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March 2023 took us places: from scary Spain in Resident Evil 4 to Tchia's colorful archipelago, to the Diablo IV beta's grim Sanctuary.

Lacking connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General.

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The state seizes a Mexican restaurant chain for unpaid taxes... Lawrence schools could lose out on federal funding... and an iconic pig statue is stolen from a Topeka BBQ joint. These stories and more can be found inside this commercial-free summary of KPR news headlines. Thanks for supporting our efforts to bring news to the people of Kansas.

Adele and Don Hall outside the Nelson-Atkins Museum. (Photo by Mark McDonald)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Adele Hall, wife of Hallmark Cards Chairman Donald J. Hall, has died. She was 81. Hallmark Cards spokesman Steve Doyal said Monday that Adele Hall collapsed and died unexpectedly Saturday at the family's home in Hawaii. The Kansas City-based greeting cards company says Hall had been married to her husband for nearly 60 years. She was active in numerous organizations and held leadership positions on several boards, including the United Negro College Fund, the Points of Light Foundation and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Hall was also the first woman president of the Heart of America United Way and was a board chairman of Children's Mercy Hospital and the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. She was Kansas Citian of the Year in 1990, the first woman to hold the title.

Q: This community claims to have the only ROUND “town square” in all of Kansas. Can you name it?Blue Rapids' town square is actually a circle. (Photo by Tom Parker) ...

The special counsel's office has proposed that a federal judge set Jan. 2, 2024 as the start of former President Donald Trump's trial on charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The truck had been packed with at least 160 migrants when it crashed into a support for a pedestrian bridge in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

In two letters, Alito said it was his wife’s decision to fly two politically contentious flags, adding that neither he nor his wife was aware of the modern political connotations associated with the flags.

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