Articles from the June 8, 2018 edition
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ACLU sues Kansas county prosecutor over diversion policies
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a southeast Kansas prosecutor over what the group says is his improper failure to offer diversion agreements to enough offenders. The ACLU filed its lawsuit directly with the state S...
K-State hires ex-OU coach Hughes to lead baseball program
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State has hired former Oklahoma baseball coach Pete Hughes to lead its program. Hughes takes over for Brad Hill, who was let go as the school's winningest coach, but whose success had waned the past few years. Hughes a...
After controversy, Kansas City transit release documents
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority has released documents pertaining to a legal settlement the agency had previously argued were not public information. The ATA contended it was not subject to open records laws i...
Boyfriend charged in 2016 death of Andover woman
ANDOVER, Kan. (AP) — Andover police say the boyfriend of a woman who died nearly two years ago is now charged in her killing. Police announced Friday in a news release that 52-year-old Roger Smith is charged with second-degree murder in the August 2...
Court: Kobach can be investigated by citizen grand jury
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A citizen grand jury should investigate whether Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach intentionally chose not to process online voter registrations and prevented qualified residents from voting, the state Court of Appeals r...
By Kansas residents remember tornado a decade later
CHAPMAN, Kan. (AP) — It took less than a minute for Kent Mills to lose nine buildings, two grain bins, a cattle corral, a pasture fence and multiple farm vehicles and machinery. Just after 10:30 p.m. on June 11, 2008, the Chapman farmer and r...
Kansas prisons have some expectant mothers behind bars
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Alexa Baugh eagerly waits for the day she can hold her son outside of a Kansas prison. The 25-year-old from Hutchinson sees her son, Angel, on weekends whenever her parents make the trek to the Topeka Correctional Facility. B...
Kansas teen pushes for fewer organ donation restrictions
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Starting July 1, those applying for a driver's license, renewing a license or adjusting to an expired license will have a much easier time signing up as organ donors. All this thanks, at least partially, to a kid who isn't e...
APNewsBreak: Official blasts critic of nuclear plant cleanup
DENVER (AP) — A U.S. official harshly criticized a Colorado health officer who questioned the safety of a former nuclear weapons plant and said he did not trust the federal government's assurances that the site was thoroughly cleaned up before b...
New $2.5B contract awarded to manage nuclear weapons lab
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Overseeing a top nuclear weapons laboratory that has had security and safety problems will be the responsibility of a new management team that includes two universities and a research firm that does work around the world, t...
Carlsbad schools grapple with effects of housing shortage
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — A housing shortage in southeastern New Mexico's oil patch is an obstacle to recruiting educators and retaining students, the superintendent of Carlsbad Municipal Schools said. Superintendent Greg Rodriguez told members of the s...
National rig count rises by 2 to 1,062; Texas gains 3
HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by two this week to 1,062. At this time a year ago there were 927 active rigs. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes reported Friday that 862 rigs d...
US natural gas royalty case results in $600K settlement
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government has reached a settlement with a Texas-based company over money owed on natural gas production on leased lands in New Mexico. Federal prosecutors say they recovered $600,000 to settle allegations that G...
Putin: Cooperation with China at "unprecedented level"
BEIJING (AP) — Cooperation between Russia and China is at an all-time high, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday, underscoring how pressure from the West has magnified Beijing's political and economic imp...
Senate unveils farm bill, leaves food stamps alone
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Agriculture Committee on Friday released a bipartisan farm bill that makes mostly modest adjustments to existing programs and, unlike the House version of the bill, doesn't pick a fight over food stamps. The Senate b...
Trump plan to cut $15B in spending squeaks through House
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday only narrowly passed a White House plan to cut almost $15 billion in unused government money, a closer-than-expected tally on legislation that's designed to demonstrate fiscal discipline in Washington even t...
Trump signals support for states deciding if pot is legal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana, a proposal that would dramatically reshape the nation's legal landscape for pot users and b...
Celebrity suicides highlight troubling trend in midlife
CHICAGO (AP) — The deaths of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and fashion designer Kate Spade highlight a troubling trend — rising suicides among middle-aged Americans. Mental health problems, often undiagnosed, are usually involved and experts say...
GOP risks fallout from Justice Department move on health law
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's decision to stop defending in court the Obama health law's popular protections for consumers with pre-existing conditions could prove risky for Republicans in the midterm elections — and nudge pre...
Judge asked to again halt Arkansas abortion pills law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Planned Parenthood asked a federal judge on Friday to again block an Arkansas law that restricts how abortion pills are administered, saying the restriction makes the state the first in the U.S. to effectively ban that f...
US pulls 2 more from Cuba amid new potential health cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has pulled out two more of its workers from its embassy in Cuba and is testing them for possible brain injury, three U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Friday, amid concerns they may have been affected b...
To talk or not to talk? The dilemma of suicide contagion
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) In recent years, research has shown that suicide has the potential to spread through social networks – a phenomenon s...
Trade tremors: How tariffs, tough talk has unsettled markets
NEW YORK (AP) — Fears of a trade war have given a boost to some of the smallest companies on the market as well as some of the biggest technology companies, but they've squeezed almost everything in the middle. For more than three months, i...
Eruption of lava continues from vent in Hawaii neighborhood
HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii volcano continues to erupt from a vent in a Big Island community, sending a stream of lava toward the ocean. Twenty-four vents, or fissures, have opened up in a mostly rural district of the island since May 3. Scientists s...
Kim Jong Un impersonator questioned on arrival in Singapore
SINGAPORE (AP) — A Kim Jong Un lookalike was detained and questioned upon his arrival in Singapore on Friday, days before a summit between the North Korean leader and President Donald Trump. The Hong Kong-based impersonator, who uses the name H...
