SEATTLE – The Pacific Northwest and Sierra Nevada mountain range grappled Tuesday with another day of snow, ice and unseasonable cold that has disrupted traffic, caused closures and forced people to find refuge in emergency warming shelters.
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania had been installing historical markers for more than a century when the racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017 brought a fresh round of questions from the public about just whose stories were being told on the state’s roadsides – and the language used to tell them.
JERUSALEM – A bird flu outbreak in northern Israel has killed at least 5,200 migratory cranes and forced farmers to slaughter hundreds of thousands of chickens as authorities try to contain what they say is the deadliest wildlife disaster in the nation’s history.
RICHMOND, Va. – Crews wrapping up the removal Monday of a giant pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond found what appeared to be a second and long-sought-after time capsule, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua – The Nicaraguan government has seized the former embassy and diplomatic offices of Taiwan, saying they belong to China. President Daniel Ortega’s government broke off relations with Taiwan this month, saying it would recognize only the mainland government.
NEW YORK – The judge presiding over the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell cited an “astronomical spike” in the number of coronavirus cases in New York City as she explained Tuesday why she was urging jurors to work longer hours.
Legal experts, including leading Kentucky trial and employment lawyers, say it will be virtually impossible for workers injured by a tornado at a Mayfield, Ky., candle factory to win their lawsuit against the company after they say they weren’t allowed to leave.
Jury selection began Tuesday morning in the trial of a woman charged with second-degree murder in connection to a fatal hit-and-run crash in Leavenworth. Amber N.
The first COVID-19 report after Christmas shows the new omicron variant has been detected in nine Kansas counties, while hospitals continue to feel the brunt of the surge. “Stormont Vail Health, like other hospitals in our region, continues to feel the impact of the pandemic with almost all of our staffed beds full today,” hospital CEO Robert Kenagy said in a Monday statement to the Topeka area community.
Sen. Jeff Pittman gives a tribute from the Kansas Senate to Boy Scouts for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. Shown with Pittman are Alexander Weiss, Nicholas Law, Ethan Myers and Zach Resch. They are members of Troop 66. HELENA BUCHMANN