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'Battle Of The Somme' Centenary Symbolizes Great Loss For Newfoundlanders

Most of Newfoundland's regiment was wiped out the first day of the Allied offensive on the Somme. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Maureen Power, a curator at the provincial museum about their legacy.

Gov. Mike Parson gives a victory speech to supporters Tuesday night at the White River Conference Center in Springfield, Missouri. The win against Democrat Nicole Galloway gives Parson his first full term as Missouri governor.

Mike Parson Wins First Full Term As Missouri Governor

Republican Gov. Mike Parson defeated State Auditor Nicole Galloway on Tuesday to win a full term as Missouri’s chief executive.

Colt and Cori Musick, owners of Round Top Farm in Port, Oklahoma, opened a pumpkin patch for the first time this year.

How Midwestern Pumpkin Patches And Corn Mazes Help Bring Visitors Into Rural Areas

Agritourism, which includes farm tours, U-pick fruits, and pumpkin patches, is booming.

Kansas Senate District 11

Kansas Senate District 11 includes the eastern parts of Leawood and Overland Park. Incumbent Kellie Warren, a Republican, is running for another four-year term. This article is part of the 2024 KC Voter Guide.

The fifth graders from … class gather in a circle to talk about what they found in the grass in the garden at Wohlwend Elementary School on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

In a 'prairie classroom,' Missouri students learn to identify the biodiversity in their backyards

A grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation helped local educators create a grassland prairie for students to learn about conservation at an Oakville elementary school.

A Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners meeting in July 2021.

Three finalists named for Kansas City police chief, but community leader calls process 'fixed'

Public safety activists are "incredibly disappointed" that the board is holding just one public meeting to introduce the finalists.

One of the larger crowds in the two-year Les Miles era gathered at KU for the 2019 in-state rivalry game against Kansas State. KU won three games in '19, but was winless in nine games last year, a record fans hope new head coach Lance Leipold will reverse.

KU Added Legal Safeguards In New Head Football Coach's Contract, Hoping To Avoid Les Miles Repeat

The University of Kansas may have set a precedent with legal safeguards in the contract for its new head football coach Lance Leipold.

Waiters stand by an empty restaurant in Venice's St. Mark's Square, which would normally be full of tourists, as a coronavirus outbreak grows in Italy.

Coronavirus Updates: Italy Reports 650 Cases And 17 Deaths

Italy says its cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus spiked by more than 50% in just 24 hours. Fears over the virus are forcing top-level soccer matches to be played without any fans present.

"As long as you have these discrete outbreaks ... there is the opportunity to control them," says Dr. Bruce Aylward, team leader of the joint mission between the World Health Organization and China on COVID-19.

WHO Official Says Coronavirus Containment Remains Possible

China's experience shows how the virus can be stopped. But the World Health Organization's Dr. Bruce Aylward says other countries may be drawing the wrong lessons about how China achieved it.

After the messy reporting of the Iowa caucus results, some who build tech for progressive causes say the approach to software development in this space needs rethinking.

After Iowa Debacle, Tech Experts Who Aid Progressives Call For A Strategic Shake-Up

The failure of this year's Iowa caucuses was years in the making, some technology specialists argue, in part because of the haphazard way political users buy software.

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