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The traditional season opener of the college basketball season tips off in New York City on Tuesday night.

The 2019-20 college basketball season gets underway on Tuesday when Kansas takes on Duke in the Championship Classic.

Stephanie Clayton questioned why the daughter of the president was boasting about an improved economy in her home state.

A Kansas Supreme Court nominee is facing opposition from the state's most influential anti-abortion group due to her husband's political leanings.

A dirt bike rider using local trails came across Ryan Linneman, 37, on Wednesday evening during a chance encounter at the bottom of a 50-foot descent in Kansas.

Kansas authorities have announced that they are close to completing testing on a backlog of over two thousand rape kits that had gone unprocessed for years.

"Threats in schools are taken very seriously and treated appropriately," police said.

The No. 6-ranked Sooners take their high-octane offense to Kansas on Saturday as they look to improve to 5-0.

"Vern is very protective of the younger monkey and would not have let him go without a fight," said Hannah Schroeder, the head zookeeper at Wright Park Zoo in Dodge City.

The Kansas Child Passenger Safety Act forbids passengers under the age of 14 from riding in the bed of a truck unless its during a parade or for employment purposes.

Mike Pompeo's successful 2010 Kansas congressional campaign drew controversy for its backing -- and later apology -- over a blog labeling his Indian-American opponent a "turban topper."

"We don't need four more years of that," Pompeo, who would become Trump's Secretary of State, said at the time.

"She said she hadn't been to sleep for a while and that she just fell asleep and skidded off the road," one of the teens said after the courageous rescue.

"I thought it was, like, a trick." says Holly Malkames, who discovered a live snake crawling under the Plexiglass at her gas pump.

The National Weather Service has urged the public to stay safe in the excessive heat.

Flood stages have already been breached

The Kansas Department of Corrections has banned more than 7,000 books in prisons across the state.

Severe weather is expected to move eastwards, with flood warnings issued for Omaha Valley in Nebraska.

Storm and flood warnings remain in place after days of deadly weather in the Plains and Midwest.

Additional storm warnings for Missouri include large hail and strong wind gusts.

Multiple flood and tornado warnings have been issued across central states as severe weather set to continue.

Herman Cain, who President Donald Trump recently recommended for a seat on the Federal Reserve board, said God will "figure out" when the U.S. should stop relying on fossil fuel energy.

Pompeo's joke about Trump firing him on Twitter was in reference to his predecessor Rex Tillerson, who the president dismissed in a tweet last March.

The incident shows "the damage done by using methamphetamine," Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves said.

Skyler Yee, 23, was storing clothing that victims reported missing, including pink high heels and a jumpsuit, an affidavit alleged.

The MAGA hat teenager claimed an store employee swore at him. His mother demanded action.

Ancient species had reflective eyes that allowed them to hunt at night.

The three middle schoolers also gave flowers to each of the 70 female staff members at Summit Trail Middle School.

One gay rights campaigner called it the "most vile, hateful and disrespectful legislation" he had ever seen.

Judge Michael Gibbens sentenced Raymond Soden to five years and 10 months in prison.