Articles from the June 28, 2020 edition
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Farm issues key in Kansas Republican congressional race
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A commercial real estate broker from Salina who ran for Congress 10 years ago and an eye surgeon from Finney County are trying to draw attention to themselves and distinctions from one another ahead of an August Republican...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's see-no-evil posture on coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's persistent see-no-evil posture on coronavirus testing — if you don't look for the virus, the cases go away — defies both science and street sense. Yet he took it a step further with a comment suggestin...
The Latest: 371 tests positive at Missouri chicken plant
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Tyson Foods has announced that 371 employees at its chicken processing plant in the far southwestern corner of Missouri have tested positive for COVID-19. The company said in a news release Friday that it tested 1,142 employees...
Bar owners worry as virus surges in their workplaces
HOUSTON (AP) — The din of conversation and music that normally fills The Cottonmouth Club in downtown Houston fell silent last Friday when the owners shut it down for a second time during the coronavirus pandemic — a week before the Texas...
The humble Knoxville scientist who became a worldwide hero
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — I started getting calls for help late in March. Messages came in through email and Twitter from health care workers who were feeling desperate because their supply of personal protective equipment was dwindling. "I'll keep...
Daytime Emmys: 'The Young and the Restless' wins best drama
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Young and the Restless" won best drama at the first virtual Daytime Emmys along with three acting trophies on Friday night, with some winners speaking out about racial injustice. Ellen DeGeneres accepted the trophy for best...
Charles Webb, author of 'The Graduate,' dies in England
Charles Webb, a lifelong non-conformist whose debut novel "The Graduate" was a deadpan satire of his college education and wealthy background adapted into the classic film of the same name, has died. He was 81. Webb died June 16 in Eastbourne,...
Amazon delivery moment captured in Delaware goes viral
MAGNOLIA, Del. (AP) — When Lynn Staffieri, a resident of Magnolia, Delaware, saw her Amazon delivery driver running away from her house, she wondered what she just witnessed. She received the notification through her Nest doorbell, a service that...
IVAN DALE ZOOK
Graveside services for Ivan Dale Zook will be at 10 a.m. Monday, June 29, 2020, at the Waynoka Municipal Cemetery with Bill David Walker officiating. Interment is under the direction of Marshall...
K-State players announce boycott after student's Floyd tweet
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State football players say they will boycott all team activities until administrators create a policy that would allow a student to be expelled for "openly racist, threatening or disrespectful actions." The move that...
Fracking pioneer Chesapeake files for bankruptcy protection
NEW YORK (AP) — Chesapeake Energy, a shale drilling pioneer that helped to turn the United States into a global energy powerhouse, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Oklahoma City-based company said Sunday that it was a necessary decision...
Colorado Civil War statue toppled, police investigating
DENVER (AP) — Police in Denver have arrested one person for suspected arson after a small group of protesters attempted to set fire to the pedestal of a Civil War statue that was toppled last week. About 75 protesters had been demonstrating...
K-State researchers get $1M to improve wheat diversity
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas State University wheat geneticist will get nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research designed to improve the genetic diversity of wheat. The Hutchinson News reports the research will...
Confirmed coronavirus cases approach 13,000 in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Oklahoma is nearing 13,000 with more than newly reported cases, the Oklahoma State Department of Health said Sunday The department said there are said there are 12,944 confirmed...
Opioid crisis in Colorado could get worse amid pandemic
DENVER (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic overshadowed a long list of other problems that suddenly seemed less urgent in the wake of a deadly virus and its economic destruction. Included at the top of that list: the opioid epidemic. That crisis is...
Testing to determine whether Kansas carp are dying of herpes
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State wildlife and parks staff are collecting and testing samples from fish carcasses to determine whether a koi herpes virus is behind fish kills in at least two Kansas lakes. According to the Kansas Department of Wildlife,...
Rolling Stones threaten to sue Trump over using their songs
LONDON (AP) — The Rolling Stones are threatening President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives. The Stones said in a statement Sunday that their legal team is working with music...
Average US gas price up 6 cents over 2 weeks to $2.22/gallon
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline increased by 6 cents over the past two weeks, to $2.22 per gallon. That's 51 cents below the average pump price from a year ago. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the...
Richmond Fed chief: With outlook hazy, economy needs support
WASHINGTON (AP) — As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond since 2018, Tom Barkin is a member of the Fed's powerful committee that sets interest rates. The committee has been engaged this year in an extraordinary drive to support the...
Trump denies briefing on reported bounties against US troops
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday denied that he had been briefed on reported U.S. intelligence that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in...
Summer may decide fate of leading shots in vaccine race
People on six continents already are getting jabs in the arm as the race for a COVID-19 vaccine enters a defining summer, with even bigger studies poised to prove if any shot really works -- and maybe offer a reality check. Already British and...
World leaders, stars unite at event aimed at fighting virus
LONDON (AP) — A summit that included a star-studded virtual concert hosted by Dwayne Johnson has raised nearly $7 billion in cash and loan guarantees to assist the poor around the globe whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus pandemic....
Italy honors, remembers virus dead with Donizetti's Requiem
ROME (AP) — Italy bid farewell to its coronavirus dead on Sunday with a haunting Requiem concert performed at the entrance to the cemetery of Bergamo, the hardest-hit province in the onetime epicenter of the outbreak in Europe. President Sergio...
Black bear rescued as cub released back into Wyoming woods
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — When Taz McBride first laid eyes on "Hissy" he was up close with the tiny black bear in his grandmother's Melody Ranch backyard. Hissy wasn't exactly menacing, as far as black bears go. The gaunt, housecat-size animal appeared...
Longtime Kansas State coach Snyder says he enjoys retirement
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Legendary former Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder says he misses being on the field but has no interest in returning to the sidelines more than 18 months after wrapping up a Hall of Fame career. Snyder stepped away in...