The Fuego volcano in central Guatemala has resumed activity, shooting lava and columns of ash into the air on Monday. It overlooks the tourist city of Antigua and is one of Central America’s most-active volcanoes.
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Residents of towns west of New Orleans are still drying out, days after Hurricane Isaac passed through.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on an Asian tour, is condemning a suicide bomber for ramming his car into a U.S. government vehicle in northwestern Pakistan, injuring two Americans.
First lady Michelle Obama took a brief tour of the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. She will address the delegates Tuesday night.
On Tabor Valley road, about one mile east of Pillsbury Crossing Road, at 1:45 a.m. Sunday morning, a one vehicle traffic accident took place. Zachary Goldsmith (20), of Germantown, Tennessee, was driving his 2004 Nissan northbound on Tabor Valley Road when he lost control and entered the ditch and overturned. There were five passengers in Goldsmith’s vehicle: Lane Giess (19) of Pierz, Minnesota, Luke Dyleski (19) of Tonganoxie, Victoria Utz (19) of Kansas City, Jessica Warren (19) of Kiowa, and Kayla McKinzie (19) of Bucyrus. Gies and Goldsmith were the only two individuals wearing a seat belt. Warren and Utz…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) Federal investigators believe there could be more victims of child molestation in the Kansas City area after a second man was charged as part of an international child pornography ring. Homeland Security Investigations special agent Gary Hartwig says the arrest of Michael Arnett (38) in May prompted others to come forward and accuse Robert Poe III (38) of molesting them. Poe was arrested Aug. 10 in Laredo, Texas, on three counts of traveling to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity. Prosecutors say Poe was a close friend of Arnett, who is facing federal charges…
The National Transportation Safety Board says the investigation into a fatal crash at an air show in Iowa could take months. The 59-year-old pilot was the only person killed.
A suicide bomber rammed a car filled with explosives into a U.S. government vehicle in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing two Pakistanis and wounding 19 others including two Americans, officials said.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A 101-year-old man is expected to become the oldest to fly out of Kansas through a program that sends World War II veterans to see the war’s memorial in Washington. The Wichita Eagle reports that Sam Maier says his bags are already packed for his Honor Flight. When he departs Sept. 26, he’ll break the record set just last month by Don Revert, who was nearly 100 on his trip. The Honor Flight program is a national grass-roots effort that began sending World War II veterans to Washington in 2005. Maier was 30 in early 1942 when…
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) A Leavenworth man involved in seven separate police chases has been sentenced to four years in prison. The Kansas City Star reported that 29-year-old Franklin Donnie Stevens Dougherty was sentenced Friday. Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson said the chases spanned from December 2011 to March of this year. During one of them, Dougherty drove 100 mph through a 30 mph school zone in front of Leavenworth High School. The last chase was on March 14. That’s when Leavenworth police chased Dougherty nearly to the Wyandotte County line. Kansas City, Kan., police picked up the pursuit, which continued…