Articles from the December 18, 2020 edition
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1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — One in every five state and federal prisoners in the United States has tested positive for the coronavirus, a rate more than four times as high as the general population. In some states, more than half of prisoners have been...
Manhattan man arrested in death of 2-year-old child
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A Manhattan man has been charged with first-degree murder and child abuse after a 2-year-old child died at hospital, Riley County police said. Gage Anderson, 21, was arrested on Thursday and is being held on $500,000 bond in t...
Spokeswoman: Kansas Gov. Kelly to seek second term in 2022
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is running for reelection in 2022, a spokeswoman said Friday. Spokeswoman Lauren Fitzgerald confirmed the Democratic governor's plans four days after Kelly announced that Commerce Secretary David Toland a...
Investigators: Emails to Dodge City mayor weren't threats
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — Several investigators have concluded that angry emails about mask requirements that prompted a Kansas mayor to resign did not directly threaten her safety. Dodge City Mayor Joyce Warshaw resigned Tuesday. She said she did n...
Motorist rescued after 10 hours in car buried by snow plow
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who drove off the road in this week's snowstorm spent 10 hours trapped in his car after a passing plow and rapidly accumulating snow buried it, finally managing to get a 911 call through and being rescued in the nick of time b...
Illegal winery busted at Alabama town's sewage plant
RAINSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Sheriff's officials say they've busted an illegal winery that was operating at a municipal sewage plant in a small north Alabama town. The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office said in a statement it received an anonymous tip a...
US clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, 2nd shot in arsenal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more than 3,000 deaths a day. Much-needed doses are set to arrive Monday a...
Congress averts shutdown; fight continues over pandemic aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed a two-day stopgap spending bill Friday night, averting a partial government shutdown and buying yet more time for frustratingly slow endgame negotiations on an almost $1 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package. T...
Hacked networks will need to be burned 'down to the ground'
It's going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to be Russian out of the U.S. government networks they have been quietly rifling through since as far back as March in Washington's worst cyberespionage failure on record. Experts say...
