Former President Bill Clinton defended his foundation’s acceptance of donations from foreign governments on Saturday, pointing to the track record of his global philanthropy as Hillary Rodham Clinton nears an announcement on 2016 campaign.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP)– Jon Holmes has endured a rough stretch for the past month. The Texas forward missed two games after suffering a concussion on Feb. 4 against Oklahoma State, went through a six-game shooting slump after returning, and had has to worry that the Longhorns will miss the NCAA tournament for the second time in three seasons. But Holmes emerged on Saturday. Playing in his final home game, the senior scored 10 points and blocked four shots, helping Texas defeat Kansas State 62-49 in the final regular season game for both teams. The 6-foot-8 forward made a pair of…
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications Paced by a career-high five RBIs from Tyler Moore and season-highs in runs and hits by the entire Wildcat offense, the K-State baseball team beat Santa Clara, 17-5, on Saturday in game two of the three-game series at Tointon Family Stadium. Moore was one of nine different Wildcats (6-7) with an RBI in the offensive onslaught, giving K-State its most runs in a game since also scoring 17 against Air Force on March 18, 2014. In addition to Moore, three other Wildcats tallied multiple RBIs, with Ethan Klosterboer, Danny Krause and Dominic Thornton registering…
As of 5 pm the Riley County Police Department is reporting some metrics for the celebration so far: 70-100 citizen generated calls- These are calls tied to issues such as noise, and parking which is reported by the general population to authorities. 60-65 Officer calls for service- Officers requested issues for the day. 11 Arrests – RCPD public information officer Matt Droge says these are primarily alcohol related, but there have been other drugs involved as well… including adderall and marijuana. According to officer Droge there are seven police departments working together to police the event, and “the ultimate goal…
President Barack Obama addressed a crowd gathered at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the day in 1965 when police attacked marchers demonstrating for voting rights.
The Kansas State Women’s Basketball team cut a 24-point deficit down to seven points late in the second half but in the end top-seeded Baylor defeated the eighth-seeded Wildcats 82-70 in the Big 12 Quarterfinals Saturday at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Haley Texada after scoring 18 points in Friday night’s win over Kansas led K-State with 25 points but her efforts were not enough to overcome 30 points by Baylor’s Nina Davis, the Big 12 Player of the Year as the Lady Bears advanced into Sunday’s Semifinal against Oklahoma State which defeated Iowa State earlier Saturday. Kansas State (18-13)…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) New Kansas Department of Education figures show that public schools would lose a total of $51 million in state aid before the end of June under an education funding plan from Republican leaders. Figures released yesterday show that the total reduction would be 1.5 percent of the general aid districts had been set to receive.
The Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce conducted a candidates forum Saturday morning for Manhattan City Commission and Manhattan Ogden USD 383 school board candidates. The event was held at Sunset Zoo. Six candidates are currently running for city commission seats. Mayor, Wynn Butler is the only incumbent. The other five individuals are: Linda Morse, Jerred McKee, John Ball, Kaleb James and Mike Dodson. An array of questions were submitted from the audience. They covered topics including public transportation, the transient tax, sexual orientation/gender/race in the election, supporting local businesses and taxes. School board candidates took the floor immediately following the…
A masked gunman sprayed bullets in a restaurant popular with foreigners in Mali’s capital early Saturday, killing five people including a French person and a Belgian national, officials and witnesses said.
Canadian authorities have released cellphone video of the man who was shot dead when he stormed Ottawa’s Parliament Hill last October. The gunman said he was responding to Canada’s military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq.