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The Senate confirmed ex-Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital, after President Trump withdrew his controversial first pick, conservative activist Ed Martin Jr.

The population of the United States has officially reached 300 million. According to government calculations, America reached the milestone at 7:46 a.m. ET on Tuesday. The United States is only the third country in the world to reach 300 million people.

After some hikes, a granola bar or apple is all you need to recharge. But some treks call for a proper picnic — food you can sit and linger over, savoring the meal along with the summit view. These sturdy, well-seasoned dishes go the distance.

The Chicks and Pink brought plenty of star power of their own.

These photos chronicle the catastrophic scale of destruction from wildfires in Southern California that started on Jan. 7., as firefighters make gains toward containment.

Pakistan's Supreme Court has reinstated Pakistan's top judge, ruling that his suspension by Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the nation's president and military ruler, was "illegal." Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry's March suspension sparked protests by lawyers and opposition parties.

Ending an era at the Internet's biggest search company, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page end their leadership roles. Sundar Pichai will become CEO of Google and its parent, Alphabet.

2012 Kansas County Health Rankings (Image Courtesy of Kansas Health Institute)Once again, Riley County has the healthiest residents in Kansas, and southeast Kansas continues to lag behind most of the rest of the state. Kansas Public Radio’s Bryan Thompson has more on the new County Health Rankings released today (TUE) by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa74ab50000

Here's a look at area headlines from the Associated Press, as compiled by KPR news staffers.

Thirteen of the nation's leading scholars on the Kansas and Missouri "Border Wars" in the late 19th century will be meeting today (THUR) and tomorrow (FRI) at the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas. KU history professor Jonathan Earle is one of the conference organizers. He says that analyzing what happened in the Bleeding Kansas era is now challenging traditional ways of thinking about the U-S Civil War. The conference brings together scholars who have rarely interacted outside the pages of scholarly journals. The papers being discussed at the conference will be part of a public presentation on the Civil War in November at the Kansas City Public Library.