MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Mike Moustakas homered twice and drove in four runs to back another strong start from Ervin Santana, and the surging Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 Tuesday night. Santana gave up two runs on four hits and struck out eight in seven innings and Eric Hosmer had three hits and an RBI for the Royals, who have won seven in a row and nine of 11 coming out of the All-Star break. At 52-51, they are over .500 for the first time since May 18. Mike Pelfrey gave up four runs on eight hits with…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Michael Bradley got his start in professional soccer as an 18-year-old midfielder for what would eventually become the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. Now he gets a chance to see just how far the league has come. Bradley will join Francesco Totti and the rest of Italian club AS Roma in taking on the best that MLS has to offer in the league’s annual All-Star game on Wednesday night at Sporting Park. The MLS is 7-2-1 in All-Star games since the current format featuring an international opponent was adopted more than a…
An appeals court ruled Tuesday that New York City’s Board of Health acted unconstitutionally when it tried to limit the size on soft drinks served in restaurants. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city plans to appeal the decision.
An SUV rammed a parked Cadillac into a Kansas City day care center Tuesday injuring the SUV’s driver and three children.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Two Kansas sheriff’s deputies have been arrested on suspicion of stealing taxpayer money. Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter announced the arrests Tuesday without naming the deputies. Easter says the case has been turned over to the district attorney’s office. The deputies worked in the transportation division, taking inmates between jails. Easter says the arrests followed a two-week investigation. No other details about the alleged theft of public money were released, and Easter said he would not comment further. Both deputies were booked into the Sedgwick County jail, one on suspicion of giving false information and the other…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Health officials say two Kansas cases are tied to the cyclospora outbreak that has sickened 372 people in 15 states. A spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Tuesday one patient is from Phillips County, located on the Nebraska border in north-central Kansas. The other patient lives in Johnson County, in the Kansas City metro area. The spokeswoman, Miranda Steele, says officials believe both illnesses were caused by food eaten in Nebraska. Iowa and Nebraska health officials say that a prepackaged salad mix is the source of an outbreak of the stomach bug in…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A federal judge has ordered a convicted child sex predator to pay restitution to the 9-year-old Kansas girl he used to produce pornography. A court filing on Tuesday modified the 260-year-prison sentence handed down in May for Philip Andra Grigsby, 50, of Marquette. U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten amended his sentence to include nearly $140,000 in restitution. The figure includes more than $126,000 for the girl and more than $13,000 for her mother. Grigsby pleaded guilty last year to sexually exploiting a child, possessing child porn and illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) An anti-abortion group’s leader says he wants Kansas lawmakers to consider banning most abortions early in pregnancy during their special session in September. Kansas Coalition for Life Chairman Mark Gietzen said Tuesday that he believes proposed fetal heartbeat legislation would pass if it were put to a vote in both chambers. The measure would prohibit abortions when doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat, which can occur as early as the sixth week of pregnancy. Gov. Sam Brownback called the special session for Sept. 3 to rewrite a state law allowing judges to sentence convicted murderers to at…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback wants the state’s interim securities commissioner to remain in the job. Brownback announced the promotion of Joshua Ney to commissioner on Tuesday. Ney has served on an interim basis since commissioner Aaron Jack resigned in February. The appointment requires state Senate confirmation. Ney joined the securities commissioner’s office in 2011 as a special assistant attorney general and an attorney handling policy issues. He also has served on the Kansas Human Rights Commission and as a prosecutor in Jefferson County. The Senate expects to consider Ney’s appointment during a special session beginning Sept. 3.…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) The former CEO of Westar Energy and his wife have donated a 65-acre farmstead to The Land Institute of Salina. Land Institute founder Wes Jackson on Monday announced that Jim and Cindy Haines will donate the farm northwest of Lawrence. The land is appraised at $1.2 million. The property includes a farm home built in the 1880s, listed on the Register of Historic Kansas Places as the Gorrill Farmstead. Jackson says the land will provide a closer link with University of Kansas scientists to continue the Institute’s efforts to research a sustainable agriculture system that reduces environmental…