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By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Hospitals across the United States have been facing a crisis. As of Monday morning, more than 96,000 hospital beds are filled with Covid-19 patients nationwide — contributing to the 77% of all hospital beds across the country being currently in use, according to data from the US Department of Health and
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State is feeling a bit of deja vu after watching quarterback Skylar Thompson go down with a knee injury in Saturday’s win over Southern Illinois. The sixth-year senior missed most of last season with a shoulder injury, too. Now, the Wildcats will have
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas State is feeling a bit of deja vu after watching quarterback Skylar Thompson go down with a knee injury in Saturday’s win over Southern Illinois. The sixth-year senior missed most of last season with a shoulder injury, too. Now, the Wildcats will have
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania — Almost 3 million students returned to schools Monday in Romania after a summer break and face restrictions as COVID-19 infections rapidly rise in the country. Authorities have mandated that children wear protective masks inside schools and implemented social distancing to try to curb the spread of the virus.
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA JAFFE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday pointed to wildfires burning through the West to argue for his $3.5 trillion spending plan, calling year-round fires and other extreme weather a climate change reality the nation can no longer ignore. Biden spoke during a briefing in
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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board on Monday recommended the governor commute the death sentence of Julius Jones, who has maintained his innocence in a 1999 killing that has garnered national attention. The five-member board voted 3-1 to recommend Jones’ sentence be commuted to life in prison
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas legislator accused of kicking a high school student in the testicles has pleaded guilty to three lesser misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct. A magistrate judge on Monday placed Republican state Rep. Mark Samsel on a year’s probation under a deal with the local
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday defended the Biden administration’s much-criticized handling of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan in a contentious congressional hearing. Appearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Blinken faced complaints from angry lawmakers about the administration’s response to the quick collapse of
Continue ReadingBy JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft struck a series of targets in the Gaza Strip early Monday while Palestinian militants launched rockets into Israel in the third consecutive night of fighting between the sides. The violence took place shortly before Israel’s prime minister, Naftali Bennett, was heading to Egypt for a
Continue Reading By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Fictional media’s First Family is back(stabbing). HBO drama series “Succession,” which closed off its sophomore installment back in October 2019, is set to return for a new season on October 17, the network announced Monday. (CNN, like HBO, is owned by WarnerMedia.) A logline released by HBO teased, “Ambushed by his
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urielblanco (CNN) — Daniil Medvedev, número 2 del mundo, ganó este domingo su primer título de Grand Slam al vencer al número 1 del ranking mundial, Novak Djokovic, en tres sets consecutivos (6-4, 6-4 y 6-4) en la final del Abierto de Estados Unidos. Djokovic llora tras perder ante Medvédev el US Open 0:54 Djokovic
Continue ReadingBy KMBC Staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Kevin Strickland will be in court Monday to fight for his freedom. Strickland was convicted for a 1979 triple murder in Kansas City. He’s been in prison for 43 years. Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said she has evidence
Continue ReadingBy Quanecia Fraser Click here for updates on this story GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska (KETV) — The JBS beef plant in Grand Island caught fire Sunday night. The Grand Island Fire Department reported that the roof was on fire around 10 p.m. It took several hours for crews to get it under control. On Facebook, JBS
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Lin Click here for updates on this story GRIZZLY FLATS, California (KCRA) — Jeff Cornett was one of the many Grizzly Flats residents who lost his home in the Caldor Fire in El Dorado County, but he’s determined to rebuild. “It was a little bit emotional,” Cornett said as he stood by the
Continue ReadingBy KCCI Staff Click here for updates on this story THOMPSON, Iowa (KCCI) — Winnebago County authorities are investigating a shooting between police and an unidentified party. They believe someone made a fake call Saturday night to lure law enforcement to Thompson, just south of the Minnesota border. The original call was for an assault,
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