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Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will pay $50,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by a former state Highway Patrol employee who claimed to have been fired for coming out as transgender. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature unanimously approved the settlement Thursday. The officials didn’t discuss the settlement,

Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa on Thursday proposed an alternative program to address child hunger during next year’s summer break, a plan that the state says can leverage existing community-driven infrastructure and prioritize nutrition, but critics say takes resources and agency away from low-income families. Iowa and other states opted out of

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Greg Kihn, a rock and roll musician best known for his ’80s hit songs “Jeopardy,” and “The Breakup Song” has died. His management team said in a statement that Kihn died of Alzheimer’s disease on Tuesday. He was 75. Kihn, as part of the Greg Kihn band, had his first hit

Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Watchdogs are raising new concerns about legacy contamination in Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic bomb and home to a renewed effort to manufacture key components for nuclear weapons. A Northern Arizona University professor emeritus who analyzed samples taken along a popular hiking and biking trail in Acid

Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Now that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is Vice President Kamala Harris ‘ running mate, his drunken driving arrest from 1995 in Nebraska — long before he entered politics — is getting renewed scrutiny. Walz was a 31-year-old teacher when he was stopped the night of Sept. 23, 1995, near Chadron,

Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A tribal leader and conservationists urged state officials to reject plans to relocate part of an aging northern Wisconsin pipeline, warning that the threat of a catastrophic spill would still exist along the new route. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sued in 2019 to force Enbridge

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Mexican drug lord who was arrested in the U.S. last month could be headed to trial in New York City. Prosecutors filed a request Thursday to move Ismael Zambada from Texas. He is known as “El Mayo” and a top leader and co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel. He

Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s secretary of state says more than 3,200 voters in the state may not be U.S. citizens. Wes Allen’s office said in a statement Thursday that it had cross-referenced a list of noncitizen identification numbers provided by the Department of Homeland Security with local voter registration data. Fear that

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Four days before the Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago, the platform the party’s delegates are poised to approve there names the wrong candidate for president. Democrats released a draft proposal of their 2024 party platform on July 13, eight days before President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid. Vice

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As students return to colleges across the United States, administrators are bracing for a resurgence in activism against the war in Gaza, and some schools are adopting rules to limit the kind of protests that swept campuses last spring. While the summer break provided a respite in student demonstrations

Associated Press KOCHO, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s Yazidi community leaders have announced plans for an internationally funded project to build an entire new village to house displaced survivors of one of the bloodiest massacres committed by Islamic State militants against their religious minority. Thursday’s announcement came as Yazidis gathered in the village of Kocho in

Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two Alaska State Troopers accused of pepper-spraying, beating, stunning and using a police dog on a man in a case of mistaken identity have been charged with misdemeanor assault. Charging documents said the troopers — canine handler Jason Woodruff and Sgt. Joseph Miller — thought they were dealing with

AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on high food and housing prices as her campaign previews an economic policy speech Friday in North Carolina, promising to push for a federal ban on price gouging on groceries and laying out plans to cut other costs as she looks

Protests against the war in Gaza have put intense pressure on U.S. college leaders, who are charged with bridging bitter campus divides while balancing free speech rights with concern for safety on campus. On Tuesday, the president of Columbia University, Minouche Shafik, became the latest to resign under pressure for the handling of protests. Like