By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — New figures from the Kansas Legislature’s research staff show that shifts in population left legislators in four urban areas with too many people in their districts and lawmakers from most rural areas with too few. The numbers released this week showed that 22 of 40
Continue Reading WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Eight of the 10 largest cities in Kansas grew in population over the past decade and now are home to nearly half of the state’s residents. New census figures show that 1.34 million of the state’s 2.9 million residents live in the 10 largest cities, or nearly 46%. That’s up about
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By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Health officials in Alabama say they are seeing a spike in cases among young adults and children as the highly contagious delta variant sweeps through unvaccinated populations. Christina Tidmore urged people to consider getting vaccinated after losing her husband to COVID-19. Her 36-year-old spouse was young
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By Chloe Melas, CNN It’s a concert to mark the resilience of a city. Some of music’s biggest names will descend on the Great Lawn at New York City’s iconic Central Park for the “We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert” on Saturday to perform for a vaccinated crowd of 60,000. The concert is meant to
Continue Reading By JULIE PACE and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s job approval rating has ticked down and Americans are taking a notably less positive view of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey shows Biden’s
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By Rob Picheta and Chris Liakos, CNN Greece has finished building a 40-kilometer (25-mile) wall along its border with Turkey, amid concerns in parts of Europe that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan could cause an influx of people seeking asylum. Greek government ministers toured the fence on Friday and said the overthrow of Afghanistan’s government
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LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool has marked its first game in front of a capacity crowd at Anfield in nearly 18 months by beating Burnley 2-0 as goals by Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane earned their team a second straight win to open the season. Jota scored the first goal in Liverpool’s 3-0 victory at
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By John Sinnott, CNN Cristiano Ronaldo has “never wanted to leave Juventus,” according to the club’s coach Massimiliano Allegri. Ronaldo, who has 12 months remaining on his Juve contract, has been the subject of much recent transfer speculation with Spanish TV show El Chiringuito suggesting a return to Real Madrid could happen. There was also
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN I’ve spent the last week listening to people talk about fall TV during the summer edition of the Television Critics Association virtual press tour, my sun-averse skin is dreaming of whatever “winter” means in Los Angeles and today, my campaign to get “Blursday” officially recognized as a day of the week
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — People are protesting in the streets of Dutch cities to call for an end to the government’s ban on large music festivals. Thousands of people attended one of the “Unmute Us” marches in Amsterdam, walking and dancing behind a convoy of trucks carrying DJs and sound systems
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By MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — People are protesting in the streets of Dutch cities to call for an end to the government’s ban on large music festivals. Thousands of people attended one of the “Unmute Us” marches in Amsterdam, walking and dancing behind a convoy of trucks carrying DJs and sound systems
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Movistar cycling team says Alejandro Valverde has undergone surgery on his collarbone that he broke during a crash that knocked him out of the Spanish Vuelta. The 41-year-old Valverde crashed on a descent during Friday’s seventh stage of the Grand Tour. He fell hard on his right shoulder before sliding off the
Continue Reading By GILLIAN FLACCUS, JANIE HAR and SARA CLINE Associated Press ALSEA, Ore. (AP) — Across the U.S., some public officials and other community leaders are trying to help people come up with ways to get exempted from having to wear masks or get vaccinated against COVID-19. They’re offering exemption letters and other strategies for skirting
Continue Reading By GILLIAN FLACCUS, JANIE HAR and SARA CLINE Associated Press ALSEA, Ore. (AP) — Across the U.S., some public officials and other community leaders are trying to help people come up with ways to get exempted from having to wear masks or get vaccinated against COVID-19. They’re offering exemption letters and other strategies for skirting
Continue Reading By JO KEARNEY and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The last week has been a frantic mix of fear and frustration for people in west London with family members trying to get out of Afghanistan. Many are seeking information from an organization established to support Afghan and Central Asian refugees the same year
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By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business For a moment in late spring and early summer, it seemed that restaurant operators were starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The Covid-19 vaccines were publicly available, and more Americans were getting the shot. States and cities eased their pandemic restrictions, including mask mandates and
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By Tierney Sneed and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito put a brief hold on a lower court decision requiring the revival of a controversial Trump-era policy that forced migrants to stay in Mexico until their US immigration court dates. The temporary move will allow time for the Supreme Court to review the
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN Country music singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall died Friday at his home in Franklin, Tennessee, at the age of 85, according to his son. “Our family asks for privacy during this difficult time,” Dean Hall said in a tweet, Hall, who was born in Olive Hill, Kentucky, was inducted into the Country
Continue Reading By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — After the success that Democrats in Georgia had in 2020, the Deep South battleground is working with other Southern states to help expand Democrats’ national footprint. It’s the latest example of the ripple effect that voting rights activist Stacey Abrams has had on Democrats as she decides
Continue Reading By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A weakening Henri is now a tropical depression and is churning eastward over New England and back toward the Atlantic Ocean. Its center came ashore in Rhode Island on Sunday. People there and in other parts of the Northeast are mopping up even as rain potential
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