The extreme carnage at the Colorado movie theater, now one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, reopens the nation's passionate debate about gun control -- or gun rights -- and both sides were readying for renewed legislative efforts in the aftermath of Friday's shooting.

A spokesman for President George W. Bush, said in a statement that Mr. Bush was grateful to have been invited to the convention and hopes presumptive nominee Mitt Romney wins the presidency.

The 1960s were a time of social revolution. Student, civil rights activists and anti-war protesters rose up against governments around the world, and Japan was no exception.

In a speech after the Colorado shooting Friday, President Barack Obama asked Americans to pray, reflect and remember what's important in life while the city of Aurora mourned the dead and wounded.

Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the No.1 item on the president's congressional "to-do-list," refusing to allow a vote on a bill that would give tax breaks for companies that "insource" jobs to the U.S. from overseas while eliminating tax deductions for companies that move jobs abroad.

Jackson County residents will get to hear answers in person Thursday night to their questions for candidates running for county office.

Washington will become the first state to offer voter registration via Facebook with a new application to be launched as soon as next week, according to a state election official.

Shawnee County voters can visit the election office at 37th and S. Topeka from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Letters signed last week by Michele Bachmann and four other Republican members of Congress questioned "the Muslim Brotherhood and other radical groups' access to top Obama administration officials.

Fifty-three percent in a recent poll say Mitt Romney's policies favor the wealthy. Eleven percent say his policies favor the middle class, while two percent say they favor the poor.

Thirty-four percent responding to a recent poll say Pres. Obama's policies contributed significantly to the economic downturn, and another 30 percent say they contributed to some degree.

Gov. Sam Brownback said Wednesday that orders for new commercial aircraft announced at the Farnborough International Airshow in England would be good for the aviation business in Kansas.

The South African leader's family celebrates his birthday with a champagne toast. The frail anti-apartheid icon has not appeared in public for years. However, he is celebrated worldwide especially on his birthday.

It will be another four months before Topeka city leaders decide on a Kansas Avenue downtown revitalization plan. A multimillion dollar budget resolution for the plan was deferred on Tuesday (7/17).

During his third fundraiser of the day Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama defended his top domestic policy achievement and pushed back against one of the most popular attack lines coming from his Republican opponents.

Last week, 82 counties in Kansas were declared disaster areas allowing agricultural producers to become eligible for disaster assistance programs.

The board Tuesday interviewed a second finalist for the position, the first was interviewed last Wednesday.

To date, Mitt Romney has released his 2010 return and an estimate of his 2011 return. He's resisted calls to release more.

Mailings are to inform you of your voting place and the various districts you live in. The mailing will serve to verify addresses of registered voters in Shawnee County.

Sen. Patty Murray warned Republicans that she and others in her party are prepared to let tax cuts for all Americans expire if Republicans don't work with them on a deal to end Bush-era tax cuts for wealthy Americans.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is coming back to his old stomping grounds in the House of Representatives on Tuesday to highlight the impact that the automatic spending cuts to defense programs will have next year, according to two senior GOP leadership aides.

Gov. Sam Brownback will be in Salina Tuesday and former Gov. Bill Graves will be there Thursday, on opposite sides of the GOP campaign for the 24th Kansas Senate district seat.

In Greec, the young professional class will help shape their country's future. Together, they must decide if they are willing to live through -- and help alleviate -- Greece's pain.

Mitt Romney described assertions by President Barack Obama's campaign as "deceptive," demanding an apology and rejecting calls to release more than two years of tax returns.

Tuesday July 17 is the deadline to register to vote and to change party affiliation before the primary election on August 7.