JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90. South Africans, world leaders and…

Josh Johnson joined the Ravens 10 days ago, and the well-traveled quarterback started his first game in 1,092 days with first place in the AFC North on the line Sunday at Cincinnati. The Chargers didn’t…

Boris Johnson urged Britons to take care at Christmas as he considers whether to tighten pandemic regulations, as government data indicated about 10% of Londoners were infected with COVID-19, and daily cases hit a record…

ROME — Pope Francis extolled the virtues of humility during a sermon he gave at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Friday evening to celebrate Christmas Eve. “Let us not weep for greatness we do…

TOPEKA — Intensive care unit nurse Caitlin Beatty says no amount of medical education could prepare health workers for a hospital landscape burgeoning with patients catastrophically ill with COVID-19. Nearly two years into the pandemic,…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly spent 18 months sparring with Kansas’ legislative Republicans over COVID-19 measures. In the early days of the pandemic she imposed and then extended a stay-at-home order, issued…

Darlene V. Hall, 91, died on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021.  Darlene was born in Iola, to Lee and Pauline (Franklin) Morrison. Darlene married Alvin Gale “Doc” Hall on April 24, 1947. They were blessed with…

Matthew Gunnar Meek, 30, Bronson, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, at his residence. Gunnar was born July 28, 1991, in Chanute, to Marie Annette Meek.  Gunnar was preceded in death by grandmother, Peggy A. Meek,…

PARADISE, Kansas — This time of year, rancher Rich Koester is normally busy caring for newborn calves or feeding his herd to get them ready for winter. Instead, he’s busy burying livestock. As he walked…

LOS ANGELES — Hoisted upon the shoulders of his players, fresh leis piled high around his neck, Bruce Rollinson looked out upon thousands of faithful fans who had braved 48-degree weather to watch Mater Dei…