SAN DIEGO (AP) — Firefighters on land, in the air and on the water today were still battling a blaze on a Navy ship that injured at least 21 people and sent smoke billowing over…

After being delayed two months by the COVID-19 pandemic, on Saturday Iola High School’s graduating class of 2020 finally got its day in the sun. “I’m glad the community could find a way to celebrate…

Yeah sometimes this old life will leave you wishing That you had five more minutes. — Scotty McCreery Congratulations to the HHS Class of 2020! You can view or order additional photos from Sunday’s commencement…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have charged the father of a 3-year-old Kansas girl who was found dead and his girlfriend with felony murder in the child’s death, prosecutors said Sunday. Howard Jansen III,…

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Kan. (AP) — Two people were arrested after fleeing from officers in northeast Kansas and crashing into a cow and a fence, authorities said. Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse said 18-year-old Skye Joe…

Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign: Days to general election: 113 THE NARRATIVE These are among the darkest days of President Donald Trump’s presidency. Coronavirus…

Fox News talking head Tucker Carlson this week accused Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., of hating America because she said she’s open to debate about removing iconography of the Founders. Duckworth lost both legs in military…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City councilwoman is calling for a plan to remove monuments and rename streets that honor figures who were slaveholders or racists. Councilwoman Melissa Robinson of the 3rd District…

Christopher Columbus did not set out to prove that the world was round (educated people had proven the flat-Earthers wrong centuries earlier). He was not the first European to cross the Atlantic (that title goes…

The aversion of many Americans to wearing a thin piece of cloth across their faces is restraining an already-shaky economic rebound. In Texas, the second most-populous state and a hotspot of the resurgent COVID-19, Republican…