KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The first family of Afghanistan refugees has arrived in Kansas City as resettlement agencies in the area prepare for hundreds more. Mayor Quinton Lucas tweeted that he was “proud” of the city for “welcoming all people” in announcing the family’s arrival. He said they represented the first of 550 Afghan
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BARAGA, Mich. (AP) — Fred Dakota has died at age 84 after creating a milestone for Native American gambling by opening a garage casino in Michigan in the 1980s. A funeral home says Dakota died Monday at his home in Baraga in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Dakota was a member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
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BARAGA, Mich. (AP) — Fred Dakota has died at age 84 after creating a milestone for Native American gambling by opening a garage casino in Michigan in the 1980s. A funeral home says Dakota died Monday at his home in Baraga in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Dakota was a member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have made an arrest in a suspicious death in Kansas City, Kansas. Police said officers responded around 4 a.m. Saturday to a residence and found a man dead there. Officers then took a person of interest into custody. No other details were immediately released, including the name of the
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of two men suspected in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in an abandoned SUV in Wisconsin has been arrested in Arizona. Antoine Darnique Suggs turned himself in to police in Gilbert, Arizona, on Friday. The arrest came two days after St. Paul, Minnesota, police arrested Suggs’
Continue ReadingBy Claudia Dominguez, CNN A 30-year-old Alabama man has been arrested after a shooting early Saturday morning at the Golden Nugget casino in Biloxi, Mississippi, that left one person dead, according to Biloxi police. The suspect, identified in a police news release as Jereme Lamond Jones of Mobile, Alabama, faces a charge of first degree
Continue Reading LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Dozens of University of Kansas students have staged a sit-in in front of the chancellor’s office to protest the handling of allegations that a fraternity member sexually assaulted another student. The sit-in Friday follows protests Monday and Tuesday outside the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. The Kansas City Star reports that
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — An Air France-KLM flight has returned to Beijing shortly after takeoff after smoke filled the cabin. The airline said Saturday the Boeing 777 connecting Beijing Airport with Paris-Charles de Gaulle suffered a technical failure linked to overpressure in one of the air conditioning pipes, which spread residue and dust in the cabin.
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — An Air France-KLM flight has returned to Beijing shortly after takeoff after smoke filled the cabin. The airline said Saturday the Boeing 777 connecting Beijing Airport with Paris-Charles de Gaulle suffered a technical failure linked to overpressure in one of the air conditioning pipes, which spread residue and dust in the cabin.
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Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri man who posted on Snapchat and Facebook that he was inside the U.S. Capitol during the deadly riot has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor. Twenty-nine-year-old Nicholas Reimler, of Valley Park in St. Louis County, admitted Friday to one count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. As part
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Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is urging Somalia’s feuding government leaders to resolve their disagreements through dialogue and give top priority to holding long-delayed national elections this year. The U.N.’s most powerful body also urged the federal government and regional states “to ensure that any political
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By Claudia Dominguez, CNN At least 125 part-time employees at Indiana University Health system, the largest physicians network in the state, have lost their jobs for not complying with Covid-19 vaccination requirements, a spokeswoman said Friday. “Indiana University Health has put the safety and well-being of patients and team members first by requiring employees to
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN We live in a time bookended by extremes. Many believe our future is in space, where one day humans will live across the solar system. Looking back, we see evidence of a wild planet where giant creatures once roamed, only to fall in the face of natural disasters that shaped the
Continue Reading By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s military says security forces have killed the country’s most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group. The regional military commander says Ali Kalora was one of two militants killed in the shootout Saturday in the jungles of Central Sulawesi province. The military says
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press New commissions approved by voters to reduce partisan gamesmanship in redistricting are instead splitting along partisan lines in some states. In New York, Ohio and Virginia, the new commissions have so far failed to agree on a plan for new congressional or state legislative voting districts. Democratic and Republican
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who taught English in China has been sentenced to nearly 42 years in federal prison for attempting to blackmail a former student into sending him pornographic images of herself. The U.S. attorney’s office announced Friday that 48-year-old Curtis Baldwin had been sentenced for sexual exploitation of a minor
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a tough reelection battle against his Conservative Party rival, Erin O’Toole. Trudeau called an early election for Monday in hopes of winning a parliamentary majority and strengthening his government. But he has struggled to explain why he was in a
Continue Reading By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A survivor of an errant U,S. drone strike that killed 10 members of his family has demanded that those responsible be punished. Emal Ahmadi also said on Saturday that Washington’s apology wasn’t enough. A U.S. general called the Aug. 29 strike a “tragic mistake,” retracting Friday
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