President Barack Obama introduced Loretta Lynch, an accomplished prosecutor from New York City, as his choice for attorney general Saturday, saying she will carry on a “fierce commitment to equal justice.”
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Kenneth Bae and Matthew Miller, the two remaining Americans who had been held in North Korea, have been released and are on their way home, US officials said Saturday.
Trevone Boykin rushed for 123 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 219 yards and another score as sixth-ranked TCU pulled away from #7 Kansas State 41-20 before 48,012 Saturday night at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Forth Worth bringing to a halt the Wildcats five-game winning streak. The Horned Frogs scored on their first two possessions as Boykin scored on a two-yard run and then threw a 10-yard scoring strike to David Porter for an early 14-0 lead. K-State then responded when Quarterback Jake Waters connected with Tyler Lockett on a 70-yard touchdown pass to bring the score to…
Updated Monday noon: The name of the boat operator involved in Saturday evening’s water rescue at Tuttle Creek Lake has been released. Clark Linders of Manhattan was operating the boat. Ron Kaufman, Director of Information Services with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism describes the victim as a 61-year-old who is being treated at Stormont-Vail in Topeka. Kaufman indicates his agency is still in the process of interviewing Linders and determining what happened, with damage to the hull of the airboat involved. Updated Sunday morning: Riley County Emergency Management Director Pat Collins released more details Saturday night, indicating…
Manhattan Catholic Schools celebrated its 34th annual Buttons and Bows fund raiser Saturday afternoon. “It is our number one Parent Teacher Organization fundraiser for the school and it has been very successful for us and we hope that the Manhattan Community has enjoyed having it,” said Sheila Wright, event chairperson. This year’s event attracted over 120 vendors from all over the state of Kansas and some from Missouri. “We had vendors that range from homemade craft items that are seasonal to jewelry to lotions and soaps.” Proceeds from Buttons and Bows go to support wish-list items for teachers and extracurricular…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Kansas officials have revoked the license of a nurse who was fired and later charged with sexually assaulting three patients. The Kansas City Star reports that the Kansas State Board of Nursing took the final steps to strip Dennis Clark of his license Friday. The 47-year-old Gardner man was charged last month in Wyandotte County District Court with three counts of aggravated sexual battery. Prosecutors said in a written statement that the alleged assaults occurred from December through May while Clark worked in a post-anesthesia care unit at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Law…
Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder leaves the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, after President Barack Obama announced he would nominate U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch to be the next Attorney General succeeding Holder.
Two bombs, seen top left, fall on an Islamic State position in eastern Kobani, during an airstrike by the US led coalition, seen from a hilltop outside Suruc, on the Turkey-Syria border Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters.
A Clay County woman was arrested on Friday afternoon in connection with a hit and run accident earlier in the day that killed a Clay Center man. According to a news release from the Clay County Sheriff’s Department, 83-year old Joe Knitter of Clay Center had gotten out of a vehicle in which he was a passenger to check on a deer struck by a vehicle his wife was driving on U.S. Highway 24 approximately one half mile east of Clay Center at around 6:20 a.m. Friday. When Knitter was crossing Highway 24 from north to south after looking for…
The U.S. Navy Seal who publicly claimed to have shot Osama Bin Laden in an interview with Esquire magazine has sparked a wave of criticism from the military community.