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Gov. Laura Kelly signs 4-piece crime bill

TOPEKA — Gov. Laura Kelly put a signature to a bundled law enforcement bill Friday elevating consequences for conviction of buying sexual relations, misuse of a laser pointer and crimes of vehicle and gift-card theft. The legislation was a holdover from the 2025 legislative session that ...

Jury awards $8.3M to family of teen who died at intake center

Jurors have awarded $8.3 million to the family of a Kansas foster teen who died in 2021 after he was held facedown for 39 minutes in a juvenile intake center while in the throes of a mental health crisis. Five juvenile officers in Sedgwick County either used excessive force on Cedric ...

Police arrest protesters at Minneapolis federal building

MINNEAPOLIS — Several dozen protesters were arrested Saturday outside a federal building in Minneapolis, breaking up a protest marking the one-month anniversary of a Minnesota woman's death at the hands of an immigration officer. Renee Good was killed on Jan. 7 as she was driving away from ...

Appeals court affirms Trump policy of jailing immigrants without bond

President Donald Trump's administration can continue to detain immigrants without bond, marking a major legal victory for the federal immigration agenda and countering a slew of recent lower court decisions across the country that argued the practice is illegal. A panel of judges on the 5th ...