State and Region

Records: Kansas deputy charged with murder knelt on inmate for 1 minute and 26 seconds

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A white Kansas sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the death of a Black jail inmate shoved his knee into the cuffed man’s back for one minute and 26 seconds after he was wheeled back to his cell from the infirmary, newly released court records show. Richard ...

U.S. government on brink of first shutdown in almost 7 years amid partisan standoff; deadline is 12:01 a.m.

Updated at 8:31 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30 Washington — Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown today for the first time in almost seven years. After the vote, the White House’s Office of Management and ...

Sierra Club report calls out Kansas utility Evergy for failing to meet climate goals

TOPEKA — Big utility companies nationwide lost ground this year in their plans to meet minimum climate targets, and Kansas’ Evergy received an F for a “multi-year backslide” from renewable investments, a Sierra Club report said. Evergy received 9 points out of 100 this year, dropping ...