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Supreme Court rejects self-defense claims in slaying of U.S. Army soldier in Manhattan

TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court unanimously affirmed first-degree murder and attempted murder convictions Friday of a former U.S. Army soldier who admitted shooting a fellow soldier to death outside a Manhattan bar but argued the jury should have been allowed to consider his claim of ...

Family of man who died after Wyandotte deputy knelt on him file wrongful death lawsuit

Relatives of a jail inmate who died after a Kansas sheriff's deputy shoved his knee into the cuffed man's back for one minute and 26 seconds as he repeatedly yelled "Help!" have filed a federal lawsuit. Attorneys for the family of Charles Adair renewed their demand Friday that video of what ...