Articles from the May 3, 2020 edition
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Back in session: Senate risks a return but House stays away
WASHINGTON (AP) — Weighing the risks, the Senate will reopen on Monday as the coronavirus crisis rages and the House stays shuttered, an approach that leaves Congress as divided as the nation. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to c...
Rangers' videos share Yellowstone's wonders during crisis
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — In the middle of the 17th minute of the Facebook Live video, Mark Miller reached for his guitar. The park ranger, fully clad in green and gray, had been laying out the history of Yellowstone National Park, which he was s...
Caseworker cares for Chinese couple's baby born to surrogate
RIVERVIEW, Fla. (AP) — Katie Faust says her career as a surrogate pregnancy case manager is more of a calling than a job. That might seem cliche, but she backs it up. Faust was laid off recently due to the coronavirus' negative impact on her i...
Sportfishing captain donates catch to Florida Keys residents
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Florida Keys sportfishing captain Mike Weinhofer hasn't had charter clients since the new coronavirus closed the Keys to visitors in March, but he's still fishing. Weinhofer has operated Key West Florida Fishing Charters for mor...
Mask stolen from lion statue outside Chicago's Art Institute
CHICAGO (AP) — Somebody apparently needed a really big protective mask. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a mask adorning one of the iconic lion statues near the Michigan Avenue entrance to the Art Institute disappeared about 24 hours after it w...
Man arrested trying to quarantine on private Disney island
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida deputies arrested a man who had been living out his quarantine on a shuttered Disney World island, telling authorities it felt like a "tropical paradise." Orange County Sheriff's deputies found Richard McGuire on D...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
AQUATICS Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in Madrid from Feb. 14-16: China team withdrew. Diving World Series in Beijing from March 7-9 canceled. Men's Water Polo World League from...
Dropping oil prices damaging Kansas ethanol industry
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A sharp drop in gas prices around the world is challenging the ethanol industry in Kansas, with two plants currently idle and nine having decreased production by at least 40%. Gas prices were declining before the c...
Teenager arrested after chase involving stolen school bus
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 16-year-old boy is in custody after he led authorities on a chase through several counties in a stolen school bus, authorities said. The incident began Saturday morning when the bus was stolen in Cheney, in Sedgwick C...
No crying in baseball: Little League's drive halted by virus
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The moment had passed, but that wasn't going to stop him. Kerry Cobb was getting ahead of the rain and tending the grass at the Will Carruthers Ball Complex in Whitehaven. He was alone, but he could hear the faint echoes of b...
What you need to know today about the virus outbreak
Faced with 19,000 coronavirus deaths and counting, the nation's nursing homes are pushing back against a potential flood of lawsuits with a sweeping lobbying effort. India reports more than 2,600 infections, its biggest single-day jump, and new...
Kansas to recruit teens as poll workers in response to virus
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab wants to recruit people as young as 16 to volunteer as poll workers in the November election because he is concerned about a second wave of coronavirus infections that could hit in the f...
Farmers markets scaling down with eye on safety due to virus
DETROIT (AP) — Johnny Gyergyou has been selling his farm's meat, poultry and eggs at a Detroit farmers market for more than a decade, but like many of his regular shoppers, he's been staying home in recent weeks to wait out the coronavirus crisis. G...
Oklahoma Capitol to reopen to public on limited basis
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Capitol will reopen to the public on a limited basis this week as the Legislature prepares to return and residents began returning to businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic. State Senate President Pro Tem Greg T...
Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Joe Biden has overwhelmingly won a Democratic presidential primary in Kansas that the state party conducted exclusively by mail because of the coronavirus pandemic. The former vice president had been expected to prevail in S...
Americans without bank accounts must wait for federal checks
NEW YORK (AP) — As the coronavirus crisis took hold, Akeil Smith's employer slashed her work as a home health aide to 25 hours per week. Her $15-an-hour salary no longer provided enough to pay her $700 monthly rent, and she had to visit food p...
At Lincoln Memorial, Trump to take public's pandemic queries
WASHINGTON (AP) — Anxious for an economic recovery, President Donald Trump prepared to field Americans' questions about decisions by some states to allow nonessential businesses to reopen while other states are on virtual lockdown due to the c...
3 scientists picked to do research at Acadia National Park
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — The National Park Service has awarded fellowships to three scientists to conduct research at Acadia National Park. The fellowships are part of Second Century Stewardship, which is an initiative of the park service, N...
Duplantis, Lavillenie split gold in backyard pole-vaulting
French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie hardly treated this like a garden-variety competition. It was for backyard bragging rights. So he raised his intensity. Lavillenie and Mondo Duplantis of Sweden shared the gold medal Sunday during a men's pole...
'The Wax Pack' chronicles baseball card-fueled road trip
NEW YORK (AP) — Brad Balukjian tore open a pack of 1986 Topps baseball cards, chewed the stale, brittle bubblegum and then planned a road trip most sports fans could only dream about. The college biology professor set out to meet every player w...
Athlete creates laughter between football, college studies
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Putting smiles on faces is turning into a life's work for student-athlete Brian McLean of Montgomery. "I do just about anything to see my people happy," said McLean, an aspiring comedian who's been making waves online. On t...
McIlroy, Johnson headline charity match for COVID-19 relief
Live golf returns to television in just under two weeks with a $3 million charity skins match for COVID-19 relief that includes Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and the broadcast debut of fabled Seminole Golf Club. McIlroy and Johnson, both major...
Williams Cos.: 1Q Earnings Snapshot
TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Williams Cos. (WMB) on Monday reported a first-quarter loss of $517 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company said it had a loss of 43 cents....
Body of missing man who was in kayak found in Tuttle Creek
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Riley County police say the body of a man who went missing while kayaking with friends at Tuttle Creek has been recovered. Jose Francisco Ramos, 21, of Fort Riley, disappeared Saturday afternoon while kayaking at the lake n...
Shootout leaves officer, hit-and-run suspect dead in Kansas
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A shootout in Kansas left both a police officer and a hit-and-run suspect dead, authorities said. Overland Park police Officer Mike Mosher died at a hospital Sunday evening, Police Chief Frank Donchez said. Mosher was o...
