Bill uses state tax dollars to finance transfers of at-risk, low-income students

By TIM CARPENTER <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2022/02/02/house-reopens-book-on-releasing-public-education-funding-to-aid-private-school-students/">Kansas Reflector</a>

TOPEKA — Two-term Marais Des 
Cygnes Valley school board member Caleb McNally put in simple terms 
potential harm of a Kansas House bill allowing low-income or at-risk 
students to use state tax dollars earmarked for their public education 
to finance enrollment at a private school.

McNally said 55% of students in the small eastern Kansas district would be eligible for the proposed school-choice program.

“If 55% of them left — even 25% of them left — it would kill our 
school district,” he said. “It would disappear. We’d fold up shop.”

Advocates and critics of House Bill 2553 shared their views Tuesday 
with members of the House K-12 Education Budget Committee. Their 
attention centered on legislation creating education savings accounts 
administered by the state treasurer’s office that would funnel state tax
 dollars to eligible students who leave public schools.

The bill would establish for the 2023-2024 school year a system of 
financial support for full- or part-time students shifting to accredited
 or nonaccredited private schools. Under the bill, students choosing to 
be homeschooled wouldn’t qualify. The initiative would cover a 
transferring student’s tuition and fees, textbook, transportation, 
therapy, tutoring or testing costs as well as tuition for online 
learning programs or college courses.

The bill would mandate the state pay interest to participating 
families on average daily balances in school-choice accounts, but the 
cash used to pay private educational expenses would be tax-free.

The Kansas State Department of Education couldn’t estimate what 
portion of the 450,000 students attending K-12 public schools across the
 state would make use of the Student Empowerment Program. The program 
would likely redirect millions of dollars annually in education funding 
to private schools. It could cost millions of dollars for the state to 
establish and administer. Eventually, the incentive designed to bolster 
enrollment at private schools would shrink state aid to public 
education.

During the 2021 legislative session, the Kansas House approved a 
comparable bill 65-58. It wasn’t considered by the Kansas Senate.

Jason Bedrick, director of policy at EdChoice, said the House 
committee should dismiss a doomsday complaint of school-choice skeptics 
that such programs significantly harmed public education. EdChoice is a 
nonprofit based in Indianapolis dedicated to increasing appropriation of
 tax dollars to families choosing to send children to private or 
parochial schools rather than to public schools.

“Thirty years ago this may have been a legitimate concern,” said 
Bedrick, a former analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational
 Freedom. “We now have decades of experience showing that actually the 
exact opposite phenomenon happens.”

There is an urgent need for the Legislature to financially support 
students eligible for the free- or reduced-lunch program or eligible for
 at-risk educational services as they transitioned to private schools, 
said Dave Trabert, of the Kansas Policy Institute.

He said KPI commissioned a survey of 500 registered voters that 
indicated seven of 10 respondents agreed taxpayer-funded accounts should
 be available to parents if they were convinced the public school 
district wasn’t meeting academic needs of children.

“Sadly,” Trabert said, “intransigence on the part of state and local 
education officials offers little hope of material improvement without 
legislative intervention.”

Democratic state Treasurer Lynn Rogers, who the bill specified as 
administrator of the private-school choice program, rattled off concerns
 about details of the bill. He said it would be difficult to launch the 
program by the proposed Jan. 1 deadline. The state’s ABLE Act, which 
created state savings accounts for people with disabilities, required 
two years of preparation before the first accounts opened in 2017.

“That program is substantially smaller than the one proposed here in 
terms of the number of potential accounts and the amount of rulemaking 
necessary for the program,” he said.

Rogers, who served from 2001 to 2017 on the Wichita school board, 
said the bill would limit the state treasurer to auditing one private 
school each year selected at random. He said that restraint would be 
insufficient to deter fraudulent activity. For contrast, he said, public
 school districts undergo routine budget, special education and 
transportation expenditure audits. It’s important to hold schools 
receiving state tax dollars to the same standards, he said.

“Other states have had substantial issues with improper use of 
funds,” Rogers said. “In Arizona, audits have found that funds were 
spent on food, clothes, entertainment products, gift cards, a haunted 
house, and at a family planning clinic. Arizona has recovered less than 
10% of misused funds under their program.”

Michael Poppa, executive director of the Mainstream Coalition, 
challenged the wisdom of directing tax funding to parochial schools. The
 Kansas Constitution guarantees a suitable education to children, he 
said, but the legislation would force taxpayers to foot the bill for 
children enrolled at private schools that discriminated against children
 based on religion, sexual orientation, academic standing, behavioral 
issues and special-education status.

“House Bill 2550 is a transparent attempt to fund private educational
 institutions with public tax money,” Poppa said. ” Though it is 
portrayed as a bill for students in need, there are no guarantees that 
these students will actually benefit. This bill instead allows for a 
broad cross section of private and religious schools to benefit.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1643821703075.png" alt="Marais Des Cygnes Valley school board member Caleb McNally said the district would be ruined by a Kansas House bill allowing at-risk or low-income students to enroll in private schools with use of state tax dollars. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from Kansas Legislature YouTube channel)" />
 <figcaption>Marais Des Cygnes Valley school board member Caleb McNally said the district would be ruined by a Kansas House bill allowing at-risk or low-income students to enroll in private schools with use of state tax dollars. (Kansas Reflector screen capture from Kansas Legislature YouTube channel)</figcaption>
 </figure><h2>Bill uses state tax dollars to finance transfers of at-risk, low-income students</h2>By TIM CARPENTER <a href="https://kansasreflector.com/2022/02/02/house-reopens-book-on-releasing-public-education-funding-to-aid-private-school-students/">Kansas Reflector</a>TOPEKA — Two-term Marais Des 
Cygnes Valley school board member Caleb McNally put in simple terms 
potential harm of a Kansas House bill allowing low-income or at-risk 
students to use state tax dollars earmarked for their public education 
to finance enrollment at a private school.McNally said 55% of students in the small eastern Kansas district would be eligible for the proposed school-choice program.“If 55% of them left — even 25% of them left — it would kill our 
school district,” he said. “It would disappear. We’d fold up shop.”Advocates and critics of House Bill 2553 shared their views Tuesday 
with members of the House K-12 Education Budget Committee. Their 
attention centered on legislation creating education savings accounts 
administered by the state treasurer’s office that would funnel state tax
 dollars to eligible students who leave public schools.The bill would establish for the 2023-2024 school year a system of 
financial support for full- or part-time students shifting to accredited
 or nonaccredited private schools. Under the bill, students choosing to 
be homeschooled wouldn’t qualify. The initiative would cover a 
transferring student’s tuition and fees, textbook, transportation, 
therapy, tutoring or testing costs as well as tuition for online 
learning programs or college courses.The bill would mandate the state pay interest to participating 
families on average daily balances in school-choice accounts, but the 
cash used to pay private educational expenses would be tax-free.The Kansas State Department of Education couldn’t estimate what 
portion of the 450,000 students attending K-12 public schools across the
 state would make use of the Student Empowerment Program. The program 
would likely redirect millions of dollars annually in education funding 
to private schools. It could cost millions of dollars for the state to 
establish and administer. Eventually, the incentive designed to bolster 
enrollment at private schools would shrink state aid to public 
education.During the 2021 legislative session, the Kansas House approved a 
comparable bill 65-58. It wasn’t considered by the Kansas Senate.<h2>School choice champions</h2>Jason Bedrick, director of policy at EdChoice, said the House 
committee should dismiss a doomsday complaint of school-choice skeptics 
that such programs significantly harmed public education. EdChoice is a 
nonprofit based in Indianapolis dedicated to increasing appropriation of
 tax dollars to families choosing to send children to private or 
parochial schools rather than to public schools.“Thirty years ago this may have been a legitimate concern,” said 
Bedrick, a former analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational
 Freedom. “We now have decades of experience showing that actually the 
exact opposite phenomenon happens.”There is an urgent need for the Legislature to financially support 
students eligible for the free- or reduced-lunch program or eligible for
 at-risk educational services as they transitioned to private schools, 
said Dave Trabert, of the Kansas Policy Institute.He said KPI commissioned a survey of 500 registered voters that 
indicated seven of 10 respondents agreed taxpayer-funded accounts should
 be available to parents if they were convinced the public school 
district wasn’t meeting academic needs of children.“Sadly,” Trabert said, “intransigence on the part of state and local 
education officials offers little hope of material improvement without 
legislative intervention.”<h2>A few objections</h2>Democratic state Treasurer Lynn Rogers, who the bill specified as 
administrator of the private-school choice program, rattled off concerns
 about details of the bill. He said it would be difficult to launch the 
program by the proposed Jan. 1 deadline. The state’s ABLE Act, which 
created state savings accounts for people with disabilities, required 
two years of preparation before the first accounts opened in 2017.“That program is substantially smaller than the one proposed here in 
terms of the number of potential accounts and the amount of rulemaking 
necessary for the program,” he said.Rogers, who served from 2001 to 2017 on the Wichita school board, 
said the bill would limit the state treasurer to auditing one private 
school each year selected at random. He said that restraint would be 
insufficient to deter fraudulent activity. For contrast, he said, public
 school districts undergo routine budget, special education and 
transportation expenditure audits. It’s important to hold schools 
receiving state tax dollars to the same standards, he said.“Other states have had substantial issues with improper use of 
funds,” Rogers said. “In Arizona, audits have found that funds were 
spent on food, clothes, entertainment products, gift cards, a haunted 
house, and at a family planning clinic. Arizona has recovered less than 
10% of misused funds under their program.”Michael Poppa, executive director of the Mainstream Coalition, 
challenged the wisdom of directing tax funding to parochial schools. The
 Kansas Constitution guarantees a suitable education to children, he 
said, but the legislation would force taxpayers to foot the bill for 
children enrolled at private schools that discriminated against children
 based on religion, sexual orientation, academic standing, behavioral 
issues and special-education status.“House Bill 2550 is a transparent attempt to fund private educational
 institutions with public tax money,” Poppa said. ” Though it is 
portrayed as a bill for students in need, there are no guarantees that 
these students will actually benefit. This bill instead allows for a 
broad cross section of private and religious schools to benefit.”

