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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a bill Friday that would have prevented the ownership of land "foreign adversaries." It was passed by the legislature in the midst of increasing fears of Chinese companies operating on Kansas land.
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In the 1970s and '80s, students at the universities of Kansas and Missouri protested on-campus to demand their institutions divest from a racist government in South Africa. Now, they’re asking schools to withdraw funds that support Israel's war in the Gaza Strip.
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Traffic tickets for low-income drivers can snowball into thousands of dollars of debt and revoked licenses. A new law aims to reduce fines and fees to help get them reinstated.
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The law will help protect people from criminal prosecution if they seek medical help for someone experiencing a drug overdose.
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The bill was similar to a Georgia law and measures introduced by Republican lawmakers in at least five other states.
NPR News
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Powerful synthetic opioids and drugs like meth and cocaine still flood U.S. communities, fueling historically high overdose deaths.
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President Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to events on June 27 with CNN and Sept. 10 with ABC News. They're opting out of a plan from the Commission on Presidential Debates.
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The latest report, will not only give an update on inflation, it could also indicate if the Federal Reserve will resume lowering interest rates.
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The history of pirates is a long and complicated one
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That cute dragon rider? It turns out he’s not all that bad.