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The unemployment rate in Kansas was 4.4 percent in September.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KNPR listener Calvin Siemer of Henderson, Nev., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

The three-day music festival had its first run in Washington, D.C., over the weekend and featured Anderson .Paak; Ozuna; Raveena; Tyler, the Creator; J Balvin; Denzel Curry; Omar Apollo and many more.

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Q: In 1908, this western Kansas town moved three miles down the road to a new location. The town moved in an attempt to avoid paying back city bonds that had become due. Today, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 34-year-old man is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of three people in Kansas City. Jackson County (Missouri) prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced the charges Wednesday against Brandon Howell. He also faces charges of first-degree assault, burglary, car theft and felon in possession of a firearm for critically injuring two others. Police also said Howell assaulted three people at a north-side motel. Howell is being held in the Jackson County jail. Kansas court records show he was paroled in 2011 after a conviction for a home invasion in Johnson County, Kansas. Baker said 88-year-old Alice Hurst, 63-year-old son Darrel Hurst and 69-year-old Susan Choucroun were killed during an attempted car theft. An SUV that went missing from the scene of the shootings was found near the motel.The Platte County prosecutor on Wednesday also charged Howell with burglary, three counts of assault and other offenses. Investigators said Howell punched three guests Tuesday afternoon at a Motel 6 in a section of northern Kansas City that lies in Platte County. Howell was arrested shortly before midnight Tuesday in northern Kansas City. Police said two of the motel guests identified Howell from a lineup.

Cori Wegener (KORR-ee WEGG-uh-nur) has an unusual background: not only does she have an art history degree from the University of Kansas, she's a (now-retired) Major in the U.S. Army Reserve. She was called to active duty following the 2003 looting of the Iraq National Museum and worked to preserve and recover cultural artifacts from the region...a mission she continued following the 2010 Haiti earthquake. She is now a Preservation Specialist for Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution, working with museum staff in countries dealing with military and terrorist conflict and the destruction of cultural heritage. KPR's Laura Lorson asked Wegener about the challenges art historians face in deciding how to preserve cultural treasures in an active war zone. Cori Wegener is this year's recipient of the Franklin D. Murphy Distinguished Alumni Award at the University of Kansas. Her lecture "From Berlin to Baghdad: When Art Historians Go to War" takes place tomorrow (THUR) night from 5:30 to 6:30 at the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium. Admission is free.

A man from Topeka was arrested in connection to the attack on the U.S. Capitol last month.

Learning about climate change? Here's a comic for kids about what it is and how it's affecting the planet — as explained by kids who are experiencing it. And find out how to print this comic at home!

Insurance plans that carry higher premiums may be a bargain for consumers with costly health conditions. Lower out-of-pocket costs for some patients can offset the higher price of the coverage over the long haul.