Kan. House reopens book on funding aid for private school students

BEIJING – Four-time Olympic bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor and five-time Olympic curler John Shuster have been chosen by a vote of fellow Team USA athletes to be the flag bearers for Team USA at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. 

Three-time Olympian Brittany Bowe, the first runner-up in the flag bearer election, will walk on behalf of Meyers Taylor, who recently shared she tested positive for COVID –19 and is unable to attend the Opening Ceremony. The Opening Ceremony will be held Friday at National Stadium, where more than 150 athletes on the 2022 U.S. Olympic Team are set to walk in the Opening Ceremony. "Being voted by my peers as the flag bearer is the biggest honor of my career," said Meyers Taylor, a two-time Olympic silver medalist and one-time bronze medalist. "While I cannot carry the flag and walk in with the rest of Team USA, Brittany is very deserving of the opportunity to lead our delegation on my behalf. She is an incredible person with an exemplary character, and I'm excited to watch her and John lead Team USA at the Opening Ceremony. I'm honored to be a part of this team, and coming from a military family, it's really special to have been chosen to&nbsp;carry our flag." Bowe, a 2018 Olympic bronze medalist, received the second most votes of her peers and will join Shuster in leading Team USA into the stadium at the Opening Ceremony, which serves as the official start to the Games. "I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity to lead Team USA into the Opening Ceremony,” said Bowe. “Taking on this responsibility is the honor of a lifetime, and I will proudly carry the American flag on behalf of Elana, her family, and all of Team USA." Making his Olympic debut in 2006, Shuster has competed in every Olympic Winter Games since then, winning his first Olympic gold medal at PyeongChang 2018. He additionally won bronze at Torino 2006. Shuster is one of four five-time Olympians on the 2022 U.S. Olympic Team. "Being elected as one of the flag bearers is a tremendous honor," Shuster said. "When thinking back to my Opening Ceremony experiences, I cannot help but be so proud to lead Team USA into an Olympic Winter Games. Joining the incredible group of Team USA leaders, especially since it was chosen by my Team USA teammates, is one of the greatest honors of my sporting career." Shuster is the first curling athlete to carry the flag in the Opening Ceremony, while Meyers Taylor is the first bobsled athlete to earn the honors since Jim Bickford, Jr., in 1956. Determined by the language of the host country and according to IOC protocol and executive board decision, Greece will march first. The United States will be the 56th country to enter National Stadium, while host People’s Republic of China will be the final country to close out the Opening Ceremony. NBCUniversal will present a Winter Olympics-record 2,800+ hours of coverage across NBC, Peacock, USA Network, CNBC, NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games from Beijing, China. Team USA fans can follow the 2022 U.S. Olympic Team at TeamUSA.org and across Team USA’s social channels on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. The U.S. Olympic Team microsite will offer Team USA results from the Olympic Winter Games, as well as athlete biographies, sport previews, a history book, competition schedules, and facts and figures&nbsp;about the U.S. delegation. U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM FLAG BEARERS 1924 Clarence Abel, Ice Hockey 1928 Godfrey Dewey, President, Lake Placid Organizing Committee 1932 William Fiske III, Bobsled 1936 Rolf Monsen, Nordic Skiing 1948 John Heaton, Bobsled 1952 James Bickford, Bobsled 1956 James Bickford, Bobsled 1960 Donald McDermott, Speedskating 1964 William Disney, Speedskating 1968 Richard McDermott, Speedskating 1972 Dianne Holum, Speedskating 1976 Cynthia Nelson, Alpine Skiing 1980 Scott Hamilton, Figure Skating 1984 Frank Masley, Luge 1988 Lyle Nelson, Biathlon 1992 Bill Koch, Cross-Country Skiing 1994 Cammy Myler, Luge 1998 Eric Flaim, Speedskating 2002 Amy Peterson, Speedskating 2006 Chris Witty, Speedskating 2010 Mark Grimmette, Luge 2014 Todd Lodwick, Nordic Skiing 2018 Erin Hamlin, Luge 2022 Elana Meyers Taylor, Bobsled John Shuster, Curling

Visit the&nbsp;<a href="https://click.email.teamusa.org/?qs=2a28f76a4e37b445ab0c8b58c6702135d6eef2ac224419e7db30fa1adb28acd7ed417eab9900470d4c9abb7b5a8bdd1526a880365c3296c2" target="_blank">2022 U.S. Olympic Team microsite</a>&nbsp;for athlete rosters, biographies and delegations facts, and follow @USOPC_News and @TeamUSA on Twitter for updates throughout the Games.

BEIJING – Four-time Olympic bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor and five-time Olympic curler John Shuster have been chosen by a vote of fellow Team USA athletes to be the flag bearers for Team USA at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Three-time Olympian Brittany Bowe, the first runner-up in the flag bearer election, will walk on behalf of Meyers Taylor, who recently shared she tested positive for COVID –19 and is unable to attend the Opening Ceremony. The Opening Ceremony will be held Friday at National Stadium, where more than 150 athletes on the 2022 U.S. Olympic Team are set to walk in the Opening Ceremony. "Being voted by my peers as the flag bearer is the biggest honor of my career," said Meyers Taylor, a two-time Olympic silver medalist and one-time bronze medalist. "While I cannot carry the flag and walk in with the rest of Team USA, Brittany is very deserving of the opportunity to lead our delegation on my behalf. She is an incredible person with an exemplary character, and I'm excited to watch her and John lead Team USA at the Opening Ceremony. I'm honored to be a part of this team, and coming from a military family, it's really special to have been chosen to&nbsp;carry our flag." Bowe, a 2018 Olympic bronze medalist, received the second most votes of her peers and will join Shuster in leading Team USA into the stadium at the Opening Ceremony, which serves as the official start to the Games. "I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity to lead Team USA into the Opening Ceremony,” said Bowe. “Taking on this responsibility is the honor of a lifetime, and I will proudly carry the American flag on behalf of Elana, her family, and all of Team USA." Making his Olympic debut in 2006, Shuster has competed in every Olympic Winter Games since then, winning his first Olympic gold medal at PyeongChang 2018. He additionally won bronze at Torino 2006. Shuster is one of four five-time Olympians on the 2022 U.S. Olympic Team. "Being elected as one of the flag bearers is a tremendous honor," Shuster said. "When thinking back to my Opening Ceremony experiences, I cannot help but be so proud to lead Team USA into an Olympic Winter Games. Joining the incredible group of Team USA leaders, especially since it was chosen by my Team USA teammates, is one of the greatest honors of my sporting career." Shuster is the first curling athlete to carry the flag in the Opening Ceremony, while Meyers Taylor is the first bobsled athlete to earn the honors since Jim Bickford, Jr., in 1956. Determined by the language of the host country and according to IOC protocol and executive board decision, Greece will march first. The United States will be the 56th country to enter National Stadium, while host People’s Republic of China will be the final country to close out the Opening Ceremony. NBCUniversal will present a Winter Olympics-record 2,800+ hours of coverage across NBC, Peacock, USA Network, CNBC, NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games from Beijing, China. Team USA fans can follow the 2022 U.S. Olympic Team at TeamUSA.org and across Team USA’s social channels on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. The U.S. Olympic Team microsite will offer Team USA results from the Olympic Winter Games, as well as athlete biographies, sport previews, a history book, competition schedules, and facts and figures&nbsp;about the U.S. delegation. U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM FLAG BEARERS 1924 Clarence Abel, Ice Hockey 1928 Godfrey Dewey, President, Lake Placid Organizing Committee 1932 William Fiske III, Bobsled 1936 Rolf Monsen, Nordic Skiing 1948 John Heaton, Bobsled 1952 James Bickford, Bobsled 1956 James Bickford, Bobsled 1960 Donald McDermott, Speedskating 1964 William Disney, Speedskating 1968 Richard McDermott, Speedskating 1972 Dianne Holum, Speedskating 1976 Cynthia Nelson, Alpine Skiing 1980 Scott Hamilton, Figure Skating 1984 Frank Masley, Luge 1988 Lyle Nelson, Biathlon 1992 Bill Koch, Cross-Country Skiing 1994 Cammy Myler, Luge 1998 Eric Flaim, Speedskating 2002 Amy Peterson, Speedskating 2006 Chris Witty, Speedskating 2010 Mark Grimmette, Luge 2014 Todd Lodwick, Nordic Skiing 2018 Erin Hamlin, Luge 2022 Elana Meyers Taylor, Bobsled John Shuster, CurlingVisit the&nbsp;<a href="https://click.email.teamusa.org/?qs=2a28f76a4e37b445ab0c8b58c6702135d6eef2ac224419e7db30fa1adb28acd7ed417eab9900470d4c9abb7b5a8bdd1526a880365c3296c2" target="_blank">2022 U.S. Olympic Team microsite</a>&nbsp;for athlete rosters, biographies and delegations facts, and follow @USOPC_News and @TeamUSA on Twitter for updates throughout the Games.

Taylor, Shuster chosen as flag bearers for US Olympic team

Today is Wednesday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2022. There are 332 days left in the year. 

On Feb. 2, 1990, in a dramatic concession to South Africa's Black majority, President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela. 

In 1536, present-day Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded by Pedro de Mendoza of Spain.

In 1653, New Amsterdam — now New York City — was incorporated. 

In 1887, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, held its first Groundhog Day festival.

In 1913, New York City's rebuilt Grand Central Terminal officially opened to the public at one minute past midnight. 

In 1914, Charles Chaplin made his movie debut as the comedy short "Making a Living" was released by Keystone Film Co. 

In 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last of a series of dog mushers brought a life-saving treatment to Nome, the scene of a diphtheria epidemic, six days after the drug left Nenana. 

In 1943, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the Soviets in World War II. 

In 1948, President Harry S. Truman sent a 10-point civil rights program to Congress, where the proposals ran into fierce opposition from Southern lawmakers.

