McCandless, Huff head to Independence council race
By Mike Genet Either Mike Huff or Bridget McCandless will join the Independence City Council in November. Independence voters sent Huff and McCandless to November’s… Login to continue reading Login…
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AREA COVID-19 TESTING SITES
University Health testing: Regular testing hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Testing is available at the Lakewood campus at 7900 Lee’s Summit Road, Kansas City, and the Hospital Hill site at 2211 Charlotte, Kansas City.
Traffic plan set for Monday’s Whataburger opening
By The Examiner staff Whataburger says it will open its Blue Springs location at 11 a.m. Monday. Police will have detours set up to funnel… Login to continue reading Login…
US sanctions Myanmar judiciary officials on coup anniversary
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Monday sanctioned top members of Myanmar’s judiciary and one of its main revenue-producing ports over rights abuses since last year’s coup. The sanctions on the attorney general, supreme court chief justice and others coincided with the one-year anniversary of the coup. The penalties freeze assets that those targeted may have in U.S. jurisdictions and bar Americans from doing business with them and are to be complemented by similar measures from Britain and Canada.
Chicago synagogue, businesses vandalized over weekend
CHICAGO – A synagogue and an affiliated Jewish school in Chicago were vandalized over the weekend with swastika images and antisemitic graffiti, officials said. The incidents occurred Sunday at the FREE Synagogue and Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School. Vandalism also occurred at a synagogue in Lincolnwood, WMAQ-TV reported. A Jewish group, the Concerned Citizens League, said windows were broken Saturday at a Chicago bakery and a kosher food store. Police in Chicago were investigating the incidents.
Canadian prime minister tests positive for COVID-19
TORONTO – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19, but is “feeling fine” and will continue working remotely. The announcement came in a tweet in which he urged everyone to “please get vaccinated and get boosted.” Trudeau said on Thursday that he was going into isolation for five days after finding out the previous evening he had been in contact with someone who tested positive. He told The Canadian Press on Friday that person was one of his three children.
Germany: 2 police officers shot dead during traffic stop
BERLIN – Two police officers were shot dead on a rural road in western Germany while on a routine patrol early Monday, police said. Two suspects were detained hours later. The shooting happened during a traffic check near Kusel at about 4:20 a.m., police in Kaiserslautern said in a statement. The officers radioed that shots were being fired, spokesman Bernhard Christian Erfort told n-tv television. But reinforcements who arrived at the scene were unable to help the 24-year-old woman and the 29-year-old man.
DA seeks protection in Trump inquiry
ATLANTA – The prosecutor who’s investigating whether Donald Trump and others broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential election victory is asking the FBI for security help after the former president railed against prosecutors investigating him.
Johnson apologizes over ‘partygate’
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized Monday for lockdown-flouting parties in Downing Street – but insisted that he and his government can be trusted. Johnson told lawmakers in the House of Commons that he would make changes to the way the government is run in the wake of the “partygate” scandal.
Historically Black schools face threats
At least a half-dozen historically Black universities in five states and the District of Columbia were responding to bomb threats Monday, with many of them locking down their campuses for a time. In warnings to students, school officials say some of the threats were directed at academic buildings.