It’s not clear who left a suspicious device in one of the bathrooms aboard an Air France jet flying from Mauritius to Paris. The airline’s CEO says the device was not a bomb and it was made of cardboard, paper and a household timer.
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Beijing continued to be enveloped in eye-watering smog on Sunday, a day after the second red alert of the month was issued in the Chinese capital. A wave of smog settled over the notoriously polluted city of 22.5 million overnight and is forecast to last into Tuesday because of a lack of strong winds.
By Randy Paterson, K-State Athletics Communications With a 32-point fourth quarter, Kansas State turned a nine-point lead into a 28-point win on Saturday night at Bramlage Coliseum with a 78-50 decision over Sam Houston State. K-State has now won six straight games, matching the longest win streak in the Jeff Mittie era. The teams were tied at eight midway through the first quarter, as Wesemann drained a pair of 3-pointers. The Wildcats used an 8-2 run to end the quarter with a 16-10 lead. Erica Young tallied three points during the run, all from the foul line. K-State opened up…
(Photo Courtesy of Kansas State Athletics) WICHITA, Kan. (AP)– Justin Edwards and Wesley Iwundu combined to score 19 second-half points, leading Kansas State over Colorado State 61-56 on Saturday. Dean Wade scored all of his 13 points in the first half for Kansas State (8-2). Edwards finished with 12 points while Iwundu added 11. Emmanuel Omogbo had 13 points and 14 rebounds for Colorado State (6-5). Prentiss Nixon scored 11 for the Rams, and Tiel Daniels had 10. Colorado State played without senior guard, Gian Clavell, who averages 20.8 points. Clavell has an injured left hand. Clavell’s absence was most…
An American airstrike that may have killed a number of Iraqi soldiers on Friday seems to be “a mistake that involved both sides,” U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Saturday. He called Iraq’s prime minister to express condolences.
An attorney for a Chicago Cop charged with murder in the shooting death of a black teenager says he will seek a change of venue for the trial because of comments by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
The Kansas Court of Appeals has vacated a Riley County sentence and remanded it back to the local court with directions, in a case involving alleged battery against a law enforcement officer. In State of Kansas v. Tracey Jerome Toliver, the state court reversed Toliver’s felony conviction and his sentence was vacated. And the seven page opinion concludes “Since this felony conviction was designated by the district court as the primary crime for purposes of calculating Toliver’s base sentence, this case is remanded for sentencing with directions to recalculate the sentence by using the next highest severity level conviction to…
Local officials had plenty to talk about recently as Riley County Commissioners, Manhattan city leaders and Pottowatomie County commissioners discussed the future of transit in the region during their joint city/county/county meeting. Stephanie Watts, the senior transportation manger for the Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization, presented leaders with research gathered that shows long-range plan for getting place-to-place in the region. “I think it gives everyone a sense of the needs over the next 25 years, as far as transportation goes,” Watts said after the meeting. “It gives people an idea of what we can look towards and what projects we…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita city officials have chosen Duluth, Minnesota’s police chief to lead the largest police force in Kansas. The city announced Friday that 43-year-old Gordon Ramsay will become Wichita’s new police chief on January 28th. He will be paid $170,000 a year. The famous chef and Kitchen Nightmares star by the same name, was full of jokes regarding Ramsay’s new position. https://twitter.com/GordonRamsay/status/678035468706054144
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The University of Kansas will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people wearing holiday sweaters during the first half of the school’s upcoming men’s basketball game. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the attempt will happen during Saturday’s game. University officials say the current record belongs to Loughborough University in Loughborough, England. They say 1,175 people gathered in holiday sweaters on December 10th, 2014.