In 1980, NBC News reported the FBI had conducted a sting operation targeting members of Congress using phony Arab businessmen in what became known as "Abscam," a codename protested by Arab-Americans. 

In 2006, House Republicans elected John Boehner of Ohio as their new majority leader to replace the indicted Tom DeLay. 

In 2016, health officials reported that a person in Texas had become infected with the Zika virus through sex in the first case of the illness being transmitted within the United States.

In 2020, the Philippines reported that a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan had died in a Manila hospital from the new coronavirus; it was the first death from the virus to be recorded outside of China. Authorities in parts of China extended the Lunar New Year holiday break well into February to try to keep people at home. 

Ten years ago: Egyptian security forces clashed with stone-throwing protesters enraged by the failure of police to prevent a soccer riot the night before that killed 74 people. Donald Trump announced his endorsement of Republican Mitt Romney for president, saying the former Massachusetts governor was "not going to allow bad things to continue to happen to this country we all love."

Five years ago: Using a backhoe to smash through a barricade of water-filled footlockers, police stormed Delaware's largest prison, ending a nearly 20-hour hostage standoff with inmates; one hostage, a guard, was killed.

One year ago: Ahead of the second Senate impeachment trial of outgoing President Donald Trump, House Democrats filed a legal brief saying Trump had endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters "like a loaded cannon" at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6; Trump denied the allegations through his lawyers and called the trial unconstitutional. U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who confronted the mob that stormed the building on Jan. 6 and died a day later, lay in honor inside the Capitol. The Senate approved Pete Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) as transportation secretary, making him the first openly gay person confirmed to a Cabinet post. A Moscow court ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to serve more than 2 1/2 years in prison on charges that he violated the terms of his probation while he was recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning.

Today's Birthdays: Comedian Tom Smothers is 85. Rock singer-guitarist Graham Nash is 80. Television executive Barry Diller is 80. Actor Bo Hopkins is 78. Country singer Howard Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 76. TV chef Ina Garten is 74. Actor Jack McGee is 73. Actor Brent Spiner is 73. Rock musician Ross Valory (Journey) is 73. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is 70. The former president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, is 70. Model Christie Brinkley is 68. Actor Michael Talbott is 67. Actor Kim Zimmer is 67. Actor Michael T. Weiss is 60. Actor-comedian Adam Ferrara is 56. Rock musician Robert DeLeo (Army of Anyone; Stone Temple Pilots) is 56. Actor Jennifer Westfeldt is 52. Rapper T-Mo is 50. Actor Marissa Jaret Winokur is 49. Actor Lori Beth Denberg is 46. Singer Shakira is 45. Actor Rich Sommer is 44. Country singer Blaine Larsen is 36. Actor Zosia Mamet is 34.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1573488868914.jpeg" alt="Photo of old book courtesy <a href="http://shutterstock.com">shutterstock</a>" />
 <figcaption>Photo of old book courtesy <a href="http://shutterstock.com">shutterstock</a></figcaption>
 </figure>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSToday in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2022. There are 332 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 2, 1990, in a dramatic concession to South Africa's Black majority, President F.W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela. On this date: In 1536, present-day Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded by Pedro de Mendoza of Spain.In 1653, New Amsterdam — now New York City — was incorporated. In 1887, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, held its first Groundhog Day festival.In 1913, New York City's rebuilt Grand Central Terminal officially opened to the public at one minute past midnight. In 1914, Charles Chaplin made his movie debut as the comedy short "Making a Living" was released by Keystone Film Co. In 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last of a series of dog mushers brought a life-saving treatment to Nome, the scene of a diphtheria epidemic, six days after the drug left Nenana. In 1943, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the Soviets in World War II. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman sent a 10-point civil rights program to Congress, where the proposals ran into fierce opposition from Southern lawmakers.In 1980, NBC News reported the FBI had conducted a sting operation targeting members of Congress using phony Arab businessmen in what became known as "Abscam," a codename protested by Arab-Americans. In 2006, House Republicans elected John Boehner of Ohio as their new majority leader to replace the indicted Tom DeLay. In 2016, health officials reported that a person in Texas had become infected with the Zika virus through sex in the first case of the illness being transmitted within the United States.In 2020, the Philippines reported that a 44-year-old Chinese man from Wuhan had died in a Manila hospital from the new coronavirus; it was the first death from the virus to be recorded outside of China. Authorities in parts of China extended the Lunar New Year holiday break well into February to try to keep people at home. Ten years ago: Egyptian security forces clashed with stone-throwing protesters enraged by the failure of police to prevent a soccer riot the night before that killed 74 people. Donald Trump announced his endorsement of Republican Mitt Romney for president, saying the former Massachusetts governor was "not going to allow bad things to continue to happen to this country we all love."Five years ago: Using a backhoe to smash through a barricade of water-filled footlockers, police stormed Delaware's largest prison, ending a nearly 20-hour hostage standoff with inmates; one hostage, a guard, was killed.One year ago: Ahead of the second Senate impeachment trial of outgoing President Donald Trump, House Democrats filed a legal brief saying Trump had endangered the lives of all members of Congress when he aimed a mob of supporters "like a loaded cannon" at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6; Trump denied the allegations through his lawyers and called the trial unconstitutional. U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who confronted the mob that stormed the building on Jan. 6 and died a day later, lay in honor inside the Capitol. The Senate approved Pete Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) as transportation secretary, making him the first openly gay person confirmed to a Cabinet post. A Moscow court ordered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to serve more than 2 1/2 years in prison on charges that he violated the terms of his probation while he was recuperating in Germany from nerve-agent poisoning. Today's Birthdays: Comedian Tom Smothers is 85. Rock singer-guitarist Graham Nash is 80. Television executive Barry Diller is 80. Actor Bo Hopkins is 78. Country singer Howard Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) is 76. TV chef Ina Garten is 74. Actor Jack McGee is 73. Actor Brent Spiner is 73. Rock musician Ross Valory (Journey) is 73. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is 70. The former president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, is 70. Model Christie Brinkley is 68. Actor Michael Talbott is 67. Actor Kim Zimmer is 67. Actor Michael T. Weiss is 60. Actor-comedian Adam Ferrara is 56. Rock musician Robert DeLeo (Army of Anyone; Stone Temple Pilots) is 56. Actor Jennifer Westfeldt is 52. Rapper T-Mo is 50. Actor Marissa Jaret Winokur is 49. Actor Lori Beth Denberg is 46. Singer Shakira is 45. Actor Rich Sommer is 44. Country singer Blaine Larsen is 36. Actor Zosia Mamet is 34.

Today in History - Feb. 2

By SHERMAN SMITH Kansas Reflector

TOPEKA — Rep.&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/members/rep_carlson_suzi_1/">Suzi Carlson</a>&nbsp;was arrested late Monday and booked into Shawnee County Jail with citations for drunk driving and failing to maintain a single lane.

Tim Phelps, deputy director of the jail, said Topeka police stopped Carlson at 10:08 p.m. Monday at S.W. 14th and Topeka Blvd., about four blocks south of the Statehouse.

Online jail records indicate Carlson, a Republican from Clay Center, was booked into jail at 11 p.m. and released at 2:15 a.m. after posting $1,000 cash bond. The citations indicate she had greater than .08 blood alcohol level and that she made an unsafe lane change. A court date was set for March 1.

Carlson has served in the House since 2019. Before that, she served as a municipal judge in Clay Center for 22 years.

“We do not have any additional information right now, but we expect local law enforcement to provide more details once they’ve completed their review,” said House Speaker Ron Ryckman, R-Olathe.

The above story is republished with permission from Kansas Reflector.

Sherman Smith is the Kansas Press Association’s journalist of the year. He has written award-winning news stories about the instability of the Kansas foster care system, misconduct by government officials, sexual abuse, technology, education, and the Legislature. He previously spent 16 years at the Topeka Capital-Journal. A lifelong Kansan, he graduated from Emporia State University in 2004 as a Shepherd Scholar with a degree in English.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1643744828327.jpeg" alt="Rep. Suzi Carlson, R-Clay Center, was booked into Shawnee County Jail on Jan. 31 in connection with a DUI citation and failure to maintain a single lane. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)" />
 <figcaption>Rep. Suzi Carlson, R-Clay Center, was booked into Shawnee County Jail on Jan. 31 in connection with a DUI citation and failure to maintain a single lane. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)</figcaption>
 </figure>By SHERMAN SMITH Kansas ReflectorTOPEKA — Rep.&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/members/rep_carlson_suzi_1/">Suzi Carlson</a>&nbsp;was arrested late Monday and booked into Shawnee County Jail with citations for drunk driving and failing to maintain a single lane.Tim Phelps, deputy director of the jail, said Topeka police stopped Carlson at 10:08 p.m. Monday at S.W. 14th and Topeka Blvd., about four blocks south of the Statehouse.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/2/1643745700788.png" alt="Carlson's booking photo from Shawnee County" />
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 </figure>Online jail records indicate Carlson, a Republican from Clay Center, was booked into jail at 11 p.m. and released at 2:15 a.m. after posting $1,000 cash bond. The citations indicate she had greater than .08 blood alcohol level and that she made an unsafe lane change. A court date was set for March 1.Carlson has served in the House since 2019. Before that, she served as a municipal judge in Clay Center for 22 years.“We do not have any additional information right now, but we expect local law enforcement to provide more details once they’ve completed their review,” said House Speaker Ron Ryckman, R-Olathe.The above story is republished with permission from Kansas Reflector.Sherman Smith is the Kansas Press Association’s journalist of the year. He has written award-winning news stories about the instability of the Kansas foster care system, misconduct by government officials, sexual abuse, technology, education, and the Legislature. He previously spent 16 years at the Topeka Capital-Journal. A lifelong Kansan, he graduated from Emporia State University in 2004 as a Shepherd Scholar with a degree in English.

Kansas Rep. Suzi Carlson jailed after drunk driving citation in Topeka

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2022. There are 333 days left in the year. 

On Feb. 1, 1960, four Black college students began a sit-in protest at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they'd been refused service. 

