Twitter Inc.’s highest-profile users – those with lots of followers or particular prominence – often receive a heightened level of protection from the social network’s content moderators under a secretive program that seeks to limit their exposure to trolls and bullies.
Vaccine makers are racing to update their COVID-19 shots against the newest coronavirus threat even before it’s clear a change is needed, just in case. Experts doubt today’s shots will become useless but say it’s critical to see how fast companies could produce a reformulated dose and prove it works – because whatever happens with omicron, this newest mutant won’t be the last.
The elegance of a Victorian Christmas from the past at the Carroll Mansion Museum offers an opportunity to renew or begin a new family holiday tradition. Due to the uncertainty of the times, with the popular annual vintage homes tour on hold for another year, the Leavenworth County Historical Society is offering several smaller events at the Carroll House this December.
The VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System (VAEKHCS), which includes the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, was recently named one of the best medical facilities in the state of Kansas for patient satisfaction by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The public, as well as state and federal officials will gather in the Kansas Statehouse on Saturday for a ceremony honoring the life of Bob Dole, among a slate of other events in Dole's home state. Dole died Sunday morning in his sleep at 98 years old, prompting an outpouring of support and memories from political figures in Kansas and nationally, as well as the public.
The state’s three largest universities are pausing efforts to require COVID-19 vaccination for their staff after a federal judge in Georgia blocked implementation of a Biden Administration directive that federal contractors be immunized against the virus.
Mike Brown, a former member of the Johnson County Commission, announced Tuesday he would challenge Secretary of State Scott Schwab in next year’s primary election, a move that comes amid increased scrutiny of election officials by Republicans nationally.
LONDON – No U.K. government minister will attend the Beijing Winter Olympics, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Wednesday, calling it “effectively” a diplomatic boycott.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 reached 200 million Wednesday amid a dispiriting holidayseason spike in cases and hospitalizations that has hit even New England, one of the most highly inoculated corners of the country.
WASHINGTON – The House voted overwhelmingly along party lines Tuesday on a bipartisan agreement that allows Congress to move closer to raising the nation’s debt ceiling. The vote came after leadership in the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced an agreement Tuesday that would create a one-time process to allow Senate Democrats to raise the debt ceiling on their own without fear of a Republican filibuster or other procedural hurdles.