SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement continue investigating and searching for a suspect in a fatal shooting that occurred October 23 at Dr. Glen Dey Park, located at 2801 N. Grove in Wichita.&nbsp; Crime Stoppers is now offering a $10,000 reward in the case.  Police indicated they have only received very few tips on the investigation since the crime occurred.

At approximately 7:03 p.m. an off-duty WPD detective working secondary employment at&nbsp; the park heard multiple gunshots from another area of the park. The detective immediately ran toward the scene and found 32-year-old Travon Stewart suffering from gunshot wounds.

The detective called for backup and emergency medical services, then began life-saving measures until EMS arrived. Stewart was transported to a local hospital in extremely critical condition and later died from his injuries.

Preliminary findings indicate that around 200 to 300 people were in attendance at the football games. Stewart was at the park selling concessions as a fundraiser for a football team not affiliated with the Wichita Junior Football League.

Homicide investigators responded to the scene and interviewed witnesses who remained in the area. Detectives believe this was a targeted shooting and not connected to the youth football games.

Anyone who attended the games or may have information is urged to contact the Wichita Police Department Investigations Section at 316-268-4407.&nbsp;

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 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement continue investigating and searching for a suspect in a fatal shooting that occurred October 23 at Dr. Glen Dey Park, located at 2801 N. Grove in Wichita.&nbsp; Crime Stoppers is now offering a $10,000 reward in the case. Police indicated they have only received very few tips on the investigation since the crime occurred.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">CRIME STOPPERS APPROVES $10,000 REWARD ***PRESS RELEASE*** WICHITA, Kan. – Crime Stoppers of Wichita/Sedgwick County has approved an increased reward of $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspect responsible for the homicide of Trayvon Stewart. <a href="https://t.co/sgNgtHlJHj">pic.twitter.com/sgNgtHlJHj</a>&mdash; Crime Stoppers ICT (@crimestoppers) <a href="https://twitter.com/crimestoppers/status/1988667731865211043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>At approximately 7:03 p.m. an off-duty WPD detective working secondary employment at&nbsp; the park heard multiple gunshots from another area of the park. The detective immediately ran toward the scene and found 32-year-old Travon Stewart suffering from gunshot wounds.The detective called for backup and emergency medical services, then began life-saving measures until EMS arrived. Stewart was transported to a local hospital in extremely critical condition and later died from his injuries.Preliminary findings indicate that around 200 to 300 people were in attendance at the football games. Stewart was at the park selling concessions as a fundraiser for a football team not affiliated with the Wichita Junior Football League.Homicide investigators responded to the scene and interviewed witnesses who remained in the area. Detectives believe this was a targeted shooting and not connected to the youth football games.Anyone who attended the games or may have information is urged to contact the Wichita Police Department Investigations Section at 316-268-4407.&nbsp;

Reward increased for arrest in killing at Kan. youth football game 

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-republicans-schumer-health-insurance-tax-credits-a57733892f05a8893f5781203238e889">a record 43-day shutdown</a>&nbsp;that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.

Trump’s signature draws to a close the second government shutdown he’s overseen in the White House, one that magnified the partisan divisions in Washington as his administration took unprecedented unilateral actions -- including canceling projects and trying to fire federal workers -- to pressure Democrats into relenting on their demands.

The signing ceremony came just hours after the House passed the measure on a mostly party-line vote of 222-209. The Senate had already passed the measure Monday.

Democrats wanted to extend an enhanced&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/aca-credits-health-care-subsidies-government-shutdown-7f7a3609bf78dd7e43be9a041a090220">tax credit</a>&nbsp;expiring at the end of the year that lowers the cost of health coverage obtained through Affordable Care Act marketplaces. They refused to go along with a short-term spending bill that did not include that priority. But Republicans said that was a separate policy fight to be held at another time.

“We told you 43 days ago from bitter experience that government shutdowns don’t work,” said Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. "They never achieve the objective that you announce. And guess what? You haven’t achieved that objective yet, and you’re not going to.”

The frustration and pressures generated by the shutdown was reflected when lawmakers debated the spending measure on the House floor.

Republicans said Democrats sought to use the pain generated by the shutdown to prevail in a policy dispute.

“They knew it would cause pain and they did it anyway,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said.

Democrats said Republicans raced to pass tax breaks earlier this year that they say mostly will benefit the wealthy. But the bill before the House Wednesday “leaves families twisting in the wind with zero guarantee there will ever, ever be a vote to extend tax credits to help everyday people pay for their health care,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.

Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats would not give up on the subsidy extension even if the vote did not go their way.

“This fight is not over,” Jeffries said. “We’re just getting started.”

The House had not been in legislative session since Sept. 19, when it&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/house-trump-funding-bill-republicans-shutdown-1fea0f79c85ec69b91d9789fbda00834">passed a short-term measure</a>&nbsp;to keep the government open when the new budget year began in October. Johnson sent lawmakers home after that vote and put the onus on the Senate to act, saying House Republicans had done their job.

<figure>
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 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-republicans-schumer-health-insurance-tax-credits-a57733892f05a8893f5781203238e889">a record 43-day shutdown</a>&nbsp;that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">BREAKING: President Trump signs the bill to officially END the Democrat government shutdown &quot;It&#39;s an honor now to sign this incredible bill, and get our country working again.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Y7e7ZmHbUE">pic.twitter.com/Y7e7ZmHbUE</a>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1988811355911262272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &quot;With my signature, the federal government will now resume normal operations and my administration, and our partners in Congress, will continue our work to lower the cost of living, restore public safety... and make America affordable again for all Americans.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/ybJjiM2lIL">pic.twitter.com/ybJjiM2lIL</a>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1988810732834812391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &quot;For the past 43 days, Democrats in Congress shut down the government of the United States in an attempt to extort American taxpayers for hundreds of billions of dollars for illegal aliens... Today, we’re sending a clear message that we will NEVER give in to extortion.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/kMKncQPsiL">pic.twitter.com/kMKncQPsiL</a>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1988809270163566995?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &quot;The Democrats shutdown has inflicted massive harm. They caused 20,000 flights to be cancelled or delayed... they deprived more than 1M government workers from their paychecks and cut off food stamp benefits of millions and millions of Americans in need.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/KCdnltt95L">pic.twitter.com/KCdnltt95L</a>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1988810060576031185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Trump’s signature draws to a close the second government shutdown he’s overseen in the White House, one that magnified the partisan divisions in Washington as his administration took unprecedented unilateral actions -- including canceling projects and trying to fire federal workers -- to pressure Democrats into relenting on their demands.The signing ceremony came just hours after the House passed the measure on a mostly party-line vote of 222-209. The Senate had already passed the measure Monday.Democrats wanted to extend an enhanced&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/aca-credits-health-care-subsidies-government-shutdown-7f7a3609bf78dd7e43be9a041a090220">tax credit</a>&nbsp;expiring at the end of the year that lowers the cost of health coverage obtained through Affordable Care Act marketplaces. They refused to go along with a short-term spending bill that did not include that priority. But Republicans said that was a separate policy fight to be held at another time.“We told you 43 days ago from bitter experience that government shutdowns don’t work,” said Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. "They never achieve the objective that you announce. And guess what? You haven’t achieved that objective yet, and you’re not going to.”The frustration and pressures generated by the shutdown was reflected when lawmakers debated the spending measure on the House floor.Republicans said Democrats sought to use the pain generated by the shutdown to prevail in a policy dispute.“They knew it would cause pain and they did it anyway,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said.Democrats said Republicans raced to pass tax breaks earlier this year that they say mostly will benefit the wealthy. But the bill before the House Wednesday “leaves families twisting in the wind with zero guarantee there will ever, ever be a vote to extend tax credits to help everyday people pay for their health care,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats would not give up on the subsidy extension even if the vote did not go their way.“This fight is not over,” Jeffries said. “We’re just getting started.”The House had not been in legislative session since Sept. 19, when it&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/house-trump-funding-bill-republicans-shutdown-1fea0f79c85ec69b91d9789fbda00834">passed a short-term measure</a>&nbsp;to keep the government open when the new budget year began in October. Johnson sent lawmakers home after that vote and put the onus on the Senate to act, saying House Republicans had done their job.

🎥President Trump signs bill to end the 43 day government shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a bill Wednesday to end the nation's longest&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/government-shutdown">government shutdown</a>, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature after a historic 43-day funding lapse that saw federal workers go without multiple paychecks, travelers stranded at airports and people lining up at food banks to get a meal for their families.

House lawmakers made their long-awaited return to the nation's capital this week after nearly eight weeks away, with Republicans using their slight majority to get the bill over the finish line by a vote of 222-209. Kansas GOP lawmakers Ron Estes, Tracey Mann and Derek Schmidt voted for the measure.

Six Democrats voted with the majority including Jared Golden of Maine, Marie Gluesenkanp Perez of Washington, Adam Gray of California, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Tom Suozzi of New York and Don Davis of North Carolina. Kansas Democrat Representative Sharice Davids voted against the bill.

The Senate has already passed the measure. Trump has called the bill a “very big victory."

Democrats wanted to extend an enhanced&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/aca-credits-health-care-subsidies-government-shutdown-7f7a3609bf78dd7e43be9a041a090220">tax credit</a>&nbsp;expiring at the end of the year that lowers the cost of health coverage obtained through Affordable Care Act marketplaces. They refused to go along with a short-term spending bill that did not include that priority. But Republicans said that was a separate policy fight to be held at another time. They eventually prevailed, but only after the shutdown took an increasing toll on the country.

The shutdown magnified the stark partisan divisions within Congress, and that split screen was reflected when lawmakers debated the measure on the House floor.

“Stop imposing the suffering,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said. “Let's open the government. Let's get back to the work of the American people.”

Democrats said Republicans raced to pass tax breaks earlier this year that they say mostly will benefit the wealthy, but the bill before the House Wednesday “leaves families twisting in the wind with zero guarantee there will ever, ever be a vote to extend tax credits to help everyday people pay for their health care,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.

Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats would not give up even if the vote did not go their way.