In 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York. (However, since only three of the six justices were present, the court recessed until the next day.) 

In 1862, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was published in the Atlantic Monthly. 

In 1865, abolitionist John S. Rock became the first Black lawyer admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. 

In 1943, during World War II, one of America's most highly decorated military units, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up almost exclusively of Japanese-Americans, was authorized. 

In 1959, men in Switzerland rejected giving women the right to vote by a more than 2-1 referendum margin. (Swiss women gained the right to vote in 1971.)

In 1979, Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini received a tumultuous welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile. 

In 1991, 34 people were killed when an arriving USAir jetliner crashed atop a commuter plane on a runway at Los Angeles International Airport. 

In 1994, Jeff Gillooly, Tonya Harding's ex-husband, pleaded guilty in Portland, Oregon, to racketeering for his part in the attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in exchange for a 24-month sentence (he ended up serving six months) and a $100,000 fine. 

In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael Anderson; mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli in space.

In 2011, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he would not run for a new term in September elections but rejected protesters' demands he step down immediately and leave the country, after a dramatic day in which a quarter-million Egyptians staged their biggest protest to date calling on him to go. 

In 2016, the World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which was linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an "extraordinary event" that posed a public health threat to other parts of the world. 

In 2020, as China's death toll from the new coronavirus rose to 259, Beijing criticized Washington's order barring entry to most foreigners who had visited China in the past two weeks. A World Health Organization official said governments needed to prepare for "domestic outbreak control." 

Ten years ago: Facebook, the Internet social network, announced plans to go public with a stock offering. Don Cornelius, 74, creator of "Soul Train," died in Los Angeles of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee died in Tampa, Florida, at age 90.

Five years ago: The Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Rex Tillerson, 56-43, to be U.S. secretary of state. A nearly 20-hour prison hostage standoff began in Delaware as inmates at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center seized four staff members; one guard was killed, two hostages released before authorities put down the uprising and rescued the remaining captive. Violence and rioting at the University of California, Berkeley, forced the cancellation of a talk by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos.

One year ago: Myanmar's military staged a coup and arrested the civilian leaders of its government, including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. A sprawling, lumbering winter storm walloped the Eastern U.S., shutting down coronavirus vaccination sites, closing schools and halting transit. The U.S. government said it would not conduct immigration enforcement arrests at coronavirus vaccination sites around the country. Former AFL-CIO President John Sweeney died at age 86 at his Washington-area home. Actor Dustin Diamond, best known as "Screech" on the '90s sitcom "Saved by the Bell," died after a three-week fight with cancer.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Garrett Morris is 85. Bluegrass singer Del McCoury is 83. TV personality-singer Joy Philbin is 81. Political commentator Fred Barnes is 79. Rock musician Mike Campbell (Tom Petty &amp; the Heartbreakers) is 72. Blues singer-musician Sonny Landreth is 71. Actor-writer-producer Bill Mumy is 68. Rock singer Exene Cervenka is 66. Actor Linus Roache is 58. Princess Stephanie of Monaco is 57. Actor Sherilyn Fenn is 57. Lisa Marie Presley is 54. Comedian-actor Pauly Shore is 54. Actor Brian Krause is 53. Jazz musician Joshua Redman is 53. Rock musician Patrick Wilson (Weezer) is 53. Actor Michael C. Hall is 51. Rock musician Ron Welty is 51. Rapper Big Boi (Outkast) is 47. Roots rocker Jason Isbell is 43. Country singer Julie Roberts is 43. Rock singer-musician Andrew VanWyngarden is 39. TV personality Lauren Conrad is 36. Actor-singer Heather Morris is 35. Actor and mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey is 35. Rock singer Harry Styles (One Direction) is 28.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1573488868914.jpeg" alt="Photo of old book courtesy <a href="http://shutterstock.com">shutterstock</a>" />
 <figcaption>Photo of old book courtesy <a href="http://shutterstock.com">shutterstock</a></figcaption>
 </figure>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSToday is Tuesday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2022. There are 333 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 1, 1960, four Black college students began a sit-in protest at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, where they'd been refused service. On this date: In 1790, the U.S. Supreme Court convened for the first time in New York. (However, since only three of the six justices were present, the court recessed until the next day.) In 1862, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," a poem by Julia Ward Howe, was published in the Atlantic Monthly. In 1865, abolitionist John S. Rock became the first Black lawyer admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1943, during World War II, one of America's most highly decorated military units, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, made up almost exclusively of Japanese-Americans, was authorized. In 1959, men in Switzerland rejected giving women the right to vote by a more than 2-1 referendum margin. (Swiss women gained the right to vote in 1971.)In 1979, Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini received a tumultuous welcome in Tehran as he ended nearly 15 years of exile. In 1991, 34 people were killed when an arriving USAir jetliner crashed atop a commuter plane on a runway at Los Angeles International Airport. In 1994, Jeff Gillooly, Tonya Harding's ex-husband, pleaded guilty in Portland, Oregon, to racketeering for his part in the attack on figure skater Nancy Kerrigan in exchange for a 24-month sentence (he ended up serving six months) and a $100,000 fine. In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke up during re-entry, killing all seven of its crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael Anderson; mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, David Brown and Laurel Clark; and payload specialist Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli in space.In 2011, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he would not run for a new term in September elections but rejected protesters' demands he step down immediately and leave the country, after a dramatic day in which a quarter-million Egyptians staged their biggest protest to date calling on him to go. In 2016, the World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which was linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an "extraordinary event" that posed a public health threat to other parts of the world. In 2020, as China's death toll from the new coronavirus rose to 259, Beijing criticized Washington's order barring entry to most foreigners who had visited China in the past two weeks. A World Health Organization official said governments needed to prepare for "domestic outbreak control." Ten years ago: Facebook, the Internet social network, announced plans to go public with a stock offering. Don Cornelius, 74, creator of "Soul Train," died in Los Angeles of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Boxing trainer Angelo Dundee died in Tampa, Florida, at age 90.Five years ago: The Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Rex Tillerson, 56-43, to be U.S. secretary of state. A nearly 20-hour prison hostage standoff began in Delaware as inmates at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center seized four staff members; one guard was killed, two hostages released before authorities put down the uprising and rescued the remaining captive. Violence and rioting at the University of California, Berkeley, forced the cancellation of a talk by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos.One year ago: Myanmar's military staged a coup and arrested the civilian leaders of its government, including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. A sprawling, lumbering winter storm walloped the Eastern U.S., shutting down coronavirus vaccination sites, closing schools and halting transit. The U.S. government said it would not conduct immigration enforcement arrests at coronavirus vaccination sites around the country. Former AFL-CIO President John Sweeney died at age 86 at his Washington-area home. Actor Dustin Diamond, best known as "Screech" on the '90s sitcom "Saved by the Bell," died after a three-week fight with cancer.Today's Birthdays: Actor Garrett Morris is 85. Bluegrass singer Del McCoury is 83. TV personality-singer Joy Philbin is 81. Political commentator Fred Barnes is 79. Rock musician Mike Campbell (Tom Petty &amp; the Heartbreakers) is 72. Blues singer-musician Sonny Landreth is 71. Actor-writer-producer Bill Mumy is 68. Rock singer Exene Cervenka is 66. Actor Linus Roache is 58. Princess Stephanie of Monaco is 57. Actor Sherilyn Fenn is 57. Lisa Marie Presley is 54. Comedian-actor Pauly Shore is 54. Actor Brian Krause is 53. Jazz musician Joshua Redman is 53. Rock musician Patrick Wilson (Weezer) is 53. Actor Michael C. Hall is 51. Rock musician Ron Welty is 51. Rapper Big Boi (Outkast) is 47. Roots rocker Jason Isbell is 43. Country singer Julie Roberts is 43. Rock singer-musician Andrew VanWyngarden is 39. TV personality Lauren Conrad is 36. Actor-singer Heather Morris is 35. Actor and mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey is 35. Rock singer Harry Styles (One Direction) is 28.

Today in History - Feb. 1

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Kansas&nbsp;man and a Maryland man have been charged with making separate threats to kill President Joe Biden, authorities said Monday.

Scott Ryan Merryman, 37, Independence, Kansas and Ryan Matthew Conlon, 37, of Halethorpe, Maryland; were both arrested last week, but Conlon's case was sealed until Monday. He is also charged with making threats to blow up National Security Agency headquarters.

Merryman was arrested after he traveled from his home to Maryland. Merryman called police in his hometown last Tuesday and said he was on his way to Washington, D.C., to see the president, federal authorities said.

When a Secret Service agent called him last Wednesday, Merryman said God told him to travel to Washington to “lop off the head of the serpent in the heart of the nation,” according to an FBI agent's affidavit.

“Merryman denied that the serpent was the President of the United States, but stated that he had information about the Book of Revelation that he was being instructed by God to give to the President,” the agent wrote.

Merryman didn’t have a weapon but was carrying ammunition and a spotting scope in his backpack when agents found him in a restaurant’s parking lot in Hagerstown, Maryland, last Wednesday.

The next day, Merryman called the White House switchboard and said he was coming there to "cut off the head of the snake/anti-Christ,” the FBI affidavit said.

Merryman made his initial court appearance in Baltimore on Monday afternoon.

Court filings don't list attorneys for Merryman or Conlon, who was released after his initial court appearance last week. U.S. Magistrate Judge A. David Copperthite ordered Conlon to refrain from using a computer or any other internet-connected devices without a probation officer's permission.

Conlon is accused of sending a string of messages to the NSA and FBI tiplines threatening to bomb the White House to kill the president, blow up the NSA's headquarters in Ft. Meade, Maryland, and carry out a mass shooting of NSA employees. Investigators traced the messages to a phone number and Maryland address linked to Conlon, according to the FBI.

The FBI found a Facebook account for a username of “Targeted Individual T.I.” with a profile picture that appeared to depict Conlon. The account included pictures of a white Chevrolet Tahoe and described the vehicle as a “Gangstalker” that followed him on New Year’s Eve.

