Kansas

"It was [like] sticking a stick into the spokes of a bicycle," Dr. Lee Norman said of the political tensions that led to his departure.

"The stress of the legislature is not a healthy environment for someone in this mental state," House Democratic Leader Tom Sawyer said in a statement.

The legislation would also require employers to give religious exemptions to any worker who files a written request and bars them from questioning the request.

Conservative Kansas legislators added a proposal to a religious exemption bill that would make vaccine-refusing workers eligible for unemployment benefits.

They join a growing number of states expanding the eligibility.

The Democratic state representative allegedly hit and spit on his 18-year-old brother in a fight, disagreeing with his brother's desire to get baptized.

A parent and their child told police he waved a stick at them as they were attempting to enter the clinic. The man was arrested for aggravated assault.

The former anchorman was reacting to Daran Duffy's stunt, which he told Kansas lawmakers was to remind people that Adolf Hitler's actions were lawful.

The list of books removed by Goddard Public Schools includes several acclaimed novels, including Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye."

"We can deliver this for families without diverting resources from other state services or agencies," Governor Laura Kelly announced.

"I don't believe this directive is the correct, or the most effective, solution for Kansas," Governor Laura Kelly said of Biden's vaccine mandate for employers.

Talk show host Bill Maher said Democrats continued to enforce COVID vaccines "for no reason."

A federal judge in the District of Kansas designated the group, previously called the United Nation of Islam and Value Creators, as a cult in 2018.

Lionel Womack, a former police detective, said the incident seriously injured his back and pelvis, as well as his right thigh, knee and foot.

Neriah Dilley, 27, of Wichita, Kansas, allegedly told police she was "overwhelmed" by the crying.

The mother of one of the students involved said her daughter had received death threats after being pictured with the sign.

The teen engaged corrections staffers in "a lengthy physical struggle," the Kansas Bureau of Investigation said.

"I do understand it's got to be hard with the mask situation, but taking it into his own hands, that's not OK," said the student's mother.

Michael Eckerman has been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers, among other federal offenses.

The state health department reported 24 percent of ICU beds were still available as of Thursday morning.

Lawmaker Mark Samsel discloses his struggle with stress and the "episode of mania" that resulted in kicking and manhandling a high school student

"China intentionally misled America and the world about what they knew and slowed our response," Kansas Senator Roger Marshall said.

CoreCivic, the company that privately operates the Leavenworth Detention Center, said the allegations its critics made are "false and defamatory."

Hospitals in the Kansas City metro area have had to transfer patients to hospitals in Chicago, Oklahoma City, Denver and St. Louis to receive care.

Overwhelmed hospitals are putting critically ill COVID-19 patients on planes, helicopters and ambulances and sending them hundreds of miles to other states.

Representative Mark Samsel said that he was studying ways to handle stress so that "there is no likelihood" of a similar incident occurring.

The U.S. will qualify for the quarterfinals if it beats Martinique and Canada avoids defeat against Haiti.

"I'm hoping for change. I'm hoping for more time with our children...It's not fair. We are human beings too," Frito-Lay worker Esther Fanning said.

Three-year-old Abiel Valenzuela Zapata was having two teeth removed when he suffered a suspected allergic reaction while under sedation.

Lt. Benjamin Blick said that it didn't appear to be a "traditional" active shooter situation since authorities haven't determined whether the shooter or shooters were firing at anyone.