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Kansas deputy charged with murder knelt on inmate for 1 minute and 26 seconds

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A white Kansas sheriff's deputy charged with murder in the death of a Black jail inmate shoved his knee into the cuffed man's back for one minute and 26 seconds after he was wheeled back to his cell from the infirmary, ...

From bombs to glass: Hanford site can now transform nuclear waste

By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation's nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic bomb to the arms race that fueled the Cold ...