By AP WHARTON, N.J. (AP) — Road crews were repairing a short stretch of Interstate 80 in northern New Jersey on Friday where a sinkhole forced the eastbound lanes to shut down, but it was still unknown when they will reopen. The highway’s guardrail still hung suspended in the air across the gaping 40-foot-wide (12-meter)
Continue ReadingBy Kellis Robinett – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 27—Phoenix The loudest cheer of the night on Thursday at Chase Field didn’t come during Kansas State’s thrilling 44-41 win over Rutgers at the Rate Bowl. It came afterward as head football coach Chris Klieman wrapped up the victory ceremony by shouting a message to the
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By LEA SKENE – Associated Press Maryland is suing the company that produces the waterproof material Gore-Tex often used for raincoats and other outdoor gear, alleging its leaders kept using “forever chemicals” long after learning about serious health risks associated with them. The complaint, which was filed last week in federal court, focuses on a
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By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY – Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has ruled that the Georgia state Senate can subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as part of a inquiry into whether she has engaged in misconduct during her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump but is giving Willis the chance to
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By LAURA UNGAR and KIMBERLEE KRUESI – Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — States with restrictive abortion laws generally have more porous safety nets for mothers and young children, according to recent research and an analysis by The Associated Press. Tennessee is an example of how this plays out. Tennessee residents of childbearing age are
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By AP ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — One of the two owls rescued by a Minnesota woman in a story that went viral this week has died, but the other is still getting medical care. Wildwoods Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Duluth said in a Facebook post Thursday that the snowy owl rescued by Annabell Whelan
Continue ReadingBy AP NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say a man has been indicted in the burning death of a woman inside a New York City subway train.
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By AP DALLAS (AP) — Parts of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas were under severe weather watches early Friday as the National Weather Service predicted a storm system in the Gulf of Mexico could bring high winds, hail and possible tornadoes to the region. “Heavy showers and thunderstorms continue to race across Louisiana and the Gulf
Continue ReadingBy Kellis Robinett – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 26—Phoenix The Kansas State football team ended its season with one of the most exciting bowl wins in school history. Avery Johnson and Dylan Edwards led the Wildcats to a thrilling 44-41 victory over Rutgers at the Rate Bowl on Thursday inside Chase Field. It was
Continue ReadingBy Kellis Robinett – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 26—Phoenix Call it the Dylan Edwards Bowl. Sure, Kansas State’s 44-41 victory over Rutgers on Thursday at Chase Field technically took place at the postseason football game known as the Rate Bowl. But fans will remember it fondly because of what Edwards accomplished during a thrilling
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By DAVID A. LIEB – Associated Press Artificial intelligence. Abortion. Guns. Marijuana. Minimum wages. Name a hot topic, and chances are good there’s a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another. Many of the laws launching in January are a result of legislation passed this year. Others stem from
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By ROB GILLIES – Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Two top Canadian Cabinet ministers are visiting Palm Beach to talk border security and trade with the incoming Donald Trump administration as Trump threatens tariffs on all Canadian products. New Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will be in Palm Beach, Florida on
Continue ReadingBy Eduardo Castillo – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 26—A man and a cat were killed Christmas night when a duplex in Derby caught on fire. Officials have not yet released the identity of the man, who was in his 70s. He lived in the duplex with one other person, who wasn’t home at the
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Eldridge – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 26—The Wichita State men’s basketball team is the best in the country at something it seemingly has no control over. No team can boast a better free-throw defense through Christmas than the Shockers, who rank No. 1 nationally with opponents shooting just 58.2% at the foul
Continue ReadingBy St. Joseph News-Press, Mo. (TNS) Dec. 26—The Kansas Highway Patrol reports that two individuals are injured and one is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Doniphan County, Kansas, on Christmas day. According to the KHP report at approximately 8:41 a.m. on Dec. 25, one vehicle was driving north on Kansas Highway Seven while the
