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Children Suffer Largest Increase In Food Insecurity During Pandemic
For households with kids, the percentage who didn't know where their next meal was coming from jumped from 13.6 to 28 percent since the coronavirus struck.
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Former Chiefs Coach Dick Vermeil discusses his journey to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Coach Dick Vermeil talks about his Pro Football Hall of Fame induction, his time in Kansas City and his caring approach to coaching.
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Hoping to lure families back to public schools, Wichita launches K-6 microschool experiment
The Creative Minds school will be housed at the for-profit Learning Lab in downtown Wichita, an education collaborative with ties to Wichita-based Koch Inc. It will feature a one-room-schoolhouse approach, with about 20 students in its first class.
Kansas-based YouTuber Mr. Beat explores how the Supreme Court shaped democracy
Lawrence, Kansas, educator Matt Beat, who goes by the name Mr. Beat and produces videos about American history, will be in Kansas City on Thursday to discuss his book "The Power of Our Supreme Court."
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Great Plains-Westar Merger Would Create Company With 1.6M Kansas, Missouri Customers
Editor's note: This story was updated at 3:30 p.m. July 10. Two of the region’s largest utilities are taking another run at a merger.Great Plains Energy,…
David Rennie, Washington Bureau Chief For 'The Economist' Reflects On 6 Years In The U.S.
After nearly six years as Washington bureau chief for The Economist, David Rennie is headed off for another assignment. He talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his impressions of the U.S., and how it's changed in his tenure.
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Kansas prison fires 2 employees, disciplines 6 for mocking injured inmate and refusing to help
Inmate Elizabeth Wince had to crawl back to her cell after hurting herself and being denied medical care. Other prisoners at Topeka Correctional Facility told the Kansas News Service that prison staff insulted Wince instead of helping her.
Big Banks Pay $5.6 Billion, Plead Guilty To Felonies Over Currency And Rate-Fixing
In one exchange, a broker told a trader, "mate yur getting bloody good at this libor game ... think of me when yur on yur yacht in monaco."
From the Archives - Castaway classics
What music would you like to have with you if marooned on a desert island? Explore Frank Byrne's "Castaway Classics" this week, including an extraordinary recording of Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony.
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2-4-6-8, A 401(k) Would Be Great: Calif. Law Makes Cheerleaders Employees
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that bars professional teams there from treating their cheerleaders as independent contractors. The bill came after lawsuits alleged the cheerleaders were underpaid.
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