Month: December 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran says his top issues as he prepares to become chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee are suicide prevention and ensuring that veterans get the care they deserve…

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, thinks the pending Senate trial of impeached President Donald Trump should be a serious, sober affair in which senators acting as jurors consider evidence with an open mind. Imagine that. She…

WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) — A gunman who killed two people during a Texas church service was fatally shot within seconds by armed congregants, said Texas officials, who hailed the state’s gun laws that allow…

Few places in the United States need fresh blood more than North Dakota, whose infinitesimal unemployment rate — it has more than three jobs available for every in-state applicant — reflects the state’s oil boom.…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes kept scrounging around the Kansas City sideline for a score update from New England, and all the Chiefs quarterback learned was that Tom Brady had thrown a touchdown…

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — When Udoka Azubuike had a rare quiet day on the offensive end, he kept after it on the boards, and Kansas turned to its perimeter game to finally pull away. Isaiah…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Cartier Diarra finished with a career high 25 points to lift Kansas State over Tulsa in a 69-67 thriller on Sunday night. Xavier Sneed scored 18 in the win over the…

TORONTO (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander came home to Canada and matched his career high by banking in the winning basket. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points, Chris Paul had 25 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists and…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — More than a dozen people were injured Friday when a nitrogen line ruptured at the Beechcraft aircraft manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kansas, causing part of the building to collapse, authorities said. …

A recent patient at Allen County Regional Hospital uttered a particular phrase that?s sure to rile nurses and staff. It?s a complaint that gets bandied about on social media from time to time, too: ?This…