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Polling location in Kentucky Township, Jefferson County (Photo by Laura Lorson)More registered Republicans in Kansas voted for someone other than Pat Roberts for the U.S. Senate... but the long-time politician still won his primary election Tuesday night. It was a close call for Senator Roberts, but ultimately... he claimed victory by fighting-off his main challenger, the tea party-backed Milton Wolf. Roberts beat the Leawood radiologist - but only by seven percentage points.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7cfba0000Roberts finished the race with just 48 percent of the vote. The other 52 percent was split among his three Republican challengers, with Wolf capturing 41 percent of the vote. Roberts will now face two more challengers in the fall: Democrat Chad Taylor and independent candidate Greg Orman. Taylor, the Shawnee County District Attorney, advanced in the Democratic primary. And Orman, the independent candidate, has been gaining more name recoginition with a heavy advertising campaign.

In Landman, filmmaker Taylor Sheridan turns his attention to the dangerous and very masculine oil industry. TV critic Eric Deggans says the series often portrays women as caricatures.

The 40th MTV Video Music Awards celebrated today’s biggest stars and songs, as well as iconic moments from its own history. Here are some of the night's best moments and biggest winners.

This week Spain's northeast region voted in favor of independence. But the results weren't recognized by the Spanish government. The situation reminds poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips of a favorite book.

Blacks and whites in America both widely approve of interracial marriage, according to a recent Gallup Poll. And in practice, all racial and ethnic groups are marrying each other more than ever. Still, it hasn't been that long since most Americans strongly opposed such marriages.

The annual butterfly migration is underway. For decades scientists have relied on volunteers to tag butterflies to provide details about their journey.

Brandon Taylor's The Late Americans is a sexually-explicit, cynical novel about young people striving. Such Kindness, by Andre Dubus III, grapples with injury, addiction, masculinity and loneliness.

The Shawnee County district attorney says his office is losing staff to competing prosecutors' offices.

Philip Gefter's Cocktails with George and Martha traces the evolution of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — from Broadway sensation, to Oscar-winning film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

A new book details the life and times of a Pulitzer Prize winning author Willa Cather, who wrote novels about life on the Great Plains. KPR Commentator Rex Buchanan reviews the book Chasing Bright Medusas, by Benjamin Taylor.