WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear the pork industry’s challenge to a California animal welfare law that would forbid confining breeding pigs in narrow metal cages for most of their lives. At…

TOKYO (AP) — Eager to admire colorful foliage, eat sushi and go shopping, droves of tourists from abroad began arriving in Japan on Tuesday, with the end of pandemic-fighting border restrictions that had been in…

Wednesday’s decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia — also known as OPEC Plus — to slash crude oil production by 2 million barrels per day is not quite as big…

Kris Kobach says the abortion issue is not over, and I believe him. If Kobach is elected as our next Kansas attorney general, he wants to see our state supreme court filled with anti-abortion justices…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The lead prosecutor of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz made his final push Tuesday to persuade jurors to sentence him to death, telling them during his closing argument that the…

All but lost in the shadow of major contests for U.S. Senate and governor, voters in some battleground states will be deciding ballot proposals this November that could reshape the way they vote in the…

LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s cyber-intelligence agency on Tuesday accused China of trying to “rewrite the rules of international security,” saying Beijing is using its economic and technological clout to clamp down at…

TOPEKA — A former interim president of Emporia State University contends mass dismissal of more than 30 faculty brands the institution as a higher education outcast and undermines recruitment and retention of quality students and…

Iola Public Library’s annual used book sale, a fundraiser organized by the Friends of the Library, starts Thursday and runs through Saturday.  In addition to donated books of all kinds, bargain hunters can also expect…

Arrests reported An incident Friday afternoon in the 300 block of South Vermont Street led to the arrest of Iolan Jason Sinclair, 33, Iola, for suspicion of aggravated burglary, interfering with law enforcement, battery on…