov. Laura Kelly’s order to delay the start…

The irony is not lost that Wednesday’s meeting to decide whether Kansas schools should delay opening until after Labor Day was conducted remotely via Zoom. Sequestered in their homes, members of the Kansas Board of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The price tag for the next COVID-19 aid package could quickly swell above $1 trillion as White House officials negotiate with Congress over money to reopen schools, prop up small businesses, boost…