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The director of the Kansas ACLU says more people need to be aware of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency's proposal to open a privately-run detention facility in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Meet the aronia berry. It's native to North America, easy to grow in the Midwest and full of antioxidants: So why don’t more U.S. consumers know about it?

Survivors of last years' shootings at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Parade say their lives will never be the same. Some lost work or had relationships fail — even just seeing Chiefs jerseys can trigger bad memories.

A tuberculosis outbreak that started in Wyandotte County, Kansas, has grown to be one of the largest in the U.S. since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention started tracking the illness in the 1950s. We'll discuss the disease, what we know about this outbreak's origins, and who's at risk.

As the Chiefs push for their third straight Super Bowl title, NPR member stations KCUR in Kansas City and WHYY in Philadelphia both believe our team has what it takes to bring home the Lombardi Trophy. And now, there's barbecue on the line.

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, now an international star thanks to Taylor Swift, will once again be in the spotlight on Super Bowl Sunday. Plus: KCUR and its NPR sister station in Philadelphia have our own bet on the big game — find out what's at stake.

Parkinson's disease is known for the tremors that it causes, but about half of patients experiencing the disease also experience hallucinations and delusions.

Fewer Kansas Citians are dying of drug overdoses for the first time in over a decade. A local public health worker and a community paramedic joined KCUR's Up To Date to explain what’s contributed to the turnaround and what needs to happen to keep this trend going.

Southwest Kansas communities are feeling the effects of intensifying anti-immigrant rhetoric in politics. Promises of mass deportations have caused anxiety to spike throughout the region, where immigrants make up a large part of the population.

Humans spend one-third of their life sleeping, yet the purpose and function behind this regular state of unconsciousness remains a biological mystery. Sleep researcher Giorgio Gilestro is trying to understand some basic questions about it: like what sleep exactly is, and why it’s even necessary.