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Chinese balloon soars across US; Blinken scraps Beijing trip

Aside from the government response, fuzzy videos dotted social media as people with binoculars and telephoto lenses tried to find the “spy balloon” in the sky as it headed southeastward over Kansas and Missouri at 60,000 feet.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kansas commits $304M to chip plant to lure federal funds

Kansas plans to give $304 million in taxpayer-funded incentives to a semiconductor company in its largest city to build a huge new factory

The Independent UK

How does someone steal $700,000 from a senator’s campaign in the midst of an election?

WASHINGTON — Two weeks after Sen. Jerry Moran won his third term representing Kansas in the U.S. Senate, his campaign treasurer Timothy Gottschalk called the Republic County Sheriff’s Office and asked an officer to come to his office.

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Study Reveals Impact Of hyper-Palatable Foods

Findings from experts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of Kansas may offer more precise instructions regarding the food you place on your plate if reducing weight was one of your 2023 resolutions. Read full story on Dynamite News:

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'School choice' is culture-war focus for Kansas lawmakers

Top Republican legislators in Kansas are focusing on helping conservative parents remove their children from public schools over what’s taught about gender and sexuality

The Independent UK

Kansas State vs Kansas Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Kansas State vs Kansas preview, prediction, and breakdown for the college basketball game on Tuesday, January 31

USA Today Sports Media Group

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley bet BBQ the Chiefs would win. But he picked a Kansas spot

With the Chiefs about to play in the AFC Championship game Sunday, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley followed tradition by betting a colleague some Kansas City barbecue that his team would win.

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Brittany Mahomes Is Not Happy With Cincinnati Mayor’s Proclamation

Aftab Pureval's proclamation did not go over well in Kansas City.

Sports Illustrated

Gov. Kelly says fentanyl tests strips will “save lives.” Will Kansas lawmakers listen?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s call to legalize fentanyl test strips during the State of the State address this week is reigniting a contentious fight after a previous effort to approve the strips collapsed over opposition from Kansas Senate Republicans.

Tribune News Service

Abortion ban, other proposals likely to fail in Kansas. Why are lawmakers still pushing them?

Despite a broad acknowledgment their efforts will go nowhere, some conservative Kansas lawmakers are pushing to ban abortion or put the issue back on the ballot despite a landslide vote in favor of abortion rights last year.

Tribune News Service

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Editorial: Kansas politicians want to take abortion fight to the city and county level. Just stop

In Kansas, a woman’s right to reproductive freedom is enshrined in the state constitution. The issue should be settled — especially after voters preemptively and decisively smacked down lawmakers’ last overreach to gut abortion rights. Apparently, according to Kansas Republicans, it isn’t.

Tribune News Service

Man shot dead by his own DOG lounges on sofa with beloved pet who later killed him

Joseph Smith, 30, from Kansas, US, was killed in a tragic accident on Saturday morning after his pet dog stepped on a rifle in the backseat of his jeep

Daily Mirror

Kansas man shot dead after his dog stepped on a rifle

In a cruel twist of fate, a 30-year-old man was shot dead by his dog, with the victim being described as a ‘unique individual’

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Plumber shot and killed by friend’s dog on hunting trip is identified

The dog stepped on a rifle in the back of truck, shooting front seat passenger Joseph Smith in rural Kansas

Tribune News Service

Kansas Gov. Kelly warns against politics in classrooms, renews calls for medical marijuana

TOPEKA, Kansas — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly in her State of State address on Tuesday night warned the Republican-controlled Legislature that she would oppose “irresponsible tax proposals” and education measures that pit “parents against teachers,” even as the Democratic governor seeks GOP support for her agenda.

Daily Mirror

Man, 32, shot dead by own dog after leaving rifle on back seat of his car

A man from Wichita, Kansas, was found dead in his pick-up near Geuda Springs, north of the Oklahoma border. Police said he was killed after his dog stepped on his rifle, causing the weapon to discharge

Tribune News Service

His first fame came on a KC Jumbotron. His new mission began the night he was shot

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jimmy Faseler was already a little famous the night he almost died.

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Kansas will open 50th anniversary tour in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — Kansas will launch its 50th Anniversary Tour – Another Fork in the Road in Pittsburgh on June 2 at the Benedum Center in downtown.

The Independent UK

Kansas senator's reelection campaign scammed out of $690K

U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran's office says someone scammed the Kansas Republican's reelection campaign out of $690,000 by getting his accounting firm to wire the money to fraudulent bank accounts

Tribune News Service

What abortion in America looks like 50 years after Roe v. Wade

The Trust Women Wichita abortion clinic is busier than ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June. Its patient load has more than doubled, staff more than tripled and it went from offering abortions part-time to five days a week, most weeks.

The Independent UK

Kansas man convicted of threatening to kill congressman

A federal jury has convicted a Kansas man who admitted he threatened to kill a congressman

The Independent UK

Defendant: God issued threat to Kansas lawmaker through me

A man has told jurors in his federal criminal trial that a death threat he made against U.S. Rep. Jake LaTurner came from God

Ballotpedia

Redistricting litigation updates in five states

Welcome to the Thursday, January 19, Brew.

Los Angeles Times

'The Goonies' house will soon become a fan haven, thanks to a Kansas businessman

A dedicated fan of "The Goonies" is looking to bring new life to one of the film's essential locations nearly 40 years after the movie premiered in 1985.

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