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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints temple, located in northwest Wichita, is the first built in the state. It will give the state’s more than 45,000 church members a closer place to perform sacred worship.
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Stephen R Ausmus/USDA Agricultural Research Service Office of CommunicationsFederal scientists are still scrambling to find new jobs or relocate across the country as Maryland’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center’s last days of operation approach. Even as their personal lives upend, employees are concerned that BARC’s legacy of impactful research will be left behind. -
Anna Kaminski/Kansas ReflectorThe Republican senator’s residence has been fodder for campaign attacks as he faces a midterm election against the Rev. Adam Hamilton, a Kansas City-area United Methodist pastor.
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"It’s a crazy, crazy world right now as far as live music goes," Dean says. "But the ones of us that are going to stick around are going to stick around and make it through it." -
The Kansas Department of Insurance regulates insurance companies that sell policies in Kansas. -
The Republican incumbent, Steven Johnson, faces two challengers for his job as the chief banker and financial manager for the state. -
Current Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is facing off against Democrat Chris Mann. Again. -
The rules could limit the chances of people attending medical school, further exacerbating the healthcare worker shortage.
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Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty ImagesThe future of Trump's D.C. arch was already fraught. Then he rebranded it as a military complex. Experts say that only raises more legal and logistical questions. -
Yuki Sugiura/Booker Prize FoundationThis year's shortlist is made up of former Booker winners and debut authors, with tales spanning a wide range of genres, from historical fiction to campus novel to dystopian fiction.
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Scientists have found a species they've named the fire amoeba, which is capable of reproducing at 145°F and continuing to move up to temperatures of 147°F — a record for complex eukaryotic life. -
As the classical concert season ramps up, two of America's finest orchestras will soon be led by new conductors when Daniel Harding takes over in Los Angeles and Elim Chan leads in San Francisco. -
The Islamic State group-inspired attacks were among the deadliest in Sri Lanka's history, killing 42 foreigners. -
As the U.S. conflict with Iran drags, the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have opened a new front, taking new territory and displacing more than 100,000 people. -
Jim Acosta has already been through a White House press-pass fight. Now, three news organizations are barred, and he says the press is showing solidarity that should have come sooner.
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Europe's Ian Haugland discusses the band's brand new album, Come This Madness, the cultural impact of "The Final Countdown," and his love of the band Kansas.
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