TOPEKA — The Kansas House wrestled with details but didn’t amend Wednesday an unemployment insurance bill potentially penalizing applicants who missed job interviews and suspending state benefits in extraordinary circumstances when federal aid surpassed the…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A second in vitro fertilization provider in Alabama is pausing parts of its care to patients after the state Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally considered children. Alabama Fertility…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after nearly all the iconic bears…

When it comes to saving taxpayers money, Kansas lawmakers are confusing prudence with punishment. Proposed legislation would penalize cities and counties for giving tax breaks to prospective businesses and industries. If cities and counties were…

CHEROKEE — The Marmaton Valley High School forensics team claimed the Three Rivers League championship Saturday. Several students qualified for the state speech and drama championships by placing first or second in their respective competitions.…

The mother of Russia’s top opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Thursday that she has seen her son’s body and that she is resisting strong pressure by authorities to agree to a secret burial outside the…

AVA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in Missouri say a 35-year cold case killing has been solved, thanks to someone who came forward with information about the crime. Douglas County authorities announced Wednesday that three men…

For the past decade, Americans have worried increasingly about China, not least because Chinese President Xi Jinping has centralized power, silenced critics, stalled private-sector reforms and taken an increasingly combative posture toward the rest of…

Pastor Chase Riebel’s message Sunday was “The Second Sign: Healing an Official’s Son” from John 4: 46-54. We are to walk by faith not by sight. Jesus wanted us to believe even without seeing signs…

Ryan Sigg, director of physical plant operations at Allen Community College, spoke to the Kiwanis Club on Feb. 13 about major projects that he has overseen at the school since assuming his role in fall…