WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Blame Wichita for Kansas’ failure to regain all the jobs the state lost in the recession. The Wichita Eagle reports that the Wichita metro remains 16,000 jobs down from 2008. About half of the jobs that disappeared from the Wichita-area economy were for people directly employed in aircraft manufacturing in 2008. Because of that, when the Wichita area is counted, Kansas is down 9,000 jobs from May 2008. Without Wichita, the state is up about 7,000 jobs. The bright spot for job growth in Kansas is in rural areas and small town, driven in part by more…
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge in Kansas has refused to temporarily block a new state law requiring that abortion provider websites link to a state site with information the providers dispute. But U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn Vratil’s ruling Sunday came after a state judge ruled Friday that Kansas couldn’t enforce the same website requirement for now. The rule was to take effect Monday. Vratil’s decision came in a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood, which performs abortions at its Overland Park clinic. The other ruling came from Shawnee County District Judge Rebecca Crotty in a separate lawsuit from two…
MINNEAPOLIS — David Lough hit three doubles, then launched a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning that led the Kansas City Royals over the Minnesota Twins 9-8 Sunday. Lough hit his second homer of the season, sending a solo drive off Jared Burton (1-5) into the right-field seats for an 8-7 lead. Eric Hosmer added a solo homer in the ninth for the Royals. Johnny Giavotella had three hits. Aaron Crow (5-3) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Greg Holland got his 17th save in 19 chances despite giving up a home run to Trevor Plouffe in the ninth. Minnesota,…
Competing demonstrations brought thousands to Cairo Sunday as protesters in Tahrir Square demanded Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi step down, and others rallied behind the leader near the presidential palace.
President Barack Obama and his family visited Robben Island Sunday, where anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela spent 18 years confined to a tiny cell and working in a quarry.
MINNEAPOLIS — Kyle Gibson wasn’t dominant in his first major league start, but he still pitched well enough to make a bit of Minnesota Twins history and give the team a reason to be optimistic about the future of its pitching staff. Four years after being Minnesota’s top pick in the 2009 draft, Gibson pitched six solid innings, and Trevor Plouffe homered to help the Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Saturday. The long road from draft day to starting pitcher included a Tommy John-surgery detour, but it ultimately ended with Gibson becoming Minnesota’s first first-round pick to…
President Barack Obama says the United States is concerned about protests and political unrest in Egypt. He says the top priority is making sure the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and American consulates are safe.
A blazing heat wave sent the mercury soaring in California, Arizona and other parts of the West. The temperature was expected to reach nearly 120 degrees in Phoenix and Las Vegas.
The Big Red One celebrated the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team’s change of command between Colonel Michael Pappal and Colonel John Reynolds III, Friday morning at Fort Riley. Colonel Reynolds makes his return to Fort Riley after previously leading the Blue Spaders in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2006-08. Reynolds will assume command of the Devil Brigade as its Soldiers continue their reset cycle of integrating new personnel and acquiring and training on new weapons systems. Colonel Pappal led the Devil Brigade during its 2010-2011 deployment to Baghdad in support of Operation New Dawn. While in Iraq, the brigade performed a…
HIAWATHA, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas man has been given the maximum sentence for the beating death of his 4-year-old son. KNZA-FM reports Lee Davis IV, 27, of Hiawatha, was sentenced Friday to nearly 20 years in prison. Davis was initially charged with first-degree murder but pleaded no contest in April to second-degree murder and felony child abuse. The son, who has been identified only by a set of initials, died March 5 at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. The sentence imposed by Brown County District Judge Jim Patton requires Davis to register as a violent offender for…