Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two special prosecutors say they plan to file an obstruction of justice charge against a former central Kansas police chief over his conduct following a raid last year on his town’s newspaper, and that the newspaper’s staff committed no crimes. It wasn’t clear from the prosecutors’ lengthy report whether they planned to charge former Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody with a felony or a misdemeanor. Either is possible. They also hadn’t filed their criminal case as of Monday, and that could take days because they were working with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. They detailed events before, during and after the Aug. 11, 2023, raid on the Marion County Record and the home of its publisher, Eric Meyer.

Cardinal Seán O’Malley retires as archbishop of Boston

BOSTON (AP) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Seán O’Malley as archbishop of Boston and named the current bishop of Providence, Rhode Island, Richard Henning, to replace him as leader of one of the most important Catholic archdioceses in the United States. The announcement from the Vatican on Monday didn’t mention O’Malley’s other main role as Francis’ main adviser on fighting clergy sexual abuse as head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, suggesting he would remain in that capacity until a new commission leader is named. O’Malley acknowledged on Monday the “terrible scourge of sexual abuse'”but says he’s “full of hope.”

Bloomberg apologizes for premature story on prisoner swap

(AP) — Bloomberg News is apologizing for a premature story written last week about the prisoner exchange involving the United States and Russia and says it has disciplined the journalists involved. The story was put out by Bloomberg hours before an embargo was lifted by the White House. The embargo was put in place to ensure the exchange had been safely completed. Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait says he wrote to each of the former prisoners to apologize, as well as to the editor of the Wall Street Journal, which employed detained American journalist Evan Gershkovich.

Rebuilt Jackie Robinson statue unveiled 6 months after the original was stolen

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Little League players and former Major League Baseball All-Stars welcomed home a rebuilt bronze statue of Jackie Robinson. The original sculpture of the baseball icon resting a bat on his shoulder was cut off at its ankles by thieves in January, leaving only Robinson’s cleats behind at McAdams Park in Wichita, Kansas. The identical statue is returning to the park where about 600 children play in the urban youth baseball league called League 42. It’s named after Robinson’s uniform number with the Brooklyn Dodgers, with whom he broke the league’s racial barrier in 1947.