15 states sue to block Biden's effort to help migrants in US illegally get health coverage
Fifteen states have sued the Biden administration over a rule that is expected to allow 100,000 immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to enroll next year in the federal Affordable Care Actโs health insurance.
Miss Kansas called out her abuser in public. Her campaign against domestic violence is going viral
A newly posted video of Miss Kansas calling out her domestic violence abuser on stage is whipping up a maelstrom of support on social media.
An order blocking a rule to help LGBTQ+ kids applies to hundreds of schools. Some want to block more
A federal judgeโs order blocking a Biden administration rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination applies to hundreds of schools and colleges across the U.S. A group that opposes the rule now hopes to extend it further.
Federal judge refuses to block Biden administration rule on gun sales in Kansas, 19 other states
A federal judge in Kansas has refused to block the nationwide enforcement of a Biden administration rule requiring firearms dealers to do background checks of buyers at gun shows and other places outside brick-and-mortar stores.
Former reporter settles part of her lawsuit over a police raid on a Kansas newspaper for $235,000
A former reporter for a weekly Kansas newspaper has agreed to accept $235,000 to settle part of her federal lawsuit over a police raid on the paper that made a small city the focus of a national debate over press freedoms.
Kansasโ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws
The Kansas Supreme Court has reaffirmed its stance that the state constitution protects abortion access.
Judge's order greatly expands where Biden can't enforce a new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students
A federal judge in Kansas has blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation.
Missouri governor says new public aid plan in the works for Chiefs, Royals stadiums
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he expects the state to put together an aid plan by the end of the year to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in Missouri.
Missouri, Kansas judges temporarily halt much of President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan
Federal judges in Kansas and Missouri have together blocked much of a Biden administration student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers.
Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work
Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states after the 2020 presidential election have criminalized much of the work done by voter outreach groups.
Kansas governor cites competition concerns while vetoing measure for school gun-detection technology
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a measure that could have earmarked up to $5 million for certain gun-detection software in schools.
Chiefs kicker Butker congratulates women graduates and says most are more excited about motherhood
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is getting attention for comments he made during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend in which he congratulated the women receiving degrees, but then said most were probably more excited to get married and have children.
Judge denies new sentencing hearing for 2 brothers awaiting execution for 'Wichita massacre'
A Kansas judge has denied a request for a resentencing hearing for two brothers awaiting execution for a quadruple killing known as the โWichita massacre,โ ruling that he lacks jurisdiction to approve a reexamination of the sentences.
Parts of central US hit by severe storms, while tornadoes strike in Kansas and Iowa
Strong storms have caused damage in parts of the middle U.S. and spawned tornadoes in Kansas and Iowa, including one that left two people hurt.
Members of self-proclaimed anti-government group โGodโs Misfitsโ held in killings of Kansas women
Authorities have confirmed the deaths of two Kansas women who went missing on a trip to pick up children for a birthday party.
A bill passed by Kansas lawmakers would make it a crime to coerce someone into an abortion
People who make physical or financial threats against others in Kansas to force them to get an abortion could spend a year in prison and be fined up to $10,000 under a bill approved by state lawmakers.
Kansas man pleads guilty to sexually exploiting 14-year-old Lynchburg teen
A Kansas man is facing a potential 30-year-old prison sentence after pleading guilty to federal child exploitation charges involving a 14-year-old Lynchburg teen, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Republican states file lawsuit challenging Biden's student loan repayment plan
A group of Republican-led states is suing the Biden administration to block a new student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers.
As Kansas nears gender care ban, students push university to advocate for trans youth
As Kansas prepares to ban gender-affirming care for minors, students at the state's largest university taking action.
Kansas considers limits on economic activity with China and other 'countries of concern'
Republican legislators in Kansas have advanced proposals to limit the state's involvement with individuals and companies from China and other U.S. adversaries.
After whistle hastens Samford's exit from March Madness, the referee could be next
The referee who blew the whistle that worked against Samford at the end of its loss to Kansas in the NCAA Tournament might be following the Bulldogs straight out of town.
Jayhawks get friendly late whistle to advance in March Madness with 93-89 victory over Samford
Kansas got a kind whistle at the end and Nicolas Timberlake made both his free throws to help the Jayhawks hold off Samford for a 93-89 victory in the NCAA Tournament.
Kansas guard Kevin McCullar Jr. ruled out of NCAA Tournament with bone bruise on knee
Kansas guard Kevin McCullar Jr. has been ruled out of the NCAA Tournament because of a bone bruise on his knee that caused him to miss six of the past 12 games, including the Jayhawksโ one-and-done ouster in the Big 12 Tournament.
10 News Weather Authority analyzes โtextbookโ tornado from a storm system moving cross-country
The tornado in Alta Vista, Kansas Wednesday night produced radar imagery you'd find in a weather textbook.
Storm carrying massive โsoftball-sized hailโ hits parts of Kansas and Missouri
Massive chunks of hail have pelted parts of Kansas and Missouri and brought traffic to a standstill along Interstate 70.
