Kansas County to Pay $3M and Apologize Over a Raid on a Small-Town Newspaper November 14, 2025 By John Hanna and Heather Hollingsworth TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A rural Kansas county has agreed to pay a little more than $3 million and apologize...
Teenage Basketball Players Among 8 Killed in Kansas Highway Crash May 8, 2025 By John Hanna and Heather Hollingsworth Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area who were on their way back...
St. Louis to Pay $4M Settlement Over Conditions at Now-Closed Jail May 8, 2025 By Heather Hollingsworth St. Louis has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that inmates at a former...
Questions About How a Deputy’s Stepson Became the Accused Gunman at FSU Shooting April 21, 2025 By Kate Payne and Heather Hollingsworth Amid the abandoned chemistry notes and other debris left behind after a deadly shooting at Florida State University are lingering...
Drivers Skid and Crash as Wintry Mix Blasts Central US January 6, 2025 By Heather Hollingsworth and Brian White Road conditions were deteriorating over the weekend in the central U.S. as a winter storm brought a mix of snow,...
Black Man Sues Iowa Trucking Company for Alleged Hair Discrimination October 2, 2024 By Heather Hollingsworth A Black man alleges in a lawsuit that an Iowa trucking company fired him as a driver because he wouldn’t...
Charter Bus Carrying Baseball Team Catches Fire in Iowa; No One Hurt August 5, 2024 By Heather Hollingsworth A charter bus caught fire early Friday as it was transporting a professional baseball team from Iowa to a game...
Multiple Tornadoes Hit Nebraska and Iowa, Leaving Trails of Damage April 28, 2024 By Josh Funk, Margery A. Beck and Heather Hollingsworth OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday, damaging hundreds of homes and other structures...
Minneapolis Settles Suit Alleging Journalists Were Harassed, Hurt Covering Floyd Protests February 14, 2024 By Heather Hollingsworth The city of Minneapolis agreed last week to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that journalists were subjected to...
Kansas Court System Down in ‘Security Incident’ With Hallmarks of Ransomware October 30, 2023 By John Hanna and Heather Hollingsworth TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas officials are calling a massive computer outage that’s kept most of the state’s courts offline...