WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday appointed a veteran New York jurist to serve as an independent arbiter in the criminal investigation into the presence of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s…

The Kansas State Fair kicked off with a debate between two candidates for governor. During the debate Republican Derek Schmidt was asked if Kansas is better off today than it was under former Governor Sam…

We suggested the Gardner Edgerton School Board proceed with kindness when it comes to making decisions about where its transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms and how teachers address students with preferred pronouns.  It’s…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate won’t vote on legislation to secure marriage equality for millions of Americans until after the midterm elections, bipartisan negotiators announced Thursday. The move follows weeks of behind-the-scenes discussions among five…

One summer during my college years, I had a roommate who suffered from suicidal thoughts. She’d attempted suicide before we met, and been hospitalized, but continued to struggle. Back in the late 80s, there was…

(TNS) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi will celebrate his birthday by releasing Namibian cheetahs into the wild in central India to burnish his conservationist credentials over an animal made extinct by colonial hunters and shrinking…

IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Investigators searching through a mass burial site in Ukraine have found evidence that some of the dead were tortured, including bodies with broken limbs and ropes around their necks, Ukrainian President…

These are little kids. Just kids. We don’t know much about them. We don’t know their names or even where they’re from. Maybe Venezuela. Maybe Colombia. But we do know this. They’re just kids, and…

HUMBOLDT — In these parts, the success of B&W Trailer Hitches is the stuff of legends. How Roger Baker and Joe Works of Humboldt teamed up in 1987 to build custom truck beds.  Baker retired…

CHANUTE — The Iola High School tennis team continued its tradition of taking its annual Chanute Park caterpillar picture on Thursday evening.  The Mustangs competed in the Chanute pool play tournament and finished fourth overall…