South Carolina group to ask Supreme Court to rename landmark school desegregation case

SUMMERTON, S.C. (AP) — Civil rights leaders in South Carolina plan to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to rename the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision that outlawed segregation of public schools across the country. Over the next three months, a group representing past...

Target on the defensive after removing some products aimed at LGBTQ+

NEW YORK (AP) — Target once distinguished itself as being boldly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. Now that status is tarnished after it removed some products aimed at LGBTQ+ and relocated Pride Month displays to the back of stores in certain Southern locations in response to...

Today in History: May 17, Brown v. Board of Education ruling

Today in History Today is Wednesday, May 17, the 137th day of 2023. There are 228 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 17, 1954, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision which...

Today in History: May 18, Mount St. Helens erupts

Today in History Today is Thursday, May 18, the 138th day of 2023. There are 227 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 18, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing. ...

Capitol Federal: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Capitol Federal Financial Inc. (CFFN) on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $14.2 million. On a per-share basis, the Topeka, Kansas-based company said it had net income of 11 cents. The holding company for...

Kelly vetoes bill to cut Kansas taxes $1.4B over 3 years

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday vetoed a bill that would have cut taxes in Kansas by nearly $1.4 billion over the next three years, objecting to a proposal included by conservative Republicans to impose a single-rate flat income tax for individuals. Kelly...

Kansas governor vetoes bills restricting bathrooms for transgender people and gender-affirming care for minors

Kansas governor vetoes bill requiring clinics to tell patients medication abortions can be halted with unproven approach

Kansas governor vetoes bill that penalized doctors in some cases when infants are delivered during certain abortions

Kansas man convicted of murder in child's malnutrition death

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been convicted of murder after his 2-year-old daughter died of malnutrition while he was passed out for days from intoxication, prosecutors said. Jeffrey J. Exon was convicted Monday in the death of Aurora Exon at their home in Topeka, The...