The U.S. Labor Department told all 50 states on Wednesday that they need to get serious about fighting fraud and waste in unemployment insurance, or else they won't get more money for those programs from the federal government. It's the latest example of President Donald Trump 's ...
MIAMI (AP) — A disorganized cluster of storms that had been plaguing the Gulf Coast for days came together to form Tropical Storm Arthur on Wednesday — the first tropical cyclone of the season in the Atlantic basin. Flash flooding was the main threat from Arthur, a weak tropical storm ...
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — After decades waiting for justice, relatives of women murdered by New York's Gilgo Beach serial killer laid into him Wednesday before he was sentenced to life in prison. He told them: "I am responsible" for the crimes. "The words I would say would have no meaning," ...
A woman has filed a civil lawsuit against a Baldwin City yoga studio and a massage therapist who worked there, claiming that the massage therapist committed sex crimes against her and that the collective was negligent in hiring and supervising him. The civil suit comes on the heels of 11 ...
The Lawrence Public Library board approved a new community vision plan that its leader hopes can help the library be more flexible as it grows and add new amenities for residents. The library’s Board of Trustees voted Monday night to officially adopt the plan, which will serve as its master ...
Professors at the University of Kansas now have a definition to determine whether their classroom content is crossing into the territory of diversity, equity and inclusion-related content, which soon will face new scrutiny. Now, KU leaders are hoping the definition approved by the Kansas Board ...
