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Cal State San Marcos, fotografiado en 2019, contaba con 14,500 estudiantes antes de que el campus se viera obligado a mover la instrucción en línea debido al coronavirus.

Ya se titularon, ¿tendrán trabajo?

May 13, 2020 at 10:57 a.m.

Cuando eran estudiantes de primer año, veían una economía robusta esperándoles, donde los empleos y las oportunidades parecían abundantes. Pero en un parpadeo, la generación 2020 vio esfumarse ese futuro...

‘I love you, Mama’: COVID-19 and glass separate Kansas daughter and mom turning 100

April 22, 2020 at 3:23 p.m.

This is the way it is for now, an only child, 69, shouts to her aged mother from behind glass doors. On May 6, Doris Hockenberger is to turn 100....

Scammed by that toilet paper or coronavirus face mask you bought online? Join the club

April 10, 2020 at 2:59 p.m.

The ads are enticing, no doubt about it. Forty-count mega rolls of Charmin Ultra Soft. Twelve double rolls of Quilted Northern Ultra Plush. Face masks, Clorox wipes and paper towels....

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on inauguration day at the Kansas State Capitol on Jan. 14, 2019 in Topeka, Kan. Kelly ordered K-12 schools closed for the rest of the academic year Tuesday as the state continued to escalate its response to the coronavirus.

War over Easter: Kansas lawmakers revoke governor’s order limiting church gatherings

April 9, 2020 at 11:21 a.m.

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Republican leaders on Wednesday revoked Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's order limiting religious gatherings to 10 people, paving the way for churches to meet on Easter Sunday...

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) warms up before a game against the San Francisco 49ers at Super Bowl 54 on Feb. 2, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Chiefs won the game 31-20.

Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce excited about ‘unique experience’ of a White House visit

February 28, 2020 at 9:23 a.m.

During interviews following their 31-20 win over the 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, Chiefs coach Andy Reid and some players said they were happy to visit the White House as...

Pneumonia isn't only a concern for the elderly.

What you don’t know about pneumonia: It is the ‘big killer’ for people of any age

January 27, 2020 at 1:09 p.m.

For six hours in a Saint Luke's Hospital emergency room recently, Dakota Allen worried that he might become a fatal pneumonia statistic. He'd been coughing for weeks. "I overlooked it,"...

The state of Missouri has approved 23,409 applications for medical marijuana cards. More than 7,600 of those people were also approved as cultivators and can now legally grow it.

From brownies to ‘pot roast’: Missouri is learning how to get medical marijuana

December 9, 2019 at 11:09 a.m.

Patrice Harris made a pan of brownies on Friday with a special ingredient: a chunk of golden-colored butter with a pungent herbal fragrance. Cannabis butter. Harris, a hairstylist who works...

Harry McLear has shaken hands with kings and presidents and once snuck a picture of the surrendering Japanese general during World War II. He can't quit the Kansas City Royals, and here's why.

Here’s why a 93-year-old World War II veteran won’t stop going to KC Royals games

October 3, 2019 at 2:55 p.m.

No offense to the rest of you, but the most interesting Royals fan in the stadium is four rows behind the home team's dugout, on the aisle, and he's talking...

LAWRENCE, KANSAS - MARCH 09: Head coach Bill Self of the Kansas Jayhawks coaches from the bench during the game against the Baylor Bears at Allen Fieldhouse on March 09, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas.

NCAA eyes KU, which is digging in for a fight

September 25, 2019 at 8:57 a.m.

Jerry Tarkanian once famously said "the NCAA is so mad at Kentucky it will probably slap another two years probation on Cleveland State." The line is genius, even with blue-bloods...

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 08: Cornerback Jalen Ramsey #20 of the Jacksonville Jaguars takes the field for their game against the Kansas City Chiefs at TIAA Bank Field on September 08, 2019 in Jacksonville, Florida.

Jalen Ramsey or not, Chiefs want another corner

September 18, 2019 at 9:31 a.m.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In the Chiefs' ideal version of reality, this column would not exist ... or, rather, this column would be about how Minkah Fitzpatrick would instantly improve...

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