Pope Francis met with Fidel Castro after urging thousands of Cubans to serve one another and not an ideology, a subtle jab at the communist system delivered during a Mass in Havana. He also met with Cuban President Raul Castro.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announces Sunday that the United States will significantly increase the number of worldwide refugees it takes in over the next two years.
DETROIT (AP)– Ian Kinsler had the rare chance to celebrate scoring a game-winning run twice in 45 minutes. Kinsler homered to lead off the 11th inning and give the Detroit Tigers a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. “The nice thing about hitting one out is that the game is guaranteed to be over,” he said. “There was no reviewing that one.” The celebration at home was Kinsler’s second in three innings, but this one counted. Kinsler was initially called safe at home on a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, setting off a mob scene…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications OMAHA, Neb. – For the first time since 2011, K-State lost consecutive non-conference matches as the Wildcats dropped a five-set decision to Arkansas (25-19, 20-25, 21-25, 25-23, 11-15) on Saturday in D.J. Sokol Arena at the Creighton Classic. K-State (8-3), which lost to No. 11 Wisconsin in four sets on Friday, was unable to overcome the defense of Arkansas (9-2) that entered the weekend 10th in the country in opponent hitting percentage. The Wildcats were out-hit by the Razorbacks, .239-.164, as Arkansas tallied 15 team blocks and 95 digs. The Wildcats could not hit…
For most of Saturday’s game, it looked like red zone issues for the Kansas State offense would result in a stunning loss in the Wildcats’ non-conference finale. But K-State made the bigger plays at the biggest moments to overcome Louisiana Tech’s upset bid, 39-33, in triple overtime at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. “I will say I’m proud of them,” Snyder said. “We have a group of guys who had not been in that situation before. Through heck and high water, they managed to carve their way through it. “I’m not sure how they did it, but at least we’re 3-0.”…
Pope Francis was greeted by President Raul Castro after landing in Cuba Saturday.
Riley County Police arrested Heather Marie Spiller, 35, of Manhattan, on Thursday evening. Police made the arrest at approximately 9:30 p.m. in the 500 Block of Vattier Street. She was charged with criminal use of explosives, and her bond was set at $5,000.
DETROIT (AP)– The Tigers and Royals had just about everything on Friday night. The start of the game was delayed by 23 minutes when a light tower malfunctioned, and there was another delay in extra innings because of a problem with the mound. Detroit took a two-run lead in the eighth, only to blow it in the ninth. Finally, the Royals took a lead in the 12th only for Dixon Machado’s bases-loaded single off Greg Holland to give the Tigers a 5-4 victory. “That’s a couple of games where the guys have fought back, this time after being down in…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications OMAHA, Neb. – K-State fought off two match points in the third to force a fourth set and staged an advantage as late as 23-22 in the fourth, but No. 11 Wisconsin prevailed over the Wildcats, 3-1 (20-25, 14-25, 27-25, 23-25), on Friday in the D.J. Sokol Arena at the Creighton Classic. The six-match winning streak of the Wildcats (8-2) was snapped with the defeat to the Badgers (7-1) as they have now dropped four-straight contests to ranked opponents. K-State, which was the first team outside this week’s AVCA Coaches Top-25 Poll, overcame its…