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...KU Health System Urges Parents to Vaccinate Kids KANSAS CITY, Kan.... ...KU Health System infectious disease specialist Dr.... ...Missouri Governor Signs Ban on Transgender Health Care, School Sports Many medical organizations, including the American Medical Association, have... ...youth," said Shira Berkowitz, of the state's LGBTQ+ advocacy group PROMO....

kansaspublicradio.org —  2+ day ago

...Reuben Wilson, organist who helped usher in soul jazz, has died at 88 Few are the folks who could cast a literal shadow over the iconic Hammond... ...But Reuben Wilson -- who died on May 26 at the age of 88 -- was one such organist.... ..."Reuben Wilson helped usher in what we now call Soul Jazz," says Pete Fallico, founder of the Jazz Organ Fellowship Hall of Fame, an organization... ...Wilson's death was confirmed by his son, Reuben Reuel Wilson....

kansaspublicradio.org —  1+ day, 41+ min ago

...Doug Burgum announces presidential bid North Dakota Gov.... ...Ahead of an announcement event in Fargo, N.D., the two-term governor called for a new type of leadership. "We need a change in the White House.... ...Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.... ...He previously founded Great Plains Software, a technology company that Microsoft bought more than two decades ago for $1.1 billion in stock....

kansaspublicradio.org —  1+ day ago

...is gone, ousted by the corporate patron who wooed him to the network, Warner Bros.... ...Chris Licht ousted at CNN after a year of crisis Updated June 7, 2023 at 11:06 AM ET Chris Licht came into the top spot at CNN pronouncing he had... ...most important investor, the conservative media magnate John Malone.... ...Discovery chief David Zaslav....

kansaspublicradio.org —  1+ day, 54+ min ago

...I-670 Reopens Following Deadly Shooting KANSAS CITY, Mo.... ...(WDAF) -- Kansas City police say all roads have reopened following a deadly shooting on I-670 this (WED) morning.... ...Another Day, Another Air Quality Alert for Kansas City KANSAS CITY, Mo.... ...Lawrence Police Chief: Every Home Should Have Narcan LAWRENCE, Kan....

kansaspublicradio.org —  22+ hour, 24+ min ago

...Some of the worst air quality was recorded in the Great Lakes region and in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and the Washington, D.C., metro area... ...the East Coast and further inland woke up to a cloud of hazy air Wednesday morning, after smoke from rampant wildfires in Canada floated south across... ...Peter DeCarlo, an associate professor of environmental health and engineering at Johns Hopkins University, told NPR that weather conditions in the... ...The Federal Aviation Administration issued a full ground stop at New York's LaGuardia Airport early Wednesday afternoon, citing low visibility....

kansaspublicradio.org —  23+ hour, 13+ min ago

...Trump's former White House chief of staff testifies before a grand jury Updated June 7, 2023 at 8:25 PM ET Mark Meadows, President Donald Trump's... ...former White House chief of staff, recently testified before a grand jury weighing the handling of classified documents once Trump left office and... ...Taylor Budowich, a former aide to former President Trump who now leads the Super PAC, MAGA Inc., testified before a grand jury in Miami on Wednesday... ...Meadows has maintained a commitment to tell the truth where he has a legal obligation to do so," George Terwilliger, Meadows" attorney previously...

kansaspublicradio.org —  3+ day ago

...America was divided over the Civil Rights Movement and the war in Vietnam.... ...Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Robert Kennedy was making his own run for the White House.... ...Amid the chaos, teenage busboy Juan Romero comforted Kennedy, who was sprawled out on the floor.... ...Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson -- one of Kennedy's friends who worked on his campaign -- wrestled the gunman to the ground and tried to disarm...

kansaspublicradio.org —  1+ day, 55+ min ago

...Hammett, James M.... ...Megan Abbott is a superstar of the suspense genre who's generated a host of bestsellers like The Turnout and Dare Me, which was made into a series... ...Cain and Chester Himes.... ...of Michigan's Upper Peninsula....