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Distrust between the parties is high a year after the violent insurrection. And it has affected how the institution operates.

Caleb Williams was taken No. 1 by the Chicago Bears in Thursday's NFL Draft. Williams, who played quarterback at Southern California and Oklahoma, faced challenges at a young age.

State laws on abortion keep changing – with new bans taking effect in some places while new protections are enacted in others. And abortion will be on the ballot in at least four states.

The federal grant funding traditionally goes out by July 1. It includes support for migrant education, after-school programs and English language learners.

The pop star's early catalog was acquired in 2019 and sold again in 2020, igniting a years-long saga in which Swift set out to re-record new versions of the albums to compete with the originals.

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.

In 1995, the Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia took a shoestring DIY approach to recording their debut album, Mystic Stylez. Their example led to a flourishing independent hip-hop scene.

Journeys — near and far, into the past and even into near space — are the subject of the novels, memoirs and narrative histories that make up critic Maureen Corrigan's summer reading list.

A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for northeast, east-central and northern Kansas, while a Blizzard Warning remains in effect for northwest Kansas... the Chamber of Commerce says lowering taxes is the top concern among business leaders... the Chiefs fall to the Raiders... and KU plays UNLV in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. This ad-free summary of area headlines has been prepared by KPR news staffers. Generally published weekdays by 10 am, these headlines are updated through 7 pm.

This week brings mystery writer P.D. James' homage to Jane Austen, a comic novel from Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel, a mountain climbing disaster story from Jim Davidson and Kevin Vaughan, and Mimi Alford's tale of her affair with President John F. Kennedy.