Kansas, possible spot for Guantanamo prisoners, has history of holding foreign detainees

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — If suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay end up being held in Kansas, it wouldn’t be the first time foreign detainees were imprisoned in the Midwest.

US, Britain testing new ways to coordinate battlefield communications and track combat troops

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — British military officials are testing new technologies that they say will make operations with the United States and other coalition partners more efficient and responsive to threats.

Newly declassified Eisenhower documents show dangers from Berlin to Baghdad to Bangkok

TOPEKA, Kan. — President Dwight D. Eisenhower grappled with topics like relations with Iran and stability in Iraq during an era fraught with delicate policy challenges, newly declassified documents show.

Man accused of killing late-term abortion provider George Tiller in Kansas pleads not guilty

WICHITA, Kan. — An anti-abortion activist pleaded not guilty Tuesday to opening fire on late-term abortion provider George Tiller after a witness gave chilling testimony that he saw the alleged shooter point a gun at the Kansas doctor’s head before pulling the trigger.

Witness describes fatal church shooting of prominent Kansas abortion provider

WICHITA, Kan. — An usher at the church where abortion provider Dr. George Tiller was shot to death testified Tuesday that he and the doctor were chatting when a man walked through the door, put a gun to Tiller’s head and shot him.

Suspect in shooting death of Kansas late-term abortion provider Tiller expected to enter plea

WICHITA, Kan. — An usher at the church where Kansas abortion Dr. George Tiller was shot to death says he and Tiller were chatting when he saw a man walk through a door, put a gun to Tiller’s head and shoot him.

Sprint Nextel will acquire Virgin Mobile USA at $5.50 per share; Sprint values deal at $483M

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Telecommunications company Sprint Nextel Corp. said Tuesday it agreed to acquire Virgin Mobile USA Inc. in a stock deal valued at $5.50 per share in a bid to expand its prepaid cell phone offerings.

Court documents claim Onex discussed plans to reduce age of work force at Boeing plants

WICHITA, Kan. — Before buying Boeing Co.’s commercial airplane operations in Kansas and Oklahoma, Canadian investment conglomerate Onex Corp. discussed in e-mails plans to reduce the age of the work force to cut costs, according to recently released court documents in an age-discrimination lawsuit.

15 taken to hospital after charter bus collides with semi, overturns, catches fire in Kansas

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Fifteen people were injured when a charter bus carrying students in a job training program collided with a tractor-trailer in northeast Kansas, overturned and briefly caught fire.

Gunman surrenders to police at VA medical center in Topeka, Kan., trades ammo for cigarettes

TOPEKA, Kan. — Officials say a gunman who entered a Veterans Affairs medical center in Topeka, Kan., surrendered without hurting anyone and is now a patient at the hospital.

AP Newsbreak: Suspect in abortion provider’s killing advocates justifiable homicide from jail

WICHITA, Kan. — A man charged with shooting a prominent Kansas doctor who performed late-term abortions has been advocating through mailings from his jail cell that such killings are justifiable and communicating with individuals on the fringes of the anti-abortion movement, weeks after suggesting others might be planning similar attacks.

8 Wonders of Kansas Cuisine announced

INMAN, Kan. — Hamburgers, fried chicken and artisan breads are among the menu choices at eight restaurants determined to be the “most iconic” in Kansas.

Suspect in slaying of Kansas college student who led secret life as porn model due in court

EL DORADO, KAN. — A man suspected of killing a Kansas college student who led a secret life as an Internet porn model is in custody in Kansas after his extradition from Mexico.

Abortion opponents ask Justice Department to investigate threats

WICHITA, Kan. — An anti-abortion group is asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate what it says are death threats against abortion opponents after the killing of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas.

Court disallows national class-action status in billing suit against Sprint Nextel

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A federal judge in Washington state has disallowed national class-action status to a lawsuit against Sprint Nextel Corp. over billing issues.

