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Elementary teacher in Turner School District wins $25,000 Milken Education Award for exceptional commitment to students in Kansas City, Kansas.

The Florida House held its first committee meeting on the contentious issue of an unprecedented mid-decade congressional redistricting effort on Thursday. It lasted less than 25 minutes and featured no public comment. Rep. Mike Redondo, R-Miami, chairman of the Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting, explained to a packed hearing room that the meeting would focus […]

Wichita State University officials sound a warning about future budget cuts and staff layoffs, a message relevant to other public universities in Kansas.

The health secretary says the aim is to tackle a rising demand for services and pressure on the NHS.

TOPEKA — The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is expected to cost Kansas at least $150 million as provisions cutting health care programs go into effect, Gov. Laura Kelly said in an interview with Kansas Reflector. She said state agencies are studying implications of the law, and while guidance from the federal government has been […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday proposed an artificial intelligence “bill of rights” to stymie unfettered AI growth, crack down on sexual AI chatbots, and restrict AI data centers in Florida. Hinted at for months, these legislative proposals come in sharp contrast to pro-tech push marking President Donald Trump’s second term in office. Trump — allied […]

Almost four decades after the first HIV treatment, is there finally a ‘functional’ cure?

Record number of patients in hospital in England with flu for this time of year, figures show.

England's chief medical officer says doctors do not appreciate risk of heart attack and stroke, as flu cases rise.

University of Florida Board of Trustees Chair Mori Hosseini said Thursday that interim President Donald Landry plans to apply for the permanent position. Hosseini, during a board meeting Thursday in Gainesville, said UF will formally launch the search Friday. Landry came from Columbia University to serve as interim president after former interim President Kent Fuchs’ […]

TOPEKA — A Kansas accountant stole $400,000 from his family, transferred it to a fake ranch, then used the funds to pay for construction of his new home. Quintin Flanagin was a certified public accountant in northwestern Kansas, and his family members were clients at his firm. In January 2022, Flanagin added Middle Finger Ranch […]

Two Florida migrant detention centers may have violated international standards by imposing conditions that could amount to torture of detainees, a human rights organization claimed in a report released early Thursday morning.  Amnesty International, a humanitarian group spanning 150 countries, alleged in 48-pages that the federal Krome North Services Processing Center and — to a […]