VoteKansas.org

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans in the District of Columbia, in Wisconsin and in Maryland gave Mitt Romney a trio of wins Tuesday that put him closer to clinching his party's presidential nomination. We learned a few things, too:...

Santorum hasn't become the conservative alternative.

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- Voters in Joplin appear to have approved the largest bond issue in town history, OK'ing a $62 million bond issue to rebuild or replace schools damaged or destroyed in last May's tornado....

DENVER (AP) -- Emergency officials told confused residents not to worry after they reported a fire on the outskirts of Denver, including at least two residents who later were found dead in their burning home, 911 calls released by officials Tuesday showed....

Some 200 US Marines, the first contingent of up to 2,500 to be deployed in northern Australia, arrive in Darwin as the two sides deepen defence ties.

Six students and one employee died when a gunman opened fire at Christian-based Oikos University in Oakland, Calif. Three other people were wounded....

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- The first detachment of 200 U.S. Marines has arrived in northern Australia, where a permanent joint training hub is taking shape as part of a U.S. shift of military strength in the Asia-Pacific region....

HMS Dauntless, one of the UK's largest and most powerful air defence destroyers, has set sail for the Falkland Islands on a routine deployment.

DALLAS (AP) -- Tornadoes raked the Dallas area Tuesday, crumbling a wing of a nursing home, peeling roofs from dozens of homes and spiraling big-rig trailers into the air like footballs. More than a dozen injuries were reported....

David Cameron says "gaps" in national security must be plugged but says concerns about closed court hearings and internet surveillance can be met.

After winning all three primaries on Tuesday night, Mitt Romney looks to Pennsylvania for what could be a decisive blow.

Mitt Romney wins all three of Tuesday's Republican presidential primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington DC.

MELEKEOK, Palau (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard and a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Paul Allen are searching the Pacific for an American pilot and two Republic of Palau police officers whose plane disappeared as they tried to track down a Chinese vessel that was allegedly fishing illegally....

Nancy Pelosi: Women helped bring about Arab spring and need long-denied rights of participation for building the new democracies.

A man wearing military fatigues walked with two bright green parrots perched on his shoulder. A peccary trotted behind a police sergeant.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. crime-fighting office said Tuesday that 2.4 million people across the globe are victims of human trafficking at any one time, and 80 percent of them are being exploited as sexual slaves....

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Sixteen pit bulls rescued from a dogfighting ring in the Philippines were euthanized Tuesday for lack of facilities to rehabilitate them and prevent them from reappearing in underground arenas....

HOUSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court judge on Tuesday seemed to take offense to comments President Barack Obama made earlier this week in which he warned that if the Supreme Court overturned his signature health care overhaul it would amount to overreach by an "unelected" court....

HOUSTON (AP) -- A federal appeals court judge on Tuesday seemed to take offense to comments President Barack Obama made earlier this week in which he warned that if the Supreme Court overturned his signature health care overhaul it would amount to overreach by an "unelected" court....

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum energizes a crowd of supporters during a campaign speech in Mars, Pennsylvania.