The House had not been in legislative session since Sept. 19, when it&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/house-trump-funding-bill-republicans-shutdown-1fea0f79c85ec69b91d9789fbda00834">passed a short-term measure</a>&nbsp;to keep the government open when the new budget year began in October. House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home after that vote and put the onus on the Senate to act, saying House Republicans had done their job.

Johnson said the Democratic opposition to the spending bill was pointless, adding “it was wrong, it was cruel.”

“They knew it would cause pain and they did it anyway,” Johnson said.

The legislation included buy-in from&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-8-democrats-e83180c0b69642a00a234c244d9ea76e">eight senators who broke ranks</a>&nbsp;with the Democrats after reaching the conclusion that Republicans would not bend on using a government funding to bill to extend the health care tax credits. Meanwhile, the shutdown's toll was growing by the day.

The compromise funds three annual spending bills and extends the rest of government funding through Jan. 30. Republicans promised to hold a vote by mid-December to extend the health care subsidies, but there is no guarantee of success.

“We had reached a point where I think a number of us believed that the shutdown had been very effective in raising the concern about health care,” said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. The promise for a future vote “gives us an opportunity to continue to address that going forward."

The legislation includes a reversal of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf">the firing of federal workers</a>&nbsp;by the Trump administration since the shutdown began. It also protects federal workers against further layoffs through January and guarantees they are paid once the shutdown is over. The bill for the Agriculture Department means people who rely on key food assistance programs will see those benefits funded without threat of interruption through the rest of the budget year.

The package includes $203.5 million to boost security for lawmakers and an additional $28 million for the security of Supreme Court justices.

Democrats are also seizing on language that would give senators the opportunity to sue when a federal agency or employee searches their electronic records without notifying them, allowing for up to $500,000 in potential damages for each violation. Democrats called for removal of the provision.

The language seems aimed at helping Republican senators pursue damages if their phone records were&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/fbi-january-6-senate-grassley-26dcd37c3b9e84c0173e63799baf3fa4">analyzed by the FBI</a>&nbsp;as part of an investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-wins-white-house-ap-fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9">his 2020 election loss</a>&nbsp;to Democrat Joe Biden. The provisions drew criticism from Republicans as well. Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., said he's already introduced repeal legislation that he hoped would be voted on quickly.

The biggest point of contention, though, was the fate of the expiring enhanced tax credit that makes health insurance more affordable through Affordable Care Act marketplaces.

“It's a subsidy on top of a subsidy. Our friends added it during COVID,” Cole said. “COVID is over. They set a date certain that the subsidies would run out. They chose the date."

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the enhanced tax credit was designed to give more people access to health care, but no Republicans voted for it.

“All they have done is try to eliminate access to health care in our country. The country is catching on to them,” Pelosi said.

Most Democrats call the passage of the spending bill this week a mistake. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York, who received blowback from his party in March when he voted to keep the government open, said the bill "fails to do anything of substance to fix America's healthcare crisis.”

Without the enhanced tax credit, premiums on average will more than double for millions of Americans. More than 2 million people would lose health insurance coverage altogether next year, the Congressional Budget Office projected.

Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who caucuses with the Democrats, said giving up the fight was a “horrific mistake.” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., agreed, saying that voters who&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2025-results-takeaways-charts-e440e2b57f751acb5e173ab35aab1bc6">overwhelmingly supported Democrats in last week’s elections</a>&nbsp;were urging them to “hold firm.”

It’s unclear whether the parties will find any common ground on health care before the December vote in the Senate. Johnson has said he will not commit to bringing it up in his chamber.

Some Republicans have said they are open to extending&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/congress-health-care-tax-credits-obamacare-shutdown-f1ee636ddba7f65baa5234c55cb0c96e">the COVID-19 pandemic-era tax credits</a>&nbsp;as premiums will soar for millions of people, but they also want new limits on who can receive the subsidies. Some argue that the tax dollars for the plans should be routed through individuals rather than go directly to insurance companies.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Monday that she was supportive of extending the tax credits with changes, such as new income caps. Some Democrats have signaled they could be open to that idea.

House Democrats expressed great skepticism that the Senate effort would lead to a breakthrough.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said Republicans have wanted to repeal the health overall for the past 15 years. “That’s where they’re trying to go,” she said.

Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/11/1762997095564.png" alt="A view of the House floor as the the result of the vote was announced Wednesday just before 7:30p.m. CST." />
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 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a bill Wednesday to end the nation's longest&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/government-shutdown">government shutdown</a>, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature after a historic 43-day funding lapse that saw federal workers go without multiple paychecks, travelers stranded at airports and people lining up at food banks to get a meal for their families.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: U.S. House votes to end government shutdown, 222-209. Goes now to the president. <a href="https://t.co/LPySa48qUZ">pic.twitter.com/LPySa48qUZ</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1988780269688541282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">RIP DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN. Oct 1, 2025 – Nov 12, 2025 <a href="https://t.co/rTb6PiYmqI">pic.twitter.com/rTb6PiYmqI</a>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1988786654622961817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>House lawmakers made their long-awaited return to the nation's capital this week after nearly eight weeks away, with Republicans using their slight majority to get the bill over the finish line by a vote of 222-209. Kansas GOP lawmakers Ron Estes, Tracey Mann and Derek Schmidt voted for the measure.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">For 43 painful days, Senate Democrats held our government hostage and demanded we give in to their radical political agenda, causing the longest government shutdown in American history. Tonight, I voted with my House Republican colleagues on the final passage of the funding bill.…&mdash; Rep. Ron Estes (@RepRonEstes) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRonEstes/status/1988780931776139462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">I proudly voted to reopen the government. I&#39;m hopeful that Congress can put Americans first and get back to passing the agenda that <a href="https://twitter.com/HouseGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HouseGOP</a> was elected to deliver on. <a href="https://t.co/xApxe26T7e">pic.twitter.com/xApxe26T7e</a>&mdash; Tracey Mann (@RepMann) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMann/status/1988786303715144016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Rep. Derek Schmidt statement on House vote to reopen the federal government:<a href="https://t.co/CyIA35Gs8s">https://t.co/CyIA35Gs8s</a>&mdash; Congressman Derek Schmidt (@RepDerekSchmidt) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDerekSchmidt/status/1988782024510042310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Six Democrats voted with the majority including Jared Golden of Maine, Marie Gluesenkanp Perez of Washington, Adam Gray of California, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Tom Suozzi of New York and Don Davis of North Carolina. Kansas Democrat Representative Sharice Davids voted against the bill.The Senate has already passed the measure. Trump has called the bill a “very big victory."Democrats wanted to extend an enhanced&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/aca-credits-health-care-subsidies-government-shutdown-7f7a3609bf78dd7e43be9a041a090220">tax credit</a>&nbsp;expiring at the end of the year that lowers the cost of health coverage obtained through Affordable Care Act marketplaces. They refused to go along with a short-term spending bill that did not include that priority. But Republicans said that was a separate policy fight to be held at another time. They eventually prevailed, but only after the shutdown took an increasing toll on the country.“We told you 43 days ago from bitter experience that government shutdowns don’t work,” said Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. "They never achieve the objective that you announce. And guess what? You haven’t achieved that objective yet, and you’re not going to.”The shutdown magnified the stark partisan divisions within Congress, and that split screen was reflected when lawmakers debated the measure on the House floor.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerJohnson</a> complete remarks before vote to reopen the government: &quot;We need to get this government open as soon as possible and I&#39;m going to yield back the remainder of my time so we can do that. The American people demand it and deserve it. My friends, let&#39;s get this done.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/AlDPONKjZS">pic.twitter.com/AlDPONKjZS</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1988778035575721984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Republicans said Democrats sought to use the pain generated by the shutdown to prevail in a policy dispute.“Stop imposing the suffering,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., said. “Let's open the government. Let's get back to the work of the American people.”<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJeffries</a> complete remarks before final vote to reopen government: &quot;The spirit of John Lewis lives amongst House Democrats and we will continue to get into good trouble to make their life better. That&#39;s our commitment to every single American all across this country...&quot; <a href="https://t.co/w3BCB7nSXy">pic.twitter.com/w3BCB7nSXy</a>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1988777933737992551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Democrats said Republicans raced to pass tax breaks earlier this year that they say mostly will benefit the wealthy, but the bill before the House Wednesday “leaves families twisting in the wind with zero guarantee there will ever, ever be a vote to extend tax credits to help everyday people pay for their health care,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats would not give up even if the vote did not go their way.“This fight is not over,” Jeffries said. “We’re just getting started.”The House had not been in legislative session since Sept. 19, when it&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/house-trump-funding-bill-republicans-shutdown-1fea0f79c85ec69b91d9789fbda00834">passed a short-term measure</a>&nbsp;to keep the government open when the new budget year began in October. House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home after that vote and put the onus on the Senate to act, saying House Republicans had done their job.Johnson said the Democratic opposition to the spending bill was pointless, adding “it was wrong, it was cruel.”“They knew it would cause pain and they did it anyway,” Johnson said.<h2>The compromise to end the shut</h2><h2>down</h2>The legislation included buy-in from&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-8-democrats-e83180c0b69642a00a234c244d9ea76e">eight senators who broke ranks</a>&nbsp;with the Democrats after reaching the conclusion that Republicans would not bend on using a government funding to bill to extend the health care tax credits. Meanwhile, the shutdown's toll was growing by the day.The compromise funds three annual spending bills and extends the rest of government funding through Jan. 30. Republicans promised to hold a vote by mid-December to extend the health care subsidies, but there is no guarantee of success.“We had reached a point where I think a number of us believed that the shutdown had been very effective in raising the concern about health care,” said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. The promise for a future vote “gives us an opportunity to continue to address that going forward."The legislation includes a reversal of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-federal-worker-firings-0439e8d0979d9a32e021c5c851fea1cf">the firing of federal workers</a>&nbsp;by the Trump administration since the shutdown began. It also protects federal workers against further layoffs through January and guarantees they are paid once the shutdown is over. The bill for the Agriculture Department means people who rely on key food assistance programs will see those benefits funded without threat of interruption through the rest of the budget year.The package includes $203.5 million to boost security for lawmakers and an additional $28 million for the security of Supreme Court justices.Democrats are also seizing on language that would give senators the opportunity to sue when a federal agency or employee searches their electronic records without notifying them, allowing for up to $500,000 in potential damages for each violation. Democrats called for removal of the provision.The language seems aimed at helping Republican senators pursue damages if their phone records were&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/fbi-january-6-senate-grassley-26dcd37c3b9e84c0173e63799baf3fa4">analyzed by the FBI</a>&nbsp;as part of an investigation into Trump's efforts to overturn&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-wins-white-house-ap-fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9">his 2020 election loss</a>&nbsp;to Democrat Joe Biden. The provisions drew criticism from Republicans as well. Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., said he's already introduced repeal legislation that he hoped would be voted on quickly.The biggest point of contention, though, was the fate of the expiring enhanced tax credit that makes health insurance more affordable through Affordable Care Act marketplaces.“It's a subsidy on top of a subsidy. Our friends added it during COVID,” Cole said. “COVID is over. They set a date certain that the subsidies would run out. They chose the date."Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the enhanced tax credit was designed to give more people access to health care, but no Republicans voted for it.“All they have done is try to eliminate access to health care in our country. The country is catching on to them,” Pelosi said.Most Democrats call the passage of the spending bill this week a mistake. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York, who received blowback from his party in March when he voted to keep the government open, said the bill "fails to do anything of substance to fix America's healthcare crisis.”Without the enhanced tax credit, premiums on average will more than double for millions of Americans. More than 2 million people would lose health insurance coverage altogether next year, the Congressional Budget Office projected.Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who caucuses with the Democrats, said giving up the fight was a “horrific mistake.” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., agreed, saying that voters who&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2025-results-takeaways-charts-e440e2b57f751acb5e173ab35aab1bc6">overwhelmingly supported Democrats in last week’s elections</a>&nbsp;were urging them to “hold firm.”<h2>Health care debate ahead</h2>It’s unclear whether the parties will find any common ground on health care before the December vote in the Senate. Johnson has said he will not commit to bringing it up in his chamber.Some Republicans have said they are open to extending&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/congress-health-care-tax-credits-obamacare-shutdown-f1ee636ddba7f65baa5234c55cb0c96e">the COVID-19 pandemic-era tax credits</a>&nbsp;as premiums will soar for millions of people, but they also want new limits on who can receive the subsidies. Some argue that the tax dollars for the plans should be routed through individuals rather than go directly to insurance companies.Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said Monday that she was supportive of extending the tax credits with changes, such as new income caps. Some Democrats have signaled they could be open to that idea.House Democrats expressed great skepticism that the Senate effort would lead to a breakthrough.Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said Republicans have wanted to repeal the health overall for the past 15 years. “That’s where they’re trying to go,” she said.___Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

