WASHINGTON — Congress got next to nothing done during the past year and could accomplish even less in 2024 as attention shifts to the November elections. House Republican and Senate Democratic leaders reached agreement on…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A fire at the $6.9 million home owned by Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill was started by a child playing with a cigarette lighter in a bedroom, a fire official said Thursday.…

DeDe Lynn Hammer, age 54, died on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, at her home in Colony. She was born on July 2, 1969, in Kansas City, Kan., to Orville Lavon Hammer and Patricia Lynn (Cochran)…

TOPEKA — As part of an ongoing effort to bolster Kansas’ electric car infrastructure, six new locations have been announced for electric charging stations. The six locations will provide fast-charging stations to fill in coverage…

A changing climate may bring many more days per year of extreme wildfire risk to Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The findings from a new study also suggest people in those states should brace for more…

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Ayoka Lee had 27 points with 11 rebounds and Kansas State held Houston to 14 second-half points in a 72-38 victory for the No. 11 Wildcats on Wednesday night. Kansas State…

Prosecutors in Kansas on Wednesday dismissed three felony charges related to accusations that Jackson Mahomes — the younger brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes — grabbed a woman by the neck and kissed her against…

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — Michael Blowen’s love for horses stretched far beyond the racetrack and spurred him into starting a mid-life career as founder of a retirement farm in Kentucky, where older thoroughbreds could spend…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A law that would make it harder to remove Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office must go into effect only after the next parliamentary elections, the country’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday,…

By all accounts, the Kansas economy is booming. Kansas leads the nation with a 9.7 percent increase in production of goods and services for the economy’s third quarter, almost double the nation’s overall increase of…