An angry crowd tried to charge barricades used by pro-democracy protesters occupying part of downtown Hong Kong on Monday. The incident occurred hours after police cleared away some outer barriers.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State University says it will not renew the contract of a professor who conducted controversial research on grassland burning. Research associate Gene Towne says he believes his 26-year career will end Oct. 31 because he suggested in a published article that ranchers could burn grassland at times other than April. For years, the university has said spring, especially late April, was the best time for grassland burning to revive the prairie. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1ELDqzx ) that Biology Division administrator John Blair said Towne’s contract was not renewed because of budget issues. Blair also said…
Oscar Pistorius arrived in court to face sentencing this week in South Africa after being convicted of culpable homicide for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He is currently free on bail.
The CDC confirmed Sunday that a healthcare worker in Dallas tested positive for Ebola, the first contracted case in the U.S. They said the cause might be from a breach in protocol by staff, while nurses say it’s about a lack of proper training.
The Manhattan Fire Department capped off Fire Prevention week with its annual open house Sunday afternoon at fire station Headquarters. “We have a lot of our really cool special equipment out, we have old Engine One that gives rides, we have some crews doing training evolution so people can see what it’s like when we go into a fire,” said Gregg Van De Creek, MFD fire driver. Van De Creek added the open house presents a good opportunity to educate the public while building a rapport with the community. “A lot of people don’t really know what the Fire Department does. Some people think…
Another aggravated robbery/aggravated kidnapping arrest has been made by Riley County Police. While details regarding which robbery is involved are not yet available, Sunday morning’s RCPD arrest report indicates Kaywaun Washington, 25, of Manhattan was taken into custody at 1:30 a.m. Sunday on charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnapping, and kidnapping. Washington’s bond was set at $150,000. As reported by KMAN Friday, Ortegas Tune, 26, of Manhattan was arrested on the same charges Thursday evening. It was reported Tune’s case involved a previously unreported aggravated robbery in the 1300 block of Flint Hills Place in Manhattan Wednesday after 12 a.m.…
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Kansas City Royals prefer to simply savor their exceptional performance at Camden Yards rather than ponder the historical ramifications of where it’s gotten them. Alcides Escobar doubled in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning, Mike Moustakas extended his home run-binge and Kansas City remained perfect in the playoffs, beating the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 Saturday for a 2-0 lead in the AL Championship Series. Now, the Royals head back to Kansas City with the knowledge that no team has ever lost a best-of-seven LCS after winning the first two games on the road. “We don’t want…
(Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics) David Garrett who played Cornerback for Kansas State for three years which included two bowl games, died early Saturday after he was shot outside of a nightclub in his native Cleveland, Ohio. According to a report in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the shooting occurred shortly before 3:30 a.m. local time Saturday outside the Lavish Ultra Lounge on West 117th Street. Witnesses told police that there was a fight inside the nightclub that eventually spilled outside. Garrett was shot in the chest by a bullet that had been fired into a crowd he was standing in…
As Thomas Eric Duncan’s family expressed frustration with the care he received, officials began taking the temperatures of passengers arriving at New York’s Kennedy International Airport from three West African countries.
More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday for a second day of organized rallies to protest Michael Brown’s death and other fatal police shootings in the St. Louis area and elsewhere.