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2026 Kansas City Chiefs season
2026 Kansas City Chiefs season, Andy Reid's 14th year as head coach, Patrick Mahomes returning from a torn ACL. Chiefs started 4-0, first in the AFC West, after a 31-10 Monday night win over Denver.
2026 Kansas City Royals season
2026 Kansas City Royals season: MLB season in which the Royals went 69-93, finished fifth in the AL Central, missed the playoffs, and announced a downtown Crown Center ballpark move.
2026 Kansas gubernatorial election
2026 Kansas gubernatorial election, November 3, 2026 open-seat race to succeed term-limited Laura Kelly. Republican Senate president Ty Masterson faces Democratic state senator Cindy Holscher; Masterson leads independent polls by 3-8 points.
2026 Kansas State Wildcats football team
2026 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Big 12 FBS program in Manhattan, Kansas; first season under head coach Collin Klein, hired December 4, 2025 after Chris Klieman retired; senior dual-threat quarterback Avery Johnson returned; team stood 3-2 (0-2 Big 12) through October 10, 2026.
2026 Karaj B1 bridge attack
The 2026 Karaj B1 bridge attack: US airstrikes on April 2, 2026 destroyed Iran's tallest bridge, the B1 suspension bridge linking Tehran and Karaj, killing 8-13 people, during the US-Israeli war on Iran, with AI-video and missile-launcher disinformation debunked afterward.
2026 Kazakh constitutional referendum
Nationwide referendum of 15 March 2026 in which 87.15% of Kazakh voters on 73.12% turnout approved a new constitution replacing the 1995 text, creating a unicameral Kurultai, restoring the vice presidency, and expanding presidential powers.
2026 Kazakh legislative election
2026 Kazakh legislative election (23 August 2026): first election to Kazakhstan's unicameral Kurultai under the new constitution; Adilet, successor to AMANAT, won 71.17% and 110 of 145 seats on 74.08% turnout.
2026 KBO League season
2026 KBO League season (KBO 리그), 45th season of Korea's ten-team pro baseball league, 144 games per team. KT Wiz won the pennant at 90-49-5; full ABS ball-strike calls and a formal pitch clock debuted; postseason opened October 14.
2026 Kent meningitis outbreak
2026 Kent meningitis outbreak: MenB invasive meningococcal disease cluster in Canterbury, England, March 2026, linked to Club Chemistry and the University of Kent; 21 confirmed cases, 2 deaths, ST-485 P1.12-1,16-183 strain, antibiotics and targeted vaccination response.
2026 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
2026 Kent State Golden Flashes football team, MAC East, Dix Stadium, head coach Mark Carney, QB Dru DeShields; 2-4 overall, 1-2 MAC through six games, with wins over Wofford and Ball State and losses to South Carolina, Ohio State, Ohio, and Western Michigan.
2026 Kentucky Derby
2026 Kentucky Derby, 152nd Run for the Roses, May 2, 2026 at Churchill Downs; 20-horse $5 million race won by 35-1 Golden Tempo, trained by Cherie DeVaux, first woman trainer to win it.
2026 Kentucky Wildcats football team
2026 Kentucky Wildcats football team: FBS/SEC season under first-year head coach Will Stein, hired after Mark Stoops' firing. Rebuilt via ~31 transfers and QB Kenny Minchey; opened 6-1, ranked 12th AP, after being picked 14th in the SEC.
2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, held 9 April 2026 for all 140 seats; the Congress-led UDF won 92 seats (INC 63) and defeated the CPI(M)-led LDF (34), ending Left rule; V D Satheesan became chief minister.
2026 Kharg Island attack
2026 Kharg Island attack: US bombing raid of March 13, 2026 on Iran's main oil export terminal during the US-Israeli war on Iran; military targets destroyed, oil infrastructure spared, seizure repeatedly threatened later.
2026 Kimberly-Clark distribution center fire
The 2026 Kimberly-Clark distribution center fire was an alleged arson that destroyed a 1.2-million-square-foot paper-products warehouse in Ontario, California, on April 7, 2026, causing over $500 million in damage.
