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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ochai Agbaji followed a celebrating stream of Kansas players off the floor at the Final Four, their shouts of “One more!” echoing all the way up the tunnel of the Superdome and right to the door of their locker room. One more game awaits, the

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Villanova guard says he’s grateful for emotional support and encouragement he’s received from family, Villanova and even NBA star Kevin Durant since his season ending injury last weekend. Moore tore his Achilles near the end of a regional final victory over Houston and spoke before

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Applebee’s has confirmed that an employee of a Missouri-based franchisee has been fired after sending an email speculating that high gas prices and the end of pandemic stimulus money would force employees to work longer hours for lower pay. Kevin Carrol, Applebee’s chief operations officer, said in a statement, that the

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An 18-year-old has been charged in the death of his 6-month-old daughter. Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay announced Friday that Tray’vonne Da’Mont Jones-McNeal has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Brielle Jones. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that he also faces an alternative count of reckless but unintentional

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Court records say a Kansas City, Missouri, man fatally shot a Kansas man who offered to give him a ride because it was raining. Twenty-eight-year-old Aaron Simmons Jr. was charged Friday with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of 32-year-old David Rowe. The Olathe, Kansas, man was shot

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican state legislators in Kansas have abandoned a proposal to end the three-day grace period the state gives voters who use mail ballots. Republican lawmakers are still pursuing efforts to restrict the use of ballot drop boxes in elections. The GOP’s latest plans emerged Friday

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas appears unlikely to join other states this year in banning transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s school sports. That’s partly because conservative state lawmakers want the ban to apply to elementary school students. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved a proposed ban early Saturday

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — North Carolina, Duke and Kansas are bona fide basketball bluebloods, the best of the best in the men’s college game. UCLA and Kentucky are no-doubters, too. But when the conversation turns to Villanova, which has the same number of championships as Kansas, a pleasant water-cooler

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative legislators in Kansas are close to passing a ban on transgender girls and women competing in female school sports, but don’t appear to have veto-proof margins. The measure was part of a broader agenda for conservatives, which also included responding to concerns about what’s

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative legislators in Kansas expect to pass a proposed ban on transgender girls and women competing in female school sports, but LGBTQ-rights activists believe the margins won’t be veto-proof. The measure was part of a broader agenda for conservatives as the GOP-controlled Legislature tried to

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The first open Final Four practices since 2019 had fans flocking to the Superdome to get a free and up-close view of coaches and players. Many were there to get a glimpse of Duke coach Mile Krzyzewski in the final days of his storied career.

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A powerful Kansas business group says it has received subpoenas from the state ethics commission for information about campaign finance activities. The disclosure Friday from the Kansas Chamber of Commerce came as Republican lawmakers pushed but then abruptly dropped a plan to oust the commission’s

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A powerful Kansas business group says it has received subpoenas from the state ethics commission for information about campaign finance activities. The disclosure Friday from the Kansas Chamber of Commerce came as Republican lawmakers moved to oust the commission’s top staffer. A chamber spokesperson said

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer This year’s Final Four includes quite a collection of big-name programs — but this hasn’t been a particularly dominant group this season. In fact, the top three teams in the current Pomeroy rankings — and five of the top six — are absent. That’s a change from last year,

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert says investigations into allegations of major violations against several high-profile men’s college basketball programs have taken “way too long.” The implicated programs include current men’s Final Four participant Kansas. Emmert did not specify what solutions to  speed the process are on

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The four blueblood programs that have descended upon the Superdome for the men’s Final Four all have the ability to recruit on a national scale. Their coaches are able to hop aboard a jet on a moment’s notice to sit in a living room or

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In one of his tried-and-true motivational speeches, Mike Krzyzewski outlined his four pillars of team building. They are: making everyone feel important, taking ownership, adaptability and doing things with feeling. Duke perfected the first three to help Coach K reach his 13th and most amazing

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — North Carolina’s Hubert Davis is relying on experience from his playing career and lessons from Hall of Fame mentors in a field of NCAA coaching giants surrounding him at this week’s men’s Final Four. Davis’ experience includes being a Tar Heels player in the Final

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is planning fewer updates of its data about COVID-19 now that Gov. Laura Kelly is formally declaring that the state is moving toward treating COVID-19 as a disease like the flu that spreads regularly and isn’t considered a pandemic. Kelly said Thursday that the state health department will continue to