Investigators called Conlon, who said the vehicle had parked next to him in a parking lot once and “made him feel targeted,” an FBI agent's affidavit said.

“Conlon apologized for sending threats when he becomes angry,” the agent wrote.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Kansas man traveling to Washington is being held on charges of threatening President Joe Biden, authorities said.

Scott Merryman, 37, was in the Washington County Detention Center in Hagerstown, Maryland, awaiting a court appearance set for Monday, a detention center official said.

A court filing in the case said Merryman phoned police in Independence, Kansas, on Tuesday and told them that he was going to the nation's capital to see the president.

In a telephone interview with a U.S. Secret Service agent on Wednesday, Merryman said that God told him to go to Washington to cut off “the head of the serpent in the heart of the nation," the filing states.

Merryman denied in the interview that Biden was the serpent, though in a Facebook post he identified the president as the “AntiChrist” and said “he will suffer a fatal head wound.” Merryman added, “I'll deal that blow in Christ's name.”

Another Secret Service agent located Merryman at the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Hagerstown. The agent searched Merryman and found three rounds of ammunition and a spotting scope, but no gun or other weapons, according to the court document.

On Thursday, Merryman called the White House switch board and threatened Biden, the document says.

The criminal complaint calling for his arrest on the federal charges was filed Friday.

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 </figure>COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Kansas&nbsp;man and a Maryland man have been charged with making separate threats to kill President Joe Biden, authorities said Monday.Scott Ryan Merryman, 37, Independence, Kansas and Ryan Matthew Conlon, 37, of Halethorpe, Maryland; were both arrested last week, but Conlon's case was sealed until Monday. He is also charged with making threats to blow up National Security Agency headquarters.Merryman was arrested after he traveled from his home to Maryland. Merryman called police in his hometown last Tuesday and said he was on his way to Washington, D.C., to see the president, federal authorities said.When a Secret Service agent called him last Wednesday, Merryman said God told him to travel to Washington to “lop off the head of the serpent in the heart of the nation,” according to an FBI agent's affidavit.“Merryman denied that the serpent was the President of the United States, but stated that he had information about the Book of Revelation that he was being instructed by God to give to the President,” the agent wrote.Merryman didn’t have a weapon but was carrying ammunition and a spotting scope in his backpack when agents found him in a restaurant’s parking lot in Hagerstown, Maryland, last Wednesday.The next day, Merryman called the White House switchboard and said he was coming there to "cut off the head of the snake/anti-Christ,” the FBI affidavit said.<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fscottie.merryman%2Fposts%2F10225209858544920&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="265" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></div>Merryman made his initial court appearance in Baltimore on Monday afternoon.Court filings don't list attorneys for Merryman or Conlon, who was released after his initial court appearance last week. U.S. Magistrate Judge A. David Copperthite ordered Conlon to refrain from using a computer or any other internet-connected devices without a probation officer's permission.Conlon is accused of sending a string of messages to the NSA and FBI tiplines threatening to bomb the White House to kill the president, blow up the NSA's headquarters in Ft. Meade, Maryland, and carry out a mass shooting of NSA employees. Investigators traced the messages to a phone number and Maryland address linked to Conlon, according to the FBI.The FBI found a Facebook account for a username of “Targeted Individual T.I.” with a profile picture that appeared to depict Conlon. The account included pictures of a white Chevrolet Tahoe and described the vehicle as a “Gangstalker” that followed him on New Year’s Eve.Investigators called Conlon, who said the vehicle had parked next to him in a parking lot once and “made him feel targeted,” an FBI agent's affidavit said.“Conlon apologized for sending threats when he becomes angry,” the agent wrote.---------WASHINGTON (AP) — A Kansas man traveling to Washington is being held on charges of threatening President Joe Biden, authorities said.Scott Merryman, 37, was in the Washington County Detention Center in Hagerstown, Maryland, awaiting a court appearance set for Monday, a detention center official said.A court filing in the case said Merryman phoned police in Independence, Kansas, on Tuesday and told them that he was going to the nation's capital to see the president.In a telephone interview with a U.S. Secret Service agent on Wednesday, Merryman said that God told him to go to Washington to cut off “the head of the serpent in the heart of the nation," the filing states.Merryman denied in the interview that Biden was the serpent, though in a Facebook post he identified the president as the “AntiChrist” and said “he will suffer a fatal head wound.” Merryman added, “I'll deal that blow in Christ's name.”Another Secret Service agent located Merryman at the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Hagerstown. The agent searched Merryman and found three rounds of ammunition and a spotting scope, but no gun or other weapons, according to the court document.On Thursday, Merryman called the White House switch board and threatened Biden, the document says.The criminal complaint calling for his arrest on the federal charges was filed Friday.

Kan. man among 2 charged with making threats to kill Biden

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas teen on multiple charges after a weekend arrest.

Just after midnight Sunday morning, police responded to a disturbance at the AMC theater in the 3100 block of N Penstemon in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy.

&nbsp;Security at the theater informed officers that multiple people reported someone had a weapon inside one of the auditoriums.

Officers contacted a victim who reported witnessing a male "racking" what he believed was a firearm. The man then fired the weapon, which turned out to be an airsoft gun. 

Another victim reported getting into a physical altercation with the male suspect, who then punched the victim in the face and dropped an airsoft gun before running from the theater. Another victim reported being shot by the airsoft gun, causing minor injury.

Police located a 15-year-old boy running in the area, who matched the suspect's description. He was taken into custody. Police also found two airsoft guns. Police booked the teen into the Sedgwick County Juvenile Detention Facility on requested charges of aggravated battery, simple battery, aggravated criminal threat and resisting arrest, according to Macy.

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas teen on multiple charges after a weekend arrest.Just after midnight Sunday morning, police responded to a disturbance at the AMC theater in the 3100 block of N Penstemon in Wichita, according to Officer Trevor Macy.&nbsp;Security at the theater informed officers that multiple people reported someone had a weapon inside one of the auditoriums.Officers contacted a victim who reported witnessing a male "racking" what he believed was a firearm. The man then fired the weapon, which turned out to be an airsoft gun. Another victim reported getting into a physical altercation with the male suspect, who then punched the victim in the face and dropped an airsoft gun before running from the theater. Another victim reported being shot by the airsoft gun, causing minor injury.Police located a 15-year-old boy running in the area, who matched the suspect's description. He was taken into custody. Police also found two airsoft guns. Police booked the teen into the Sedgwick County Juvenile Detention Facility on requested charges of aggravated battery, simple battery, aggravated criminal threat and resisting arrest, according to Macy.

Kan. teen jailed after airsoft gun incident at movie theater

In World War II in the Pacific, the Japanese invaded British Hong Kong, Dutch Indonesia, French Indo-China, the American Philippines, and other regions using their “Asia for Asians” argument against colonialism. Of course, they were becoming a major colonial power themselves.

U.S. General “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell realized local guerilla troops in these countries would join us and fight if they believed that when we defeated Japan, their country would be free. But Churchill proclaimed he had not become prime minister to give away their colonies. This became a rift between Britain’s Lord Montbatten and Stilwell. Stilwell’s aide John Paton Davies, Jr. kept our American war propaganda effort in the Pacific non-colonial. A weak F.D.R. caved. Stilwell’s argument lost. When we won the war with Japan, the guerillas had to keep on fighting to expel the Dutch from Indonesia. In 1954, the French were expelled from their garrison at Dien Bien Phu in what is now North Vietnam. But it would take longer to free South Vietnam held by the rich and powerful who ruled southern Indo-China. &nbsp;

If this history had been in our history books, would America have entered the Vietnam War?&nbsp; This failure to get history recorded right cost over 58,000 American and 3.1 million Vietnamese lives.

Unfortunately, history books worldwide leave out factual material that in turn allows populations to misunderstand their history and march onward into future conflict. Today, Japan’s history books lack any mention of the terrible atrocities committed during World War II at Nanjing or by their biowarfare facility 731 that spread bubonic plague and typhus across Chinese towns. “In wartime, you have to do anything to win,” is the excuse given by those who know these war crimes occurred. But a civilian population that does not know its history can repeat its mistakes.

The Tulsa race massacre of May 31–June 1, 1921, is not in our history books either. But it should be. It was one of the most devastating incidents of racial violence in American history, killing 39 and leaving nearly 10,000 homeless.

But now we are seeing across America a movement to gag teachers, censor books, and even command or cull what is taught in college classes. If this effort continues, it will surpass the hateful McCarthy witch hunts of the early 1950s. The U.S., long a critic of other nations that limit speech and censor publications, is rapidly approaching becoming the leader in enforcement of its own nationalistic dogma: —Say only good things about the U.S.! —No criticism allowed!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;

Targets include K–12 teachers, university professors, and librarians at every level. The independent research firm SurveyUSA found that 37 percent of teachers surveyed were more likely to leave teaching at the end of this school year if laws that “prevent honest teaching and conversations” reach their classrooms. And 92 percent asserted that students “should be able to learn about historical truths, even when they are uncomfortable.”

Much of this drive targets critical race theory (CRT) which is a topic discussed in a few advanced college courses on school law. But it is perceived as challenging any American history in the classroom that points to anything negative. According to&nbsp;Education Week, in this past year, 13 states have restricted teaching critical race theory or discussing race and gender in class. The newly elected Virginia governor signed an executive order preventing teaching of “inherently divisive concepts.” Some governors and legislatures are ordering universities to submit class syllabi in their effort to write educational gag laws.

A recent survey by researchers at UCLA and UCSD found 894 school districts (35 percent or 17.7 million of all K–12 students) had seen local anti-CRT campaigns. Motivation included partisan politics as well as specific concerns about indoctrination. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;

The shared language used in these efforts points to its widespread use by political networks.

Librarians also feel the pressure. An EdWeek Research Center survey in the second half of December found 16 percent of school and district leaders reported requests to ban books since 2019. These book bans focused on race, gender, and sexuality.

