Health officials estimate that as many as 1,500 children in Kansas City and hundreds more in nearby Kansas counties have lead poisoning from paint in older homes. In Kansas City, the situation persists despite decades of efforts to clean up ...
Read More »GOP lawmakers to mull several changes in Kansas Constitution
Republican legislators who want to limit the courts’ power to force changes in how Kansas funds its public schools could revive several long-standing proposals for revising the state constitution. Lawmakers convene June 23 for a special session called by Gov. ...
Read More »High Court won’t hear dispute over birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a group of American Samoans who say the United States should grant full citizenship to people born in the U.S. territory. The justices on Monday let stand a lower court ruling that said ...
Read More »Ruling on concealed weapons keeps applications on hold
Thousands of California gun owners hoping to legally carry concealed weapons for personal protection were dealt a setback when a federal appeals court upheld a state law requiring applicants to show a good reason beyond simple safety. The 9th U.S. ...
Read More »Attorney: US using ‘untested legal theory’ against scientist
The attorney for a nuclear engineer accused of helping a Chinese energy company build reactors with U.S. technology says the government’s case involves “novel and untested legal theories.” The claim comes in documents filed Wednesday in federal court in Knoxville ...
Read More »US takes key step in ceding control of internet addresses
The U.S. government is taking a key step in relinquishing control of the internet’s addressing system, fulfilling a promise made in the 1990s. The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration said Thursday that it endorses a March proposal to ...
Read More »DIVIDED AMERICA: Evangelicals feel alienated, anxious
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story is part of Divided America, AP’s ongoing exploration of the economic, social and political divisions in American society. Pastor Richie Clendenen stepped away from the pulpit, microphone in hand. He walked the aisles of the Christian ...
Read More »Republicans defend display of Confederate imagery in Capitol
House Republican leaders have blocked a Democratic congressman from Mississippi from offering legislation to ban Confederate imagery from the House side of the Capitol complex. Rep. Bennie Thompson had sought the opportunity to ban display of the Mississippi state flag ...
Read More »Federal judge bars Alabama from blocking gay marriage
A federal judge is permanently barring Alabama from enforcing state laws to block gay marriage. U.S. District Judge Callie Granade of Mobile issued the order Tuesday in litigation that followed the U.S. Supreme Court decision that effectively legalized same-sex weddings nationwide. ...
Read More »Supreme Court says judges can recall discharged juries
The Supreme Court said Thursday that judges may — in rare circumstances — call a jury back to the courtroom after it has delivered a verdict and been dismissed. The justices ruled 6-2 in a case involving a traffic accident in ...
Read More »Investigator: FDA still taking months to recall tainted food
Federal health officials failed to force a recall of peanut butter and almond products for three months after advanced DNA testing confirmed salmonella contamination, government investigators reported Thursday. Despite new legal powers to compel recalls and sophisticated technology to fingerprint ...
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