LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time. The federal penitentiary housed gangsters Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly — in a building so storied that it inspired the term "the big ...
Ahead of President Trump's unprecedented military parade in Washington, D.C., protesters on Saturday will gather at a Lawrence park — and around the nation — to speak out against authoritarianism and civil rights abuses. The protest, dubbed "No Kings," will be from 1 to 3 p.m. at Watson ...
TOPEKA — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday's modern Flag Day. In Betsy Ross' day, flags marked ships and told soldiers where they should move in ...
Thousands of Kansans could lose health insurance if Congress moves forward with cuts to Medicaid, the health insurance program for low income and disabled people. Updated projections from Manatt Health estimate 13,000 Kansans would lose Medicaid coverage and the state could lose up to $3.77 ...
TOPEKA — State troopers are on standby in Kansas as demonstrations against federal immigration raids crop up around the country following an increased military presence in response to protests in Los Angeles. The Kansas Highway Patrol is aware of Kansas City-area protests this week, said ...
The Trump administration must restore hundreds of millions of dollars in AmeriCorps grant funding and thousands of service workers in about two dozen states, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman granted a temporary block on the agency’s cancellation of ...