Kansas
Joseph Austin Smith died after the animal stepped on a rifle, causing it to discharge, according to the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office.
A federal jury has convicted a Kansas man who admitted he threatened to kill a congressman.
A pipeline operator has put a damaged section in Kansas back into service, a little more than three weeks after a spill dumped 14,000 barrels of crude oil into a creek.
The state has become a destination for the procedure after an August vote affirming abortion rights.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Largest onshore crude pipeline spill in nine years in rural Kansas creek raises questions about operation of Keystone pipeline by Canada company TC Energy.
People could smell the oil in the nearby town, witnesses reported. "It was like driving by a refinery," said one.
The battle over abortion drugs has only grown more heated in a post-Roe America.
The outcome is a huge blow to pro-choice advocates who fought so hard this summer to defeat an anti-abortion ballot proposal.
Davids beat former health care executive Amanda Adkins despite competing in a more Republican-leaning district in suburban Kansas City.
A rematch with her 2020 challenger has focused on reasonableness in a district defined by four-lane arterials and strip shopping centers.