WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry guns in public, a major expansion of gun rights. The justices’ 6-3 decision follows a series of recent mass shootings…

In a remarkable reversal of tradition, some Republicans have proposed a generous, broad-based federal benefit that Democrats are likely to oppose because it soaks the rich — their rich. U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and…

The Topeka Correctional Facility sits on the site of a former Black vocational school affiliated with the Tuskegee Institute. Curtis Pitts would like to see the site returned to its original purpose. Pitts, a self-described…

One of Iola’s landmarks, the Northrup House, has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places, according to the Kansas State Historical Society. **** Carol Porter accepted a recognition award for Gates Rubber during…

Extreme weather conditions that caused thousands of cattle to perish in Kansas feedlots this past weekend may or may not have been caused by climate change. Either way, it seems farmers in that region are…

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency. But some experts say the WHO’s decision to act…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court gave Republican legislative leaders in North Carolina a win Thursday in an ongoing fight over the state’s latest photo identification voting law. The 8-1 decision doesn’t end the more…

GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Villagers rushed to bury the dead Thursday and dug by hand through the rubble of their homes in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that state media…

Noah Gordon gave the Communion Meditation over the word “Father” at Sunday’s Colony Christian Church service. For some people, the word father can mean protector, gentleness and love. For others, it can mean anger and…