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Hillary Clinton tried to rally important Democratic delegates to her side at the party's summer meeting in Minneapolis. But, as she looks increasingly vulnerable, rivals are pressing their own cases.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station was among the Ukrainian structures damaged by a barrage of Russian missiles on Wednesday. Though power has been restored, the threat of nuclear meltdown remains.

Geert Wilders, who has made a name for himself through his anti-Islam and anti-European Union rhetoric, appears to be in the lead in the Netherlands' election with the most parliamentary seats.

A list ranking the nation's best hospitals for patient care includes six Kansas facilities. KPR's Stephen Koranda has more on what puts these hospitals near the top of the list.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa799d70000

After decades of success, director Martin Scorsese has his first Oscar. His film The Departed also won Best Picture. Among actors, Forest Whitaker was honored for playing Idi Amin in The Last King of Scotland, Helen Mirren for The Queen.

The chair of the Kansas Democratic Party is urging the state's congressional delegation to extend a payroll tax cut. Last year, the amount that workers pay into Social Security was cut from six-point-two to four-point-two percent of their wages. Democratic Party Chair Joan Wagnon says allowing the tax cut to expire would amount to a one-billion dollar tax increase on Kansas workers. 00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa79f9e0000Some opponents of extending the tax reduction say it will make Social Security’s long-term funding problems worse.

There are no surprises among the top seeds in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. But the larger field, as always, contains some unexpected dancers. Renee Montagne talks to sports commentator John Feinstein about the NCAA Tournament's present, and past.

Lawrence Memorial Hospital has been named one of the top 100 hospitals in the U.S. by a health care information company. According to an article in today's (FRI) Lawrence Journal-World, a company called Truven Health Analytics released its Top 100 Hospitals list in the most recent edition of Modern Healthcare magazine. LMH is the only hospital in Kansas or Missouri to make the prestigious list. LMH was compared against nearly 3,000 hospitals around the nation.

The All Songs Considered host had his mind blown by Rosalía's LUX and his heart broken by Patrick Watson's uh oh, and was taken for a wild ride by Geese.

The chair of the Kansas Democratic Party is urging lawmakers to reconsider cuts to education spending. To help fill a 500 million dollar budget hole, lawmakers are considering cuts of around 230 dollars per student in state funding. KPR’s Stephen Koranda has more.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa796d50000