Articles from the October 26, 2017 edition
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Troops describe hardships, wounds during Bergdahl searches
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Several soldiers and a Navy SEAL testified Wednesday about the risky, all-out efforts to find Bowe Bergdahl after the soldier's 2009 disappearance in Afghanistan. Troops and commanders went without sleep. Shirts and socks...
New screenings to start for all US-bound airline passengers
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — All incoming flights to the United States will be subject to new security screening procedures before takeoff, including both American citizens and foreigners possibly facing security interviews from airline...
ACLU: Teen at center of immigration case has abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — An immigrant teen in federal custody who was seeking an abortion over the Trump administration's objections had the procedure Wednesday after a U.S. appeals court ruled in her favor, her lawyers said. The 17-year-old had fought...
Trump OKs test program to expand domestic drone flights
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Americans could see a lot more drones flying around their communities as the result of a Trump administration test program to increase government and commercial use of the unmanned aircraft. President Donald Trump gave the...
Scientists working toward reversible kind of gene editing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are altering a powerful gene-editing technology in hopes of one day fighting diseases without making permanent changes to people's DNA. The trick: Edit RNA instead, the messenger that carries a gene's instructions. "If...
Toxins in widespread use excluded from EPA chemical review
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Spurred by the chemical industry, President Donald Trump's administration is retreating from a congressionally mandated review of some of the most dangerous chemicals in public use: millions of tons of asbestos, flame...
Alternatives to Putin a mixed bag as Russian election looms
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn't said if he will stand for a fourth term. But with the election a little more than four months off, the presidential race is a mélange of hypotheticals with one conclusion: None of the...
Questions loom as Mattis visits SKorea: Can diplomacy work?
BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting the Korean Peninsula at a momentous juncture in the faltering effort to persuade Pyongyang to halt and dismantle its nuclear weapons program. Ominous questions hang in the air. Is...
White House welcomes Senate vote killing consumer rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is welcoming a congressional measure killing the ability of millions of Americans to band together to sue bank or credit card companies to resolve financial disputes in a major win for Wall Street. The Senate narro...
Xi Jinping and other key leaders of China's Communist Party
BEIJING (AP) — Key members of China's Communist Party were determined at the national congress, which is held every five years and concluded this week. On Wednesday, members of the party's highest body, the Politburo Standing Committee were...
US suspects Niger villager betrayed Army troops
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military believes someone in a Niger village may have tipped off attackers to the presence of U.S. commandos and Nigerien forces in the area, setting in motion the ambush that killed four Americans, a senior defense...
House Democratic leader to resign, drop from governor's race
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma House Democratic leader Scott Inman announced Wednesday he is dropping out of the governor's race and plans to resign from his House seat early next year, citing the strain of the campaign on his personal life. "The...
Oklahoma City, Tulsa districts intervene in funding lawsuit
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City and Tulsa school districts are intervening in a lawsuit by the Oklahoma Public Charter School Association against the state Board of Education over inequities in funding. The Oklahoma City Public Schools has...
Judge removes fatal shooting from ex-Tulsa officer's record
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A judge has removed a manslaughter case from a white former Oklahoma police officer's record after she asked to have it expunged. District Judge William LaFortune ruled Wednesday that all documents in former Tulsa officer Betty...
GOP plan to hike taxes, fix budget fails in Oklahoma House
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican-backed plan to increase taxes on cigarettes, fuel and alcohol to help patch the budget and pay for teacher raises has been shot down in the Oklahoma House. House members voted 54-44 on Tuesday for the proposal,...
USGS reports 3 small earthquakes recorded in Oklahoma
WOODWARD, Okla. (AP) — The U.S Geological Survey reports three small earthquakes in Oklahoma. The two largest quakes each have a preliminary magnitude of 3.1. The first was recorded at 8:50 p.m. Tuesday near Woodward, about 150 miles (241...
Oklahoma Supreme Court says malpractice law unconstitutional
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court says a state law designed to deter the filing of frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional. The Oklahoman reports that the Tuesday decision is the third time the court has struck...
Ex-staffer: Sexual harassment rampant at Kansas Statehouse
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Sexual harassment is "rampant" at the Kansas Statehouse, an ex-Democratic legislative leader's former chief of staff said Wednesday, adding that she once was asked for sex by a lawmaker. Abbie Hodgson, the former staffer, also...
Poachers face jail time, fines for killing deer in Kansas
PRATT, Kan. (AP) — Two 20-year-old Missouri hunters have been sentenced to 60 days in county jail and ordered to pay $18,200 in fines for poaching deer in Kansas. Pratt County Attorney Tracey Beverlin said in a news release that Hunter Bottcher,...
Filing: US prosecutors violated court orders in Kansas probe
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The federal public defender says the U.S. attorney's office in Kansas has violated court orders amid a court-appointed official's investigation into the recording of attorney-client meetings at the Leavenworth Detention...
Lawrence activist banned from university building hired
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Lawrence activist who was banned from one building at the University of Kansas for making students and staff feel unsafe has been hired to teach students on another part of campus. Caleb Stephens was banned from the...
Officials: Remains are Leavenworth man missing since 2009
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Leavenworth police say remains found last year have been identified as a man who has been missing since 2009. Police Chief Pat Kitchens said DNA evidence proved the skeleton was the remains of William Creech. Leavenworth...
Former Johnson County foster parent sentenced for child rape
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a former Kansas foster parent has been sentenced to more than 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting some of the children in his care. Forty-eight-year-old Sean Murphy, of Edgerton, was sentenced Wednesday...
Kansas man charged in fatal bar shooting
EUDORA, Kan. (AP) — An eastern Kansas man has been charged in a shooting at a bar that left one dead. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that 36-year-old Danny W. Queen of Eudora has been charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death...
Human remains found in suburban Kansas City storage unit
LENEXA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say human remains have been found in a suburban Kansas City storage unit. Lenexa police said in a news release that the discovery was made Tuesday night as officers were checking on a report that people had been...