Kan. GOP lawmakers help House pass bill to end longest U.S. gov't shutdown in history

Donna Dee George (nee Wait) 83, of Natoma, Kansas, died on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at Hays Med in Hays, Kansas.

Donna was born on October 15, 1942, in Codell, Kansas, to Walter and Dorothy (John) Wait. She grew up in Natoma, Kansas, and graduated from Natoma High School.

She attended Fort Hays University and graduated with a degree in education. She met, fell in love, and was united in marriage to David Arthur George on August 8, 1964, in Natoma, Kansas. From this union, David and Donna were blessed with four children, DeeAnn, Dennis, Dustin, and Denton. Donna taught and coached in Randall, Kansas.

When David was drafted into the United States Army in 1966, she followed him to Germany until they returned stateside in 1967. Donna taught in Jewell, Kansas, until moving to Lebanon, Kansas, where she took a hiatus from teaching for a few years while raising their children. 

During these years, she also provided child care in her home. The family then moved to Beloit, Kansas, where Donna worked at a home for at-risk girls for a year. 

The next several years, they lived in Chanute, Kansas, where Donna substituted and taught sixth grade. In 1984, the family moved home to Natoma, Kansas, where Donna taught in Paradise and Natoma, teaching science and social studies until her retirement in 2005.

 She truly loved working with students and continued to substitute in local districts for many more years. Donna enjoyed reading, sewing, puzzles, and taking classes to keep her teaching certificate current and because she simply loved learning new skills. She especially loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. She attended many sporting events, dance recitals, cattle shows, etc., over the years.

Surviving family include daughter DeeAnn Heaton and husband Darren of Cuba, Missouri, sons Dennis George and wife Amy of Hays, Kansas, Dustin George and wife Carmen of Natoma, Kansas and Denton George and wife Jennifer of Phillipsburg, Kansas, seven grandkids Hannah Shaw and husband Cody of Rolla, Missouri, Tyler Heaton and wife Haley of Cedar Hill, Missouri, Haley Vajnar and husband Conrad, Emily George, Avry George, and Derek George all of Hays, Kansas, Erika Edwards and husband Hayden of Elkmont, Alabama and 3 great grandkids Wyatt Shaw, Mary May Vajnar, and Leo Vajnar. Brother Lynn Wait and wife Patti Wait of Frankfort, Kansas, sisters Marilyn Beeman and husband Billy of Hot Springs, South Dakota, Deeanna Baumgartner of Junction City, Kansas, and Jackie Baumgartner of Phillipsburg, Kansas. Numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and good friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, David George, and parents, Walter and Dorothy Wait.

Cremation was selected by the family, and a memorial service to celebrate Donna’s life will be at 11 A.M. on Monday, November 10, 2025, at the Paradise Gymnasium in Paradise, Kansas.

Family will greet guests on the day of the funeral service. Memorials may be given to the Lions Scholarship Fund and sent to the mortuary.

Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas, is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.

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 </figure>Donna Dee George (nee Wait) 83, of Natoma, Kansas, died on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at Hays Med in Hays, Kansas.Donna was born on October 15, 1942, in Codell, Kansas, to Walter and Dorothy (John) Wait. She grew up in Natoma, Kansas, and graduated from Natoma High School.She attended Fort Hays University and graduated with a degree in education. She met, fell in love, and was united in marriage to David Arthur George on August 8, 1964, in Natoma, Kansas. From this union, David and Donna were blessed with four children, DeeAnn, Dennis, Dustin, and Denton. Donna taught and coached in Randall, Kansas.When David was drafted into the United States Army in 1966, she followed him to Germany until they returned stateside in 1967. Donna taught in Jewell, Kansas, until moving to Lebanon, Kansas, where she took a hiatus from teaching for a few years while raising their children. During these years, she also provided child care in her home. The family then moved to Beloit, Kansas, where Donna worked at a home for at-risk girls for a year. The next several years, they lived in Chanute, Kansas, where Donna substituted and taught sixth grade. In 1984, the family moved home to Natoma, Kansas, where Donna taught in Paradise and Natoma, teaching science and social studies until her retirement in 2005. She truly loved working with students and continued to substitute in local districts for many more years. Donna enjoyed reading, sewing, puzzles, and taking classes to keep her teaching certificate current and because she simply loved learning new skills. She especially loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. She attended many sporting events, dance recitals, cattle shows, etc., over the years.Surviving family include daughter DeeAnn Heaton and husband Darren of Cuba, Missouri, sons Dennis George and wife Amy of Hays, Kansas, Dustin George and wife Carmen of Natoma, Kansas and Denton George and wife Jennifer of Phillipsburg, Kansas, seven grandkids Hannah Shaw and husband Cody of Rolla, Missouri, Tyler Heaton and wife Haley of Cedar Hill, Missouri, Haley Vajnar and husband Conrad, Emily George, Avry George, and Derek George all of Hays, Kansas, Erika Edwards and husband Hayden of Elkmont, Alabama and 3 great grandkids Wyatt Shaw, Mary May Vajnar, and Leo Vajnar. Brother Lynn Wait and wife Patti Wait of Frankfort, Kansas, sisters Marilyn Beeman and husband Billy of Hot Springs, South Dakota, Deeanna Baumgartner of Junction City, Kansas, and Jackie Baumgartner of Phillipsburg, Kansas. Numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and good friends.She was preceded in death by her husband, David George, and parents, Walter and Dorothy Wait.Cremation was selected by the family, and a memorial service to celebrate Donna’s life will be at 11 A.M. on Monday, November 10, 2025, at the Paradise Gymnasium in Paradise, Kansas.Family will greet guests on the day of the funeral service. Memorials may be given to the Lions Scholarship Fund and sent to the mortuary.Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas, is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.

Donna Dee George 

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement continue investigating and searching for a suspect in a fatal shooting that occurred October 23 at Dr. Glen Dey Park, located at 2801 N. Grove in Wichita. During a press conference on Oct. 28, police announced&nbsp; Crime Stoppers is now offering a $5,000 reward in the case.&nbsp; Police also indicated they have only received three tips on the investigation since the crime occurred.

(Click below to watch the Oct. 28, police briefing on the shooting)

Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $5,00 reward for information leading to an arrest in the shooting.

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 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement continue investigating and searching for a suspect in a fatal shooting that occurred October 23 at Dr. Glen Dey Park, located at 2801 N. Grove in Wichita. During a press conference on Oct. 28, police announced&nbsp; Crime Stoppers is now offering a $5,000 reward in the case.&nbsp; Police also indicated they have only received three tips on the investigation since the crime occurred.(Click below to watch the Oct. 28, police briefing on the shooting)<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=280&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F2252850385227575%2F&show_text=true&width=560&t=0" width="560" height="395" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowFullScreen="true"></iframe></div>At approximately 7:03 p.m. an off-duty WPD detective working secondary employment at&nbsp; the park heard multiple gunshots from another area of the park. The detective immediately ran toward the scene and found 32-year-old Travon Stewart suffering from gunshot wounds.The detective called for backup and emergency medical services, then began life-saving measures until EMS arrived. Stewart was transported to a local hospital in extremely critical condition and later died from his injuries.Preliminary findings indicate that around 200 to 300 people were in attendance at the football games. Stewart was at the park selling concessions as a fundraiser for a football team not affiliated with the Wichita Junior Football League.Homicide investigators responded to the scene and interviewed witnesses who remained in the area. Detectives believe this was a targeted shooting and not connected to the youth football games.Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $5,00 reward for information leading to an arrest in the shooting.Anyone who attended the games or may have information is urged to contact the Wichita Police Department Investigations Section at 316-268-4407.&nbsp;

Search continues for suspect in killing at Kan. youth football game 

By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays Post

The Hays school board decided to delay moving forward on selling land adjacent to Hays Middle School until it can obtain an appraisal.

