MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — A 38-year-old man accused of trying to kill a Manhattan police officer is now scheduled for trial in August.

Mark Harrison faces one count of attempted capital murder of a police officer. Prosecutors say he fired 33 shots during a three-hour standoff with police in January 2018.

One shot hit Riley County Police Sgt. Pat Tiede in the leg. The defense has argued that shot hit Tiede after it ricocheted off a sidewalk.

In February, Harrison was found not guilty on two counts of attempted capital murder, stemming from shots that hit an armored SWAT vehicle with two officers inside. The jury couldn’t reach a verdict on the count involving Tiede.

Harrison’s new trial is scheduled for Aug. 6.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Customs agents have seized the biggest shipment of cocaine recovered at the ports of New York and New Jersey in 25 years.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says 3,200 pounds of the drug in 60 packages were seized at Port New York/Newark on Feb. 28. The street value is estimated at $77 million.

3,200LB COCAINE SEIZURE–#CBP coordinated with U.S. and international partners to seize 3,200lbs of cocaine worth an estimated $77M! It was the second largest cocaine seizure at the Port of New York/Newark, and the largest in nearly 25 years! Learn more: https://t.co/N2Nnzyq1Du pic.twitter.com/70Jl4Or7Hm

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It’s the biggest cocaine seizure at the ports since 1994.

A Customs spokesman says the container was recovered from a ship that originated in South America.

Customs officers turned the drugs over to federal Homeland Security officials for investigation.

By JOHN HANNA

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A “poison pill” in Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s plan for expanding Medicaid aimed at reassuring wary Republican legislators wouldn’t actually end the expansion if the federal government backed off its promises to cover most of the cost.

Kelly has said her proposal is based on an expansion plan that passed in 2017 with large, bipartisan legislative majorities, only to be vetoed by Kansas’ then-conservative GOP Gov. Sam Brownback. But the new Democratic governor’s “working group” of Medicaid advisers suggested a key, one-word change when it comes what would happen if the federal government backed off its commitment to cover 90 percent of the expansion.

The 2017 bill said the state “shall” end expanded Medicaid health coverage for tens of thousands of Kansas residents if the federal government drops its funding percentage. Kelly’s proposal says the state “may” end expansion — meaning she or a future governor could opt to continue with less federal money.

Documents obtained by The Associated Press through an open records request show that an initial draft of Kelly’s proposed legislation contained the 2017 “poison pill.” Kelly’s advisers on Medicaid expansion suggested the weaker language and it changed before Kelly released her proposal to the GOP-controlled Legislature.

“The working group wanted to provide the state with some flexibility in managing the new Medicaid program, while also protecting the state’s finances should federal funding be reduced,” Kelly spokeswoman Ashley All said Monday.

It’s not clear how many legislators are aware of the change. Top Republicans remain adamantly opposed to Medicaid expansion, viewing it as costly to the state despite the promised federal funding, and no committee has had a hearing on Kelly’s specific proposal.

House Majority Leader Dan Hawkins, a conservative Wichita Republican, said if the federal government backed off its funding promises, “screaming and the gnashing of teeth” over ending an entitlement program would prevent state officials from doing it.

“The only way it can be shut down is if it’s forced by law,” he said.

Kansas is one of only 14 states that have not expanded their Medicaid programs or had voters approve a ballot initiative. Supporters argue that expansion would cover thousands of struggling families and boost troubled rural hospitals.

The 2010 federal Affordable Care Act encouraged states to expand Medicaid by offering to cover almost all of the cost.

With conservatives questioning how long Congress would stand by its promise, given federal budget deficits, Kansas’ 2017 bill stipulated that if the federal government’s share of funding dropped below 90 percent, the state was required to end the expanded coverage within a year. A poison pill has been included in a majority of expansion proposals since 2013.

“I think that’s going to have to be an element of any bill,” said Rep. Russ Jennings, a moderate Lakin Republican who supports expansion. “Because of the cost implications.”

Emails released to the AP show that members of Kelly’s team were working on a draft of her bill in December. The Medicaid working group met Jan. 18 in a Statehouse conference room, four days after Kelly took office.

A suggestion to change the poison pill language came from that meeting, according to notes circulated to members by email afterward by a Kelly staffer. The notes did not say who suggested the change, but “shall” became “may.”

