A Trigana Air Service plane carrying 54 people went missing Sunday in Indonesia’s mountainous province of Papua, and rescuers were heading to an area where villagers reported seeing a plane crash into a mountain, officials said.
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Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Authorities say a man has died in a garage fire in Wichita. KAKE-TV reports that the explosion happened around 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Battalion Chief Brad Boyd said that when crews arrived they found heavy smoke and flames coming from a detached garage. Crews weren’t able to get to the man until after the flames were put out. The name of the man wasn’t immediately released and the cause of the fire was unknown. No other injuries were reported.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Department of Revenue has banned employees from making audio, video or photographic recordings while at work. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that violations could lead to firings. Agency spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda says the policy is formalizing what has already been the practice at the agency. Koranda declined to say whether a specific incident or incidents prompted the policy to be put into place. The restrictions, which took effect earlier this month, have raised concerns. Kansas Organization of State Employees director Rebecca Proctor says workers often make recordings to aid in proving harassment claims. The recording ban…
Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday called the slaying of four Marines and a sailor at a Chattanooga reserve center the act of a “perverted jihadist.” He made the comments at a memorial to the five servicemen killed in last month’s shooting rampage.
Travelers up and down the East Coast faced significant delays and cancellations Saturday due to a technical glitch at a flight control center in Virginia. Long lines plagued Washington’s Reagan National Airport.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– The Royals’ Salvador Perez had spent the last three games on the bench, nursing his ailing right wrist. So when the All-Star catcher got the go-ahead to return to the lineup, he decided to prove — twice — that he was just fine. Perez hit a towering homer to lead off a six-run second inning, then added a run-scoring double later in the frame, backing another strong performance by Johnny Cueto in Kansas City’s 9-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night. “I guess it’s good,” Perez said of his wrist. Cueto (9-7) allowed…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Momentum continues to build for the 2015 K-State volleyball season as K-State Athletics officials announced single-match tickets for the entire home schedule will go on sale starting Monday, August 17. Single-match ticket prices are unchanged from a season ago as general admission tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children (12 and under), military personnel and senior citizens. Tickets can be purchased in advance or on the day of a match, with the ticket windows at either Ahearn Field House or Bramlage Coliseum opening one hour before first serve. The slate of 11…
Japanese and U.S. cities marked the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II with a ceremony in Pearl Harbor.
There is a high chance that a record-setting El Nino is headed toward California this winter. While the weather pattern could bring enormous amounts of precipitation to the state, experts say that it will not be sufficient to wipe out California’s drought.