Thousands of striking Chicago public school teachers packed a city park Saturday in a show of force as union leaders and the district tried to work out the details of a tentative agreement that would end a week-long walkout.
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A U.S. official says an elite Marine rapid response team has arrived in Yemen in the wake of violence and protests in the capital of Sanaa.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Collin Klein threw for 230 yards and accounted for three touchdowns, Tyler Lockett returned a kickoff 96 yards for another score and No. 15 Kansas State eased past pesky North Texas 35-21 on Saturday night. Tramaine Thompson caught five passes for 102 yards and two scores, and John Hubert added a touchdown on the ground for Kansas State (3-0), which struggled to put away the tougher-than-expected Mean Green in its tuneup for next Saturday’s showdown with fifth-ranked Oklahoma. North Texas (1-2) scratched and clawed its way within 14-13 late in the third quarter before Klein and Thompson hooked up for their second touchdown.…
Kaitlynn Pelger had 19 kills as #19 K-State beat top 20 opponents in back-to-back matches, this time in straight sets over #20 Dayton, 25-23, 25-20, 25-15. The Cats swept the Flyers just 18 hours after beating #10 Minnesota in five sets on Friday night. The Golden Gophers have already knocked Big 12 favorite Texas in Austin. K-State won their third tournament of the season at the Golden Hurricane Classic at Tulsa. Pelger was named the tourney MVP, while Kathleen Ludwig and Kaitlyn Donahue also made the all-tournament team. In the match against Dayton, Lilla Porubek added 9 kills, Alex Muff…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Switch-hitter Kendrys Moraleshas been struggling from the right side of the plate all season. When he pinch-hit in the eighth inning, the Royals brought in a left-hander trying to play the percentages. The move backfired. Morales hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 9-7 victory over Kansas City on Friday night. Several hours before the game, a man shot and wounded a female parking lot employee between the stadiums that are home to the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals before killing himself, police said. The pair were both in their 40s…
The half-cent sales tax has been taking a tour of the Manhattan community as Riley County representatives and Manhattan city officials have been providing educational presentations. Riley County Commissioner Dave Lewis and Manhattan Mayor Loren Peppard gave their presentation on Saturday at the RockHouse Café next to Ray’s Apple Market. During the presentation, Lewis talked about the breakdown of the half-cent sales tax within a $20 million dollar prioritized distribution. In the Manhattan urban area, $9.3 million dollars would be distributed and then the remaining $10.7 million would be in the rural Riley County. Peppard explained the definition of economic…
Tens of thousands of tearful mourners attended the funeral of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church who built a multibillion-dollar business empire stretching from the Korean Peninsula to the United States.
Egyptian police on Saturday cleared out protesters who have been clashing with security forces for the past four days near the U.S. Embassy as most cities around the Muslim world reported calm a day.
The city’s nearly weeklong teachers strike appeared headed toward a resolution after negotiators emerged from marathon talks to say they had achieved a “framework” that could end the walkout in time for students to return to class Monday.
Leading the grieving, President Barack Obama on Friday honored the four Americans killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya.