Eric Adler

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), agents detain an immigrant in October 2015 in Los Angeles, Calif. Under a bill on Gov. Bruce Rauner's desk, local police officers would not honor a request from ICE to hold someone unless a judge issued a warrant.

Can ICE agents pull you over? Jailing of Kansas immigrant raises question.

August 12, 2025 at 2:18 p.m.

Technically, ICE and other federal agents do not have statutory authority to make stops for traffic or vehicle violations.

Director of Salus Products manufacturer displays an N95 facemask for children at a factory near Changodar, some 20 km from Ahmedabad on July 17, 2020. - India on July 17 became the third country in the world to record one million coronavirus cases, following Brazil and the United States where infections also continued to surge. (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP) (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Médicos otorgan exenciones de tapabocas a estudiantes que no las necesitan

August 17, 2021 at 7:01 p.m.

Los padres de Kansas City que no quieren que sus hijos lleven tapabocas en la escuela a pesar de los mandatos están intercambiando nombres de médicos y enfermeras locales que...

Masks are a hot-button topic for educators and parents as kids head back to school.

Some doctors write mask exemptions for students who don’t need them

August 16, 2021 at 3:37 p.m.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Parents in Kansas City who don't want their children to wear masks in school despite mandates are swapping names of local physicians and nurse practitioners they...

Kansas school district is named for a Ku Klux Klan leader. Students demand a change

February 19, 2021 at 5:38 p.m.

After so many years, many people weren't sure if it was fiction. But the rumor that the Seaman School District in Topeka, Kansas, had been named for a member of...

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

April 22, 2020 at 8:23 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....

Veterinarian Ann Brown, from left, and veterinary tech Martha McCarter attend to Patch as the dog's owner, Ken Babb, looks on in an exam room at Hawthorne Animal Hospital in Overland Park, Kan. Babb, 51, suffers from complex regional pain syndrome and has chronic and severe nerve pain on his right leg. Babb often can be found wearing a kilt, which prevents any fabric from brushing up against his leg, which would cause severe pain for him.

Man treated extreme chronic leg pain with opioids, now he wears a kilt

June 5, 2018 at 8:59 p.m.

Down among the beige houses of southern Johnson County, Kan., is a man who has lived anything but a beige life. "I haven't worn a pair of pants since 2013,"...

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