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A van containing millions of documents is traveling the country to raise awareness of the magnitude of the Epstein files and push for accountability for perpetrators of sexual violence.
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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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The board chose Brock Booker to fill the District 3 vacancy on Friday morning. -
City officials are tempted by what a massive data center could mean for the eroding tax base of Osawatomie, Kansas, even as some residents revolt against the proposal. -
Dirty sodas blend regular fountain drinks with flavored syrups, fresh fruit or cream, and they’ve become an obsession on social media. A new newton-based dirty soda truck is hoping to ride the wave of this recent trend. -
This week on "The Range," a novel way to battle the high cost of health care. Also, how dirty sodas became Wichita’s latest drink trend. -
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment lifted a boil water advisory for Wichita and parts of Andover on Thursday afternoon. Wichita's wholesale customers remain under their own water advisories.
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Graham Tolbert/Psychic HotlineA year after pulling its music in protest, the duo is back on Spotify. For Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, that journey has been frustrating, eye-opening — and full of smaller victories. -
Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesThe fall equinox, which arrives Tuesday in the U.S., brings shorter days, and chances to witness alignment between Earth and the sun. It's a modern version of ancient observances of a celestial shift.
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A self-described "folkie to the bone," Giddens sings and plays banjo and fiddle in this interview. Her latest album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, takes its name from an Emily Dickinson poem. -
The Federal Aviation Administration launched an ambitious $875-million-dollar push to make the U.S. airspace more efficient. But critics say it won't solve bigger problems with air traffic control. -
Paramount's owners have made concessions to 12 Democratic state attorneys general to settle a lawsuit that endangered the media company's bid for its larger Hollywood rival, Warner Bros. Discovery. -
While many Republican candidates, even in some critical tossup races, still back President Trump's baseless claims about election integrity, some GOP voters say they are ready to move on. -
The U.S. gets nearly a third of its pork from Iowa. One family is making the switch from pigs to more sustainable specialty mushrooms and trying to show other pig farmers how they did it.
Commentary & Podcasts
Alison Porter returns with Porter, her fifth album, a powerful statement of who she is and where she's going.
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