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An internal document from Immigration and Customs Enforcement concludes it would be "impossible" for it to enforce the Laken Riley Act without significantly more resources.

A German national under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 18 years ago was freed from prison Wednesday after serving a sentence in an unrelated case, police said.

A semi-trailer full of cattle overturned in west Topeka early this (MON) morning, and the situation initially looked bad. But officials are happy with the outcome. The 39 head of cattle were successfully off-loaded onto other trailers without injury. According to fire department spokesman Greg Bailey, the driver was able to walk away from the crash. 00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa79f370000Bailey says the semi was part of a convoy headed from Texas to Nebraska when the driver mistakenly took the wrong exit off Interstate 470. The semi struck a median and overturned at around 3:30 this (MON) morning, shutting down a portion of Wanamaker Road for almost six hours. A hazmat crew from Olathe was called to clean up about 100 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled onto the road.

There's nothing wrong with vegetarianism. But is being meat-free really better for humans and the Earth? Some new textbooks say yes. Our commentator and biology professor says we should take these textbooks with a grain of salt. Listen to his argument on the merits of meat.

Tuesday's verdict comes as CVS, Walgreens and Walmart face thousands of lawsuits filed by communities across the U.S. The companies say they did nothing wrong dispensing huge quantities of opioids.

A staff member at the Securities and Exchange Commission has complained to Congress that thousands of investigative documents have been destroyed by the agency, including some relating to huge investment banks. But an SEC spokesman says there's nothing wrong with how it handled internal records.

A sign outside the polling place for the re-vote. (Photo by Stephen Koranda)Some voters in Topeka cast ballots for the second time in the primary election. A mix-up on Election Day at one Topeka polling place meant some voters received the wrong ballots, so they got a do-over. KPR’s Stephen Koranda visited the polling place and has this report.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7b34d0000 More than 400 people originally cast ballots at the polling place with the mix-up, so they were eligible to re-vote. By noon, around 100 had shown up and cast a new ballot. Kit Pittier (PUH-teer) says she remembered the special election that morning.“And then I realized it was the re-vote today, and at first I thought there’s no way, I have a meeting after work, there’s no way I can make it out here.”Pittier (PUH-teer) was able to find some time in her day to stop in and cast a new ballot.“I just feel like it’s my duty. And since it got messed up – it’s a little irritating that it got messed up – but I feel like I want my vote to get counted.”The original mix-up on Election Day was caused by a poll worker who wasn’t following her training and made a mistake. Shawnee County Election Commissioner Elizabeth Ensley Deiter (DYE-ter) says her office has instituted new training policies and other changes to help prevent that type of problem in the future.

President Biden told Democratic lawmakers and donors in no uncertain terms that he's not ending his reelection bid after he faltered in the debate — and that they needed to stop talking about it.

Mario Livio's new book profiles five brilliant scientists and thinkers who, despite their seminal contributions to our understanding of the world, were also wrong about some big questions. Commentator Adam Frank says Livio's engaging work highlights how the collective process that is science always gets it right in the end.

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