Articles from the April 24, 2020 edition
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At least 7 dead as storms hit Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana
MADILL, Okla. (AP) — Severe weather blew through the South on Thursday after killing at least seven people in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana, including a worker at a factory hit by an apparent tornado, a man whose car was blown off the road and a m...
By Amid protests, Kelly says May 3 reopening of Kansas in doubt
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly said Thursday that her goal is to start reopening the Kansas economy on May 3 but she may not be able to do it because the state is "nowhere near" having the supplies needed for adequate coronavirus testing. K...
Virus pushes US unemployment toward highest since Depression
NEW YORK (AP) — Unemployment in the U.S. is swelling to levels last seen during the Great Depression of the 1930s, with 1 in 6 American workers thrown out of a job by the coronavirus, according to new data released Thursday. In response to the d...
Doctors struggle to stay true to science but not cross Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's becoming a kind of daily ritual: President Donald Trump and a phalanx of doctors file into the White House briefing room each evening to discuss the coronavirus, producing a display of rhetorical contortions as the medical o...
Bugged: Earth's insect population shrinks 27% in 30 years
KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — The world has lost more than one quarter of its land-dwelling insects in the past 30 years, according to researchers whose big picture study of global bug decline paints a disturbing but more nuanced problem than earlier r...
Elizabeth Warren's oldest brother dies of coronavirus
BOSTON (AP) — The oldest brother of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Donald Reed Herring, has died from the coronavirus, the Massachusetts senator said Thursday. The former Democratic presidential candidate said her brother died Tuesday evening. He spent h...
Ex-University of Illinois officer faces new sex assualt charges
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A former University of Illinois police officer has been charged with sexual assault, sexual abuse and intimidation for alleged attacks on four women in incidents that date back to June 2012, Champaign County authorities said T...
'Parks and Recreation' cast reunites for fundraising special
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The original cast members of "Parks and Recreation" are getting back to work for a coronavirus-related fundraising special. Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman and Adam Scott are among the sitcom's stars to be f...
Why farmers are dumping milk down the drain and letting produce rot in fields
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elizabeth Ransom, Pennsylvania State University; E. Melanie DuPuis, Pace University , and Michelle R. Worosz, Auburn University (THE CON...
Eagles pull off a stunner, draft Jalen Hurts in second round
The Philadelphia Eagles have selected Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts in the second round of the NFL draft. After taking TCU wide receiver Jalen Reagor with the 21st overall pick in the first round, the Eagles made a stunning move Friday to get Hurt...
3 states partly reopen, despite health officials' warnings
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Even as the confirmed U.S. death toll from the coronavirus soared past 50,000, Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska began loosening lockdown orders Friday on their pandemic-wounded businesses, despite warnings from health experts that t...
Cowboys address need in 2nd round, take Tide CB Trevon Diggs
The Dallas Cowboys addressed one of their biggest needs in the second round of the NFL draft Friday night, taking former Alabama cornerback Trevon Diggs with the 51st overall selection. The Cowboys pivoted away from defense in the first round when...
Intruders post racist language in Oklahoma education meeting
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An online meeting of the Oklahoma State Board of Education was disrupted by an intruder or intruders posting racist and vulgar language that was visible to everyone watching. The incident Thursday was the first "zoombombing" of a...
Some Oklahoma businesses reopen despite rise in virus cases
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Salons, spas and barbershops opened up in much of Oklahoma on Friday after the governor authorized it despite concerns from medical professionals and a steady increase in the number of COVID-19 deaths and confirmed cases in the s...
Group sues Election Board to ease absentee restrictions
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The League of Women Voters of Oklahoma and two voters at high risk of contracting the coronavirus are suing the state to make it easier for residents to cast absentee ballots by mail. The lawsuit filed Thursday with the O...
Officials: Kansas may be near peak in coronavirus deaths
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — State officials said Friday Kansas may be nearing or has already reached its peak in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, leaving the state to focus on the economic fallout of closing businesses to stem the spread. Kansas saw t...
Democrat tops GOP hopefuls in Kansas US Senate fundraising
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Republicans looking to protect their majority in the U.S. Senate have been unable to match the fundraising prowess of a party-switching Democratic state lawmaker in normally reliably red Kansas. It's unclear how much it m...
Topeka postpones 3% pay cut for staff stemming from virus
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Topeka officials have announced plans to postpone a 3% pay reduction for all city staff to deal with plummeting city tax revenues in the wake of measures to slow the COVID-19 outbreak. The city said in a news release Friday t...
Wichita police investigating shooting death of 30-year-old
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police in Wichita are investigating the shooting death of a 30-year-old man in the city's Delano neighborhood. The shooting happened just after 7 p.m. Thursday, police said in a Friday news release. Arriving officers found B...
Kansas universities juggle budget problems amid coronavirus
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas colleges will soon get millions in federal money to help with the ripple effects from the coronavirus, but educators and experts say it's not nearly enough. The roughly $2 trillion CARES Act, meant as a life preserver for...
Kansas professors help with COVID-19 tests at state's lab
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Working with infectious materials is nothing new for Robert DeLong. "Basically I'm a lab rat,'' said the Kansas State University professor, a researcher in veterinary medicine. Before landing on a college campus, he had worke...
Mom, daughter celebrate 100th birthday through glass doors
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — This is the way it is for now, an only child, 69, shouts to her aged mother from behind glass doors. On May 6, Doris Hockenberger is to turn 100. A birthday party was planned, but in this time of COVID-19, everything needs t...
A sly move: Woman wrestles attacking fox into scalding pot
GRAY, Maine (AP) — A fox that was attacking a Maine woman quickly found its goose was cooked when she wrestled into a pot meant for scalding chickens. Eliza Ruth Watson, 37, of Gray, tried to scare the fox away while she was gardening Thursday. I...
Utah halts malaria-drug buy, looks ahead to reopen dining
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah halted plans Friday to buy 200,000 treatments of malaria drugs that have been widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus despite warnings from doctors. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert said the s...
FDA warns of heart risks with Trump-promoted malaria drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned doctors against prescribing a malaria drug touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus except in hospitals and research studies. In an alert, regulators f...
