Great Plains Lookahead Digest
AP News Digest – Great Plains
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IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–KANSAS HIGHWAY CRASH-8 DEAD
Teen basketball players were among those who died in a Kansas highway crash that killed 8
SUMMARY: Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern Kansas. Authorities said other victims in Sunday’s crash on a two-lane stretch of U.S. 169 about 60 miles southwest of Kansas City, Missouri, included three members of a St. Louis-area family. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash occurred when a southbound SUV carrying the basketball players and driven by the trainer collided with a northbound sedan with the three St. Louis-area family members as passengers. A third teenager from the Tulsa area survived and was hospitalized.
WORDS: 614 – MOVED: 05/06/2025 5:44 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:2e67ecba7b77203e4badb0ab69bf45cb&mediaType=text
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KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS
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AVIATION SAFETY
DESCRIPTION: The deadly midair collision in January, followed by a string of other crashes, raised alarm about aviation safety and prompted a new push to overhaul the nation’s outdated air traffic control system. The Transportation Secretary plans to announce plans for upgrading the system Thursday. By Josh Funk With: AP file photos
UPCOMING: By 05/07/2025 1:00 p.m. CDT, Photo, Text
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
DESCRIPTION: Continuing coverage of measles outbreaks in the U.S., with Kansas case count updates. UPCOMING: 1,400 words, photos by 4 p.m. ET.
UPCOMING: By 05/07/2025 3:00 p.m. CDT, Photo, Text
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KANSAS – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
North Dakota is 11th US state with a measles outbreak. Here’s what to know
SUMMARY: North Dakota is the 11th state in the U.S. with a measles outbreak. The U.S. has 935 confirmed measles cases this year. That’s triple the amount seen in all of 2024. Two children and an adult have died from measles-related illnesses this year. Ten other states have active outbreaks: Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is prevented by vaccines. Cases also have been reported in 19 states.
WORDS: 1667 – MOVED: 05/06/2025 6:28 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:e904ec9781f1d164c73afe4ab71774fe&mediaType=text
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US–KANSAS HIGHWAY CRASH-8 DEAD
Teen basketball players were among those who died in a Kansas highway crash that killed 8
SUMMARY: Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern Kansas. Authorities said other victims in Sunday’s crash on a two-lane stretch of U.S. 169 about 60 miles southwest of Kansas City, Missouri, included three members of a St. Louis-area family. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash occurred when a southbound SUV carrying the basketball players and driven by the trainer collided with a northbound sedan with the three St. Louis-area family members as passengers. A third teenager from the Tulsa area survived and was hospitalized.
WORDS: 614 – MOVED: 05/06/2025 5:44 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:2e67ecba7b77203e4badb0ab69bf45cb&mediaType=text
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BBO–ORIOLES-TWINS
DESCRIPTION: MINNEAPOLIS — Baltimore plays Minnesota at Target Field. By Tyler Mason. 300 words, photos.
UPCOMING: By 05/07/2025 6:40 p.m. CDT, Photo, Text
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US BALLOT INITIATIVES STATES
FORMATS: Photo, Graphic, Text, DigitalPlans
1. WITH: US BALLOT INITIATIVES STATES
2. DESCRIPTION: Lawmakers in about a dozens states this year have advanced roughly 40 bills restricting or revamping the citizen initiative process, according to a review by The Associated Press. The trend toward tighter requirements comes primarily from Republicans in states where activists have used the initiative process to put progressive issues such as abortion rights and marijuana legalization on the ballot.
3. UPCOMING: By 05/07/2025 12:01 a.m. CDT
4. WITH: US BALLOT INITIATIVES STATES LOCALIZE IT
5. DESCRIPTION: Reporting guide and tips for states that allow initiative petitions to put proposed laws or constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot
6. UPCOMING: By 05/07/2025 12:00 p.m. CDT
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BBO–PIRATES-CARDINALS
DESCRIPTION: ST. LOUIS — Pittsburgh plays St. Louis at Busch Stadium. UPCOMING: 200 words, more on merits.
UPCOMING: By 05/07/2025 12:15 p.m. CDT, Text
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BBO–WHITE SOX-ROYALS
DESCRIPTION: KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chicago plays Kansas City at Kauffman Stadium. By Marc Bowman. UPCOMING: 300 words, photos. Game starts 6:40 p.m. CT.
UPCOMING: By 05/07/2025 6:40 p.m. CDT, Text
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MISSOURI – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–KANSAS HIGHWAY CRASH-8 DEAD
Teen basketball players were among those who died in a Kansas highway crash that killed 8
SUMMARY: Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern Kansas. Authorities said other victims in Sunday’s crash on a two-lane stretch of U.S. 169 about 60 miles southwest of Kansas City, Missouri, included three members of a St. Louis-area family. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash occurred when a southbound SUV carrying the basketball players and driven by the trainer collided with a northbound sedan with the three St. Louis-area family members as passengers. A third teenager from the Tulsa area survived and was hospitalized.
WORDS: 614 – MOVED: 05/06/2025 5:44 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:2e67ecba7b77203e4badb0ab69bf45cb&mediaType=text
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US–ST LOUIS-JAIL
St. Louis agrees to pay $4M to settle lawsuit alleging inhumane conditions at now-closed jail
SUMMARY: St. Louis has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that inmates at a former medium-security jail were housed in “inhumane conditions” that included rodent feces in food, infestations of bugs and snakes, and unbearable overcrowding. The nonprofit ArchCity Defenders announced the settlement on Tuesday as it filed a motion in federal court seeking authorization to begin notifying people who were incarcerated at the St. Louis Medium Security Institution that they could be eligible for damages. Demolition of the troubled jail, known as the Workhouse, began earlier this year.
