Updated at 4:15 p.m. Sunday TOPEKA — Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98. His wife, ...

TOPEKA — The Kansas congressional delegation diverged slightly from party-line politics when voting on the latest stopgap bill, which provides funding to federal agencies through mid-February and buys time for negotiations on a spending measure to cover the rest of the fiscal ...

GENEVA — The World Health Organization warned Monday that the global risk from the omicron variant is "very high" based on the early evidence, saying the mutated coronavirus could lead to surges with "severe consequences." The assessment from the U.N. health agency, contained in a technical ...

Updated at 2:27 p.m. Monday JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement. The ...

Updated at 2:18 p.m. Monday BRUSSELS — The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world Friday as nations raced to halt air travel, markets fell sharply and scientists held emergency meetings to weigh the exact risks, which were largely unknown. A World ...

NEW YORK — Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift to the unofficial start of the holiday season that was suspended during the pandemic. To limit crowds in stores, retailers last year were forced to turn what had become a weekend shopping blitz ...