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JOHN HANNA

JOHN HANNA

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Political|US

Judges don't intervene after the Trump administration says it's stopped destroying USAID records

Federal judges in two separate lawsuits have refused to order the Trump administration not to destroy U.S. Agency for International Development records

Judges don't intervene after the Trump administration says it's stopped destroying USAID records
Political|US

Close calls at Washington DC airport raise questions about why changes weren't made before crash

The investigation into a January midair collision that killed 67 people near Washington, D

Close calls at Washington DC airport raise questions about why changes weren't made before crash
Political|US

Trump's move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man's heroics at 18 in World War I

Fort Benning’s name honored a Confederate general who supported slavery for more than a century

Trump's move to restore old Army base names highlights Nebraska man's heroics at 18 in World War I
Crime|Political|US

Attorneys are suing to keep 10 migrants out of Guantanamo Bay as others say they were abused there

Civil rights attorneys are suing the Trump administration to prevent it from transferring 10 migrants detained in the U.S. to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Attorneys are suing to keep 10 migrants out of Guantanamo Bay as others say they were abused there
Political|US

Republican lawmakers look for ways to weaken state judges

Measures in several state legislatures this year have called for new approaches to weaken the power of judges

Republican lawmakers look for ways to weaken state judges
Health|Political|US

Backlash leads Republican attorneys general to declare support for a landmark disability rights law

Republican state attorneys general have declared their continued support for a landmark civil rights law that protects disabled people’s rights

Backlash leads Republican attorneys general to declare support for a landmark disability rights law
Health|Political|US

Kansas bans gender-affirming care for minors after GOP lawmakers reverse the governor's veto

Kansas has become the latest state to ban gender-affirming care for minors

Kansas bans gender-affirming care for minors after GOP lawmakers reverse the governor's veto
Political|US

George has his day, and so does Abe. But states honor US presidents in lots of ways

U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents

George has his day, and so does Abe. But states honor US presidents in lots of ways
Political|Travel|US

The US stopped allowing passport gender marker changes. Here are some of the people affected

For transgender Americans, passports just became a lot more complicated

The US stopped allowing passport gender marker changes. Here are some of the people affected
Political|US

More GOP-led states seek to follow Trump's lead in defining male and female

Alabama and a small but growing number of other GOP-led states are pushing to enact more laws this year to legally define the two sexes based on observations of genitals at birth

More GOP-led states seek to follow Trump's lead in defining male and female
Business|Crime|Sports|Travel|US

A deadly flight out of Wichita has one of America's most historic aviation cities reeling

A deadly collision between a passenger airliner and an Army helicopter left Kansas’ largest city grieving

A deadly flight out of Wichita has one of America's most historic aviation cities reeling
Sports|US|World

Teen figure skaters and their coaches, group of hunters and students among victims of air crash

Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included athletes returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and their Russian coaches, a group of hunters coming home after a guided trip in Kansas and an Ohio college student headed back to campus after attending her grandfather's funeral

Teen figure skaters and their coaches, group of hunters and students among victims of air crash
Election|Political|US

Democrats' Minnesota House boycott echoes earlier walkouts in other states

Democrats in the Minnesota House who have boycotted daily sessions are using tactics that lawmakers elsewhere have tried dozens of times in seeking to thwart their opponents

Democrats' Minnesota House boycott echoes earlier walkouts in other states
Election|Health|Political|US

GOP-led states are emboldened to keep rolling back trans rights. Democrats struggle with a response

Republicans in statehouses are emboldened by GOP electoral successes to push a new wave of bills to restrict transgender rights and gender-affirming care

GOP-led states are emboldened to keep rolling back trans rights. Democrats struggle with a response
Americas|Crime|Political|US

Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents

President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison

Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted in killing of FBI agents
Health|Lifestyle|News|US

Kansas will no longer change trans people's birth certificates to reflect their gender identities

Kansas will no longer change transgender people’s birth certificates to reflect their gender identities

Kansas will no longer change trans people's birth certificates to reflect their gender identities
News|Opinion|US

A flamethrower and comments about book burning ignite a political firestorm in Missouri

A longshot Republican candidate for Missouri governor and his supporters describe his use of a flamethrower at a recent “Freedom Fest” event outside St. Louis as no big deal

A flamethrower and comments about book burning ignite a political firestorm in Missouri
Health|Lifestyle|News|Opinion|US

Nebraska is imposing a 7-day wait for trans youth to start gender-affirming medications

New regulations in Nebraska require trans youth seeking gender-affirming care to wait seven days to start puberty blocking medications or hormone treatments

Nebraska is imposing a 7-day wait for trans youth to start gender-affirming medications
Crime|News|US

Kansas police chief who led raid on small weekly newspaper has resigned, official says

The police chief who led an August raid on a small weekly newspaper in central Kansas has resigned, days after he was suspended from his post

Kansas police chief who led raid on small weekly newspaper has resigned, official says
Crime|News|US

Things to know about the resignation of a Kansas police chief who led a raid on a small newspaper

It took only a week for the central Kansas police chief who led an August raid on the local newspaper to go from looking like he had enough support at city hall to keep his job to resigning

Things to know about the resignation of a Kansas police chief who led a raid on a small newspaper
Crime|News|US

A homeless man is charged with capital murder and rape in the death of a 5-year-old Kansas girl

A homeless man has been charged with murder and rape in the killing of a 5-year-old girl in Topeka, Kansas

A homeless man is charged with capital murder and rape in the death of a 5-year-old Kansas girl
News|Technology

Kansas court system down nearly 2 weeks in 'security incident' that has hallmarks of ransomware

Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage that’s kept most of the state’s courts offline for two weeks a “security incident.”

Kansas court system down nearly 2 weeks in 'security incident' that has hallmarks of ransomware
Health|News|Political|US

Kansas can’t enforce new law on abortion pills or make patients wait 24 hours, judge rules

A Kansas judge has put a new state law on medication abortions on hold and blocked the state from enforcing older abortion restrictions

Kansas can’t enforce new law on abortion pills or make patients wait 24 hours, judge rules
News|Political|US

Kansas unveiled a new blue and gold license plate. People hated it and now it's back to square one

The governor of Kansas is bowing to criticism of a new state license plate and halting production of a design that many people consider ugly and dull

Kansas unveiled a new blue and gold license plate. People hated it and now it's back to square one
Health|News|Political|US

A push to expand Medicaid has Kansas governor embracing politics and cutting against her brand

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is more aggressive and openly political in pushing to expand Medicaid in Kansas as the Republican-controlled Legislature prepares to open its annual session

A push to expand Medicaid has Kansas governor embracing politics and cutting against her brand

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