The board is considering selling&nbsp;<a href="https://hayspost.com/posts/717a1a84-82e4-456a-90ae-88efeb538244">7.23 acres of district-owned property at 201 W. 29th St., north of the current Hays Middle School football field, through a sealed bid process.</a>

The board plans to accept sealed bids for the property with the right to refuse any bids it receives. The proceeds from the sale of the property would be allocated to the capital outlay fund.

The board was scheduled to vote on the sale on Monday, but Allen Park, board member, said he wanted to obtain an appraisal, which would cost about $1,350.

The district already has four comparable sales to review. 

Those comparable lots sold for between $1.72 and $2.41 per square foot. 

The property closest in size to the middle school property was at 1201 E. 33rd St. This property is zoned for residential multifamily use. It consists of 7.71 acres (335,412 square feet).&nbsp;This property sold on October 20, 2020, for $577,500, which calculates to $1.72 per square foot.

Board Vice President Ken Brooks said he did not believe the appraisal was necessary and considered it a waste of money.

The board ultimately voted to move forward with the appraisal on a vote of 5-1, with Brooks voting against. Board member Jayme Goetz was absent.

The board approved a $68,250 bid from Vitztum Commercial Flooring for flooring at Hays Middle School for the cafeteria serving area and the band and vocal rooms.

The board also approved a bid for $71,086 from Nex-Tech for interior door locks, including hardware, installation and configuration for Hays Middle School.

Superintendent Ron Wilson informed the board he had successfully applied for and received two grants to reimburse the district for upgrades to the high school's tennis courts.

The district received $140,000 from the United States Tennis Association and&nbsp;$14,000 from the Missouri Valley Tennis Association, totaling $154,000. The money will be deposited into the capital outlay fund.

Board member Ruth Ruder thanked Wilson for his efforts and said the district should consider hiring a grant writer next year.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/11/1762804711884.jpeg" alt="The Hays USD 489 school district is seeking an appraisal for this 7.23-acre lot, north of the current Hays Middle School football field. Photo by Cristina Janney/Hays Post" />
 <figcaption>The Hays USD 489 school district is seeking an appraisal for this 7.23-acre lot, north of the current Hays Middle School football field. Photo by Cristina Janney/Hays Post</figcaption>
 </figure>By CRISTINA JANNEY Hays PostThe Hays school board decided to delay moving forward on selling land adjacent to Hays Middle School until it can obtain an appraisal.The board is considering selling&nbsp;<a href="https://hayspost.com/posts/717a1a84-82e4-456a-90ae-88efeb538244">7.23 acres of district-owned property at 201 W. 29th St., north of the current Hays Middle School football field, through a sealed bid process.</a>The board plans to accept sealed bids for the property with the right to refuse any bids it receives. The proceeds from the sale of the property would be allocated to the capital outlay fund.The board was scheduled to vote on the sale on Monday, but Allen Park, board member, said he wanted to obtain an appraisal, which would cost about $1,350.The district already has four comparable sales to review. Those comparable lots sold for between $1.72 and $2.41 per square foot. The property closest in size to the middle school property was at 1201 E. 33rd St. This property is zoned for residential multifamily use. It consists of 7.71 acres (335,412 square feet).&nbsp;This property sold on October 20, 2020, for $577,500, which calculates to $1.72 per square foot.Board Vice President Ken Brooks said he did not believe the appraisal was necessary and considered it a waste of money.The board ultimately voted to move forward with the appraisal on a vote of 5-1, with Brooks voting against. Board member Jayme Goetz was absent.Hays Middle School projectsThe board approved a $68,250 bid from Vitztum Commercial Flooring for flooring at Hays Middle School for the cafeteria serving area and the band and vocal rooms.The board also approved a bid for $71,086 from Nex-Tech for interior door locks, including hardware, installation and configuration for Hays Middle School.GrantsSuperintendent Ron Wilson informed the board he had successfully applied for and received two grants to reimburse the district for upgrades to the high school's tennis courts.The district received $140,000 from the United States Tennis Association and&nbsp;$14,000 from the Missouri Valley Tennis Association, totaling $154,000. The money will be deposited into the capital outlay fund.Board member Ruth Ruder thanked Wilson for his efforts and said the district should consider hiring a grant writer next year.

Hays USD 489 board delays sale of middle school land pending appraisal

WASHINGTON (AP) —The USS Gerald R. Ford has officially entered the U.S. Southern Command region, almost three weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-cartels-hegseth-drugs-boat-strikes-6c3316b2852723e26c39dc701bba9d52">first announced he was ordering</a>&nbsp;the aircraft carrier to aid in the campaign against alleged drug smugglers,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fourthfleet.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/4329586/gerald-r-ford-carrier-strike-group-enters-us-fourth-fleet/">according to a press release</a>.

However, since the region’s borders reach well into the Atlantic Ocean, coming within a few hundred miles of Africa, it’s not clear just how close the carrier or its accompanying destroyers are to Caribbean waters. Multiple military officials wouldn’t offer further location details when asked by The Associated Press.

The Navy’s press release said the Ford and three destroyers — the USS Bainbridge, USS Mahan, and USS Winston Churchill — will join seven other ships, including three that carry a Marine Expeditionary Unit made up of thousands of Marines, that have been in the Caribbean for months.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/10/1696803172229.png" alt="File photo The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in mid October 2024-photo U.S. Central Command" />
 <figcaption>File photo The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in mid October 2024-photo U.S. Central Command</figcaption>
 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) —The USS Gerald R. Ford has officially entered the U.S. Southern Command region, almost three weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-cartels-hegseth-drugs-boat-strikes-6c3316b2852723e26c39dc701bba9d52">first announced he was ordering</a>&nbsp;the aircraft carrier to aid in the campaign against alleged drug smugglers,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fourthfleet.navy.mil/Press-Room/News/Article/4329586/gerald-r-ford-carrier-strike-group-enters-us-fourth-fleet/">according to a press release</a>.However, since the region’s borders reach well into the Atlantic Ocean, coming within a few hundred miles of Africa, it’s not clear just how close the carrier or its accompanying destroyers are to Caribbean waters. Multiple military officials wouldn’t offer further location details when asked by The Associated Press.The Navy’s press release said the Ford and three destroyers — the USS Bainbridge, USS Mahan, and USS Winston Churchill — will join seven other ships, including three that carry a Marine Expeditionary Unit made up of thousands of Marines, that have been in the Caribbean for months.

US Navy aircraft carrier group moves closer to Caribbean Sea

A partnership between Fort Hays State University, Garden City Community College (GCCC), and Garden City Arts brought together first responders, students, and community members for a unique blend of training and creative collaboration during the First Responder Art Collaboration Training (FACT) on Tuesday, October 28.

Hosted in the Endowment Room on GCCC’s campus, the three-hour event was led by FHSU’s Community Engaged Art class under the supervision of Dr. Amy Schmierbach, professor of art and certified Blue Bridge trainer. The initiative aimed to strengthen communication, empathy, and understanding between first responders and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

FACT began with Blue Bridge Training, a nationally recognized, evidence-based program developed by a retired police chief and father of an autistic son. The curriculum equips first responders with practical strategies for compassionate and effective interactions with individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities, communities that often face increased vulnerability during emergency situations.

Schmierbach, also the parent of an autistic child, shared her professional and personal insights during the session. “The goal of Blue Bridge is to build confidence, comfort, and mutual understanding,” she said. “Artmaking then provides the perfect space to put those lessons into practice.”

Following the training, participants joined a collaborative weaving workshop where first responders and students worked alongside community members with IDD, including participants from Mosaic and art students from both FHSU and GCCC. The hands-on activity encouraged conversation and cooperation while incorporating repetitive kinetic movement, an approach often used by individuals with autism for self-regulation and sensory comfort.

“The highlight for me was interacting with the young man at the weaving station,” said Robert Scrivner, associate professor of criminal justice and public safety at GCCC. “We had a great conversation about Captain America, and his smile afterward was infectious. Made my day. Plus, I had never woven before, so I really got a lot out of it.”

More than 25 participants attended, including students and professionals from EMS paramedic, criminal justice, and fire safety programs. The event reflected the shared commitment of all partners to foster inclusivity and strengthen community bonds through art and education.

GCCC expressed gratitude to Dr. Schmierbach for bringing the FACT initiative to Garden City, following successful collaborations in Hays, Atwood, and Wichita. The college also thanked Garden City Arts Executive Director Katy Guthrie for her organizational support and leadership in promoting accessible arts programming, as well as Michael Knutson and the GCCC Visual Arts Department for their contributions to making this educational opportunity possible.

“This collaboration demonstrates the power of art to connect people and deepen understanding,” Schmierbach said. “When we combine creativity with compassion, we can truly make a difference in how communities care for one another.”

