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 By Lynn L. Martin    Local    May 17, 2017

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A massive ransomware computer virus was launched last week that has been described as one of the most serious in history. Its name is “WannaCry.” Ransomware is software that is sneaked onto your computer by bad guys. When triggered, you are shown a s...

 

Music teacher accused of sex trafficking of minors

NEW YORK (AP) — The 52-year-old founder of a Queens music school has been arrested on charges accusing him of having sex with underage girls. Oliver Sohngen was arrested Tuesday on sex trafficking of minors and other charges. He's the director of t...

 
 By Allison Kite    Regional    May 17, 2017

Kansas Senate backs down from floor debate on concealed guns

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Senators on Tuesday backed away from a contentious floor debate on the state's concealed carry law, opting instead to send a bill back to committee that would allow several types of medical providers to ban guns in their f...

 

Study: Bullying persists in school, reports of sex crime up

WASHINGTON (AP) — One in every 5 middle and high school students has complained of being bullied at school and the number of reports of sexual assault on college campuses has more than tripled over the past decade, according to a federal study r...

 

Texas state senator Uresti indicted on multiple felonies

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal grand jury in San Antonio has issued multiple felony fraud charges against a Texas state senator from a border district. Sen. Carlos Uresti, a Democrat from San Antonio, was charged Tuesday with bribery, wire fraud, c...

 

Tribes in US, Canada unite against Keystone XL oil pipeline

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Tribes representing tens of thousands of indigenous people in the U.S. and Canada will be signing a declaration against the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline. Leaders of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Canada and the Great Sioux N...

 

Former Kansas agriculture secretary running for governor

ELLSWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Former Kansas Agriculture Secretary Joshua Svaty says he's running for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2018. Svaty announced his candidacy Tuesday in his central Kansas hometown of Ellsworth. The 37-year-old Svaty w...

 
 By Astrid Galvan    Regional    May 17, 2017

Feds: Arizona farm kept workers in squalor, didn't fully pay

PHOENIX (AP) — The federal government says an Arizona farm has kept temporary Mexican workers in squalid conditions and paid some of them only a fraction of what they are owed. The Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against G Farms in El Mirage, l...

 
 By Maria Cheng    Regional    May 17, 2017

Study: Taking abortion pill at home as safe as in a clinic

LONDON (AP) — Medical abortions done at home with online help and pills sent in the mail appear to be just as safe as those done at a clinic, according to a new study. The research tracked the outcomes of 1,000 women in Ireland and Northern I...

 
 By Mike Stobbe    Regional    May 17, 2017

Women in 30s now having more babies than younger moms in US

NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time, women in their early 30s are having more babies than younger moms in the United States. Health experts say the shift is due to more women waiting longer to have children and the ongoing drop in the teen birth r...

 

Kansas School of Nursing to open Salina campus this fall

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — The University of Kansas School of Nursing plans to open a campus in Salina this fall. The new venture is a partnership with Salina Regional Health Center. John Berggren, spokesman for the Salina health center, said in a news r...

 

House passes bill to help local police fight cyber-crime

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has overwhelmingly passed legislation to help local law enforcement officers get the latest computer forensics training, a timely topic after last Friday's cyber-extortion attack that targeted hospitals, companies and g...

 

What we currently know about the global cyberattack

NEW YORK (AP) — As danger from a global cyberattack that hit some 150 nations continues to fade, analysts are starting to assess the damage. Hard-hit organizations such as the U.K.'s National Health Service appear to be bouncing back, and few p...

 

Plant with rotting flesh smell blooms in California

FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California nature center has a flower that smells deathly. Amorphophallus titanum, better known as the "corpse flower," emits a decaying flesh smell during its once-a-decade bloom. Staff members at the Fullerton A...

 

Library brings drag queens, kids together for story hour

NEW YORK (AP) — It takes a certain something to be a good storyteller: enthusiasm, timing and a flair for the dramatic. Performers at a children's story hour at a New York City library have all that and then some — they're drag queens. About onc...

 

Not diplomatic: Boar chases British ambassador in Austria

VIENNA (AP) — Some situations leave even the most seasoned diplomats unprepared. Take a British ambassador's encounter with a wild boar. Leigh Turner, Britain's ambassador to Austria, says he was left shaken and lightly injured after being chased r...

 

Oklahoma governor seeks federal storm disaster declaration

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is asking for a federal disaster declaration as a result of storms that struck the state in April. Fallin said Tuesday that her request is for 18 counties affected by storms that produced three t...

 

Oklahoma Department of Human Services amends gun policy

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged the Oklahoma Department of Human Services violated foster parents' right to bear arms. The lawsuit was filed after the department asked parents to sign a written agreement r...

 

Oklahoma cop's manslaughter trial heads to closing arguments

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Attorneys on Tuesday finished calling witnesses in the manslaughter case against a white Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man last year, clearing the way for closing arguments. Tulsa officer Betty Jo S...

 

Authorities: Man shot by troopers aimed crossbow at officers

WEWOKA, Oklahoma (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Tuesday that troopers shot and killed a 48-year-old man who aimed a loaded crossbow at officers after taking a relative hostage. Keith Chesser died at an Oklahoma City hospital where he was f...

 

Losing party to pay fees in civil cases under Oklahoma law

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A law recently signed by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin will change how attorney fees in civil lawsuits are paid. The Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/2pRo3mz ) reports that the new law requires the losing party to pay all legal fees in c...

 

Kansas lawmakers delay discussions of taxes, school funding

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators are delaying discussions about public school funding and raising taxes to fix the state budget. House and Senate negotiators who had planned to convene Tuesday to discuss proposals for increasing income taxes n...

 
 By John Hanna    Regional    May 17, 2017

Kansas boy's slaying prompts call for new home school rules

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas prosecutor called Tuesday for tougher state regulation of home schools in response to the 2015 killing of a 7-year-old boy whose remains were found in a family pig sty, and has some bipartisan support among l...

 

Suspect accused of wielding machete after chase stunned

HOXIE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a deputy has used a stun gun on a man who advanced toward law enforcement with a machete after a northwest Kansas chase. The Hays Post (http://bit.ly/2rlqnCs ) reports that the pursuit started Monday afternoon w...

 

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