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In the first referendum since the Supreme Court's decision to overturn "Roe v. Wade", Kansas voters reject an amendment in the state constitution that would grant state lawmakers the ability to apply anti-abortion restrictions.
2022-08-2

Amtrak modifies services and cancels train services south of Washington, D.C. ahead of Hurricane Florence. FlightAware reported that 180 flights have been cancelled. Charleston International Airport in South Carolina is expected to close by midnight.
2018-09-12

Three men are convicted in Kansas of plotting a mosque bombing.
2018-04-18

A ten-year old boy dies after suffering a neck injury while riding the 168-feet tall Verrückt water slide at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. The boy is identified as Caleb Schwab, son of Kansas Rep. Scott Schwab.
2016-08-7

The Maryland Court of Appeals rules the state's Public Information Act does not apply to abortion clinic license applicants' names, denying the Maryland Coalition for Life's appeal which had noted that courts in Illinois, Kansas and Minnesota have ordered these names released. The ruling can not be appealed to federal courts.
2016-02-22

In the United States, the National Weather Service issues a blizzard warning for northeastern Colorado and western Kansas with an expected snowfall by midday of 12 inches in Denver, Colorado. Denver International Airport cancels 143 arriving and departing flighits. Several tornadoes occur overnight in northern Texas, western Kansas, and southern Nebraska.
2015-11-17

A Kansas court convicts white supremacist Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr. (also known as Frazier Glenn Cross) of three counts of murder outside two Jewish centers.
2015-08-31

Two Metro-North commuter trains collide near Bridgeport, Connecticut injuring at least 72 people and resulting in the cancellation of Amtrak services between New York City and Boston.
2013-05-17

Two police officers are fatally shot outside a supermarket in Topeka, Kansas, United States. A 22-year-old man wanted in connection with crime, David Edward Tiscareno, is at large.
2012-12-16

U.S. serviceman Bradley Manning is moved by officials to a military prison in Kansas amid increased international concerns about the U.S. military's policy of forcing him to strip naked in his cell and taking away his clothes.
2011-04-19