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/11/1762529243440.jpeg" alt="Fort Hays State University and Garden City Community Collee partner on First Responder Art Collaboration Training. Photo by FHSU" />
 <figcaption>Fort Hays State University and Garden City Community Collee partner on First Responder Art Collaboration Training. Photo by FHSU</figcaption>
 </figure>FHSU University CommunicationsA partnership between Fort Hays State University, Garden City Community College (GCCC), and Garden City Arts brought together first responders, students, and community members for a unique blend of training and creative collaboration during the First Responder Art Collaboration Training (FACT) on Tuesday, October 28.Hosted in the Endowment Room on GCCC’s campus, the three-hour event was led by FHSU’s Community Engaged Art class under the supervision of Dr. Amy Schmierbach, professor of art and certified Blue Bridge trainer. The initiative aimed to strengthen communication, empathy, and understanding between first responders and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).FACT began with Blue Bridge Training, a nationally recognized, evidence-based program developed by a retired police chief and father of an autistic son. The curriculum equips first responders with practical strategies for compassionate and effective interactions with individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities, communities that often face increased vulnerability during emergency situations.Schmierbach, also the parent of an autistic child, shared her professional and personal insights during the session. “The goal of Blue Bridge is to build confidence, comfort, and mutual understanding,” she said. “Artmaking then provides the perfect space to put those lessons into practice.”Following the training, participants joined a collaborative weaving workshop where first responders and students worked alongside community members with IDD, including participants from Mosaic and art students from both FHSU and GCCC. The hands-on activity encouraged conversation and cooperation while incorporating repetitive kinetic movement, an approach often used by individuals with autism for self-regulation and sensory comfort.“The highlight for me was interacting with the young man at the weaving station,” said Robert Scrivner, associate professor of criminal justice and public safety at GCCC. “We had a great conversation about Captain America, and his smile afterward was infectious. Made my day. Plus, I had never woven before, so I really got a lot out of it.”More than 25 participants attended, including students and professionals from EMS paramedic, criminal justice, and fire safety programs. The event reflected the shared commitment of all partners to foster inclusivity and strengthen community bonds through art and education.GCCC expressed gratitude to Dr. Schmierbach for bringing the FACT initiative to Garden City, following successful collaborations in Hays, Atwood, and Wichita. The college also thanked Garden City Arts Executive Director Katy Guthrie for her organizational support and leadership in promoting accessible arts programming, as well as Michael Knutson and the GCCC Visual Arts Department for their contributions to making this educational opportunity possible.“This collaboration demonstrates the power of art to connect people and deepen understanding,” Schmierbach said. “When we combine creativity with compassion, we can truly make a difference in how communities care for one another.”

FHSU, GCCC partner on First Responder Art Collaboration Training

WASHINGTON (AP) —The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full SNAP payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume.

The order keeps in place at least for a few more days a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to feed their families in some states have received their full monthly allocations, while others have received nothing.

The order will expire just before midnight Thursday.

The Senate has approved a bill to end the shutdown and the House of Representatives could vote on it as early as Wednesday. Reopening the government would restart the program that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-trump-641e7e2324f261da72395b604d9540e8">helps 42 million Americans</a>&nbsp;buy groceries, but it’s not clear how quickly full payments would resume.

The justices chose what is effectively the path of least resistance, anticipating the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-update-80ef7cada7b3c0559aca38886efd8f90">federal government shutdown</a>&nbsp;will end soon while avoiding any substantive legal ruling about whether lower court orders to keep full payments flowing during the shutdown are correct.

Beneficiaries in some states have received their full monthly allocations while in others they have received nothing. Some states have issued partial payments.

How quickly SNAP benefits could reach recipients if the government reopens would vary by state. But states and advocates say that it's easier to make full payments quickly than partial ones.

Carolyn Vega, a policy analyst at the advocacy group Share Our Strength, also said there could be some technical challenges for states that have issued partial benefits to send out the remaining amount.

In Pennsylvania, full November benefits went out to some people on Friday. But Jim Malliard, 41, of Franklin, said he had not received anything by Monday.

Malliard is a full-time caretaker for his wife, who is blind and has had several strokes this year, and his teenage daughter, who suffered severe medical complications from surgery last year.

That stress has only been compounded by the pause in the $350 monthly SNAP payment he previously received for himself, his wife and daughter. He said he is down to $10 in his account and is relying on what’s left in the pantry — mostly rice and ramen.

“It’s kind of been a lot of late nights, making sure I had everything down to the penny to make sure I was right,” Malliard said. “To say anxiety has been my issue for the past two weeks is putting it mildly.”

The political wrangling in Washington has shocked many Americans, and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-shutdown-snap-volunteer-efd96724c418e31f6cc96c974ba5d215">some have been moved to help</a>.

“I figure that I’ve spent money on dumber stuff than trying to feed other people during a manufactured famine,” said Ashley Oxenford, a teacher who set out a “little food pantry” in her front yard this week for vulnerable neighbors in Carthage, New York.

SNAP has been the center of an intense fight in court

The Trump administration chose to cut off SNAP funding after October due to the shutdown. That decision sparked lawsuits and a string of swift and contradictory judicial rulings that deal with government power — and impact food access for some 42 million Americans.

The administration went along with two rulings on Oct. 31 by judges who said the government must provide&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-shutdown-lawsuits-deadline-4af8b0dec6cd31cddd023cc99c131b73">at least partial funding</a>&nbsp;for SNAP. It eventually said recipients would get up to 65% of their regular benefits. But it balked last week when one of the judges said it must&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-benefit-november-shutdown-086c15b0818e0cafae85090b34f44ba3">fund the program fully</a>&nbsp;for November, even if that means digging into funds the government said need to be maintained in case of emergencies elsewhere.

The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-government-shutdown-trump-a807e9f0c0a7213e203c074553dc1f9b">U.S. Supreme Court</a>&nbsp;agreed to pause that order.

An appeals court said Monday that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-benefits-trump-administration-demands-undo-states-d433f20df4d461db506e0d327a58d3c1">full funding should resume</a>, and that requirement was set to kick in Tuesday night before the top court extended the order blocking full SNAP payments.

Congressional talks about reopening government

The U.S. Senate on Monday passed legislation to reopen the federal government with a plan that would include replenishing SNAP funds. Speaker Mike Johnson told members of the House to return to Washington to&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-8-democrats-e83180c0b69642a00a234c244d9ea76e">consider the deal</a>&nbsp;a small group of Senate Democrats made with Republicans.

President Donald Trump has not said whether he would sign it if it reaches his desk, but told reporters at the White House on Sunday that it “looks like we're getting close to the shutdown ending.”

Still, the Trump administration said in a Supreme Court filing Monday that it shouldn’t be up to the courts.

“The answer to this crisis is not for federal courts to reallocate resources without lawful authority,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer said in the papers. “The only way to end this crisis — which the Executive is adamant to end — is for Congress to reopen the government.”

The coalition of cities and nonprofit groups who challenged the SNAP pause said in a court filing Tuesday that the Department of Agriculture, which administers SNAP, is to blame for the confusion.

“The chaos was sown by USDA’s delays and intransigence," they said, "not by the district court’s efforts to mitigate that chaos and the harm it has inflicted on families who need food.”

Associated Press reporter Cara Anna in Carthage, New York, contributed.

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 </figure>The order will expire just before midnight Thursday.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Our <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJusticeDept</a> attorneys just secured a further administrative stay through Thursday at midnight at the Supreme Court to prevent further judicial upheaval for the SNAP and Child Nutrition programs. Thank you to the Court for allowing Congress to continue its swift progress…&mdash; Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGPamBondi/status/1988384652139053245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 11, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>The Senate has approved a bill to end the shutdown and the House of Representatives could vote on it as early as Wednesday. Reopening the government would restart the program that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-congress-trump-641e7e2324f261da72395b604d9540e8">helps 42 million Americans</a>&nbsp;buy groceries, but it’s not clear how quickly full payments would resume.The justices chose what is effectively the path of least resistance, anticipating the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-update-80ef7cada7b3c0559aca38886efd8f90">federal government shutdown</a>&nbsp;will end soon while avoiding any substantive legal ruling about whether lower court orders to keep full payments flowing during the shutdown are correct.Beneficiaries in some states have received their full monthly allocations while in others they have received nothing. Some states have issued partial payments.How quickly SNAP benefits could reach recipients if the government reopens would vary by state. But states and advocates say that it's easier to make full payments quickly than partial ones.Carolyn Vega, a policy analyst at the advocacy group Share Our Strength, also said there could be some technical challenges for states that have issued partial benefits to send out the remaining amount.<h2>An urgent need for beneficiaries</h2>In Pennsylvania, full November benefits went out to some people on Friday. But Jim Malliard, 41, of Franklin, said he had not received anything by Monday.Malliard is a full-time caretaker for his wife, who is blind and has had several strokes this year, and his teenage daughter, who suffered severe medical complications from surgery last year.That stress has only been compounded by the pause in the $350 monthly SNAP payment he previously received for himself, his wife and daughter. He said he is down to $10 in his account and is relying on what’s left in the pantry — mostly rice and ramen.“It’s kind of been a lot of late nights, making sure I had everything down to the penny to make sure I was right,” Malliard said. “To say anxiety has been my issue for the past two weeks is putting it mildly.”The political wrangling in Washington has shocked many Americans, and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-shutdown-snap-volunteer-efd96724c418e31f6cc96c974ba5d215">some have been moved to help</a>.“I figure that I’ve spent money on dumber stuff than trying to feed other people during a manufactured famine,” said Ashley Oxenford, a teacher who set out a “little food pantry” in her front yard this week for vulnerable neighbors in Carthage, New York.<h2>SNAP has been the center of an intense fight in court</h2>The Trump administration chose to cut off SNAP funding after October due to the shutdown. That decision sparked lawsuits and a string of swift and contradictory judicial rulings that deal with government power — and impact food access for some 42 million Americans.The administration went along with two rulings on Oct. 31 by judges who said the government must provide&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-shutdown-lawsuits-deadline-4af8b0dec6cd31cddd023cc99c131b73">at least partial funding</a>&nbsp;for SNAP. It eventually said recipients would get up to 65% of their regular benefits. But it balked last week when one of the judges said it must&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-benefit-november-shutdown-086c15b0818e0cafae85090b34f44ba3">fund the program fully</a>&nbsp;for November, even if that means digging into funds the government said need to be maintained in case of emergencies elsewhere.The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-government-shutdown-trump-a807e9f0c0a7213e203c074553dc1f9b">U.S. Supreme Court</a>&nbsp;agreed to pause that order.An appeals court said Monday that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-benefits-trump-administration-demands-undo-states-d433f20df4d461db506e0d327a58d3c1">full funding should resume</a>, and that requirement was set to kick in Tuesday night before the top court extended the order blocking full SNAP payments.<h2>Congressional talks about reopening government</h2>The U.S. Senate on Monday passed legislation to reopen the federal government with a plan that would include replenishing SNAP funds. Speaker Mike Johnson told members of the House to return to Washington to&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-8-democrats-e83180c0b69642a00a234c244d9ea76e">consider the deal</a>&nbsp;a small group of Senate Democrats made with Republicans.President Donald Trump has not said whether he would sign it if it reaches his desk, but told reporters at the White House on Sunday that it “looks like we're getting close to the shutdown ending.”Still, the Trump administration said in a Supreme Court filing Monday that it shouldn’t be up to the courts.“The answer to this crisis is not for federal courts to reallocate resources without lawful authority,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer said in the papers. “The only way to end this crisis — which the Executive is adamant to end — is for Congress to reopen the government.”The coalition of cities and nonprofit groups who challenged the SNAP pause said in a court filing Tuesday that the Department of Agriculture, which administers SNAP, is to blame for the confusion.“The chaos was sown by USDA’s delays and intransigence," they said, "not by the district court’s efforts to mitigate that chaos and the harm it has inflicted on families who need food.”___Associated Press reporter Cara Anna in Carthage, New York, contributed.

