Kansas State

Storm chaser Brandon Copic streamed a tornado outbreak across Kansas, with the broadcast archive drawing more than 340,000 likes as viewers followed the severe weather in real time. The outbreak damaged communities across the state, and people are sharing footage and updates as cleanup and damage assessments continue.

A Republican super PAC is redirecting spending away from the North Carolina race and into Kansas, a sign the group sees the Kansas contest as newly competitive or more winnable. The move is drawing attention from political observers tracking where outside money lands in the closing stretch, since such shifts often signal how each party reads the electoral map.