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A home sits in high water on W 6th St after Hurricane Florence brought heavy rains to Washington, N.C. on Friday afternoon on September 14, 2018. When floodwaters from now-Tropical Storm Florence finally subside and residents are allowed to return to their communities in North and South Carolina, the shift to recovery mode may seem overwhelming.
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A man who is fighting deportation from Kansas to his native Bangladesh acknowledges he made mistakes years ago while trying to stay in the U.S. and hopes immigration officials will let him remain in the country he calls home. Syed Ahmed Jamal entered the U.S. legally in 1987 on a student visa.
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback announced on Friday Department for Children and Families Secretary Phyllis Gilmore, 72, will retire from In this "tell all" with Brian Hanni, the Voice of the Jayhawks, opens up about his current role at the University of Kansas. Kansas State senior Matthew McCrane is one of 20 place kickers in the nation to be named a semifinalist for the 2017 Lou Groza Award, the Pa TOPEKA, Kan.
When northeast Kansans discovered that Tyson Foods was planning to build a $320 million chicken processing complex in Tonganoxie, it didn't take long before residents and their neighbors mobilized widespread and fierce opposition to the project. Less than two weeks after the plans were announced, around 2,500 people showed up in Chieftain Park in Tonganoxie to protest the plant's construction.
Even though there have already been leaks since oil began flowing through the Dakota Access Pipeline this spring, American Indian tribes still have a chance to stop it, according to a University of Kansas professor. In her new article, "Environmental Justice: A Necessary Lens to Effectively View Environmental Threats to Indigenous Survival" - published in the Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems Journal - Elizabeth Kronk Warner writes that there are a number of bases under which affected American Indian tribes might reasonably challenge the pipeline in court.
If you want to understand President Donald Trump 's voter fraud commission, it helps to study what happened in Kansas. It should come as no surprise that Trump chose Kobach to be the vice chairman of Vice President Mike Pence 's new Commission on Election Integrity.
President Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey on Tuesday, setting off questions and criticisms about the FBI's ongoing investigation into possible collusions between Russia and Trump's campaign. Trump cited Comey's handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server for government business, and politicians on both sides of the aisle have questioned that rationale.
A Kansas man wounded when he intervened in a bar room shooting that killed an Indian engineer and injured another said on Sunday he was glad he risked his life in an incident U.S. authorities are investigating as a possible hate crime. Ian Grillot, 24, was struck in the hand and chest at the bar in Olathe, Kansas, when suspect Adam Purinton opened fire on Wednesday evening.
This undated photo provided by the Henry County Sheriff's Office in Clinton, Mo., shows Adam Purinton, of Olathe, Kan., who was arrested early Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in connection with a shooting at a bar in Olathe that left one person dead and and wounding two others. Purinton waived extradition during a brief court hearing in Henry County in Missouri and will be returned to Kansas.
A man accused of opening fire in a crowded suburban Kansas City bar, killing one man and injuring two others in an attack that some witnesses said was racially motivated, was charged Thursday with murder and attempted murder.
Ronald Evans, an astronaut, was command module pilot for the Apollo 17 voyage that made the last manned flight to the moon in 1972. Evans was born in 1933 in northwest Kansas.
Colleges that expel students whom they suspect of having committed sexual assault are being asked to go further by specifying the reason for expulsion on their transcripts. Victims' advocates say it's critical to ensuring such students don't end up on other campuses without their new schools knowing the potential risk and to holding them accountable, long term, so they can't just move on with a clean slate.
Humboldt residents stand outside the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Eureka office on Monday morning calling on the agency to deny permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. Karuk tribe member Shereena Baker was on the front lines of the Dakota Access Pipeline protest in southern North Dakota on Sunday evening when law enforcement began firing rubber bullets, tear gas, pepper and water into the crowd.
Driving rain and wind couldn't dampen William and Kate's enthusiasm while touring Bella Bella, British Columbia, Monday. The royal couple had t... British environmental writer and pro-science advocate, Mark Lynas, who has devoted his career to speaking around the world on climate change, biotechnology and nuclear power ... Nebraska setter Kelly Hunter received her second Big Ten Setter of the Week honor this season, the conference office announced Monday.
The Supreme Court's decision Thursday upholding a University of Texas admissions program that takes account of race won't affect Wichita State University, the school's provost said. In a major victory for affirmative action, the justices voted in favor of the Texas program by a 4-3 vote, an outcome that was dramatically altered by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, who opposed affirmative action.
Lawmakers split into fierce partisan camps Thursday over the impact of the Labor Department's new overtime rule, with Republicans highlighting its negative impact on nonprofits and universities while Democrats rallied to the rule's defense. The skirmishing presaged a larger battle expected later this year when the Republican majority will attempt to roll back the department's rule.
Jessica Larson KU Statehouse Wire Service Kansas teachers aren't in it for the money. "I went to the School of Ed and I chose to be a teacher - not for the money.