Teaching is a profession. And professions have bodies of professional knowledge and practice. A geology teacher has a responsibility to teach that the world is spherical and not flat, and our future in space exploration depends on that. To command what and how we will teach is no more acceptable than a patient telling a surgeon how to conduct surgery. Interfere with our professional teaching, and we will leave.&nbsp;&nbsp;

John Richard Schrock has trained biology teachers for more than 30 years in Kansas. He also has lectured at 27 universities in 20 trips to China. He holds the distinction of “Faculty Emeritus” at Emporia State University.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2019/11/1573490075841.jpeg" alt="John Richard Schrock" />
 <figcaption>John Richard Schrock</figcaption>
 </figure>By JOHN RICHARD SCHROCKIn World War II in the Pacific, the Japanese invaded British Hong Kong, Dutch Indonesia, French Indo-China, the American Philippines, and other regions using their “Asia for Asians” argument against colonialism. Of course, they were becoming a major colonial power themselves. U.S. General “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell realized local guerilla troops in these countries would join us and fight if they believed that when we defeated Japan, their country would be free. But Churchill proclaimed he had not become prime minister to give away their colonies. This became a rift between Britain’s Lord Montbatten and Stilwell. Stilwell’s aide John Paton Davies, Jr. kept our American war propaganda effort in the Pacific non-colonial. A weak F.D.R. caved. Stilwell’s argument lost. When we won the war with Japan, the guerillas had to keep on fighting to expel the Dutch from Indonesia. In 1954, the French were expelled from their garrison at Dien Bien Phu in what is now North Vietnam. But it would take longer to free South Vietnam held by the rich and powerful who ruled southern Indo-China. &nbsp; If this history had been in our history books, would America have entered the Vietnam War?&nbsp; This failure to get history recorded right cost over 58,000 American and 3.1 million Vietnamese lives. Unfortunately, history books worldwide leave out factual material that in turn allows populations to misunderstand their history and march onward into future conflict. Today, Japan’s history books lack any mention of the terrible atrocities committed during World War II at Nanjing or by their biowarfare facility 731 that spread bubonic plague and typhus across Chinese towns. “In wartime, you have to do anything to win,” is the excuse given by those who know these war crimes occurred. But a civilian population that does not know its history can repeat its mistakes. The Tulsa race massacre of May 31–June 1, 1921, is not in our history books either. But it should be. It was one of the most devastating incidents of racial violence in American history, killing 39 and leaving nearly 10,000 homeless. But now we are seeing across America a movement to gag teachers, censor books, and even command or cull what is taught in college classes. If this effort continues, it will surpass the hateful McCarthy witch hunts of the early 1950s. The U.S., long a critic of other nations that limit speech and censor publications, is rapidly approaching becoming the leader in enforcement of its own nationalistic dogma: —Say only good things about the U.S.! —No criticism allowed!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Targets include K–12 teachers, university professors, and librarians at every level. The independent research firm SurveyUSA found that 37 percent of teachers surveyed were more likely to leave teaching at the end of this school year if laws that “prevent honest teaching and conversations” reach their classrooms. And 92 percent asserted that students “should be able to learn about historical truths, even when they are uncomfortable.” Much of this drive targets critical race theory (CRT) which is a topic discussed in a few advanced college courses on school law. But it is perceived as challenging any American history in the classroom that points to anything negative. According to&nbsp;Education Week, in this past year, 13 states have restricted teaching critical race theory or discussing race and gender in class. The newly elected Virginia governor signed an executive order preventing teaching of “inherently divisive concepts.” Some governors and legislatures are ordering universities to submit class syllabi in their effort to write educational gag laws. A recent survey by researchers at UCLA and UCSD found 894 school districts (35 percent or 17.7 million of all K–12 students) had seen local anti-CRT campaigns. Motivation included partisan politics as well as specific concerns about indoctrination. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The shared language used in these efforts points to its widespread use by political networks. Librarians also feel the pressure. An EdWeek Research Center survey in the second half of December found 16 percent of school and district leaders reported requests to ban books since 2019. These book bans focused on race, gender, and sexuality. Teaching is a profession. And professions have bodies of professional knowledge and practice. A geology teacher has a responsibility to teach that the world is spherical and not flat, and our future in space exploration depends on that. To command what and how we will teach is no more acceptable than a patient telling a surgeon how to conduct surgery. Interfere with our professional teaching, and we will leave.&nbsp;&nbsp;John Richard Schrock has trained biology teachers for more than 30 years in Kansas. He also has lectured at 27 universities in 20 trips to China. He holds the distinction of “Faculty Emeritus” at Emporia State University.

EDUCATION FRONTLINES: Accurate teaching is important

Today is Monday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2022. There are 334 days left in the year. 

On Jan. 31, 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite, Explorer 1, from Cape Canaveral.

In 1797, composer Franz Schubert was born in Vienna.

In 1863, during the Civil War, the First South Carolina Volunteers, an all-Black Union regiment composed of many escaped slaves, was mustered into federal service at Beaufort, South Carolina. 

In 1865, the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolishing slavery, sending it to states for ratification. (The amendment was adopted in December 1865.) 

In 1919, baseball Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. 

In 1945, Pvt. Eddie Slovik, 24, became the first U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he was shot by an American firing squad in France. 

In 1961, NASA launched Ham the Chimp aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket from Cape Canaveral; Ham was recovered safely from the Atlantic Ocean following his 16 1/2-minute suborbital flight. 

In 1971, astronauts Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon. 

In 2000, an Alaska Airlines MD-83 jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Port Hueneme, California, killing all 88 people aboard.

In 2001, a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands convicted one Libyan, acquitted a second, in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. (Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi was given a life sentence, but was released after eight years on compassionate grounds by Scotland's government. He died in 2012.) 

In 2015, Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the late singer Whitney Houston, was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her Georgia townhome and was taken to an Atlanta-area hospital. (She died six months later.)

In 2016, Novak Djokovic maintained his perfect streak in six Australian Open finals with a 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (3) victory over Andy Murray.

In 2020, the United States declared a public health emergency over the new coronavirus, and President Donald Trump signed an order to temporarily bar entry to foreign nationals, other than immediate family of U.S. citizens, who had traveled in China within the preceding 14 days. The Senate narrowly rejected Democratic demands to summon witnesses for President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial. 

Ten years ago: Republican Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary, rebounding from an earlier defeat. The breast-cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure set off a furor by deciding to halt its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates (Komen reversed itself three days later).

Five years ago: President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch, a fast-rising conservative judge, to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Gorsuch would be confirmed in April 2017 by a 54-45 vote.)

One year ago: Tens of thousands of people protested across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a second wave of nationwide demonstrations that rattled the Kremlin; activists said police detained more than 5,100 protesters across the country, including more than 1,600 in Moscow. Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis participated in a pair of funerals for two prominent rabbis in Jerusalem, flouting the country's ban on large public gatherings amid the pandemic. A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited the food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early infections.

Today's Birthdays: Composer Philip Glass is 85. Former Interior Secretary James Watt is 84. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the former queen regent, is 84. Actor Stuart Margolin is 82. Former U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., is 81. Blues singer-musician Charlie Musselwhite is 78. Actor Glynn Turman is 75. Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan is 75. Actor Jonathan Banks is 75. Singer-musician Harry Wayne Casey (KC and the Sunshine Band) is 71. Rock singer Johnny Rotten is 66. Actor Kelly Lynch is 63. Actor Anthony LaPaglia is 63. Singer-musician Lloyd Cole is 61. Rock musician Al Jaworski (Jesus Jones) is 56. Actor Minnie Driver is 52. Actor Portia de Rossi is 49. Actor-comedian Bobby Moynihan is 45. Actor Kerry Washington is 45. Bluegrass singer-musician Becky Buller is 43. Singer Justin Timberlake is 41. Actor Tyler Ritter is 37. Country singer Tyler Hubbard (Florida Georgia Line) is 35. Folk-rock singer-musician Marcus Mumford (Mumford and Sons) is 35. Actor Joel Courtney is 26.

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 </figure>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSToday is Monday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2022. There are 334 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 31, 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite, Explorer 1, from Cape Canaveral.On this date: In 1797, composer Franz Schubert was born in Vienna.In 1863, during the Civil War, the First South Carolina Volunteers, an all-Black Union regiment composed of many escaped slaves, was mustered into federal service at Beaufort, South Carolina. In 1865, the U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate in passing the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolishing slavery, sending it to states for ratification. (The amendment was adopted in December 1865.) In 1919, baseball Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. In 1945, Pvt. Eddie Slovik, 24, became the first U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he was shot by an American firing squad in France. In 1961, NASA launched Ham the Chimp aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket from Cape Canaveral; Ham was recovered safely from the Atlantic Ocean following his 16 1/2-minute suborbital flight. In 1971, astronauts Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa blasted off aboard Apollo 14 on a mission to the moon. In 2000, an Alaska Airlines MD-83 jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Port Hueneme, California, killing all 88 people aboard.In 2001, a Scottish court sitting in the Netherlands convicted one Libyan, acquitted a second, in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. (Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi was given a life sentence, but was released after eight years on compassionate grounds by Scotland's government. He died in 2012.) In 2015, Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of the late singer Whitney Houston, was found unresponsive in a bathtub at her Georgia townhome and was taken to an Atlanta-area hospital. (She died six months later.)In 2016, Novak Djokovic maintained his perfect streak in six Australian Open finals with a 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (3) victory over Andy Murray.In 2020, the United States declared a public health emergency over the new coronavirus, and President Donald Trump signed an order to temporarily bar entry to foreign nationals, other than immediate family of U.S. citizens, who had traveled in China within the preceding 14 days. The Senate narrowly rejected Democratic demands to summon witnesses for President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial. Ten years ago: Republican Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary, rebounding from an earlier defeat. The breast-cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure set off a furor by deciding to halt its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates (Komen reversed itself three days later). Five years ago: President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch, a fast-rising conservative judge, to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Gorsuch would be confirmed in April 2017 by a 54-45 vote.) One year ago: Tens of thousands of people protested across Russia to demand the release of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a second wave of nationwide demonstrations that rattled the Kremlin; activists said police detained more than 5,100 protesters across the country, including more than 1,600 in Moscow. Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis participated in a pair of funerals for two prominent rabbis in Jerusalem, flouting the country's ban on large public gatherings amid the pandemic. A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited the food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early infections.Today's Birthdays: Composer Philip Glass is 85. Former Interior Secretary James Watt is 84. Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the former queen regent, is 84. Actor Stuart Margolin is 82. Former U.S. Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., is 81. Blues singer-musician Charlie Musselwhite is 78. Actor Glynn Turman is 75. Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan is 75. Actor Jonathan Banks is 75. Singer-musician Harry Wayne Casey (KC and the Sunshine Band) is 71. Rock singer Johnny Rotten is 66. Actor Kelly Lynch is 63. Actor Anthony LaPaglia is 63. Singer-musician Lloyd Cole is 61. Rock musician Al Jaworski (Jesus Jones) is 56. Actor Minnie Driver is 52. Actor Portia de Rossi is 49. Actor-comedian Bobby Moynihan is 45. Actor Kerry Washington is 45. Bluegrass singer-musician Becky Buller is 43. Singer Justin Timberlake is 41. Actor Tyler Ritter is 37. Country singer Tyler Hubbard (Florida Georgia Line) is 35. Folk-rock singer-musician Marcus Mumford (Mumford and Sons) is 35. Actor Joel Courtney is 26.

