TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida may study whether a radioactive waste byproduct of fertilizer production can be used to help build roads. The proposal awaits a signature from Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. It would task the state with conducting a study about the use of phosphogypsum in road construction aggregate materials. The federal Environmental Protection
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State and Chris Klieman are finalizing a new contract that would give the Wildcats’ football coach a substantial pay raise while keeping him tied to the program for the next eight seasons. A person familiar with the deal tells the AP the contract
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ.) Monday marks the start of Children’s Mental Health Week. Health experts say one in six children between the ages of 6 to 17 experience a mental health disorder. In an effort to bring attention to children’s mental health, a group of community organizations will hold a brief ceremony on Wednesday from 12:15 p.m.-12:50 p.m. at Shelter Fountains. Fourth
Continue ReadingBy Jason Carroll, Omar Jimenez, Nicole Grether and Eric Levenson, CNN The family of Jordan Neely, the man who was held in a chokehold and died on the subway in New York last week, issued a statement criticizing the “indifference” of the man who restrained Neely and calling for his imprisonment, while prosecutors continued investigating
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Americans have bet over $220 billion on sports with legal gambling outlets in the five years since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for all 50 states to offer it, and the industry shows few signs of slowing despite some recent scandals that have
Continue ReadingBy Casey Tolan, Paul P. Murphy, Curt Devine, Josh Campbell and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A gunman who killed eight people at a Texas shopping mall purportedly wrote online of his support for Nazi ideology, authorities said. Mauricio Garcia, 33, also wounded at least seven others Saturday in Allen, about 25 miles north of Dallas, authorities
Continue Reading By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Police in Texas say the driver of an SUV that killed eight people when it slammed into a Brownsville, Texas, bus stop is charged with manslaughter, and investigators are trying to determine if the crash was intentional. Authorities believe the driver, 34-year-old George Alvarez of Brownsville,
Continue Reading By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press A former neo-Nazi has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his two Florida roommates in 2017. The plea avoids a murder trial in which Devon Arthurs had planned to use the insanity defense. Court records show the 24-year-old pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of second-degree murder and will serve a
Continue Reading Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, plan to welcome the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball champions to the White House on Friday, May 26. The University of Connecticut Huskies men’s team beat San Diego State 76-59 in April to secure its fifth national title. The Louisiana State University Tigers
Continue Reading By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia enacted a major security clampdown ahead of Tuesday’s annual commemorations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, curbing the use of drones and ride-sharing services in its largest cities — even jet skis on the canals of St. Petersburg — amid its
Continue Reading By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An Australian-listed company exploring for oil and gas in Zimbabwe says that it has found deposits of both as well as helium in the Cabora Bassa Basin in the north of the country. Invictus Energy said in a statement Monday that results from an analysis of
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Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — A union of government employees on Monday sued Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and President Joe Biden to try to stop them from complying with the law that limits the government’s total debt, which the lawsuit contends is unconstitutional. The lawsuit comes just weeks
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting Monday ahead of a week full of reports on some of the market’s biggest worries, including how stubbornly high inflation remains across the economy. The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in midday trading, coming off its worst week in nearly two
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Chavez, CNN An estimated 1 in 5 Asian Americans in the US have hidden details about their heritage from people who are not Asian, a new report shows. Some of the details that Asian Americans choose not to share include ethnic food or clothing as well as cultural and religious practices, the Pew
Continue Reading TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Uzbekistan’s leader has called a presidential election for this summer. The announcement on Monday came a week after a constitutional referendum extended the term from five years to seven. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev is in his second term which is the maximum allowed by the constitution. But the referendum passage allows him
Continue Reading By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Election officials in battleground Wisconsin hope to revive plans for a new division intended to work with the public and deal with an onslaught of records requests and complaints. The Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget-writing committee killed the plan last Tuesday along with more than 500
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — A top official representing a suburban New York county where New York City’s mayor wants to send asylum seekers is vowing to fight the plan by enforcing a state of emergency. Rockland County Executive Ed Day, a Republican, planned a news conference to discuss the migrant plan on Monday. New York
Continue Reading By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet While summer camp costs are rising, parents can find deals by booking sessions early, asking about financial aid, and leveraging sibling and other discounts. Sometimes, camps offer special deals on new programs or for certain age groups. Many nonprofits, service-based organizations and faith-based camps offer lower prices or even free
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is holding relatively steady Monday coming off its worst week in nearly two months, as stocks of several beaten-down banks rally. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was edging down by 16 points, or less
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