Jared Lee Loughner, 24, was ordered to serve seven consecutive life sentences, plus 140 years in federal prison for the January 2011 shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including Giffords, outside a grocery store.
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Pentagon Press Secretary George Little confirms an Iranian military plane fired upon, but did not hit, an unarmed U.S. drone aircraft a week ago. Little says the drone was in international airspace.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A 49-year-old Topeka man has been convicted of attacking employees at a TV station after he was told it would not report a story he wanted covered. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Ray Anthony Miles was found guilty Thursday of multiple charges stemming from the May 23 incident at the offices of WIBW-TV. Miles went to the station to request coverage of a problem he was having with the Department of Veterans Affairs. He left the building, but then forced his way into the locked lobby and shoved the news director before being subdued by other employees. The…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Gov. Sam Brownback says Kansas will have a federally run health insurance exchange, after he declined to support Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger’s application for a state-federal partnership. Brownback had said months ago he would wait until after Tuesday’s election before moving forward on health care. He announced his decision Thursday after meeting with Praeger, who sought the governor’s signature on a letter of support for a state-federal exchange. Brownback’s decision illustrates the divide over the federal health care law between the conservative Republican governor and the moderate Republican commissioner. States have until Nov. 16 to inform the…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says he wants to make it illegal for people to take photographs of completed election ballots. The Wichita Eagle reports current state law prohibits election workers from taking pictures of ballots but there is no law concerning individuals shooting photos of their own ballots. The practice has become more widespread because people want to post their ballots on social media sites. Kobach says social media and photo-altering software have made the issue much more complicated but he plans to introduce legislation in the next session to make such pictures illegal. He…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) A central Kansas man in prison for killing his wife and trying to kill his sister-in-law has been ordered to pay thousands of dollars in legal bills when he is released. On Wednesday, a Saline County judge ruled Michael Paulson will be responsible for more than $8,200 to the Board of Indigent Defense Services, more than $18,000 to the Crime Victim Fund and nearly $9,000 for court costs. Paulson was convicted in July of second-degree murder in the 2010 stabbing death of Valerie Paulson. He also was convicted of attempted second-degree murder for injuring his sister-in-law, Jessie…
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A 91-year-old man who was a Navajo Code Talker in World War II will receive his degree next week. Chester Nez will receive his University of Kansas degree on Monday. He was one of the original 29 Code Talkers in an all-Navajo Marine platoon who created a secret code based on their language used by troops in World War II. Nez had to leave the university in 1952 after three years because his GI Bill funds ran out. No one at the time knew he was a Code Talker. The Lawrence Journal-World reports Kansas First Lady Mary…
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) It’s a few months late, but Dodge City residents will finally be able to shoot off fireworks this Sunday. The city banned fireworks in July because of dry conditions from the summer drought. City officials say residents can use any fireworks they’ve been saving since July on Sunday, which is Veterans Day. Fireworks will be allowed within city limits from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. City spokesowoman Jane Longmeyer says the city is strongly encouraging people to use the fireworks they might have been storing for five months. The Dodge City Daily Globe reports police will…
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) The Kansas Governor’s Council of Economic Advisors will be in Wichita next week for a conference on the global competitiveness of the state’s aviation industry. Gov. Sam Brownback will join other state officials and council members for Tuesday’s meeting at Spirit AeroSystems for the event. Jeremy Hill, director of Wichita State University’s Center for Economic and Business, will discuss competition in the aerospace industry. He will be joined by John Tomblin, the executive director of the National Institute for Aviation Research who will address that entity’s role and industry collaboration. Also expected to speak is Tony Kinkel,…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) A Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to selling M-80s and other explosives without a federal license. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 41-year-old Joseph Quinn admitted in his plea Tuesday that he sold illegal, homemade explosive devices to a Fourth of July fireworks stand in Kansas City, Kan. A city fire inspector received a tip on July 4, 2010, that a fireworks stand was selling illegal fireworks. He found a sack of 70 M-80s at the stand, whose operator said he bought them from someone he knew as “Pyro Jo.” Investigators found Quinn at a building…