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The news of ICE raids has quieted in recent months, but many immigrants are still living with uncertainty. Here is a look at the people and organizations who are working to assist immigrants in their communities throughout the Midwest and Great Plains.
Local news
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A growing partnership between a Kansas organization and an Oklahoma breast milk bank is expanding access to donated milk and donation drop off locations in Kansas. Breast milk is critical in situations like premature birth.
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Insufficient funding, information gaps complicate response to warming climate
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Hamilton, pastor of a Methodist church in Leawood, on Thursday entered the Democratic Party's primary contest to determine who would challenge the reelection campaign of U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican completing his first term in the Senate.
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Behrens spoke alongside other faith leaders and immigrant activists Thursday at an interfaith prayer vigil in Prairie Village. Speakers encouraged churches — especially large congregations — to start fighting for immigrants.
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The group's priorities for 2026 include legalizing medical cannabis, property tax relief, Medicaid and food assistance, voting accessibility and senior transportation.
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Israel sent Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and personnel to operate them to the United Arab Emirates to defend the country during the Iran war, the U.S. ambassador to the country said Tuesday.
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Short-form clips of long interviews and shows are taking over the internet. But behind the sea of social media clips are marketplaces offering freelance clippers money per view.
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The three high-school birders, dubbed The Pete Dunnelins, have one day to count as many bird species across the state of New Jersey as physically possible. Here's what it takes.
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President Trump says he has a great relationship with President Xi. His trip to China will provide a temperature check.
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A federal program that pays airlines to operate in small and rural communities could have its budget cut in half, leaving parts of the country with no flight options.
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Pancreatic cancer is notoriously lethal. But new treatments mean that may be changing, and people with the disease now have more reason to hope than ever before.
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Stephen Colbert invited his "best television friends," fellow late night hosts John Oliver, Seth Meyers and the two Jimmies— Kimmel and Fallon— to join him, as his final show on CBS is set for May 21.
Commentary & Podcasts
Thirty years on, Kenny Wayne Shepherd returns to Ledbetter Heights.
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