37-year-old man charged with murdering 4, including 3-year-old, at Kansas City, Kan., home

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A 37-year-old man was charged Thursday with murdering four people, including a 3-year-old girl whose body was found in the front yard of a Kansas City home.

‘Person of interest’ in Kansas City, Kan., quadruple homicide held in separate attack

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A 37-year-old man identified by police as a “person of interest” in a quadruple homicide in Kansas City, Kan., has been charged with beating another man hours before the slayings.

3 adults, 1 toddler dead at Kansas City, Kan. home; police call case a homicide investigation

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Three adults and a toddler were found dead at a Kansas City, Kan. home Monday and authorities were conducting a homicide investigation, police said.

Anti-abortion memorial held at closed Kan. clinic after counter-demonstrators, media leave

WICHITA, Kan. — It took waiting eight hours, but abortion opponents succeeded in holding a memorial service Saturday at the closed clinic of slain abortion provider George Tiller.

Anti-abortion memorial moved away from closed Kan. clinic as counter demonstrations loom

WICHITA, Kan. — More than 40 abortion rights supporters kept watch Saturday at the Kansas clinic run by slain abortion provider George Tiller, thwarting plans for a memorial service there by the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue.

Now-closed abortion clinic at center of debate, with vigils and demonstrations planned

WICHITA, Kan. — The now-shuttered Kansas clinic run by slain abortion provider George Tiller is the focus of the issue again, with a vigil and counter-demonstrations planned Saturday.

Embarq, Sprint file suit against government over $31.6 million in income taxes

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Embarq Corp. and its former corporate parent, Sprint Nextel Corp., have sued the federal government to recover $31.6 million in income taxes.

Kansas bomb squad blasts suspicious package left at the post office, but find Bible

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A bomb squad used a disrupter gun to blast a suspicious package left on the counter of the Leavenworth post office, but only a Bible was found inside. Police said the person who left the package on Friday night took off in a hurry and probably didn’t put enough stamps on it to get it delivered.

Prosecutor cites possible threat in seeking higher bond for suspect in abortion provider death

WICHITA, Kan. — Prosecutors are taking possible threats made by the man accused of killing abortion provider George Tiller seriously. That’s why the bond for Scott Roeder was raised to $20 million from $5 million.

Cessna Aircraft announces 1,300 more layoffs, longer furloughs

WICHITA, Kan. — Cessna Aircraft Co., the nation’s largest builder of corporate jets, said Friday it is laying off another 1,300 workers, raising the number of jobs eliminated to half of its work force since November as the recession has depressed demand for its planes.

Cessna Aircraft plans 1,300 more layoffs, longer furloughs

WICHITA, Kan. — Cessna Aircraft Co., the nation’s largest builder of corporate jets, has announced an additional 1,300 layoffs. The cuts mean the company will have slashed its work force in half since the recession began. The recession has hurt demand for corporate jets.

Operation Rescue interested in buying now-closed clinic of slain Kansas abortion provider

TOPEKA, Kan. — The group that tried for years to put slain abortion provider Dr. George Tiller out of business is interested in buying his now-closed clinic in Wichita, its president said, but an attorney for the doctor rejected the idea as a publicity stunt.

Closing of Kansas clinic leaves anti-abortion movement without a potent protest symbol

WICHITA, Kan. — George Tiller’s slaying has accomplished what anti-abortion activists had tried to do for decades: The doors to his Kansas clinic will shut forever.

Kan. man convicted of raping women met on Craigslist found dead in jail of apparent suicide

WICHITA, Kan. — A man facing nearly 30 years in prison for raping three women who had advertised in the “erotic services” section of Craigslist apparently committed suicide in his Kansas jail cell.

Kansas clinic’s closing leaves many wondering how it will change abortion battleground

WICHITA, Kan. — George Tiller’s slaying has accomplished what anti-abortion activists had tried to do for decades: The doors to his Kansas clinic will shut forever.