MILAN — An American tourist was killed by a lightning strike on Sicily’s Mount Etna while hiking Europe’s largest volcano following a period of intense activity, Italian firefighters said Monday. The 29-year-old man from Kansas was rescued by helicopter after being struck Sunday evening ...
Never doubt the level of curiosity among University of Kansas researchers. Sometimes they are interested in finding out what happened in a time period as small as a few millionths of a second. If they happen to be the first few millionths of a second in the creation of our universe, even ...
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is suing the Kansas Lottery for operating machines and selling lottery tickets on its reservation without its permission. The lawsuit alleges the action violates the nation's sovereignty, the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and the nation’s own gaming ...
TOPEKA — Kansas cases of a gastrointestinal illness typically caused by an organism on produce rose to 615 as of Wednesday, up about 150 cases from the week before, according to a state infectious disease dashboard. Cyclosporiasis cases nationally rose to more than 6,300 and two deaths ...
It’s a warm summer evening in Wichita, and cars packed with families line up for tickets to the Starlite Drive-In Theater. “Moana,” “Supergirl” and “Toy Story 5” are showing on the theater’s twin screens. Anna McLaughlin drove the hour from Burns to visit the Starlite with her ...
For a dairy cow, the perfect day would consist of lying down for 16 hours chewing cud. At least that’s what dairy farmer Kyler Ohlde near Linn prefers to see when scanning his herd. But the summer heat has been intense recently, driving temperatures up to 110 degrees in parts of Kansas. ...