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Sedgwick County released 18 video clips late Friday of what happened before Cedric Lofton was rushed to a hospital on Sept. 24 after suffering heart failure.
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Even some Republicans who have supported the “stand your ground law” in Kansas want to revisit it following the death of Cedric Lofton, a teenager who died while restrained at a juvenile intake center in Wichita last September. -
Republicans have used their supermajority to win Kansas Senate approval for a redistricting plan that likely would make it harder for the state’s only Democrat in Congress to win reelection this year.
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The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences for brothers convicted of a series of robberies, assaults and murders in Wichita.
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Hospitals in the Kansas City region are shuttling blood supplies among them daily, trying to make sure blood gets to where its needed amid a national shortage.
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As the State Department orders relatives of embassy staff in Kyiv to leave, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to ex-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst about where the diplomatic effort goes from here.
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The Biden administration is considering a plan to send several thousand additional U.S. troops into NATO countries in eastern Europe, near both Russia and Ukraine.
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An adult in the family saw some options online, added them to the site's shopping cart but didn't checkout. The toddler took care of that — completing the purchase while playing on the phone.
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Laura Spears bought a ticket for the Mega Millions drawing online on Dec. 31. A few days later she was looking through her inbox for a lost email — only to find out she had won $3 million.
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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Francis Collins about how his faith is helping inform part of his next role: he wants to use science, religion and above all empathy to try to bring people together.
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Russia continues to amass more than 100,000 soldiers along its border with Ukraine, and the country has announced plans for naval exercises along Ukraine's southern coast.
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Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has developed a new TV show for HBO called The Gilded Age. Our reviewer says it has its own charm, despite feeling a lot like Downton set in America.
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Many experts warn there will be more infections on the downslope of the omicron surge, but we're on the path to the virus becoming endemic — and that should mean fewer interruptions to daily life.
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Nebraska is one of the states seeing a rise in COVID cases. A hearing Monday to assert political control over public health guidance comes as the omicron variant surges and hospitals plead for help.
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First it was the pro-democracy paper Apple Daily and then other independent Hong Kong media outlets closed. A group of anonymous volunteers is archiving the outlets so they don't disappear completely.
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The Ventures were a 60's surf-rock group. The band's hits included "Walk, Don't Run," and the theme song for "Hawaii Five-O." They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.
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The U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter Russia. COVID cases decline sharply in areas of the Northeast and Midwest. Sarah Palin faces off against The New York Times Monday.
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A Wichita doctor is headed to the South Pole … and he’s taking his unicycle. Also, Beth Golay remembers one of the more unforgettable characters she’s met while riding the bus.
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