Read the order: Supreme Court extends block on full SNAP payments

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Federico Heinrich of Fort Hays State was named GAC Defender of the Week on Tuesday. He helped Fort Hays State to a 3-2 win at Newman last week as FHSU finished the regular season unbeaten at 15-0-3 overall and 11-0-1 in the GAC.

After FHSU fell down 2-0 early in the second half, Heinrich was instrumental in FHSU making a thrilling three-goal comeback in the final 26 minutes of the match. He had the equalizing goal in the 69th minute on a header in the box, coming off a corner kick from Juan Linares. It was Heinrich's third goal of the season and he scored for the second-consecutive match.

Heinrich was one of the three weekly honorees from the conference office. Louis Bassett of Rogers State was named the Offensive Player of the Week and Dillon Staal of Ouachita Baptist was named the Goalkeeper of the Week.

FHSU has had 14 player of the week honors from the conference office this season. Payton Roehrich earned Goalkeeper of the Week three times this season. Dimitry Tchantcheu (defender), Oliver Wright (defender), and Juan Linares (offense) all earned weekly honors twice this season. Elias Ovelar Semeniuk (offense), Bastian Carlman (offense), Harrison Bensouda (defender), Jackson Elgas (defender), and Heinrich (defender) have all earned an honor once this year. The Tigers have claimed 13 of their 14 honors within the months of October and November.

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 </figure>FHSU AthleticsRUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Federico Heinrich of Fort Hays State was named GAC Defender of the Week on Tuesday. He helped Fort Hays State to a 3-2 win at Newman last week as FHSU finished the regular season unbeaten at 15-0-3 overall and 11-0-1 in the GAC.After FHSU fell down 2-0 early in the second half, Heinrich was instrumental in FHSU making a thrilling three-goal comeback in the final 26 minutes of the match. He had the equalizing goal in the 69th minute on a header in the box, coming off a corner kick from Juan Linares. It was Heinrich's third goal of the season and he scored for the second-consecutive match.Heinrich was one of the three weekly honorees from the conference office. Louis Bassett of Rogers State was named the Offensive Player of the Week and Dillon Staal of Ouachita Baptist was named the Goalkeeper of the Week.FHSU has had 14 player of the week honors from the conference office this season. Payton Roehrich earned Goalkeeper of the Week three times this season. Dimitry Tchantcheu (defender), Oliver Wright (defender), and Juan Linares (offense) all earned weekly honors twice this season. Elias Ovelar Semeniuk (offense), Bastian Carlman (offense), Harrison Bensouda (defender), Jackson Elgas (defender), and Heinrich (defender) have all earned an honor once this year. The Tigers have claimed 13 of their 14 honors within the months of October and November.

⚽ Heinrich named GAC Defender of the Week

NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday and carried the market back to where it was before&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-tech-ai-trump-e50166021211dde65703d637c2889f2b">last week’s swoon</a>.

The S&amp;P 500 added 0.2% after erasing a loss taken during the morning. It’s been bouncing around lately, coming off Monday’s&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-ai-earnings-trump-f2bee27796f9401e5cd8d88c06785f93">vigorous rebound</a>&nbsp;following its first losing week in four.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 559 points, or 1.2%, to a record, surpassing&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/stock-markets-trump-china-earnings-7507a6e0d264874721af27cc7533544a">its prior all-time high set two weeks ago</a>. The Nasdaq composite lagged the market, though, as&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/nvidia-artificial-intelligence-semiconductor-chips-2579fbc39a8e0107db3912bc7ba9a256">Nvidia</a>&nbsp;got back to falling amid continued concerns that stocks caught up in the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/artificial-intelligence">artificial-intelligence</a>&nbsp;frenzy&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/ai-bubble-warnings-bank-of-england-imf-b15e54f6d06992371ee39b27f4e6da3a">may have become too expensive</a>. The Nasdaq dipped 0.3%

Helping to lead the market was Paramount Skydance, which jumped even though the entertainment giant reported revenue and profit for the latest quarter that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations.

It was the company’s first earnings report since Skydance closed its acquisition of Paramount in early August, and investors appeared to be encouraged that it raised its cost-cutting target to at least $3 billion from the previous $2 billion. Its stock leaped 9.8%.

Close behind was FedEx, which climbed 5.4% after it increased its forecast for profit in the current quarter. Instead of expecting growth from just the summer, the delivery company now also expects profit to rise in this year’s holiday-shopping season from last year's.

They helped pull the S&amp;P 500 back within 0.6% of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/investors-401k-what-to-do-bb0663da4643e8c3dbe08a4092482aa5">its all-time high</a>, which was set two weeks ago.

They also helped offset a 3% drop for Nvidia, which is Wall Street’s most influential stock because of its massive size.

A major investor in Nvidia, Japanese technology giant SoftBank, said it had&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/japan-softbank-son-nvidia-ai-chips-d8a10172850628c317a214280a4d94c9">sold its entire stake in the AI chip company</a>&nbsp;for $5.83 billion last month. SoftBank is not giving up on AI. It’s still focusing on OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.

A big question on Wall Street has been whether investors will push the frenzy around AI stocks further. Their sensational growth has been one of the top reasons the U.S. market has hit records despite&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-jobs-openings-unemployment-inflation-federal-reserve-60b8f481cdbc56f96829817a2992e508">a slowing job market</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-inflation-trump-prices-economy-wall-street-fed-consumers-280a2fd30de3bb44bd87cd0248082322">still-high inflation</a>. But their&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/investors-401k-what-to-do-bb0663da4643e8c3dbe08a4092482aa5">prices have shot so high</a>&nbsp;that critics say they’re&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/ai-bubble-warnings-bank-of-england-imf-b15e54f6d06992371ee39b27f4e6da3a">reminiscent of the 2000 dot-com bubble,</a>&nbsp;which ultimately burst and dragged the S&amp;P 500 down by nearly half.

CoreWeave, whose cloud platform helps customers running AI workloads, fell 16.3% even though it reported a smaller loss for the latest quarter than analysts expected.

Its revenue also topped expectations, and financial analysts praised its momentum. But investors seemed to focus instead on supply-chain issues that are delaying a data center and pushing some of CoreWeave’s revenue further into the future.

Back on the winning side of Wall Street, BigBear.ai rose 6.1% after reporting better results for the latest quarter than analysts expected. It also said it would buy AskSage, a generative AI platform built for national-security agencies and other highly regulated areas, for $250 million.

All told, the S&amp;P 500 added 14.18 points to 6,846.61. The Dow rallied 559.33 to 47,927.96, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 58.87 to 23,468.30.

In stock markets abroad, indexes rose in Europe following a mixed finish in Asia.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 slipped 0.1% even though SoftBank climbed 2%. Besides the sale of its Nvidia stake, the tech giant also reported a much bigger profit than analysts expected.

In the U.S. bond market, trading was closed for the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/veterans-day-open-closed-government-business-stock-market-1a8be167daf4b11d889d60d2fe2303ca">Veterans Day</a>&nbsp;holiday.

Yields have been generally rising since Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-cut-inflation-jobs-e689e1397856aa24ffebdaaefa9762a2">warned last month that further cuts to interest rates are not a sure thing</a>. The Fed has already cut its main interest rate twice this year in hopes of shoring up the slowing job market. But it’s worried that inflation, which has stubbornly remained above the Fed’s 2% target, could reaccelerate.

What’s making the Fed’s job potentially more difficult is that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/economy-impact-shutdown-snap-flights-trump-826406b1083b262cad78338bc99f103b">the U.S. government’s shutdown</a>&nbsp;has&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/economy-trump-government-shutdown-jobs-7606871d40d0b8b9e58ca42672e22112">delayed important updates</a>&nbsp;on jobs and other areas of the economy. The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-update-80ef7cada7b3c0559aca38886efd8f90">Senate has made moves to end</a>&nbsp;what’s become the longest-ever shutdown, but it’s not assured.

That has left the Fed and investors looking at reports coming from sources outside of the government, which have offered a mixed picture.

A job tracker at Goldman Sachs suggests growth slowed in October from September. After including the effect of a deferred resignation program at the government, U.S. employers overall may have cut 50,000 jobs in October, according to economist David Mericle.

Such softening in the job market has traders betting on a roughly two-in-three chance that the Fed will cut interest rates at its next meeting in December, according to data from CME Group. Expectations for such cuts, which Wall Street loves because they can goose the economy and investment prices, are another reason stocks have hit records recently.

AP Business Writers Chan Ho-Him and Matt Ott contributed.

NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday and carried the market back to where it was before&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-tech-ai-trump-e50166021211dde65703d637c2889f2b">last week’s swoon</a>.The S&amp;P 500 added 0.2% after erasing a loss taken during the morning. It’s been bouncing around lately, coming off Monday’s&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-ai-earnings-trump-f2bee27796f9401e5cd8d88c06785f93">vigorous rebound</a>&nbsp;following its first losing week in four.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 559 points, or 1.2%, to a record, surpassing&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/stock-markets-trump-china-earnings-7507a6e0d264874721af27cc7533544a">its prior all-time high set two weeks ago</a>. The Nasdaq composite lagged the market, though, as&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/nvidia-artificial-intelligence-semiconductor-chips-2579fbc39a8e0107db3912bc7ba9a256">Nvidia</a>&nbsp;got back to falling amid continued concerns that stocks caught up in the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/artificial-intelligence">artificial-intelligence</a>&nbsp;frenzy&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/ai-bubble-warnings-bank-of-england-imf-b15e54f6d06992371ee39b27f4e6da3a">may have become too expensive</a>. The Nasdaq dipped 0.3%Helping to lead the market was Paramount Skydance, which jumped even though the entertainment giant reported revenue and profit for the latest quarter that fell short of Wall Street’s expectations.It was the company’s first earnings report since Skydance closed its acquisition of Paramount in early August, and investors appeared to be encouraged that it raised its cost-cutting target to at least $3 billion from the previous $2 billion. Its stock leaped 9.8%.Close behind was FedEx, which climbed 5.4% after it increased its forecast for profit in the current quarter. Instead of expecting growth from just the summer, the delivery company now also expects profit to rise in this year’s holiday-shopping season from last year's.They helped pull the S&amp;P 500 back within 0.6% of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/investors-401k-what-to-do-bb0663da4643e8c3dbe08a4092482aa5">its all-time high</a>, which was set two weeks ago.They also helped offset a 3% drop for Nvidia, which is Wall Street’s most influential stock because of its massive size.A major investor in Nvidia, Japanese technology giant SoftBank, said it had&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/japan-softbank-son-nvidia-ai-chips-d8a10172850628c317a214280a4d94c9">sold its entire stake in the AI chip company</a>&nbsp;for $5.83 billion last month. SoftBank is not giving up on AI. It’s still focusing on OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.A big question on Wall Street has been whether investors will push the frenzy around AI stocks further. Their sensational growth has been one of the top reasons the U.S. market has hit records despite&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-jobs-openings-unemployment-inflation-federal-reserve-60b8f481cdbc56f96829817a2992e508">a slowing job market</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-inflation-trump-prices-economy-wall-street-fed-consumers-280a2fd30de3bb44bd87cd0248082322">still-high inflation</a>. But their&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/investors-401k-what-to-do-bb0663da4643e8c3dbe08a4092482aa5">prices have shot so high</a>&nbsp;that critics say they’re&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/ai-bubble-warnings-bank-of-england-imf-b15e54f6d06992371ee39b27f4e6da3a">reminiscent of the 2000 dot-com bubble,</a>&nbsp;which ultimately burst and dragged the S&amp;P 500 down by nearly half.CoreWeave, whose cloud platform helps customers running AI workloads, fell 16.3% even though it reported a smaller loss for the latest quarter than analysts expected.Its revenue also topped expectations, and financial analysts praised its momentum. But investors seemed to focus instead on supply-chain issues that are delaying a data center and pushing some of CoreWeave’s revenue further into the future.Back on the winning side of Wall Street, BigBear.ai rose 6.1% after reporting better results for the latest quarter than analysts expected. It also said it would buy AskSage, a generative AI platform built for national-security agencies and other highly regulated areas, for $250 million.All told, the S&amp;P 500 added 14.18 points to 6,846.61. The Dow rallied 559.33 to 47,927.96, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 58.87 to 23,468.30.In stock markets abroad, indexes rose in Europe following a mixed finish in Asia.Japan’s Nikkei 225 slipped 0.1% even though SoftBank climbed 2%. Besides the sale of its Nvidia stake, the tech giant also reported a much bigger profit than analysts expected.In the U.S. bond market, trading was closed for the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/veterans-day-open-closed-government-business-stock-market-1a8be167daf4b11d889d60d2fe2303ca">Veterans Day</a>&nbsp;holiday.Yields have been generally rising since Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/federal-reserve-cut-inflation-jobs-e689e1397856aa24ffebdaaefa9762a2">warned last month that further cuts to interest rates are not a sure thing</a>. The Fed has already cut its main interest rate twice this year in hopes of shoring up the slowing job market. But it’s worried that inflation, which has stubbornly remained above the Fed’s 2% target, could reaccelerate.What’s making the Fed’s job potentially more difficult is that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/economy-impact-shutdown-snap-flights-trump-826406b1083b262cad78338bc99f103b">the U.S. government’s shutdown</a>&nbsp;has&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/economy-trump-government-shutdown-jobs-7606871d40d0b8b9e58ca42672e22112">delayed important updates</a>&nbsp;on jobs and other areas of the economy. The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-update-80ef7cada7b3c0559aca38886efd8f90">Senate has made moves to end</a>&nbsp;what’s become the longest-ever shutdown, but it’s not assured.That has left the Fed and investors looking at reports coming from sources outside of the government, which have offered a mixed picture.A job tracker at Goldman Sachs suggests growth slowed in October from September. After including the effect of a deferred resignation program at the government, U.S. employers overall may have cut 50,000 jobs in October, according to economist David Mericle.Such softening in the job market has traders betting on a roughly two-in-three chance that the Fed will cut interest rates at its next meeting in December, according to data from CME Group. Expectations for such cuts, which Wall Street loves because they can goose the economy and investment prices, are another reason stocks have hit records recently.___AP Business Writers Chan Ho-Him and Matt Ott contributed.

The Dow rallies over 550 points to a new record

KANSAS CITY —A second person injured in a crash that occurred October 29, in Kansas City, Missouri has died.

Just before 12:30p.m. on that Wednesday, a silver Dodge Journey was southbound on Broadway in Kansas City, Missouri, according to KCPD Captain Jake Becchina. The driver of the Dodge suffered a possible medical emergency and accelerated through the intersection of Linwood and Broadway. 

The vehicle traveled off the roadway to the right, struck an unoccupied parked Lexus and traveled up onto the sidewalk. The Dodge then struck a steel light pole, the Vietnam Memorial and continued traveling southbound through the grass and struck the side of the VFW building.

EMS transported both the driver and front seat passenger of the of the Dodge to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. Both were reported in very critical condition.

The passenger of the Dodge Journey, an adult female,  was pronounced deceased on the night of October 29, according to Becchina.&nbsp;&nbsp;

On Monday, the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office reported the involved driver had succumbed to the injuries sustained in the crash and the driver was pronounced deceased by St. Lukes Hospital staff.

 Police released no additional details including the name of the victim. This is fatality #57 compared to #80 last year in Kansas City, Missouri.

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 </figure>KANSAS CITY —A second person injured in a crash that occurred October 29, in Kansas City, Missouri has died.Just before 12:30p.m. on that Wednesday, a silver Dodge Journey was southbound on Broadway in Kansas City, Missouri, according to KCPD Captain Jake Becchina. The driver of the Dodge suffered a possible medical emergency and accelerated through the intersection of Linwood and Broadway. The vehicle traveled off the roadway to the right, struck an unoccupied parked Lexus and traveled up onto the sidewalk. The Dodge then struck a steel light pole, the Vietnam Memorial and continued traveling southbound through the grass and struck the side of the VFW building.EMS transported both the driver and front seat passenger of the of the Dodge to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. Both were reported in very critical condition.The passenger of the Dodge Journey, an adult female, was pronounced deceased on the night of October 29, according to Becchina.&nbsp;&nbsp;On Monday, the Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office reported the involved driver had succumbed to the injuries sustained in the crash and the driver was pronounced deceased by St. Lukes Hospital staff. Police released no additional details including the name of the victim. This is fatality #57 compared to #80 last year in Kansas City, Missouri.

KCPD: Driver dies days after crash that killed passenger 

By JOHN P. TRETBAR Eagle Media

U.S. crude production rose slightly in August to yet another record, the third in as many months. 

The Energy Information Administration reports average output nationwide rose 86,000 barrels per day from the previous record set in July. Texas, North Dakota and Colorado were each down marginally. New Mexico, Oklahoma and Alaska were higher.&nbsp; Kansas output falls more than one percent to 70,000 barrels a day.

The government reports weekly production topped last week's all-time record high by seven thousand daily barrels to reach an average of 13,651,000 barrels per day. Output has exceeded 13.6 million barrels per day in each of the last five weekly government reports. The four-week average is another record high at 13.64 million barrels per day. Cumulative production is nearly 13-and-a-half million barrels a day.

The largest agricultural cooperative in the United States, and operator of the largest refinery in Kansas, announces a big drop in income.&nbsp; CHS reports income just under $600 million dollars for fiscal 2025, down from $1.1 billion the year before. The Minnesota-based agribusiness giant reported its revenues dipped about four billion dollars, due largely to lower commodity prices. The company also reported tighter refining margins and planned maintenance at its refinery in McPherson, Kansas.

September was a big month for one of the state's biggest drillers. Murfin Drilling notches two new wildcat strikes, both now recognized and named by the Kansas Geological Society. One of them is in Logan County, and the other in Cheyenne County, continuing the company's long string of successes there. The Society identified five new fields last week, or 21 so far this year.

The Rotary Rig Count from Baker Hughes is up three gas rigs for a total of 548. The&nbsp;oil&nbsp;count is unchanged. Reports for Texas and Wyoming are each down one; Louisiana is up two rigs for the week.

The Kansas Rig Count from Independent&nbsp;Oil&nbsp;and Gas Service is unchanged in eastern Kansas, but up five west of Wichita at 13 rigs. Operators were rigging up rotary tools to spud a new well in Ellis County, and drilling was underway on Friday on leases in Russell and Gove counties. Operators completed 16 wells in Kansas this week including one in Ellis County. That's 968 new well completions so far this year, compared to 1,137 a year ago.

The KCC okayed 24 new drilling locations, or 557 so far this year, compared to 961 a year ago. There's one new permit in Finney County this week.

The top five drilling contractors in western Kansas for the first three quarters of the year are Duke Drilling, Murfin Drilling, Discovery Drilling, Southwind Drilling and Pickrell Drilling. Independent&nbsp;Oil&nbsp;and Gas Service bases the ranking on total footage drilled to total depth. 

