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‘This is not India’: Viral Popeyes video sparks debate after Kansas man confronts employee for calling wife ‘beautiful’

July 10, 2025 6:12 pm

The situation quickly escalates, with the man repeatedly asking the employee, “Why would you say that?”

Kansas’ top court bolsters a state right to abortion and strikes down 2 anti-abortion laws

July 06, 2024 12:09 am

The Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights, projected last month that about 20,000 abortions were performed in Kansas in 2023 or 152% more than in 2020.

Keystone pipeline shut after 14,000-barrel oil spill in Kansas

December 09, 2022 11:33 am

It is the third spill of several thousand barrels of crude on the pipeline since it first opened in 2010.

Support for abortion rights in the state is heartening — obstacles for women are formidable, not insurmountable

August 06, 2022 7:52 am

The Kansas poll is the first electoral test for reproductive rights in the US since SCOTUS ruled that abortion was not a protected right under the US constitution and that the issue had to be “returned to the people’s representatives”.

Kansas first state to vote on abortion since Roe’s demise

August 03, 2022 11:58 am

The referendum on the proposed anti-abortion amendment to the Kansas Constitution is being closely watched as a barometer of liberal and moderate voters' anger over the June ruling overturning the nationwide right to abortion.

Suspected tornado rips through Kansas, causes severe damage

April 30, 2022 5:57 pm

Andover Fire Chief Chad Russell said that while it was not immediately known how many buildings had been damaged, more than 900 structures were in the suspected tornado's path.

UK coronavirus variant has arrived in Kansas

February 04, 2021 12:00 pm

The Kansas health department said officials are conducting an investigation to determine how the patient contracted the virus and whether other people were exposed.

Chicago flights halted; plane slides off Kansas City taxiway

January 18, 2020 12:17 pm

A winter weather advisory was issued for the Chicago area through early Saturday, with 2 to 5 inches of snow expected.

Girlfriend of Kansas man who wounded two lawmen enters plea

October 27, 2019 11:44 am

The girlfriend of a Kansas man who fatally shot his father and wounded two Kansas law enforcement officers before killing himself has pleaded no contest to charges related to the case.

Four killed, five injured in overnight shooting at Kansas bar

October 06, 2019 7:50 pm

Authorities do not know if there is more than one shooter. The motive for the shooting is also unknown.

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