Hundreds of activists decked out in wetsuits and life jackets took to the waters of Elliott Bay on Saturday in kayaks, canoes, and other vessels to send the message that Royal Dutch Shell should cancel its plan to drill in the Arctic Ocean.
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An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted President Mohammed Morsi and over 100 others to death over a mass prison break during the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and later brought Islamists to power.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– CC Sabathia was told by Yankees manager Joe Girardi that he was done Saturday night after limiting the hot-hitting Royals to one run through seven efficient innings. “I guess I’m an old man now,” Sabathia said. “He needed to take me out and give me a rest.” Old man? More like the Sabathia of old. Backed by homers from Chase Headley and Alex Rodriguez, the former Cy Young winner who had struggled throughout April helped New York to a 5-1 victory over Kansas City, ending the Yankees’ four-game losing streak and evening their three-game series. “CC…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications (Photo Courtesy of Kansas State Athletics) LAWRENCE, Kan. – K-State erased a three-run deficit in the eighth inning and scored a pair of two-out runs in the ninth to complete a come-from-behind 6-4 win over Kansas on Saturday at Hoglund Ballpark to clinch the Sunflower Showdown series and a spot in the 2015 Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Championship. The Wildcats (26-27, 10-13 Big 12) earned their seventh trip to the Big 12 postseason tournament in the last eight years by overcoming a 4-1 disadvantage after the seventh inning. KU starting pitcher Drew Morovick…
The National Transportation Safety Board says the engineer of the derailed Amtrak train has told investigators he has no recollection of the trip from the time the train went through a rail station about 3 miles from the curve where it crashed.
A jury’s decision to sentence Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for his role in the deadly Boston Marathon bombing drew swift reaction from victims, family members and others whose lives were touched by the two blasts near the marathon’s finish line.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy spoke with State Representative, Sydney Carlin of Manhattan; Riley County Extension Agriculture Agent, Greg McClure; and Riley County Senior Service Center Project Coordinator, Deb Nuss. A segment of open phones also prompted discussions about the state legislature and graduation. Sydney Carlin Greg McClure Deb Nuss Open phones
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications (Photo Courtesy of Kansas State Athletics) LAWRENCE, Kan. – K-State recorded its largest shutout ever in the all-time series against KU on Friday as the Wildcats blanked the Jayhawks, 11-0, in the series opener at Hoglund Ballpark. K-State starting pitcher Nate Griep tossed seven unblemished innings, stretching his consecutive scoreless inning streak to 16 frames, while the Wildcat offense notched 14 hits, 13 of which were singles, to help K-State (25-27, 9-13 Big 12) record its 18th shutout in the Sunflower Showdown series. The win was the Wildcats’ fourth straight in Lawrence and seventh…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)– The Royals were a couple of weeks into spring training and veteran right-hander Chris Young was still on the market when general manager Dayton Moore approached manager Ned Yost one day and asked whether they should try signing him. Yost spent a few seconds recalling the way Young shut down the Royals last season, when he was with Seattle, and replied: “Heck yeah. Let’s go get him.” Signed to provide bullpen support, Young made another strong case to have a permanent spot in the rotation Friday night. He held down the Yankees into the sixth inning,…
This undated photo released by the FBI on April 19, 2013 shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. On Friday, May 15, 2015, Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the 2013 Boston Marathon terror attack.