Author: Heather Hollingsworth
-
Taming the virus: US deaths hit lowest level in 10 months
WASHINGTON • COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have tumbled to an average of around 600 per day — the lowest level in 10 months — with the number of lives lost dropping to single digits in well over half the states and hitting zero on some days. Confirmed infections have fallen to about 38,000 per…
-
Midwest downpours prompt more evacuations, flash flood fears
KANSAS CITY, Mo. • Rain swamping the nation’s midsection forced people from their homes in Kansas, stranded dozens of Texas children at school overnight and strained levees along the surging Mississippi River in Illinois, Missouri and elsewhere Wednesday prompting yet more flash flood concerns. The flooding began in earnest in March, causing billions of dollars…
-
Homes flood as Missouri River overtops, breaches levees
KANSAS CITY, Mo. • Hundreds of homes flooded in several Midwestern states after rivers breached at least a dozen levees after heavy rain and snowmelt in the region, authorities said Monday while warning that the flooding was expected to linger. About 200 miles of levees were compromised — either breached or overtopped — in four…
-
Man arrested after ‘swatting’ call that resulted in fatal Kansas police shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Los Angeles have arrested a man they suspect made a hoax emergency call that resulted in a SWAT police officer fatally shooting a man at the door of his own home in Kansas, law enforcement officials said Saturday. Wichita Deputy Police Chief Troy Livingston on Friday characterized the hoax…
-
EPA proposal would place Colorado among states that could use controversial herbicide
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed more than doubling the number of states allowed to use a new version of a popular weed killer on genetically modified crops despite its earlier concerns. Environmentalists are outraged with the proposal to increase from 15 to 34 the number of states that could use…