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Kansas delegation renews push for Kelsey Smith Act to aid search for missing people

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The Kansas congressional delegation renewed the bipartisan campaign to convince Congress to imposed at the federal level a law requiring wireless communication companies to promptly share cellular telephone data with law enforcement officers searching for people at risk of physical harm.
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Parkland gunman cannot rely on system failures in fight for his life, judge rules

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The judge in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting case will not allow the defense to raise failures by the school district, law enforcement or mental health providers to argue against the death penalty, a ruling some legal experts said will guarantee an appeal if the jury sends the defendant to death row.
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Flu season is here: What you need to know

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(BPT) - After more than 18 months of taking precautions to help stop the spread of COVID-19, the world is slowly reopening - families and friends are reuniting, workers are heading back into the office and children are going back into school. But as the world continues to gradually make progress in fighting COVID-19, it’s important to remember another public health threat lurking - the flu.
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Kansas-based sect physically, mentally exploited children to operate business empire

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Five men and three women indicted for allegedly coercing minors to work without compensation were inspired by a leader who claimed to have attained god-like status after traveling with angels through the galaxy and who twisted the Islamic faith to support a business empire in Kansas and other states.
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All the Doo Dah day…

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One of the highlights (at least for the adults) of the Neewollah festivities is the chance to let their hair down (sometimes literally, sometimes not) and let their freak flags fly in the annual Doo Dah Parade held every Thursday during the Neewollah festival. But it has not always been a thing. The Grand Parade
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Kansas students four times as likely to get COVID-19 at schools without mask requirement

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Kansas public schools without a mask mandate report COVID-19 illnesses at more than four times the rate of schools where a face covering is required. The numbers of cases traced to COVID-19 outbreaks at schools were included in an update Wednesday from a panel of medical professionals and administrators responsible for providing guidance to school districts and parents.
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Facebook changes name to Meta in embrace of virtual reality

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The name change is the most definitive signal so far of the company’s intention to stake its future on a new computing platform — the metaverse, an idea born in the imaginations of sci-fi novelists. In Meta’s vision, people will congregate and communicate by entering virtual environments, whether they’re talking with colleagues in a boardroom or hanging out with friends in far-flung corners of the world.
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U.S & WORLD Briefly

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NEARLY 5 PERCENT OF UNVACCINATED ADULTS QUIT THEIR JOB DUE TO OPPOSITION OVER VACCINE MANDATES As more workplaces initiate a vaccine mandate policy for employees, nearly 5% of unvaccinated workers have decided to quit their jobs in protest, a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation said. The survey also found that one-quarter of workers said that their employer has a mandate vaccination, a sharp rise from the 19% who said the same answer in September.