A spectacular lightning display illuminated the night sky over Wichita, Kansas, during a thunderstorm on Tuesday. The national weather service issued a tornado warning over the Kansas City area as hail and gusty winds moved into the region
Homes ‘completely blown away’ as tornado rips through Kansas
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A suspected tornado that barrelled through parts of Kansas damaged multiple buildings, injured several people and left more than 6,500 people without power, officials said. Officials said the suspected twister moved t...
Kansas catch North Carolina in biggest ever NCAA title game fightback
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Kansas brought their fourth NCAA title back home Monday thanks to a second-half flurry that erased a 16-point deficit and eventually overcame North Carolina 72-69 in an epic battle of power programs. David McCormack s...
Hot-shooting Kansas cruise past Villanova in Men’s Final Four
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Kansas and Villanova waged a memorable three-point shooting contest at the Men’s Final Four, one of them racing out to a big lead in the opening minutes and the other spending the rest of the night trying in vain to c...
Not in Kansas any more: flamingo that fled zoo spotted in Texas after 17 years
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It’s been 17 years since Pink Floyd made a daring escape from a zoo in Kansas. Now the African flamingo – who also goes by No 492 – has been seen living the life of a fugitive 700 miles to the south, in Texas. The bir...
Wrongfully convicted Kansas man who spent 23 years in prison sues for $93m
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A Kansas man who spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit is seeking $93m in damages from the county where he was convicted and a former detective he says framed him. Lamonte McIntyre, 45, and hi...
Flash in the panhandle: record lightning bolt hit Texas and two other states
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A bolt of lightning that stretched nearly 500 miles across three US states is the new world record holder for longest flash. The single flash extended 477.2 miles across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi in April 2020...
Kansas woman charged with joining and leading Islamic State battalion
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A woman who once lived in Kansas before moving to Egypt and Syria has been charged with joining the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group and leading an all-female battalion of AK-47 wielding militants. The US attorney ...