“There were a lot of little tweaks that were done, but that was the only substantive change, at least in my mind, from the 2017 bill,” said April Holman, executive director of the pro-expansion Alliance for a Healthy Kansas and a member of Kelly’s group.

Rep. Kathy Wolfe Moore, a Kansas City Democrat and another working group member, said it wanted to avoid ending expansion because the federal government “went down one point” on its funding percentage.

But she said she would support a full-strength poison pill “if that’s the hold-up between passing Medicaid expansion and not.”

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A top Democratic lawmaker Monday said Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s plan to borrow $350 million to repair bridges across the state is a “nonstarter.”

Rep. Kip Kendrick, the top Democrat on the influential House Budget Committee, told reporters that House Democrats generally oppose using un-earmarked general revenue to fund infrastructure.

Road and bridge work has previously been funded primarily through the state’s gas tax, federal funding and fees.

Under Parson’s plan , the state would repay the $350-million loan with general revenue in $30-million-a-year payments over 15 years. The state would owe an estimated $100 million in interest.

“It’s no disrespect to the governor, he wanted to put a proposal out there that started the conversation,” Kendrick said. “I just think that proposal is a nonstarter.”

House Democrats have limited power in Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature. Their opposition is notable because it comes as other factions of lawmakers are also moving away from Parson’s plan and shifting to other possible sources of infrastructure funding.

Republican House Committee Chairman Cody Smith instead pitched setting aside $100 million in general revenue each year for road and bridge work, a plan that earned support from the Senate’s Conservative Caucus.

Kendrick said that plan won’t provide enough money to adequately address infrastructure maintenance for the state. He urged colleagues to consider long-term funding solutions, such as toll roads or asking voters again to increase the gas tax.

Kendrick said $100 million is significant, but “it does not get anywhere close to addressing this long-term problem.”

Parson spokesman Steele Shippy said the governor is sticking by his priority to fund infrastructure but noted that voters last year defeated a proposal to raise the state’s 17-cent gas tax to 27 cents per gallon.

“The people of Missouri spoke loud and clear about their position on an increase in the fuel tax,” Parson said. “The governor believes it’s our job as leaders to find solutions to meet our critical infrastructure needs.”

DETROIT (AP) — Honda is likely to recall around 1 million older vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because the Takata driver’s air bag inflators that were installed during previous recalls could be dangerous.

Documents posted Monday by Canadian safety regulators show that Honda is recalling many of its most popular models for a second time. The models are from as far back as 2001 and as recent as 2010.

Canadian documents say about 84,000 vehicles are involved. That number is usually over 10 times higher in the United States.

Affected models include the Honda Accord from 2001 through 2007, the CR-V from 2002 through 2006, the Civic from 2001 through 2005, the Element from 2003 through 2010, the Odyssey from 2002 through 2004, the Pilot from 2003 through 2008 and the Ridgeline from 2006. Also covered are Acura luxury models including the MDX from 2003 through 2006, the EL from 2001 through 2005, the TL from 2002 and 2003 and the CL from 2003.

Transport Canada, the country’s transportation safety agency, said vehicles covered include those that were under previous recalls and others that had air bags replaced after collisions.

Takata used the chemical ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate the air bags. But the chemical can deteriorate over time due to high humidity and cycles from hot temperatures to cold. It can burn too fast and blow apart a metal canister, hurling shrapnel into drivers and passengers.

At least 23 people have died from the problem worldwide and hundreds more were injured.

The recalls are part of the largest series of automotive recalls in U.S. history. As many as 70 million will be recalled.

Honda spokesman Chris Martin wouldn’t give details Monday evening, but said the company is communicating with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration “and plans to issue a public statement tomorrow.” Messages were left after business hours Monday seeking comment from NHTSA.

Owners will be told to take their vehicles to dealers to have the inflators replaced.

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Miami County man was sentenced Monday to nine years in federal prison on child pornography charges, according to U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister.

William Bresee, 32, Fontana, Kan., pleaded guilty to three counts of distributing child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. At sentencing, the prosecutor told the court Bresee admitted that federal agents downloaded child pornography from his computer using an online file sharing program.

Bresee was a staff member at Lakemary Center in Paola, Kan., working an overnight shift when investigators tracked child pornography to an IP address at the center. Breesee no longer works there.