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It's not that records are being broken monthly but they are being "shattered by very substantial margins over the past 13 months," a climate scientist said.
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Water experts are warning that farmers and ranchers in western Kansas must stop pumping so much water out of the Ogallala Aquifer. The warning is setting up a big and messy fight in the Kansas Legislature this year.
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Best. Comeback. Ever. Sounds pretty good next to Rock Chalk, Jayhawk. Kansas erased a 16-point deficit to defeat North Carolina Monday night and win its fourth NCAA championship title. It was the greatest comeback in NCAA title game history.
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The Kansas Jayhawks rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit to win the NCAA National Championship with a 72-69 victory over the North Carolina Tar Hells.
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The top seeded Kansas Jayhawks will take on the #8 Tar Heels in Monday night's NCAA championship game.
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The University of Kansas men's basketball team defeated Villanova Saturday to advance to the NCAA's national championship game Monday in New Orleans.
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A woman who once lived in Kansas has been arrested after federal prosecutors charged her with joining the Islamic State group and leading an all-female battalion of AK-47 wielding militants.
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Kansas City Quarterback Patrick Mahomes found Travis Kelce in the corner of the end zone early in overtime, and the Chiefs rallied to beat the Buffalo Bills 42-36 on Sunday night in a dramatic finish to a wild divisional-round weekend.
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Doctors in Kansas have a simple message for those who are feeling ill: Get tested.
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Here's the latest Kansas and regional news from the Associated Press, compiled by KPR staff.