Month: March 2026

Don’t get me wrong, I love covering sports. But reporting on one sport for five months is a marathon.  I never truly understood the song “Six months” from the musical “Damn Yankees” until my first…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that companies that paid tariffs struck down last month by Supreme Court are due refunds. Judge Richard…

Dog owners in Moran and LaHarpe will have opportunities to have their animals vaccinated in the coming days. In Moran, a dog clinic runs from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the back room at…

TOPEKA — A brigade of tech sector lobbyists flooded a Kansas committee with information and advocacy before legislators weighed a bill that would require age verification in app stores. Apple and Google “heavily lobbied” committee…

The potential for severe storms this weekend has prompted the Allen County Department of Emergency Management to remind residents of community storm shelters throughout the county. In Iola, the Bowlus Fine Arts Center, the old…

Owning sawed-off shotguns and silencers without federal registration is illegal in Kansas, but state lawmakers and National Rifle Association lawsuits are trying to change that. A bevy of federal lawsuits attempting to overturn the National Firearms…

President Donald Trump and his administration insist their war of choice in Iran bears zero similarity to the bitter Iraq War the U.S. plunged into 23 years ago. I disagree. Both wars were based on…

The blockbuster GLP-1 drugs that have reshaped the treatment of diabetes and obesity may help prevent multiple substance use disorders — and reduce the tragic outcomes they cause, a large new study finds. An analysis published Wednesday in a…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Israel, American bases and countries around the region Thursday, while warning the U.S. would “bitterly regret” torpedoing an Iranian warship. Tehran’s expanding retaliatory…

We asked readers to channel their inner Carolyn Hax and answer this question. Some of the best responses are below. Dear Carolyn: I’m a straight man, and I’ve known my closest friend, a straight woman,…