Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters faced off with Hong Kong police late Sunday, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after being camped out on the city’s streets for more than two months.
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Residents of Ferguson had mixed reactions to the resignation of Darren Wilson, the police officer who killed Michael Brown in August.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A prosecutor has decided that no criminal charges are warranted in the death of a Missouri woman at a Kansas jail. Fifty-eight-year-old Brenda Sewell of Kansas City, Missouri, was jailed in Sherman County when she died Jan. 22. She and her sister had been arrested two days earlier for possessing a small amount of marijuana. Relatives say Sewell wasn’t given an opportunity to make a phone call. They also contend jailers refused to give her prescription medication and were slow to help after she collapsed in her cell. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Sherman County Attorney Charles…
Egyptian police used tear gas to disperse several thousand demonstrators in Cairo who are protesting the dismissal of murder charges against former President Hosni Mubarak over the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising against him.
President Barack Obama bought at least two bags of books at Washington’s Politics and Prose bookstore on Small Business Saturday, a day designated to support independently owned businesses.
Tyler Lockett adds a career record, Jake Waters has another fantastic passing day, and K-State cruised to an easy 51-13 win over rival Kansas on Senior Day at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. K-State jumped out early, scoring on their first two possessions of the game, the first a one yard QB sneak from Jake Waters after the defense forced a 3 and out on KU’s opening drive. The second score would come just 2 plays later. Following a juggling Dante Barnett interception, Waters found senior Tyler Lockett streaking down the sideline for a 44 yard TD catch on the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Several colleges in Kansas and Missouri are starting food pantries to help students survive the ever-increasing costs of higher education. In Kansas, Emporia State University and Washburn University opened pantries this month, while Pittsburg State opened one in October. The Star reports that the University of Missouri-Kansas City student activities office is working on opening a food pantry in March.
On today’s In Focus, Cathy was joined by Riley County Police Director, Brad Schoen; Director of Marianna Beach Museum of Art, Linda Duke; and Dr. Roberta Riportella with the College of Human Ecology at Kansas State University.
An arbitrator has overturned the NFL’s decision to indefinitely suspend fmr. Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice following a domestic abuse scandal in which he punched his fiance unconscious in an elevator.
Protesters turned out in several U.S. cities on one of the busiest shopping days of the year Friday in response to a grand jury’s decision not to indict the officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.