2026 Knox County, Tennessee mayoral election
2026 Knox County, Tennessee mayoral election: county mayor race opened by term-limited Glenn Jacobs. Republican Betsy Henderson won the August 6, 2026 general election with 52.47% (46,207 votes) over Democrat Beau Hawk after a three-way May 5 primary.
2026 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election
2026 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election: civic polls for Kolkata's KMC, expected November 2026 after Durga Puja. Follows completed delimitation and the BJP's 2026 takeover of the West Bengal state government from the TMC.
2026 Korea Masters
VICTOR Korea Masters 2026, a BWF World Tour Super 300 badminton tournament held August 4–9, 2026 in Asan, South Korea, with a US$250,000 purse; champions included Zhu Xuanchen, Ashmita Chaliha, and Watanabe/Taguchi.
2026 Korn Ferry Tour
2026 Korn Ferry Tour, the PGA Tour's developmental circuit's 36th season: 25 events in seven countries, $27 million purses, top 20 on the Points List earning 2027 PGA Tour cards.
2026 Kosovan parliamentary election
The 2026 Kosovan parliamentary election was a snap election for Kosovo's 120-seat Assembly, held on 7 June 2026, the third in sixteen months, won by Albin Kurti's Vetëvendosje.
2026 Kraków mayoral election
Early mayoral election in Kraków, Poland (przedterminowe wybory prezydenta miasta Krakowa), held 27 September and 11 October 2026 after a May recall referendum removed mayor Aleksander Miszalski; independent Łukasz Gibała beat KO-backed Monika Piątkowska 62.12% to 37.88%.
2026 Kumamoto earthquake
2026 Kumamoto earthquake (令和８年熊本地震): Mj 7.1 strike-slip quake, July 28, 2026, 16:27, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan; intensity 7 in Uki City and Hikawa Town; rupture on the Hinagu Fault Zone southwest of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake zone.
2026 Kurdish–Iranian crisis
The 2026 Kurdish–Iranian crisis: escalation between Iran and its exiled Kurdish opposition after the February 28, 2026 US-Israeli attack on Iran; six-party Coalition of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan, collapsed western-front plan, Iranian strikes on KRI camps, and post-ceasefire PJAK clashes inside Iran.
2026 Kwara State attacks
Series of 2026 militant attacks and kidnappings in Kwara State, Nigeria, led by the 3 February massacre of at least 162 people in Woro and Nuku, attributed to Boko Haram's JAS faction.
2026 Kyiv shooting
2026 Kyiv shooting: 18 April 2026 mass shooting in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district by Moscow-born Dmytro Vasylchenkov, 58, who killed six (final toll seven), wounded 14, took supermarket hostages, and was shot dead by KORD police.
2026 Kyojo Cup season
2026 Kyojo Cup season: tenth season of KYOJO CUP (競争女子), Japan's all-female one-make single-seater series; five events, ten races, all at Fuji Speedway, using the KCMG-built KC-MG01 F4-level car; Tomishita, Shimono, and Ounaga among the winners.
2026 LA Galaxy season
2026 LA Galaxy season: MLS campaign of the Los Angeles Galaxy (Galaxy, Gs) under Greg Vanney at Dignity Health Sports Park, rebounding from a 14th-place 2025, with signings Klauss, Glesnes, Haak, Thommy and a Concacaf Champions Cup run.
2026 Labour Party leadership crisis
The 2026 Labour Party leadership crisis: Keir Starmer's premiership collapsed after the 7 May 2026 local-election losses to Reform UK, ministerial resignations, and his 22 June resignation, with Andy Burnham confirmed unopposed as leader on 17 July 2026.
2026 Labour Party leadership election
2026 Labour Party leadership election: contest triggered by Keir Starmer's 22 June 2026 resignation announcement; Andy Burnham was the only validly nominated candidate (379 MPs, 23 affiliates), confirmed leader 17 July and appointed prime minister 20 July 2026.
2026 Ladies European Tour
2026 Ladies European Tour: 48th season of the women's pro golf tour, 11 Feb to 29 Nov, 30 events in 21 countries, €40m+ purses, $15m PIF Global Series, Solheim Cup at Bernardus Golf, Yamashita and Huang among winners.