Today in History - Jan. 31

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Today is Sunday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2022. There are 335 days left in the year. 

On Jan. 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. 

In 1649, England's King Charles I was executed for high treason. 

In 1911, James White, an intellectually disabled Black man who'd been convicted of rape for having sex with a 14-year-old white girl when he was 16, was publicly hanged in Bell County, Kentucky.

In 1945, during World War II, a Soviet submarine torpedoed the German ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic Sea with the loss of more than 9,000 lives, most of them war refugees; roughly 1,000 people survived. 

In 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist. (Godse and a co-conspirator were later executed.) 

In 1968, the Tet Offensive began during the Vietnam War as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese towns and cities; although the Communists were beaten back, the offensive was seen as a major setback for the U.S. and its allies. 

In 1969, The Beatles staged an impromptu concert atop Apple headquarters in London; it was the group's last public performance.

In 1972, 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as "Bloody Sunday." 

In 1981, an estimated 2 million New Yorkers turned out for a ticker tape parade honoring the American hostages freed from Iran. 

In 1993, Los Angeles inaugurated its Metro Red Line, the city's first modern subway. 

In 2005, Iraqis voted in their country's first free election in a half-century; President George W. Bush called the balloting a resounding success.

In 2006, Coretta Scott King, widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, at age 78. 

In 2020, health officials reported the first known case in which the new coronavirus was spread from one person to another in the United States. The World Health Organization declared the virus outbreak, which had reached more than a dozen countries, to be a global emergency. Russia ordered the closure of its 2,600-mile-long land border with China in an effort to limit the spread of the virus. President Donald Trump described the handful of U.S. cases of the virus as a "very little problem" and said those people were "recuperating successfully." The State Department advised U.S. citizens against traveling to China.

Ten years ago: All European Union countries except Britain and the Czech Republic agreed to sign a new treaty designed to stop overspending in the eurozone and put an end to the bloc's crippling debt crisis. A reactor at a northern Illinois nuclear plant shut down after an electrical insulator failed. (The Unit 2 reactor at the Byron Generating Station resumed operating a week later.)

Five years ago: President Donald Trump fired Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his controversial refugee and immigration ban and refused to defend it in court. It became legal in Maine to possess and grow marijuana.

One year ago: California's coronavirus death toll passed 40,000 as the state's steepest surge of cases begins to taper. Members of a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited a second hospital in the Chinese city of Wuhan that had treated early COVID-19 patients.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Gene Hackman is 92. Actor Vanessa Redgrave is 85. Country singer Jeanne Pruett is 85. Chess grandmaster Boris Spassky is 85. Country singer Norma Jean is 84. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is 81. R&amp;B musician William King (The Commodores) is 73. Singer Phil Collins is 71. Actor Charles S. Dutton is 71. World Golf Hall of Famer Curtis Strange is 67. Actor Ann Dowd is 66. Actor-comedian Brett Butler is 64. Singer Jody Watley is 63. Actor-filmmaker Dexter Scott King is 61. The King of Jordan, Abdullah II, is 60. Actor Wayne Wilderson (TV: "Veep") is 56. Actor Norbert Leo Butz is 55. The King of Spain, Felipe VI, is 54. Country singer Tammy Cochran is 50. Actor Christian Bale is 48. Rock musician Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket) is 48. Actor Olivia Colman is 48. Actor-singer Lena Hall is 42. Pop-country singer-songwriter Josh Kelley is 42. Actor Wilmer Valderrama is 42. Actor Mary Hollis Inboden is 36. Actor Kylie Bunbury is 33. Actor Jake Thomas is 32. Actor Danielle Campbell is 27.

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 </figure>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSToday is Sunday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2022. There are 335 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. On this date: In 1649, England's King Charles I was executed for high treason. In 1911, James White, an intellectually disabled Black man who'd been convicted of rape for having sex with a 14-year-old white girl when he was 16, was publicly hanged in Bell County, Kentucky.In 1945, during World War II, a Soviet submarine torpedoed the German ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff in the Baltic Sea with the loss of more than 9,000 lives, most of them war refugees; roughly 1,000 people survived. In 1948, Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist. (Godse and a co-conspirator were later executed.) In 1968, the Tet Offensive began during the Vietnam War as Communist forces launched surprise attacks against South Vietnamese towns and cities; although the Communists were beaten back, the offensive was seen as a major setback for the U.S. and its allies. In 1969, The Beatles staged an impromptu concert atop Apple headquarters in London; it was the group's last public performance.In 1972, 13 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers were shot to death by British soldiers in Northern Ireland on what became known as "Bloody Sunday." In 1981, an estimated 2 million New Yorkers turned out for a ticker tape parade honoring the American hostages freed from Iran. In 1993, Los Angeles inaugurated its Metro Red Line, the city's first modern subway. In 2005, Iraqis voted in their country's first free election in a half-century; President George W. Bush called the balloting a resounding success.In 2006, Coretta Scott King, widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, at age 78. In 2020, health officials reported the first known case in which the new coronavirus was spread from one person to another in the United States. The World Health Organization declared the virus outbreak, which had reached more than a dozen countries, to be a global emergency. Russia ordered the closure of its 2,600-mile-long land border with China in an effort to limit the spread of the virus. President Donald Trump described the handful of U.S. cases of the virus as a "very little problem" and said those people were "recuperating successfully." The State Department advised U.S. citizens against traveling to China.Ten years ago: All European Union countries except Britain and the Czech Republic agreed to sign a new treaty designed to stop overspending in the eurozone and put an end to the bloc's crippling debt crisis. A reactor at a northern Illinois nuclear plant shut down after an electrical insulator failed. (The Unit 2 reactor at the Byron Generating Station resumed operating a week later.)Five years ago: President Donald Trump fired Acting U.S. Attorney General Sally Yates after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his controversial refugee and immigration ban and refused to defend it in court. It became legal in Maine to possess and grow marijuana.One year ago: California's coronavirus death toll passed 40,000 as the state's steepest surge of cases begins to taper. Members of a World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited a second hospital in the Chinese city of Wuhan that had treated early COVID-19 patients.Today's Birthdays: Actor Gene Hackman is 92. Actor Vanessa Redgrave is 85. Country singer Jeanne Pruett is 85. Chess grandmaster Boris Spassky is 85. Country singer Norma Jean is 84. Former Vice President Dick Cheney is 81. R&amp;B musician William King (The Commodores) is 73. Singer Phil Collins is 71. Actor Charles S. Dutton is 71. World Golf Hall of Famer Curtis Strange is 67. Actor Ann Dowd is 66. Actor-comedian Brett Butler is 64. Singer Jody Watley is 63. Actor-filmmaker Dexter Scott King is 61. The King of Jordan, Abdullah II, is 60. Actor Wayne Wilderson (TV: "Veep") is 56. Actor Norbert Leo Butz is 55. The King of Spain, Felipe VI, is 54. Country singer Tammy Cochran is 50. Actor Christian Bale is 48. Rock musician Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket) is 48. Actor Olivia Colman is 48. Actor-singer Lena Hall is 42. Pop-country singer-songwriter Josh Kelley is 42. Actor Wilmer Valderrama is 42. Actor Mary Hollis Inboden is 36. Actor Kylie Bunbury is 33. Actor Jake Thomas is 32. Actor Danielle Campbell is 27.

Today in History - Jan. 30

LAS VEGAS (AP) — NFL cornerback Damon Arnette was arrested in Las Vegas on suspicion of weapons and drug offenses, prompting the Kansas City Chiefs to release him. 

Jail records said the 25-year-old was booked Saturday on suspicion of crimes that included assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. 

Police said the arrests of Arnette and another man stemmed from a report of a person with a gun Friday at a hotel-casino. Arnette was jailed pending a court appearance Sunday, and it wasn't immediately known if he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf. 

The Las Vegas Raiders released Arnette in November.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — NFL cornerback Damon Arnette was arrested in Las Vegas on suspicion of weapons and drug offenses, prompting the Kansas City Chiefs to release him. Jail records said the 25-year-old was booked Saturday on suspicion of crimes that included assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. Police said the arrests of Arnette and another man stemmed from a report of a person with a gun Friday at a hotel-casino. Arnette was jailed pending a court appearance Sunday, and it wasn't immediately known if he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf. The Las Vegas Raiders released Arnette in November.

Chiefs release NFL player Damon Arnette after Vegas arrest

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a series of sexual assaults and have<a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20000550"> made an arrest.</a>

Shortly before 12:30 a.m. on December 31, police were dispatched to the 1000 block of N Topeka in Wichita for a rape report, according to Officer Trevor Macy.

On arrival, they located a 54-year-old woman who reported being battered and forced to have sexual intercourse with an unknown male she had met earlier that day after she had asked him for a ride.

