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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Johnny Russell scored twice to extend his goals streak to eight games and Sporting Kansas City beat the LA Galaxy 2-0 on Wednesday night to move into first place in the Western Conference. Kansas City (17-7-7) has 58 points, tied with Seattle atop the conference, and has won six of

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Daniel Jones isn’t worrying whether running back Saquon Barkley or wide receivers Kenny Golladay, Kadarius Toney or Sterling Shepard are going to the lineup for the New York Giants’  game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Jones has spent most of the season playing quarterback

Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas state Rep. Russ Jennings has died. House Speaker Ron Ryckman Jr. on Wednesday announced that sixty-six-year-old Jennings, a Lakin Republican, died from cancer on Wednesday morning. Ryckman said he learned of the death from Jennings’ family. Jennings was elected to the Legislature in 2012. He served as chairman

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Federal officials say progress on a national bio-defense lab in Manhattan is being delayed. Officials said earlier this year the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility would be substantially completed this month. Federal officials now say the construction is expected to finish next spring, with the laboratory commissioned in the summer. The

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal prosecutors allege eight people connected to an organization based in Kansas City, Kansas, forced children to work without pay and abused them for years. An indictment unsealed on Tuesday charges the organization, formerly known as the United Nation of Islam, with conspiracy to commit forced labor and forced labor.

By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — The attorney for a Black man who was run over by a Kansas deputy in an encounter caught on dashcam video says he was shocked to learn the deputy is now employed as a master sergeant at the Hutchinson prison while under criminal investigation. Lionel

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A cash management company is asking a federal court to return nearly $166,000 in proceeds seized in Kansas from sales at Missouri medical marijuana stores. The Dickinson County, Kansas, sheriff’s office seized the money in May as it was being driven through Kansas to Colorado. Medical marijuana is legal in Missouri

MILAN, Ill. (AP) — Police say a vehicle struck and killed a United Auto Workers member as he was walking to a picket line outside a John Deere plant in Illinois. Milan, Illinois, Police Chief Shawn Johnson said the man was struck Wednesday morning near a road that leads to the John Deere Parts Distribution

DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police in southwestern Kansas say five family members are fighting for their lives after being sickened by carbon monoxide. Police were called Monday to a home in Dodge City, where they encountered thick vehicle exhaust and found five men unconscious and critically ill. Police say all five were quickly removed

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have placed safety Jabrill Peppers on injured reserve with a rupture to the ACL and a high ankle sprain. Peppers was hurt in the third quarter in the Giants’ 25-3 victory over the Carolina Panthers. He is the third of the Giants’ team captains to suffer

SEDGWICK COUNTY, Kan. (AP) — The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department says a woman has died and two juveniles are critically injured after the truck the woman was driving struck a train near Maize. KWCH-TV reports that the sheriff’s office said the juveniles were passengers in the truck that collided with the train Tuesday afternoon. The

By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer It’s the year of the all-purpose running back in the Big 12. The conference has players occupying seven of the top 26 spots on the NCAA’s all-purpose yards chart. That’s three more than the next closest conference. Only one Big 12 player ranked in the top 40 each

GLEN ELDER, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a suspect in a kidnapping died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a long standoff. The KBI says a 78-year-old man contacted Mitchell County authorities on Saturday to report he had been kidnapped at gunpoint and held for 26 hours by an acquaintance, 59-year-old

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ top court is wrestling with deciding whether the state constitution allows people to keep getting quick judicial decisions in lawsuits against COVID-19 restrictions. The state Supreme Court heard arguments from attorneys Tuesday on a law requiring district courts to rule within 10 days when someone

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The owners of Kansas City’s professional women’s soccer team plan to build a $70 million stadium for the team. Owners of Kansas City NWSL announced Tuesday the 11,000-seat stadium is expected to open in 2024 at a site along the Missouri River near the downtown. The stadium will be the

DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Highway Patrol says an 8-year-old boy has died after the all-terrain vehicle he was driving in a southwestern Kansas field crashed. The patrol says the crash happened around 7 p.m. Monday in Ford County. Investigators say the ATV flipped, killing 8-year-old Nicholas Williams, of Offerle, Kansas. Officials say

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, are investigating after finding two people shot — one fatally — in the city’s Quindaro Bluffs neighborhood. Police say in a news release that the shooting was reported around 10:30 p.m. Monday. Arriving officers found two people with gunshot wounds, including one who died at

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top lawyer has filed suit against the Biden administration seeking to restore a Trump-era ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics that was reversed earlier this month. The action by Republican Attorney Dave Yost was joined by 11 other states. It says new

By JOHN HANNA and ANDY TSUBASA FIELD Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A first-year Kansas lawmaker has been banned from a state agency’s offices over what it called disruptive and intimidating behavior. The ban came eight months after Democratic state Rep. Aaron Coleman of Kansas City received a written warning from a legislative committee

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita Republican who once was one of the Kansas Legislature’s most powerful lawmakers has pleaded no contest to driving under the influence and reckless driving. Former Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop appeared in a Topeka court Monday to formally accept a deal with prosecutors