KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The game between the Tampa Bay Rays and Royals scheduled for Monday night has been postponed with tornado warnings in the Kansas City area.
The game was called off about an hour before it was set to begin as heavy rain fell.
The Royals and Rays will play a day-night doubleheader Tuesday, with games at 1:10 p.m. and 7:10 p.m.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has voted to remove the Confederate flag from a pole on Statehouse grounds.
The 37-3 vote Monday allows the state to remove the flag and the flagpole where it flies as soon as it passes the House and is signed by Gov. Nikki Haley.
The bill must pass a two-thirds vote, which is likely to be held Tuesday.
Monday’s vote comes less than a week after the 15th anniversary of South Carolina taking the flag off the Capitol dome where it flew since the early 1960s and moving it to beside a monument honoring Confederate soldiers.
Lawmakers had largely ignored the flag until the killing of nine black people during a Bible study at a historic African-American church on June 17.
NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks says it’s hiking prices again starting Tuesday, with the increases ranging from 5 to 20 cents for most affected drinks.
The Seattle-based company also raised prices nationally about a year ago.
A small and large brewed coffee will each go up by 10 cents in most areas of the country, Starbucks says. That would bring the price of a large coffee to $2.45 in most U.S. stores.
Some other coffee sellers are cutting prices. Last week, The J.M. Smucker Co. said it would cut prices for most of its coffee products because of declines in future prices for unroasted coffee beans. In an emailed statement Monday, Starbucks Corp. said coffee costs are only part of its expenses, which also include rent, labor, marketing and equipment.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have arrested two teenagers in connection with a fatal shooting last week, and they are still looking for a 12-year-old suspect.
Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer says the two suspects in custody in connection with the June 29 shooting are 15- and 17-years-old.
Thirty-one-year-old Jamymell Ray died after the shooting that took place, and a 30-year-old man was wounded but he was released from the hospital the following day.
The two men were driving near a northeast Omaha park when they were shot.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police are investigating the suspicious death of a man whose body was found on a bike path under a bridge in Lincoln.
A jogger found the body of a man in his mid-50s early Monday morning on the Salt Creek Levee Trail, a few blocks west of downtown. Police have identified the dead man but have not released his name. Jeff Tyson is chief financial officer of the People’s City Mission, and he says the man was a frequent guest at the mission, which provides housing and other services for the poor and homeless.
Tyson says police are treating the death as a possible homicide. Police say there was swelling on the left side of the man’s face and a cut on his left hand.
Rosemont, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference led the nation in men’s basketball attendance for the 39th consecutive season according to figures released by the NCAA. The Big Ten recorded an average attendance of 12,781 patrons per game, including regular season home games and all seven sessions of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. In addition, the Big Ten led all conferences with a home and conference tournament total of 3,195,137 fans, the second-highest total of any conference in NCAA history.
The Big Ten set conference records for total attendance (3,076,641) and attendance in conference games only (1,677,589) at its home arenas this season. It marks the first time in history that the Big Ten has eclipsed the three-million mark in total attendance.
Eleven conference schools ranked among the top 32 in average attendance. Wisconsin led the Big Ten and ranked fifth nationally with an average of 17,279 fans per game. Indiana (16,288) ranked eighth, followed by No. 10 Nebraska (15,569), No. 14 Michigan State (14,797), No. 15 Illinois (14,652), No. 16 Ohio State (14,648), No. 20 Iowa (14,101), No. 25 Maryland (12,695), No. 28 Michigan (12,316), No. 29 Minnesota (12,188) and No. 32 Purdue (11,523).
Penn State saw its average attendance increase by 1,787 fans per home game, the fifth-largest increase in the nation last season. In its first season in the Big Ten, Rutgers’ average attendance increased by 1,345 patrons per home game, which ranked 15th among all schools.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett has given more than $2.8 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock to five charities as part of his plan to gradually give away his fortune.
Buffett, who is Berkshire’s chairman and CEO, said in a news release Monday that he made his annual gifts last week.
Buffett has been giving away blocks of Berkshire stock since 2006 with the biggest share going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
He also gave Class B Berkshire shares to his own foundation and to the foundations run by each of his three children.
In addition to these major gifts that Buffett makes each summer, he also gives smaller blocks of stock to several unnamed charities each year.
BOSTON (AP) — Authorities say a 9-year-old boy has lost a hand while playing with fireworks in Boston.
Police say a 5-year-old boy was also injured in the accident Sunday in the Dorchester neighborhood.
The 9-year-old’s family says he is being treated at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Investigators are trying to determine where the illegal fireworks came from.
The state fire marshal’s office says a man was hospitalized with serious injuries to his hand while igniting fireworks Saturday in the backyard of a home in Saugus. Investigators found a large cache of fireworks in a bedroom of the home.
Authorities also reported large seizures of fireworks over the weekend in Pembroke, Hyannis and Dennis.
NORTH PLATTE — The 26th annual Kites and Castles event held at Lake McConaughy has been canceled this year because of high-water levels.
The coordinating committee of Kites and Castles released the news last week. With high-water levels, there will not be enough beach areas to accommodate the competition and provide parking for onlookers that come to view the sand sculptures.
Lake levels are expected to remain at near capacity throughout the summer. Steady rainfalls early this spring and high South Platte River flows reduced the need for downstream irrigation outflows from Lake McConaughy.
This is the first year that the sand-sculpture competition has been cancelled; however the Kites and Castles committee is planning on hosting the annual event again next year. The date for the 27th annual Kites and Castles has been set for July 30, 2016.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Nebraskans who want to learn more about the benefits of prescribed burns can attend a workshop about them.
Officials say burning can be especially useful for controlling the invasive eastern red cedar tree and other invasive species.
Several organizations are sponsoring the tour in Dawson County on Wednesday.
Landowners will showcase the results they achieved during the tour.
