KWCH Staff
Updated: 9 minutes ago
|By ALAN FRAM
The bill would provide direct payments of up to $1,400 to most Americans and money for COVID-19 vaccines and testing, aid to state and local governments, help for schools and the airline industry and subsidies for health insurance.
Updated: 12 minutes ago
|By Associated Press
Senate Democrats came out with their version of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill.
Updated: 35 minutes ago
|By Associated Press
Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s top public health official, said the state is acting now because the rates of new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are declining while the number of people receiving the vaccine is increasing.
Updated: 1 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Officials in some of the affected cities worry that the change could have adverse implications for federal funding and economic development.
Updated: 2 hours ago
|By CNN Staff
Turns say he’s overwhelmed and is touched that the community feels so strongly about him.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric have delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during an historic meeting.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The surge is underscoring how treacherous the virus is and it is leading to new restrictions across the continent.
Updated: 3 hours ago
|By Dean Jones
Spring-like weather this weekend
Updated: 7 hours ago
|By Associated Press
A vehicle packed with explosives rammed into a popular restaurant in Somalia's capital on Friday night.
Updated: 8 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The Dalai Lama, the 85-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader, has received the first shot of the coronavirus vaccine
Updated: 9 hours ago
|By KMIR Staff
Dr. Stephanie Loe found a way to bring smiles inside a place that can be particularly scary for children.
Updated: 12 hours ago
|By KWCH Staff
Here are feel-good stories for Friday, March 5, 2021.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By ALAN FRAM
Eight Democrats voted against the proposal, suggesting that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and other progressives vowing to continue the fight in coming months will face a difficult fight.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Grant DeMars
Now that the remains of Father Emil Kapaun have been identified, the Catholic Diocese of Wichita is more hopeful than ever that the Kansas priest and Medal of Honor recipient will one day be declared a saint.
Updated: 14 hours ago
|By Carolina Loera
A month after 13-year-old Brianna Ibarra’s death, the girl’s aunt, Jennifer Medley said her family is doing what it can to keep her memory alive.
Updated: 15 hours ago
|By Lily Wu
While Sedgwick County started vaccinating law enforcement workers Friday (March 5), those with underlying medical conditions will have to continue waiting before they are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By KWCH Staff
University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long on Friday (March 5) announced that KU head football coach Les Miles has been placed on administrative leave.
Updated: 16 hours ago
|By Associated Press
A member of the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team has died at a treatment center for mental illness.
Updated: 17 hours ago
|By Anna Auld
Father Emil Kapaun is a Kansas native who served in the Korean War and now his remains are confirmed to be back in the United States. He died as a prisoner of war in Korea in 1951.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The study was released just as some states are rescinding mask mandates and restaurant limits.
Updated: 18 hours ago
|By Hailey Tucker
For some, remote learning has been especially hard on their mental health.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The hack of a company that manages ticket-processing and frequent-flier data for major global airlines — including Star Alliance and OneWorld members — has compromised the personal data of an unspecified number of travelers.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Peyton Sanders
Dry and warmer this weekend with gusty winds.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Pharmaceutical companies that took taxpayer money from the U.S. or Europe to develop inoculations at unprecedented speed say they are negotiating contracts and exclusive licensing deals with producers on a case-by-case basis because they need to protect their intellectual property and ensure safety.
Updated: 19 hours ago
|By Associated Press
A man found Tiger Woods unconscious in a mangled SUV after the golf star crashed the vehicle in Southern California, authorities said in court documents obtained Friday.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By KWCH Staff
The Wichita Police Department (WPD) is investigating a sexual assault case at a south Wichita home.
Updated: 20 hours ago
|By Associated Press
NASA’s Kate Rubins and Japan’s Soichi Noguchi installed mounting brackets and struts for the improved solar wings due to arrive in June. They also tightened some sticky bolts that hampered Sunday’s spacewalk and left some duties undone.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Unemployment fell from 6.3% to 6.2%, the Labor Department reported Friday. That is down dramatically from 14.8% last April.
Updated: 21 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The National Transportation Safety Board said the blade found “multiple fatigue fracture origins” on the inside surface of the hollow fan blade.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Riser was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder and was being held Friday on $5 million bond.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By STEVE KARNOWSKI
A three-judge panel said Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill erred when he rejected a prosecution motion to reinstate the third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Prosecutors have pursued the misdemeanor case against Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri despite international condemnation from free press advocates who say she was just doing her job.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Associated Press
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will finally get the chance to tell the story behind their departure from royal duties directly to the public on Sunday, when their two-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey is broadcast.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Police on Friday identified the victims as Roseann McCulley, 34, her 13-year-old son Kayden Johnson and her 6-year-old daughter Kaylee Brooks.
Updated: 22 hours ago
|By Associated Press
Still, Biden faces more skepticism from Americans on the economy, which has been battered by the pandemic.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Kylie Cameron
The state of Kansas reported zero COVID-19 deaths since Wednesday.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By Associated Press
"Coming 2 America," originally planned to hit theaters last year, was sold due to the pandemic by Paramount Pictures to Amazon, where it will begin streaming Friday.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By KWCH Staff
Wichita Festivals, Inc., announced the new dates for Riverfest 2021 along with some changes to the event.
Updated: 23 hours ago
|By KCAL/KCBS staff
Neighbors have been trying for three years to get an extremely full yard cleaned.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 11:25 AM CST
|By NICOLE WINFIELD and SAMYA KULLAB
Pope Francis brushed aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to resume his globe-trotting papacy after a yearlong hiatus spent under COVID-19 lockdown in Vatican City.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 11:24 AM CST
|By Associated Press
Maia Chaka enters the NFL after working in the Pac-12 and Conference USA.