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Kansas lawmakers hold back bill on potty training requirement

TOPEKA — A Kansas bill that would have required kindergarteners to be potty trained before starting school stalled in committee. House Education Committee chairwoman Rep. Susan Estes, a Republican from Wichita, declined to bring the bill up for debate Wednesday. She said she wanted to give ...

Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for discounted drugs

NEW YORK — The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a time when health care and the cost of living are growing concerns for Americans. "You're going to save a fortune," President ...

Families of plane crash victims ask court to revive criminal case against Boeing

Thirty-one families that lost relatives in two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to revive a criminal case against the aircraft manufacturer. Paul Cassell, a lawyer for the families, urged a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of ...

Census Bureau plans citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Census Bureau plans to use a survey form with a citizenship question as part of its practice test of the 2030 census, raising questions about whether the Trump administration might try to make a significant change to the once-a-decade headcount that failed during the ...

Sheriff hopes Guthrie’s missing mother is ‘still out there’ but has no suspects

TUCSON, Ariz. — Investigators have no proof that the missing mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie is still alive but are holding out hope she's "still out there," a sheriff in Arizona said Thursday. Five days into the desperate search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, authorities have ...