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By AP PHOENIX (AP) — A shooting at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix left two people injured by gunfire and another person stabbed in an incident related to a family dispute, police say. Phoenix police said the shooting happened at about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday at an airport restaurant located outside the security checkpoints in Terminal
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By MELISSA GOLDIN – Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A taxi driver whose car hit six pedestrians when he jumped a curb in a Manhattan shopping district on Christmas Day was having a medical episode at the time, New York City police said Thursday. Two of those hurt are Australians, according to that country’s
Continue ReadingBy The Manhattan Mercury, Kan. (TNS) Dec. 26—A cyber attack targeting Ascension Via Christi hospitals, including the one in Manhattan, in May impacted about 5.6 million people, the company reported to federal regulators. Ascension officials said they’re working with third-party experts to investigate the personal information that may have been compromised and, over the next
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By DEEPA BHARATH and JESSIE WARDARSKI – Associated Press HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish-green peyote plant can be found growing naturally, nestled under thorny
Continue ReadingBy AP KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A pizza deliverer in central Florida has been charged with pushing her way into a motel room with an accomplice and stabbing a pregnant woman after a dispute over a tip, authorities said. Brianna Alvelo was charged with stabbing a woman in her motel room in Kissimmee, Florida, a
Continue ReadingBy The Manhattan Mercury, Kan. (TNS) Dec. 26—The percentage of people without jobs in Riley County dipped slightly last month. The Kansas Department of Labor a 3.1% unemployment rate in Riley County in November, down from 3.4% in October. That number matches the 3.1% jobless rate seen in September, which was a 0.7% decrease from
Continue ReadingBy The Manhattan Mercury, Kan. (TNS) Dec. 26—Riley County police officials say New Year’s is one of the top holidays for producing crashes in which at least one of the drivers involved is drunk or high, so they’ll be on the lookout over the next week In a release Thursday, an RCPD spokeswoman said the
Continue ReadingBy Dion Lefler – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 26—OPINION AND COMMENTARY — Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. Have you ever noticed how those who proclaim their reverence for the Constitution the loudest are always the first
Continue ReadingBy Eduardo Castillo – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 25—A 22-year-old Kansas woman died after a head on-crash Christmas Day in northeast Kansas. The incident was reported at 8:41 a.m. along Kansas Highway 7 in Doniphan County. The crash victim was identified as Katlyn Folsom of Troy, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log.
Continue ReadingBy Lindsay Smith – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 26—Greg Kalkwarf was jogging on a rural Sedgwick County road in November 2023 when he came across a saw blade laying on the ground. Concerned that the blade could lead to someone getting a flat tire, he picked it up and tossed it in the grass.
Continue ReadingBy Denise Neil – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 26—Wichita can now get nationally-televised Argentinian empanadas nearly anytime it wants to — without having to track down a food truck. Earlier this month, Carolina Brandan and Chad Freeman opened their first brick-and-mortar version of their Argentina’s Empanadas in the tiny building on the west edge
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By TRAVIS LOLLER – Associated Press ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) — Jerry and Sibrina Barrett never spent a day apart over 35 years. They worked long hours, never took vacations, and liked to relax with their son at home. They had no idea that a hurricane could reach them in the mountains of East Tennessee. Living
Continue ReadingBy Eduardo Castillo – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 24—A Kansas teen was killed Monday when the SUV he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. The victim was identified as 17-year-old Nathan Brown of Pittsburg, a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log shows. The incident occurred at 5:45 p.m. near Rouse Street and
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By HANNAH FINGERHUT – Associated Press Annabell Whelan woke up Tuesday and frantically checked on her holiday overnight guest — Nowl the snowy owl, who she rescued from the grille of a car the day before. Whelan was out with her boyfriend’s family Monday in Duluth, Minnesota, when she saw the owl “just hanging out
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By SILVIA STELLACCI and COLLEEN BARRY – Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa to
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