&nbsp;On January 22, officers were dispatched to the area of 13th and Ohio in Wichita for an assault call. On arrival, officers located a 63-year-old female victim who reported being battered and sexually assaulted by an unknown male after obtaining a ride from him, according to Macy.

Investigators were able to identify&nbsp;<a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20000550">40-year-old Marlon Montoya </a>of Wichita as the suspect in these cases.

Police located Montoya in the 1000 block of E MacArthur on January 27th and took him into custody. He was transported to the Sedgwick County <a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20000550">Jail and booked </a>on requested charges of two counts of rape, two counts of sodomy, two counts of criminal threat, one count of aggravated assault, one count of battery, and a warrant for a probation violation, according to Macy.

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 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a series of sexual assaults and have<a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20000550"> made an arrest.</a>Shortly before 12:30 a.m. on December 31, police were dispatched to the 1000 block of N Topeka in Wichita for a rape report, according to Officer Trevor Macy.On arrival, they located a 54-year-old woman who reported being battered and forced to have sexual intercourse with an unknown male she had met earlier that day after she had asked him for a ride.&nbsp;On January 22, officers were dispatched to the area of 13th and Ohio in Wichita for an assault call. On arrival, officers located a 63-year-old female victim who reported being battered and sexually assaulted by an unknown male after obtaining a ride from him, according to Macy.Investigators were able to identify&nbsp;<a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20000550">40-year-old Marlon Montoya </a>of Wichita as the suspect in these cases. Police located Montoya in the 1000 block of E MacArthur on January 27th and took him into custody. He was transported to the Sedgwick County <a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20000550">Jail and booked </a>on requested charges of two counts of rape, two counts of sodomy, two counts of criminal threat, one count of aggravated assault, one count of battery, and a warrant for a probation violation, according to Macy.

Police: Kan. man sexually assaulted women after rides  

SEDGWICK COUNTY — A man arrested in California and extradited to Kansas for his role in a fatal Sept. 2020 crash has made a first court appearance in the case.

Gabriel Ortiz, 26,&nbsp;is charged with reckless 2nd&nbsp;degree murder or in the alternative, involuntary manslaughter.&nbsp; He is also charged with three counts of aggravated battery.&nbsp; &nbsp;In the alternative,” charges can be filed using alternative theories.  Even though a defendant can be convicted of both alternatives, he can only be sentenced on one of the two.

On Jan. 25, , members of the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office extradition unit arrested&nbsp; Ortiz at the San Diego, CA County Jail and transported him to the Sedgwick County Jail, according to Sheriff's Lt. Benjamin Blick.

Ortiz <a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20074214">was booked for a </a>warrant issued in the 18th&nbsp;Judicial District for murder in the second degree, involuntary manslaughter (alternative) and three counts of aggravated battery.&nbsp; The charges stem from the collision. He is expected to make a first court appearance Wednesday, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.

On September 5, 2020, an Infinity Q50 SUV crossed the centerline of the roadway at 5600 W MacArthur and struck a Toyota Sienna van head-on.&nbsp; 

The passenger of the Sienna, 55-year-old Sonia Lopez of Wichita, died from injuries sustained during the collision.&nbsp; Two passengers in the Infinity and the driver of the Sienna sustained serious injuries and were transported to a local hospital.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Ortiz next court date is Feb. 7, according to the district attorney's office.&nbsp; He is being held on a bond of $200,000.&nbsp;

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 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY — A man arrested in California and extradited to Kansas for his role in a fatal Sept. 2020 crash has made a first court appearance in the case.Gabriel Ortiz, 26,&nbsp;is charged with reckless 2nd&nbsp;degree murder or in the alternative, involuntary manslaughter.&nbsp; He is also charged with three counts of aggravated battery.&nbsp; &nbsp;In the alternative,” charges can be filed using alternative theories. Even though a defendant can be convicted of both alternatives, he can only be sentenced on one of the two.On Jan. 25, , members of the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office extradition unit arrested&nbsp; Ortiz at the San Diego, CA County Jail and transported him to the Sedgwick County Jail, according to Sheriff's Lt. Benjamin Blick.Ortiz <a href="https://ssc.sedgwickcounty.org/sheriffinmates/SheriffInmateDetail.aspx?nameId=20074214">was booked for a </a>warrant issued in the 18th&nbsp;Judicial District for murder in the second degree, involuntary manslaughter (alternative) and three counts of aggravated battery.&nbsp; The charges stem from the collision. He is expected to make a first court appearance Wednesday, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office.On September 5, 2020, an Infinity Q50 SUV crossed the centerline of the roadway at 5600 W MacArthur and struck a Toyota Sienna van head-on.&nbsp; The passenger of the Sienna, 55-year-old Sonia Lopez of Wichita, died from injuries sustained during the collision.&nbsp; Two passengers in the Infinity and the driver of the Sienna sustained serious injuries and were transported to a local hospital.&nbsp; &nbsp;Ortiz next court date is Feb. 7, according to the district attorney's office.&nbsp; He is being held on a bond of $200,000.&nbsp;

Man arrested in California charged in fatal Kansas crash

Today is Saturday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2022. There are 336 days left in the year. 

On Jan. 29, 1820, King George III died at Windsor Castle at age 81; he was succeeded by his son, who became King George IV. 

In 1919, the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which launched Prohibition, was certified by Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk. 

In 1929, The Seeing Eye, a New Jersey-based school which trains guide dogs to assist the blind, was incorporated by Dorothy Harrison Eustis and Morris Frank.

In 1936, the first inductees of baseball's Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, New York. 

In 1963, the first charter members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were named in Canton, Ohio (they were enshrined when the Hall opened in September 1963). Poet Robert Frost died in Boston at age 88. 

In 1964, Stanley Kubrick's nuclear war satire "Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" premiered in New York, Toronto and London.

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House, following the establishment of diplomatic relations.

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 </figure>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSToday is Saturday, Jan. 29, the 29th day of 2022. There are 336 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 29, 1820, King George III died at Windsor Castle at age 81; he was succeeded by his son, who became King George IV. On this date: In 1919, the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which launched Prohibition, was certified by Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk. In 1929, The Seeing Eye, a New Jersey-based school which trains guide dogs to assist the blind, was incorporated by Dorothy Harrison Eustis and Morris Frank.In 1936, the first inductees of baseball's Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, were named in Cooperstown, New York. In 1963, the first charter members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were named in Canton, Ohio (they were enshrined when the Hall opened in September 1963). Poet Robert Frost died in Boston at age 88. In 1964, Stanley Kubrick's nuclear war satire "Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" premiered in New York, Toronto and London.In 1979, President Jimmy Carter formally welcomed Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping to the White House, following the establishment of diplomatic relations.In 1984, President Ronald Reagan announced in a nationally broadcast message that he and Vice President George H.W. Bush would seek reelection in the fall. In 1995, the San Francisco 49ers became the first team in NFL history to win five Super Bowl titles, beating the San Diego Chargers, 49-26, in Super Bowl XXIX.In 1998, a bomb rocked an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, killing security guard Robert Sanderson and critically injuring nurse Emily Lyons. (The bomber, Eric Rudolph, was captured in May 2003 and is serving a life sentence.) In 2002, in his first State of the Union address, President George W. Bush said terrorists were still threatening America — and he warned of "an axis of evil" consisting of North Korea, Iran and Iraq. In 2007, Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized because of medical complications eight months after his gruesome breakdown at the Preakness.In 2020, a charter flight evacuating 195 Americans, including diplomats and their families, left the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the new viral outbreak; they would undergo three days of testing and monitoring at a California military base. World health officials expressed concern that the virus was starting to spread between people outside China. Ten years ago: Eleven people were killed when smoke and fog caused a series of fiery crashes on I-75 in Florida. Five years ago: Six people were killed in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers. (Alexandre Bissonnette, who was arrested nearby, pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges and was sentenced to life in prison.) The White House vigorously defended President Donald Trump's immigration restrictions, as protests against the order banning travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries spread throughout the country. Roger Federer won his 18th Grand Slam title, defeating Rafael Nadal 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 at the Australian Open. One year ago: Raising the stakes in the slew of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said two New York men identified as members of the Proud Boys had been indicted on federal conspiracy and other charges. Congressional leaders announced that Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who collapsed and died after engaging with the protesters at the Capitol, would lie in honor at the building's Rotunda. Johnson &amp; Johnson said its vaccine appeared to protect against COVID-19 with just one shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an order requiring the wearing of face masks on airline flights and public transportation. Hilton Valentine, the founding guitarist of English rock and roll band The Animals, died at 77. Today's Birthdays: Feminist author Germaine Greer is 83. Actor Katharine Ross is 82. Feminist author Robin Morgan is 81. Actor Tom Selleck is 77. R&amp;B singer Bettye LaVette is 76. Actor Marc Singer is 74. Actor Ann Jillian is 72. Rock musician Louie Perez (Los Lobos) is 69. R&amp;B singer Charlie Wilson is 69. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is 68. Actor Terry Kinney is 68. Country singer Irlene Mandrell is 66. Actor Diane Delano is 65. Actor Judy Norton (TV: "The Waltons") is 64. Rock musician Johnny Spampinato is 63. Olympic gold-medal diver Greg Louganis is 62. Rock musician David Baynton-Power (James) is 61. Rock musician Eddie Jackson (Queensryche) is 61. Actor Nicholas Turturro is 60. Rock singer-musician Roddy Frame (Aztec Camera) is 58. Actor-director Edward Burns is 54. Actor Sam Trammell is 53. Actor Heather Graham is 52. Former House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is 52. Actor Sharif Atkins is 47. Actor Sara Gilbert is 47. Actor Kelly Packard is 47. Actor Justin Hartley is 45. Actor Sam Jaeger is 45. Writer and TV personality Jedediah Bila is 43. Actor Andrew Keegan is 43. Actor Jason James Richter is 42. Blues musician Jonny Lang is 41. Pop-rock singer Adam Lambert (TV: "American Idol") is 40. Country singer Eric Paslay is 39.