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A celebration of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory turned deadly in downtown Kansas City, leaving one woman dead and 22 others injured, including nine children. Details inside, along with other news headlines.

After Fox News projected Joe Biden would beat Donald Trump in the key state of Arizona, network stars turned on their own journalists, documents made public in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit show.

The Lawrence school board votes to close two elementary schools... the state's highest court hears oral arguments in two abortion-related cases... and a new study says the rate of firearm deaths in Kansas is 24% higher than the national average, not because of homicides but because Kansans die by firearm suicides at a higher rate. Those stories and more... here.

State lawmakers take up a bill about the use of artificial intelligence in political ads... Kansas tax collections come in under expectations for a fourth month in a row... a transgender woman sues the Kansas Department of Corrections... and the Kansas City Royals pick up the tab for admissions to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in February. Details on these stories and more, inside.

Prosecutors charge a former southwest bank CEO with embezzling tens of millions of dollars... lots of Super Bowl bets are being made at state-owned casinos but Kansas stands to collect very little revenue... the attorney general calls out Kansas school districts for their policies on transgender students... and state lawmakers will get a 93% pay hike next year. Those headlines and more, inside.

The allegations in the multibillion-dollar case sound familiar: A voting-tech company accuses Fox News of defamation for false claims it broadcast about rigged votes in the 2020 presidential election.

Jesse Watters, who has worked, smirked, and opined for Fox his entire professional career, takes the reins on Monday of Fox News' 8 p.m. weekday show, permanently replacing fired star Tucker Carlson.

Vance lamented the country being run by "a bunch of childless cat ladies," including Vice President Harris. The trope has dogged women since the Middle Ages.

Kansas approves bill to end gender-affirming surgery and medical treatments for minors... lawmakers pass a measure designed to help parents opt their children out of school lessons with LGBTQ-themed materials... charges have been filed in Kansas City, Kansas, in connection with a shootout that wounded three police officers... and Kansas gets an official state land fossil. Those stories and more... here.

These area headlines are curated by KPR news staffers, including J. Schafer, Laura Lorson, Kaye McIntyre, and Tom Parkinson. Our headlines are generally posted by 10 am weekdays, 11 am weekends. This news summary is made possible by KPR listener-members. Become one today!