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As floodwaters swelled around Washington, threatening low-lying communities along rivers, Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a statewide emergency declaration on Wednesday. Ferguson said he’d also seek an expedited emergency declaration from the federal government in response to the flooding, which is the result of an atmospheric river that has dumped multiple inches of rain in parts […]

A pending ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the 1965 Voting Rights Act could trigger the Florida Legislature to conduct a mid-decade congressional redistricting effort, but it won’t require them to do so. That was the opinion of Tallahassee election attorney Andy Bardos, who spoke Wednesday before a Florida House select committee charged with […]

TOPEKA — The Kansas attorney general is dropping his federal lawsuit that targeted health care for immigrants across the U.S. Kris Kobach announced Wednesday he voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit, but health care for certain immigrants was stripped away more than three months ago when President Donald Trump rescinded the Biden-era rule that offered health care […]

Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried took a victory lap Wednesday, fresh off seeing Miami voters elect former Miami-Dade County commissioner Eileen Higgins as mayor, the first time a registered Democrat has taken the seat in decades. Higgins defeated former Miami City Manager Emilio González Tuesday by more than 18 percentage points, 59%-41%. That race […]

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TOPEKA — A roving patrol of federal agents chased Julio Rojas through the Olathe streets in August and, after capturing him, put a knee on his neck while they wrapped him in chains. Like most of the people detained as part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation blitz, Rojas had no criminal record. The federal […]

Is the ceasefire in Gaza going to hold? In an interview, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty expresses cautious optimism. Hamas must be disarmed, he says, and the West must do more for reconstruction.

TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate’s first piece of proposed legislation for 2026 seeks to honor Charlie Kirk. The Republican resolution proposes establishing “Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day” on Oct. 14, the late right-wing political activist’s birthday. Kirk was shot and killed in September while speaking at a Utah college campus. The Senate’s resolution is rooted […]

The media regulator Ofcom said AVS Group Ltd had started age checks on some of its porn websites.

McDonald's said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI".

As has been widely speculated, Monday brought news that the Trump administration will provide several billion dollars in bailouts to farmers, with an emphasis on corn and soybean growers. Only a small portion may go to Kansas wheat farmers. Predictably, political dances followed the announcement, with various farm groups issuing statements supporting release of this […]

BBC Sport explores Mohamed Salah's personality with help from the people who know him best.