MOSCOW (AP) — One American and two Russian space crew members blasted off Friday aboard a Russian spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a mission to the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Loral…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Angry, frustrated and unable to lead a fractured and unruly Republican majority, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday told the colleagues threatening to oust him: Do it. The embattled Republican leader essentially…

It was like a scene from the cold war. Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, stepped off his luxurious bulletproof train this week having crossed into Russia’s Far East, to be greeted by a military…

Recently, we’ve received a couple of messages from readers extolling the promise of the supposedly centrist group No Labels. In theory, this is a group looking for solutions in the neglected middle of the ideological…

The public will get a first-hand look at how court rulings are appealed to a higher court Tuesday at the Bowlus Fine Arts Center. A three-judge panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals will hear…

The Bowlus Fine Arts Center kicks off its new season with a boisterous display of percussion, music, dancing and comedy. Buckets N Boards, a comedy percussion show that promises fresh and clean fun for the…

The newest COVID-19 vaccine doses are expected to arrive at the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department and other clinics in the next few weeks.  The FDA approved an updated mRNA vaccine to better protect against…

BOISE, Idaho — High-profile Idaho Republicans, including a former governor and lieutenant governor, have endorsed a proposed ballot initiative that would overhaul primary elections and install ranked-choice voting in the state. A coalition of advocacy…

NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute: For a history-making two months, a pig’s kidney worked normally inside the brain-dead man on the gurney rolling past…

Representative’s husband dies in plane crash WASHINGTON — Eugene Peltola Jr., the husband of Rep. Mary Peltola, died following a plane crash, the Alaska Democrat’s office announced Wednesday. Peltola is returning to Alaska to be…