The next five are Sterling Drilling, Fossil Drilling, L.D. Drilling, Lighthouse Drilling and STP Drilling. In eastern Kansas the leaders are RJ Energy, Colt Energy, C&amp;G Drilling, McGown Drilling, and TDR Construction, along with Thornton Air Rotary, Utah&nbsp;Oil&nbsp;and Steven A. Leis.

U.S. crude&nbsp;oil&nbsp;imports averaged 5.9 million barrels per day last week, an increase of 873,000 barrels per day from the previous week. Over the past four weeks, crude&nbsp;oil&nbsp;imports averaged about 5.6 million barrels per day, 7.3% less than the same four-week period last year. Imports from Canada held steady in October at about 3.4 million barrels a day.

Crude exports topped four million barrels a day for a third week in a row. The four-week average is up 13% from a year ago. Crude imports topped exports by 1.5 million daily barrels, refined product exports topped imports by 5.3 million.

The Energy Information Administration reports a five-million barrel rise in commercial crude-oil&nbsp;inventories to just over 421 million barrels as of October 31. Stockpiles are about four percent below the five-year average, dipping more than six million barrels from a year ago.

The government reports another half-million-barrel addition to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is now just under 410 million. Refills in the last year total 22.4 million barrels, purchased at roughly $60 a barrel to replace barrels sold three years ago for roughly $95.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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 </figure>By JOHN P. TRETBAR Eagle MediaU.S. crude production rose slightly in August to yet another record, the third in as many months. The Energy Information Administration reports average output nationwide rose 86,000 barrels per day from the previous record set in July. Texas, North Dakota and Colorado were each down marginally. New Mexico, Oklahoma and Alaska were higher.&nbsp; Kansas output falls more than one percent to 70,000 barrels a day.The government reports weekly production topped last week's all-time record high by seven thousand daily barrels to reach an average of 13,651,000 barrels per day. Output has exceeded 13.6 million barrels per day in each of the last five weekly government reports. The four-week average is another record high at 13.64 million barrels per day. Cumulative production is nearly 13-and-a-half million barrels a day.The largest agricultural cooperative in the United States, and operator of the largest refinery in Kansas, announces a big drop in income.&nbsp; CHS reports income just under $600 million dollars for fiscal 2025, down from $1.1 billion the year before. The Minnesota-based agribusiness giant reported its revenues dipped about four billion dollars, due largely to lower commodity prices. The company also reported tighter refining margins and planned maintenance at its refinery in McPherson, Kansas.September was a big month for one of the state's biggest drillers. Murfin Drilling notches two new wildcat strikes, both now recognized and named by the Kansas Geological Society. One of them is in Logan County, and the other in Cheyenne County, continuing the company's long string of successes there. The Society identified five new fields last week, or 21 so far this year.The Rotary Rig Count from Baker Hughes is up three gas rigs for a total of 548. The&nbsp;oil&nbsp;count is unchanged. Reports for Texas and Wyoming are each down one; Louisiana is up two rigs for the week.The Kansas Rig Count from Independent&nbsp;Oil&nbsp;and Gas Service is unchanged in eastern Kansas, but up five west of Wichita at 13 rigs. Operators were rigging up rotary tools to spud a new well in Ellis County, and drilling was underway on Friday on leases in Russell and Gove counties. Operators completed 16 wells in Kansas this week including one in Ellis County. That's 968 new well completions so far this year, compared to 1,137 a year ago.The KCC okayed 24 new drilling locations, or 557 so far this year, compared to 961 a year ago. There's one new permit in Finney County this week.The top five drilling contractors in western Kansas for the first three quarters of the year are Duke Drilling, Murfin Drilling, Discovery Drilling, Southwind Drilling and Pickrell Drilling. Independent&nbsp;Oil&nbsp;and Gas Service bases the ranking on total footage drilled to total depth. The next five are Sterling Drilling, Fossil Drilling, L.D. Drilling, Lighthouse Drilling and STP Drilling. In eastern Kansas the leaders are RJ Energy, Colt Energy, C&amp;G Drilling, McGown Drilling, and TDR Construction, along with Thornton Air Rotary, Utah&nbsp;Oil&nbsp;and Steven A. Leis.U.S. crude&nbsp;oil&nbsp;imports averaged 5.9 million barrels per day last week, an increase of 873,000 barrels per day from the previous week. Over the past four weeks, crude&nbsp;oil&nbsp;imports averaged about 5.6 million barrels per day, 7.3% less than the same four-week period last year. Imports from Canada held steady in October at about 3.4 million barrels a day.Crude exports topped four million barrels a day for a third week in a row. The four-week average is up 13% from a year ago. Crude imports topped exports by 1.5 million daily barrels, refined product exports topped imports by 5.3 million.The Energy Information Administration reports a five-million barrel rise in commercial crude-oil&nbsp;inventories to just over 421 million barrels as of October 31. Stockpiles are about four percent below the five-year average, dipping more than six million barrels from a year ago.The government reports another half-million-barrel addition to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is now just under 410 million. Refills in the last year total 22.4 million barrels, purchased at roughly $60 a barrel to replace barrels sold three years ago for roughly $95.&nbsp;&nbsp;

News from the Oil Patch: Crude-production records stacking up

KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement investigating a robbery that occurred on Halloween are asking for help to identify the suspect.

On October 31, the suspect, shown in a security camera image released on Monday, robbed a business in the 300 block of S. Hwy 291 while armed with a handgun, according to Liberty Police.

The suspect was wearing the white shoes. If you recognize this individual or have any information about this robbery, please contact detectives at 816-439-4730 or call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).You may remain anonymous and could receive a cash reward for information leading to an arrest.

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 </figure>KANSAS CITY —Law enforcement investigating a robbery that occurred on Halloween are asking for help to identify the suspect.On October 31, the suspect, shown in a security camera image released on Monday, robbed a business in the 300 block of S. Hwy 291 while armed with a handgun, according to Liberty Police.<figure>
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 </figure>The suspect was wearing the white shoes. If you recognize this individual or have any information about this robbery, please contact detectives at 816-439-4730 or call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).You may remain anonymous and could receive a cash reward for information leading to an arrest.

Police working to ID KC area Halloween robbery suspect

WASHINGTON (AP) —It’s up to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress to decide when full payments will resume under the SNAP food aid program that helps 1 in 8 Americans buy groceries as the financial pressures mount on families in some states.

The Supreme Court is expected to rule Tuesday on a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to keep blocking states from providing full benefits, arguing the money might be needed elsewhere.

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 </figure>WASHINGTON (AP) —It’s up to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress to decide when full payments will resume under the SNAP food aid program that helps 1 in 8 Americans buy groceries as the financial pressures mount on families in some states.The Supreme Court is expected to rule Tuesday on a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to keep blocking states from providing full benefits, arguing the money might be needed elsewhere.The seesawing rulings so far have created a situation where beneficiaries in some states, including Hawaii and New Jersey, have received their full monthly allocations and those in others, such as Nebraska and West Virginia, have seen nothing.The legal wrangling could be made moot if the U.S. House adopts and Trump signs legislation to end the federal government shutdown quickly.<h2>SNAP has been the center of an intense fight in court</h2>The Trump administration chose to cut off funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program after October due to the shutdown. That decision sparked lawsuits and a string of swift and contradictory judicial rulings that deal with government power — and impact the food access for 42 million Americans.The administration went along with a pair of rulings from Oct. 31 from judges who said the government must provide&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-shutdown-lawsuits-deadline-4af8b0dec6cd31cddd023cc99c131b73">at least partial funding</a>&nbsp;for SNAP. It eventually said that recipients would get up to 65% of their regular benefits. But it balked last week when one of the judges said that it must&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-benefit-november-shutdown-086c15b0818e0cafae85090b34f44ba3">fund the program fully</a>&nbsp;for November, even if itt means digging into funds the government said need to be maintained in case of emergencies elsewhere.<figure>
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 </figure>The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-government-shutdown-trump-a807e9f0c0a7213e203c074553dc1f9b">U.S. Supreme Court</a>&nbsp;agreed to pause that order.An appeals court said Monday that&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/snap-benefits-trump-administration-demands-undo-states-d433f20df4d461db506e0d327a58d3c1">full funding should resume</a>&nbsp;— and that requirement is set to kick in Tuesday night unless the top court takes action again.<h2>It’s also a point in Congressional talks about reopening government</h2>The U.S. Senate on Monday passed legislation to reopen the federal government with a plan that would include replenishing SNAP funds.Speaker Mike Johnson told members of the House to return to Washington to&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-8-democrats-e83180c0b69642a00a234c244d9ea76e">consider the deal</a>&nbsp;a small group of Senate Democrats made with Republicans.Trump has not said whether he would sign it if it reaches his desk, but told reporters at the White House on Sunday that it “looks like we’re getting close to the shutdown ending.”If the deal is finalized, it’s not clear how quickly SNAP benefits might start flowing.Still, the Trump administration said in a filing Monday with the Supreme Court that it shouldn’t be up to the courts. “The answer to this crisis is not for federal courts to reallocate resources without lawful authority,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer said in the papers. “The only way to end this crisis — which the Executive is adamant to end — is for Congress to reopen the government.”<h2>The impact is urgent for beneficiaries</h2>The cascading legal rulings — plus the varying responses of each state to the shutoff — means people who rely on SNAP are in vastly different situations.Some have all their benefits, some have none. In states including North Carolina and Texas, beneficiaries have received partial amounts.In Pennsylvania, full benefits went out to some people on Friday. But Jim Malliard, 41, of Franklin, said he had not received anything by Monday.Malliard is a full-time caretaker for his wife, who is blind and had a series of strokes earlier this year, and his teenage daughter, who suffered severe medical complications from surgery last year.That stress has only been compounded by the pause in the $350 a month he receives in SNAP for himself, his wife and daughter. He has yet to receive any SNAP payment for November, and he’s down to $10 in his account and is relying on what’s left in the pantry — mostly rice and ramen.“It’s kind of been a lot of late nights, making sure I had everything down to the penny to make sure I was right,” Malliard said. “To say anxiety has been my issue for the past two weeks is putting it mildly.”