The U.S. and British defense chiefs said Saturday the hostage crisis in Algeria ended with more deaths, but that details remained unclear.
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The Republican-controlled House will vote next week to permit the government to borrow more money to meet its obligations, a move aimed at heading off a market-rattling confrontation with President Barack Obama over the so-called debt limit.
One opening will still remain on the K-State staff, but head coach Bill Snyder announced Friday night that he has promoted graduate assistant Blake Seiler. After Joe Bob Clements left the program for Oklahoma State on Sunday, Seiler will be a full-time assistant coaching Wildcat defensive ends. Seiler has been the defensive grad assistant for the last two years, and has been responsible for breaking down film and running the scout team. The Goddard native was a three-year letterman for K-State from 2004 to 2006. He transferred from Oklahoma State, where he was a member of the Cowboy wrestling team.…
Jonathon Taylor scored a career-high 12 points as the Manhattan High boys basketball team beat Maize 49-39 on Friday afternoon in the consolation semifinals of the McPherson Invitational. The Tribe bounced back against the Eagles following a 55-45 loss to Blue Valley West on Thursday in the opening round of the tournament. It was Maize who jumped out to a 13-9 lead after the first quarter, but Manhattan chipped their way back into the game thanks to 12 Eagle first half turnovers. Jacob Holloway closed the half with a buzzer-beating three pointer, and the Tribe carried the momentum into the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback has nominated interim labor secretary Lana Gordon to become the permanent head of the Kansas Department of Labor. Brownback announced the nomination Friday. The appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate. Gordon, a Republican, became interim secretary in September, when Brownback abruptly removed Karin Brownlee from the post without comment. The Republican governor says Gordon has done a “great job” while focusing on finding fraud and abuse within the unemployment system and improving the process of filing for jobless benefits. Gordon, of Topeka, served 12 years in the Kansas House but decided last year…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas Senate leader is preparing legislation to require drug testing for people who receive cash assistance from the state. Senate Vice President Jeff King said Friday his proposal would also deny unemployment benefits to people who fail drug tests they take when seeking new jobs. King, of Independence, said he expects to have a bill drafted within two weeks. The drug-testing requirement would apply to adults who receive cash benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The proposal would also require prospective employers to tell the state Department of Labor when a job-seeker who’s…
HOLTON, Kan. (AP) Two people have been charged in the shooting death of a northeast Kansas man. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports 22-year-old Lloyd Alan Wabaunsee, of Mayetta, and 22-year-old Desiree Shopteese, of Topeka, are charged with intentional second-degree murder. They’re accused in the Jan. 10 killing of 29-year-old Kevin Stanley in Mayetta. Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller disclosed Friday that Wabaunsee was charged Jan. 11 and Shopteese on Monday. Both are in custody in Iowa. Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse says the suspects were captured late Thursday in Urbandale, Iowa, after they were found hiding in the trunk of a…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The American Civil Liberties Union has dropped its legal challenge to a Kansas law restricting private health insurance coverage for abortions. A court filing Friday shows the parties have agreed to dismiss all remaining claims. The agreement follows a federal judge’s Jan. 7 ruling that the ACLU failed to prove that the Legislature’s chief goal in passing the 2011 law was to impede access to abortions. The Kansas law prohibits private insurance companies from offering coverage for abortions in their general plans except for when a woman’s life is in danger. Kansas residents or employers who want…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita police are investigating the death of a newborn girl who was left in a trash bin at a shopping center. Officers found the body around 11 p.m. Wednesday in trash at the Eastgate Shopping Mall. Police said Friday they were alerted by staff at a hospital where a 17-year-old girl was admitted earlier in the week. The teen had severe hemorrhaging, and hospital staff said the teen admitted giving birth sometime in the previous week. KAKE-TV reports investigators are not sure if the newborn girl was alive when someone took her to the mall and placed…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Wichita State University has hired a media historian to lead the Elliott School of Communication. The university announced Friday that Matthew Cecil will begin work as the school’s director on June 30. Cecil is currently an associate professor at South Dakota State University’s department of journalism and mass communication. Cecil will succeed Lou Heldman, who has served as the school’s interim director since 2011. The new director will oversee 30 faculty and staff members and courses for more than 2,000 students at the university’s communications school. The university said Cecil is the author of a forthcoming book,…