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The Kansas State High School Activities Association voted to sanction girls flag football as an official sport, giving teams more opportunities for competitions, funding — and recognition.
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This week on "The Range," bluster, boom and bust in Wichita. Also, foraging for the elusive morel mushroom.
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Musician Kelley Hunt closes out the Wichita Jazz Festival this Saturday and says that she welcomes performing in the sometimes blurry lines between blues and jazz.
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Salary, benefits and administrative support key to retention decisions.
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The national campaign, which started in 1991, encourages women to raise funds, volunteer on work sites and spread the word about affordable housing.
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Harvester Arts is hosting a thesis show for Wichita State artists that closes Friday. Torin Andersen caught up with Sloane Dyer and Branden Lawless to hear more about their thesis exhibit and the anxieties of putting it together.
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Iran's Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad on Friday, as the White House confirmed Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel there Saturday to try to "move the ball forward towards a deal."
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The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.
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A U.S. appeals court ruled Friday that immigration laws allow people to apply for asylum at the border, and the president cannot bypass this. The decision stems from Trump declaring the border situation an invasion and suspending asylum.
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Fuel costs more. Food is harder to get. Jobs are evaporating. And in Cairo, cafes and restaurants are ordered to close at 9 p.m.
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Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, competing with large apex predators.
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The move paves the way for the Senate to confirm Kevin Warsh, the president's nominee to head the central bank.
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The carousel was first desegregated when part of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park outside Baltimore in 1963. It was moved to the National Mall after the park closed.
Commentary & Podcasts
North Carolina's Yarn returns with another exemplary LP, Saturday Night Sermons.
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