Kansas courts continue to operate offline amid a computer security issue. two Kansas corrections employees have been fired and six more disciplined for mocking an injured inmate and refusing to help. Those headlines and more inside.
An accidental explosion in southwest Kansas kills a mom, dad and toddler. a high-tech pet food plant opens in Tonganoxie. school meal debt piles up across the state. Kansas courts remain offline due to a security incident. and child advocates question why the state didn't do more to protect a 5-year-old Topeka girl who was raped and murdered. Those headlines and more, here.
Several large Chinese cities including Shanghai are on their toes due to new outbreaks of COVID-19 infections, rolling out repeated mass testing or extending lockdowns on millions of residents, with some measures triggering a public outcry. China has reported an average of around 390 local daily infections in the seven days ending on Sunday, higher than about 340 seven days earlier, according to Reuters calculations based on official data as of Monday. That is tiny compared with a resurgence in other parts of Asia.