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One of the world's most treasured foods comes from an unlikely source — a sturgeon farm on a kibbutz in northern Israel. The prized sturgeon eggs — or osetra caviar, if you must — fetches a hefty price and has a top-chef following.

(Photo Credit: The Associated Press)TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Lightning strikes that rolled through northeast Kansas early Wednesday caused power outages throughout the region. KVOE reports that Newman Regional Health Center in Emporia is operating on generator power after lightning took out power about 1 am Wednesday. Westar says outages were reduced to 297 customers in Lyon County by 6:45 a.m. Wednesday. Another lightning strike hit a Westar Energy transformer in Topeka, briefly knocking out power to about 1,200 customers. That number was reduced to 50 by 6:45 a.m. Westar was reporting 2,352 outages in the state by 6:45 a.m., with 1,581 in Douglas County.

Commerce Department employees who were fired, reinstated, and fired again learned belatedly that their health insurance has been cut off. Some had already racked up thousands in medical bills.

Terry Branstad served more than 22 non-consecutive years as governor of Iowa, helping shift the state's politics to the right. Now he heads to China to steward a delicate diplomatic relationship.

Trump commands the spotlight once again as he ditches a Fox News debate. The other cable news networks — which don't have broadcasting rights to the debate — will probably air the Trump event instead.

All over the country, a rise in crime is influencing messaging behind political runs. In Atlanta, Kasim Reed, a former two-term mayor, is running again saying that he can lower the city's crime rate.

Stephen K. Bannon, the new Trump campaign chief, is the third top Trump adviser who's landed in hot water during this campaign.

An effort to shorten the time voters have to return mail ballots has failed in the Kansas Senate after additional measures were added to the bill.... The man accused of a shooting and killing an Independence, Missouri officer and a Jackson County civil process server last week was released from an area hospital and booked into jail…and, Kansas City is preparing to host both the Big 12 men’s and women’s tournaments at T-Mobile Center for the first time starting Thursday night. These stories, and more, are available here.

The Chiefs (10-3) moved into a first-place tie with Oakland (10-3) in the AFC West but Kansas City holds the tiebreaker with two wins over its longtime division rival.