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Outside groups have spent nearly $1 billion to boost Republican Senate candidates. Almost 90%, in fact, of pro-GOP TV ads are paid for by outside groups, compared to 55% for Democrats.

By the middle of 2020, the Queens Football League had six teams: the Cats, Ravens, Blue Jays, Valkyries, Black Scorpions and Wolverines. Then the pandemic ground everything to a halt.

Here's a look at today's AP headlines for our area.

A law firm received $1.6 million in taxpayer money to investigate officials at the U.S. Agency for Global Media. An inspector general has concluded that was a "gross waste" of federal resources.

Here's the latest Kansas and regional news from the Associated Press, compiled by KPR staff.

A study of 101 of the nation’s top academic medical centers lists the University of Kansas Hospital as number two in the country in patient safety and quality of care. K-U Hospital president and CEO Bob Page says the rankings by the University Healthsytem Consortium are based on six measures established by the Institute of Medicine.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa747e20000Page says the importance of the ranking is that it indicates that patient care at the K-U Hospital rivals that provided anywhere in the country. The K-U Hospital ranked number two once before, in 2009, and has been in the top five in three of the last five years.

An effort to repeal a law that gives illegal immigrants a tuition break has passed the House, but may face a challenge in the Senate. The bill would repeal a 2004 Kansas law that allows some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at Kansas colleges and universities. Senate Majority Leader Jay Emler, a Lindsborg Republican, says it hasn’t been the top issue for many senators.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa790db0000Emler says a projected budget deficit has been his top issue. For more on the debate over the immigrant tuition law, tune in later this hour.

This week on Film Music Friday, we're hearing that spooky-sounding electronic instrument the Theremin, and its use in movies. We'll hear music from Spellbound, The Lost Weekend, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Rocketship X-M, Ghostbusters, First Man and more.

This week on The Retro Cocktail Hour, we'll hear Buddy Collette's Swinging Shepherds, Mr. Bongo live at the Garden of Allah in Hollywood and the Watusi Trumpets of Claus Ogerman. Also, the new exotic sounds of Mark Riddle and Exotik-a-Go-Go.