Top-ranked Houston claims Big 12 regular-season title with 76-46 win over No. 14 Kansas
Jamal Shead had 13 points, six rebounds and eight assists, Damian Dunn added 12 points and No. 1 Houston claimed the Big 12 Conference regular-season title in its first season in the league, dominating No. 14 Kansas 76-46 on Saturday.
Alabama IVF ruling puts spotlight on state plans for tax breaks and child support for fetuses
A recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are legally protected children is highlighting how support for the idea that a fetus should have the same rights as a person underpins far less dramatic laws and proposals from abortion foes across the U.S. Lawmakers in at least six states have proposals to allow women to seek child support back to conception.
Purdue, reigning NCAA champion UConn headline the early list of top seeds for March Madness
Purdue claimed the top overall seed over reigning national champion Connecticut in the first look at the potential top 16 seeds for the NCAA Tournament.
At least 6 US states are considering tougher penalties for killing police dogs
Lawmakers in at least six states are considering longer prison sentences or bigger fines for harming or killing police dogs despite questions about how the animals are used and a fraught history.
Darrion Williams scores 30 points on perfect shooting as Texas Tech beats No. 6 Kansas 79-50
Darrion Williams scored a career-high 30 points on 12-of-12 shooting, including four of Texas Techโs 10 3-pointers, and the Red Raiders never trailed in a 79-50 win over sixth-ranked Kansas.
No. 4 Kansas wins 18th straight at home, 64-61 over No. 13 Baylor
Hunter Dickinson scored 15 points to lead a balanced attack as No. 4 Kansas extended its home winning streak to 18 games with a 64-61 win over No. 13 Baylor.
Kansas' AG is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law
Kansasโ attorney general is telling public schools that theyโre required to tell parents their children are transgender or nonbinary even if theyโre not out at home.
UConn, Purdue stay atop AP Top 25 while chaos ensues as Duke, Wisconsin, Iowa State make big jumps
UConn remained No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll as the top five stayed the same from last week.
UCF Knights' defense powers team to comeback victory over No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks
Jaylin Seller scored 18 points, Darius Johnson added 17 and UCF erased a 16-point deficit to beat No. 3 Kansas 65-60 on Wednesday night.
Blizzard conditions bear down on central US, closing schools and highways
A โhighly impactfulโ winter storm began delivering a punch to the countryโs midsection with blizzard conditions that could dump as much as a foot or more of snow.
A push to expand Medicaid has Kansas governor embracing politics and cutting against her brand
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is more aggressive and openly political in pushing to expand Medicaid in Kansas as the Republican-controlled Legislature prepares to open its annual session.
Purdue remains No. 1 in AP Top 25, Gonzaga falls to No. 24 but runs poll streak to 142 weeks
Purdue remained atop the AP Top 25 menโs college basketball poll for the third straight week while Gonzaga dropped to No. 24 after a loss to San Diego State but managed to keep alive its streak of 142 consecutive weeks in the poll.
Illinois suspends star basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr. following rape charge
Illinois has suspended basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr. after he was charged with rape for an alleged incident that happened when the football team played at Kansas in September.
Former Oklahoma, UCF quarterback Dillion Gabriel announces transfer to Oregon for 6th season
Former Oklahoma and UCF quarterback Dillon Gabriel has announced he is transferring to Oregon for a sixth season of college football.
McCullar scores 21 as No. 5 Kansas beats No. 4 UConn 69-65 in showdown of past 2 NCAA champions
Kevin McCullar Jr. scored 21 points, including back-to-back 3-pointers that gave Kansas the lead down the stretch, and the fifth-ranked Jayhawks held on to beat No. 4 UConn 69-65.
Kansas unveiled a new blue and gold license plate. People hated it and now it's back to square one
The governor of Kansas is bowing to criticism of a new state license plate and halting production of a design that many people consider ugly and dull.
Kansas officials blame 5-week disruption of court system on 'sophisticated foreign cyberattack'
Officials say cybercriminals hacked into the Kansas court system, stole sensitive data and threatened to post it on the dark web in a ransomware attack that has hobbled access to records for more than five weeks.
Kansas canโt enforce new law on abortion pills or make patients wait 24 hours, judge rules
A Kansas judge has put a new state law on medication abortions on hold and blocked the state from enforcing older abortion restrictions.
Kansas court system down nearly 2 weeks in 'security incident' that has hallmarks of ransomware
Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage thatโs kept most of the stateโs courts offline for two weeks a โsecurity incident.โ.
Zach Edey named unanimous AP preseason All-American, joined by Kolek, Dickinson, Filipowski, Bacot
Reigning AP national player of the year Zach Edey is a unanimous selection on The Associated Press preseason All-America team in college basketball.
Kansas escapes postseason ban, major penalties as panel downgrades basketball violations
An independent panel has downgraded five Level I violations lodged by the NCAA against Kansas and basketball coach Bill Self.
A homeless man is charged with capital murder and rape in the death of a 5-year-old Kansas girl
A homeless man has been charged with murder and rape in the killing of a 5-year-old girl in Topeka, Kansas.
