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Washington Post columnist and tech journalist Taylor Lorenz chronicles the history of the internet in her new book, Extremely Online.

Historian Alex Kershaw's latest book focuses on an American doctor and his family who worked with the French Resistance from their apartment just down Avenue Foch from the Paris SS headquarters.

Jami Attenberg's new novel is based on a real woman, Mazie Phillips Gordon, who took tickets at a grimy New York City movie house and cared for decades' worth of the down-and-outs who came her way.

Gin Phillips' new novel — which follows a young mother trying to keep her child safe during a mass shooting at a zoo — explores the way violence can be a safe abstraction for kids, or cruelly real.

At a ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq's Cabinet ministers are officially sworn in, but holes remain. Key posts reserved for representatives of Iraq's Sunni Arab community have still not been filled amid continued wrangling between the Sunnis and leaders of the Shiite majority.

When the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl last year, close to 1 million flooded the streets of downtown for a victory parade and rally. To celebrate their second win in a row, this Wednesday's event could bring even more — especially if Taylor Swift shows up.

(Photo via sxc.hu)A Kansas House committee is considering legislation that would take away the ability of local governments to restrict openly carrying firearms. Currently, some local governments have laws on the books that don't allow guns to be openly carried in public. Allan Rothlisberg, a Republican from Grandview Plaza, says the Second Amendment protects the practice.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7bdac0000But representatives of some communities say restricting open carry is legally permissible, and they want to keep it that way. Mike Taylor represents the Wyandotte County and Kansas City Unified Government.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa7bdac0001The committee is scheduled to vote on the bill tomorrow (FRI).

After President Biden called out "junk fees" in his State of the Union address, ticket vendors said they were willing to do more to disclose hidden fees. Live Nation is the latest to join.

Shawnee Co. DA Considers Senate RunTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas prosecutor says he's considering a run for the U.S. Senate next year as a Democrat. Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor confirmed yesterday (FRI) to The Associated Press that he plans to form a committee to explore a bid for the seat held by veteran Republican Pat Roberts. Roberts has held the Senate seat since 1997.==========Court Rules That Airgun Not FirearmLAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A panel of the Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled that an air rifle is not a firearm as defined by the state's criminal laws. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the court ruled yesterday (FRI) in the 2011 case of a man accused of pointing an air rifle at two people and threatening to shoot them.==========Kiowa Co. War Memorial to be DedicatedMULLINVILLE, Kan. (AP) — A new memorial commemorating Kiowa County's military veterans dating back to the Civil War is scheduled to be dedicated today. The Hutchinson News reports crews have placed six large engraved granite markers containing the names of about 1,800 military veterans from the county on the new memorial in Mullinville, a town of about 250 residents located about 120 miles west of Wichita.==========Ark. Woman Charged in Pickup Truck Death of Kansas ManFORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — A Fort Smith, Arkansas woman has been charged with negligent homicide in the death of a Kansas man who was struck by the woman's pickup truck. Authorities say 51-year-old Vicki Lee Fielding was making a left-hand turn in the pickup shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday when she struck and killed 20-year-old Nathanael DeJarnett of Wellington, Kansas.

The case dates back to a presidential primary debate to 2016 and Sen. Marco Rubio's mocking of candidate Donald Trump as having "small hands."