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May is Asthma Awareness Month, an annual effort aimed at improving the lives of people with asthma and educating the broader community about it. It is also a time when people with asthma can experience more symptoms or flareups because of increased triggers in their environment. These triggers may include excess pollen in the air, grass, pollution, other airborne irritants and even temperature changes.

Do you fully understand what your doctor tells you during a checkup? If you don’t, you’re not alone. A recent UnitedHealthcare study found that two out of three people don’t understand all their doctor’s instructions, diagnoses and recommendations.

Kansas Reflector A Wichita man with severe developmental delays and mental health issues faces 21 months in jail after he threatened to kill President Joe Biden. The U.S.

■ Districts contracting with Pennsylvania company qualify for state matching funds Firearm detection software company ZeroEyes hired lobbyists in Kansas and more than a dozen other states this year to improve prospects of cornering the market on multimillion-dollar school district security contracts by inserting restrictions in legislation to undermine the ability of rival venders to bid. In Kansas, the gambit may work.

■ Governor says bipartisan bill too costly, risks throwing state into financial turmoil Gov. Laura Kelly said there was “absolutely no way” to avoid vetoing the $2.3 billion tax reduction bill approved with bipartisan majorities in the Kansas Legislature, arguing the cumulative year-to-year result of a half-billion-dollar drop in revenue would crack the state’s financial foundation.

(TNS) BALTIMORE — Salvage crews have been preparing explosive charges that will be used in a controlled demolition of the section of the Key Bridge that landed atop the Dali container ship, officials said Thursday, which will allow the vessel to eventually return to the Port of Baltimore.

(TNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone against President Joe Biden after the U.S. withheld a shipment of bombs as a warning to its top Middle East ally not to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

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The Esther Lowrey Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) are bringing the DAR’s traveling Revolutionary War exhibit to the Independence Historical Museum and Art Center. The exhibit, which allows viewers to experience the Revolutionary War through the stories of the Patriots that lived it, will be open May 18-25 during regular business hours. The cost for entry is free for museum members and $5 for non-members.