Kansas police chief who led raid on small weekly newspaper has resigned, official says
The police chief who led an August raid on a small weekly newspaper in central Kansas has resigned, days after he was suspended from his post.
A judge told Kansas authorities to destroy electronic copies of newspaper's files taken during raid
A judge ordered Kansas authorities to destroy all the electronic copies they made of a small newspaperโs files when police raided its office this month.
Oklahoma authorities name the BTK killer as the โprime suspectโ in at least two unsolved cases
Authorities have named the BTK serial killer as the โprime suspectโ in two unsolved killings โ one in Oklahoma and another in Missouri โ leading authorities to dig this week near his former Kansas property this week.
Kansas police and a small newspaper are at the center of a 1st Amendment fight after a newsroom raid
A small newspaper and a police department in Kansas are at the center of a dispute over freedom of speech after police raided the office of the local newspaper and the home of its owner and publisher.
More states expect schools to keep trans girls off girls teams as K-12 classes resume
Children are heading back to classes and fall sports practices, and four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender girls off their girls sports teams.
In Utah and Kansas, state courts flex power over new laws regulating abortion post-Roe
Abortion providers faced off against attorneys for Utah and Kansas in state courts Tuesday, part of the ongoing fight after last year's Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Union Pacific railroad to renew push for 1-person crews by testing conductors in trucks
Union Pacific will renew its push for one-person train crews later this summer when the railroad tests out the idea of having a conductor in a truck respond to problems on trains in Nebraska and Colorado.
An anti-trans Kansas law doesn't prevent birth certificate changes, the governor argues
The Democratic governor in Kansas is defending changes in the sex listings on transgender peopleโs birth certificates in federal court.
Kansas lawmakers botched the drafting of a new anti-trans law, agency attorney says
A state agency's lawyer contends that Kansas legislators botched the drafting of a new law for preventing transgender people from changing how their sex is listed on their driver's licenses.
Kansas must stop changing trans people's sex listing on driver's licenses, judge says
A state-court judge has ordered Kansas to stop allowing transgender people to change the listing for sex on their driverโs licenses.
Kansas attorney general sues to prevent transgender people from changing driver's licenses
The Republican attorney general in Kansas is asking a state court to block transgender residents from changing their sex on their driver's licenses.
Kansas must undo gender changes for trans people in state records, attorney general says
The conservative Republican attorney general of Kansas says a new Kansas law requires the state to reverse any previous gender changes in its records for trans peopleโs birth certificates and driverโs licenses while also preventing such changes going forward.
In some states with laws on transgender bathrooms, officials may not know how they will be enforced
U.S. states with laws restricting what bathrooms transgender kids can use in public schools are wrestling with how those laws will be enforced.
Biden judicial nominee Wamble withdraws from consideration, cites nearly 2-year wait for action
A federal prosecutor who President Joe Biden nominated to become a U.S. district judge in Kansas has withdrawn his name from consideration.
Kansas governor thwarts small legal settlement with business over COVID-19 restrictions
Kansasโ Democratic governor has scuttled a small legal settlement between the state and the owner of a Wichita fitness studio forced to shut down during the first months of the coronavirus pandemic and then operate under restrictions.
Patrick Mahomes' brother Jackson charged with sexual battery
Jackson Mahomes, the brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, was briefly jailed on aggravated sexual battery charges over an alleged altercation at a restaurant in late February.
Culture war clash gives Kansas new medication abortion law
Kansas clinics will be required to tell patients that medication abortions can be stopped using a drug regimen that the providers consider ineffective and potentially dangerous.
Gov. vetoes Kansas bill on live deliveries during abortion
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bill that could have penalized doctors accused of not providing enough care to infants delivered alive during certain kinds of abortion procedures.
Abortion pill plan clears Kansas Legislature; veto expected
Abortion opponents have pushed a bill through the Kansas Legislature to require providers to tell patients that a medication abortion can be โreversedโ once itโs started.
Business backlash pushing GOP to weaken anti-ESG proposals
Conservative Republicans who want to thwart socially and environmentally conscious investing are now being pushed to water down their proposals by backlash from powerful business groups and fears that state pension systems could see huge losses.
Kansas plan keeping low wages for disabled angers advocates
Kansas legislators are considering a proposal that many disability rights advocates say could help employers who pay disabled workers less than the minimum wage, bucking a national trend.
Anti-abortion allies change tactics after post-Roe defeats
Republicans and their anti-abortion allies who suffered ballot question defeats in states across the political spectrum last year are changing tactics as new legislative sessions and the new election season start.
Amid US TikTok bans, a few balk at writing its name into law
Banning TikTok from government devices enjoys bipartsan support across the U.S. But a few Democratic legislators in Kansas object to expanding a ban imposed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly because they donโt want a state law to target a company by name.
States' push to define sex decried as erasing trans people
A bill in Kansas and similar legislation in at least seven other states have LGBTQ-rights advocates worrying about a sweeping Republican-led effort to erase the legal existence of transgender men and women.