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.
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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.
Earning their 10th 5-set win against just one defeat in the last two seasons, #19 K-State volleyball rallied to beat #10 Minnesota at the Golden Hurricane Classic in Tulsa, 13-25, 25-22, 16-25, 25-19, 15-7. The Cats beat a top 10 for the sixth time in school history, and extend the best start in school history to 11-0. Kathleen Ludwig and Kaitlynn Pelger each had 16 kills for K-State, and Lilla Porubek added 11 kills. Caitlyn Donahue had a double-double with 41 assists and 10 digs. Minnesota (8-2) was led by 17 kills from Katherine Harms. K-State will face #20 Dayton…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man shot and wounded a female parking lot employee Friday between the stadiums that are home to the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals before killing himself, police said. Officers were called to a parking area between Arrowhead Stadium and Kauffman Stadium at 3:23 p.m. Friday, said Kansas City, Mo., police Sgt. Stacey Graves. Graves said the woman was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Officers found the man in a car, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. Both were in their 40s and knew each other, but police did not elaborate on their relationship.…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Trevor Plouffe hopes a strong finish will solidify his position as the Minnesota Twins third baseman of the future. Plouffe hit a tying home run in the bottom of the ninth inning,Denard Span had a game-ending RBI double in the 10th and the Twins rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night. Alexi Casilla led off 10th with a double to right-center off Francisley Bueno (1-1) that fell just beyond the glove of diving center fielder Lorenzo Cain, who injured his right hamstring on the play and had to leave the game. He’ll be reevaluated tomorrow. Span…
September is National Recovery Month and as a celebration Pawnee Mental Health along with a number of partners joined together to host a balloon launch, along with a speaker. Sheri is in recovery and she came out on Friday to tell her story and to impart her wisdom on the high school students who were in attendence. The high school SADD, Students Against Destructive Decision, had representatives in the audience gathering knowledge to take back to the schools. Even after the balloon launch and the lunch, some of these students even sat down to talk personally with Sheri about what…
Fort Riley has seen a new addition to its scenery as the new Seitz Elementary has opened. On Friday, the official ribbon cutting ceremony occurred with a number of people in attendance including Governor Sam Brownback, Senator Jerry Moran, Under Secretary of the United State Army Dr. Joseph Westphal, Brigadier General Don MacWillie and the name sake of the building General Seitz. “Gen. Seitz was chosen [as the name sake] because of his committment and stead-fast support to the education of all Geary County students, and we are honored to be able to use his name,” the district said in…
HIAWATHA, Kan. (AP) A 12-year-old northeast Kansas boy has been charged with sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Brown County Attorney Kevin Hill said Friday the Hiawatha boy faces two juvenile counts of rape and two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy. Hill filed the charges last week on the same day he received reports from the sheriff’s office and state social service officials. A phone message for the boy’s attorney, Judd Herbster, was not immediately returned. The boy remained in custody. Hill said he had no immediate plans to seek to try the boy as an adult. But he has until…