Delta Air Lines soared to a record quarterly profit of more than $1.8 billion as summer vacationers packed planes, especially to international destinations, and the airline enjoyed a tailwind from falling fuel prices. The results…

Teen charged with killing grandfather PARSONS — A rural Cherryvale teenager has been charged with first-degree murder for shooting and killing his grandfather on July 5. Trenton Scott Anderson, 14, had a detention hearing on…

Richard A. Chase, age 91, of Iola, passed away Monday, July 10, 2023.  A memorial celebration of life will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4, at First Presbyterian Church in Iola. A graveside service…

Former Iolan Robert Byron Anderson, 93, of Bentonville, Ark., died June 25, 2023.  He was born June 18, 1930, the son of Barney Anderson and Veda Mae Bidwell Anderson. He is survived by his wife…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eyedrops. The Food and Drug Administration said…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet: the dramatic close-up of dozens of stars at the moment of birth. NASA…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators botched the drafting of a new law aimed at preventing transgender people from changing how their sex is listed on their driver’s licenses, a state agency’s lawyer argued in…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A coordinated series of roadway bomb blasts in western Mexico that officials said were a trap organized by a drug cartel killed six police officers and prosecutors’ agents, the latest example…

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray defended the “real FBI” during a contentious congressional hearing Wednesday, dismissing a litany of grievances from Republicans who are harshly critical of the bureau, threatening to defund some…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Republican-led Legislature passed a bill banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy during a marathon special session Tuesday that continued late into the night. Gov. Kim Reynolds…