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Here are the headlines for our area, as compiled by KPR news staffers. And here are a few safety reminders: Wash your hands. Stay at home. If you must venture out for essential goods and services, keep a distance of at least six feet between yourself and others. And if you are able, please donate blood. We will get through this.

Kansas brought in nearly a billion dollars in tax revenue in June...results of an audit examining county election security policies in Kansas have been released to the public...and a loud noise in Downtown Lawrence on Wednesday was the result of a bad idea involving fireworks and a storm drain. Details on these stories and more can be found here.

Kansas Senator Jerry Moran is sponsoring legislation to expand the definition of Rural Emergency Hospitals, which could aid struggling health centers in Kansas... a recent study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows rural populations around the country are on the rise after a decade of declines... and Topeka police are investigating the theft of blue and white ‘pro-Israel’ lights from outside the Kansas Attorney General’s Office. Click here for an ad-free summary of area news headlines, as prepared by KPR news staffers. These headlines are made possible by KPR listener-members. Become one today!

In fiction, Adam Johnson offers a view of life in North Korea under Kim Jong Il. In nonfiction, Ronald Kessler looks into the FBI's tactical operations teams, and Peter D. Ward explores the likely impact of our rapidly melting ice caps.

Here's the latest news from Associated Press.

Jealousy. Power struggles. Political infighting. This week's shake-up of Putin's top commanders in charge of Russia's invasion in Ukraine have it all, according to some security experts.

Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh served just over a year as director of the NSA, the spy agency that collects cyber intelligence worldwide. He's the latest of several senior officers fired by Trump.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called the American operation an "outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation" of the United Nations Charter and international law.

A letter from two House Democrats presses Rubio for details about who approved an effort to try to use hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money on armored electric vehicles from Tesla.

Democrats continue to grapple with serious questions about President Biden's future as the party's nominee for president.