WORDS: 519 – MOVED: 05/06/2025 4:20 p.m. CDT
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NORTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US BALLOT INITIATIVES STATES
FORMATS: Photo, Graphic, Text, DigitalPlans
7. WITH: US BALLOT INITIATIVES STATES
8. DESCRIPTION: Lawmakers in about a dozens states this year have advanced roughly 40 bills restricting or revamping the citizen initiative process, according to a review by The Associated Press. The trend toward tighter requirements comes primarily from Republicans in states where activists have used the initiative process to put progressive issues such as abortion rights and marijuana legalization on the ballot.
9. UPCOMING: By 05/07/2025 12:01 a.m. CDT
10. WITH: US BALLOT INITIATIVES STATES LOCALIZE IT
11. DESCRIPTION: Reporting guide and tips for states that allow initiative petitions to put proposed laws or constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot
12. UPCOMING: By 05/07/2025 12:00 p.m. CDT
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NORTH DAKOTA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–WILDFIRES-NORTH DAKOTA
Wildfires burn thousands of acres on tribal lands in North Dakota
SUMMARY: Thousands of acres of tribal lands in North Dakota have burned in the last several days due to wildfires amid dry and breezy conditions. Officials were tracking several large fires still burning Tuesday across wooded areas and grasslands on the Turtle Mountain Reservation near the Canadian border that have burned about 6.5 square miles of wooded areas and grasslands. A fire on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota has burned about 2.8 square miles. Three firefighters on the Turtle Mountain fires suffered exhaustion, dehydration and smoke inhalation, but are doing well. National Guard Black Hawk helicopters, area fire departments and even tribal members with buckets and hoses have helped.
WORDS: 511 – MOVED: 05/06/2025 7:59 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:7fb3e31d57db11698e7a2ab8365e14c8&mediaType=text
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
North Dakota is 11th US state with a measles outbreak. Here’s what to know
SUMMARY: North Dakota is the 11th state in the U.S. with a measles outbreak. The U.S. has 935 confirmed measles cases this year. That’s triple the amount seen in all of 2024. Two children and an adult have died from measles-related illnesses this year. Ten other states have active outbreaks: Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is prevented by vaccines. Cases also have been reported in 19 states.
WORDS: 1667 – MOVED: 05/06/2025 6:28 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:e904ec9781f1d164c73afe4ab71774fe&mediaType=text
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OKLAHOMA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US–OKLAHOMA EXECUTION-HANSON
DESCRIPTION: An man sentenced to die for his role in the 1999 killing of a woman kidnapped from a Tulsa mall parking lot is expected to make a last-ditch plea on Wednesday that his life be spared. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board will consider whether to recommend clemency for John Fitzgerald Hanson, 60, who was transferred from a federal prison to Oklahoma custody after President Donald Trump was elected so that he could be executed.
UPCOMING: By 05/07/2025 12:30 p.m. CDT, Photo, Text
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OKLAHOMA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS
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US–MEASLES OUTBREAK-EXPLAINER
North Dakota is 11th US state with a measles outbreak. Here’s what to know
SUMMARY: North Dakota is the 11th state in the U.S. with a measles outbreak. The U.S. has 935 confirmed measles cases this year. That’s triple the amount seen in all of 2024. Two children and an adult have died from measles-related illnesses this year. Ten other states have active outbreaks: Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas. Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is prevented by vaccines. Cases also have been reported in 19 states.
WORDS: 1667 – MOVED: 05/06/2025 6:28 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:e904ec9781f1d164c73afe4ab71774fe&mediaType=text
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US–KANSAS HIGHWAY CRASH-8 DEAD
Teen basketball players were among those who died in a Kansas highway crash that killed 8
SUMMARY: Two teenage basketball players, a coach and a trainer from the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area were among eight people killed in a fiery head-on highway crash in eastern Kansas. Authorities said other victims in Sunday’s crash on a two-lane stretch of U.S. 169 about 60 miles southwest of Kansas City, Missouri, included three members of a St. Louis-area family. The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash occurred when a southbound SUV carrying the basketball players and driven by the trainer collided with a northbound sedan with the three St. Louis-area family members as passengers. A third teenager from the Tulsa area survived and was hospitalized.
WORDS: 614 – MOVED: 05/06/2025 5:44 p.m. CDT
https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search?query=itemid:2e67ecba7b77203e4badb0ab69bf45cb&mediaType=text
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SOUTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US BALLOT INITIATIVES STATES
FORMATS: Photo, Graphic, Text, DigitalPlans
13. WITH: US BALLOT INITIATIVES STATES
14. DESCRIPTION: Lawmakers in about a dozens states this year have advanced roughly 40 bills restricting or revamping the citizen initiative process, according to a review by The Associated Press. The trend toward tighter requirements comes primarily from Republicans in states where activists have used the initiative process to put progressive issues such as abortion rights and marijuana legalization on the ballot.
15. UPCOMING: By 05/07/2025 12:01 a.m. CDT
16. WITH: US BALLOT INITIATIVES STATES LOCALIZE IT
17. DESCRIPTION: Reporting guide and tips for states that allow initiative petitions to put proposed laws or constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot
18. UPCOMING: By 05/07/2025 12:00 p.m. CDT
