KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City couple has been charged in the killing of a man and the wounding of a woman after a New Year’s Day party.

Twenty-nine-year-old Ramon Boyd and 19-year-old Destynie Wright were charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in the death of Sederick Jones. They’re also charged with first-degree assault in the wounding of Wright’s friend.

Bond is set at $250,000 each. It wasn’t immediately known if they had attorneys.

Court records say the victims were found in a parking lot near an event hall where the party was held. Police later linked a blood-smattered vehicle to Wright.

She told authorities Jones had showed up unexpectedly and tried to get her friend to leave with him. Cell phone records show Wright then urged Boyd to “come get him now!!!!!!”

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney says Donald Trump lacks the temperament and the integrity to be president — and that the GOP should pick one of the other three candidates.

He says, the only serious policy proposals that deal with the broad range of national challenges we confront today, come from Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and John Kasich. One of these men should be our nominee.”

He tells a University of Utah audience that “dishonesty is Donald Trump’s hallmark.”

The 2012 GOP presidential nominee says Trump imagined that he saw Muslims celebrating the September 11, 2001 attacks in New Jersey.

He adds: “His imagination must not be married to real power.”

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Canadian Pacific has asked federal regulators to approve the structure of its roughly $30 billion proposed takeover of Norfolk Southern railroad.

The two railroads haven’t agreed on a deal, but Canadian Pacific is trying to address Norfolk Southern’s concerns about the U.S. Surface Transportation Board.

It’s difficult to predict how the board would handle a major railroad merger because there haven’t been any since tough rules for them were adopted in 2001.

Canadian Pacific CEO Hunter Harrison said Wednesday he hopes the board will offer investors a clear view of how it views the proposed voting trust structure for the deal.

Norfolk Southern shareholders will vote at their annual meeting whether they want the two railroads to discuss merging.

Canadian Pacific reportedly approached CSX railroad about a possible merger earlier this year while it continued to pursue its proposed takeover of rival Norfolk Southern. The latest overture to the Jacksonville, Florida, railroad was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Canadian Pacific first contacted CSX in the fall of 2014 about a potential deal and was rejected.

Canadian Pacific CEO Hunter Harrison said his railroad remains committed to its roughly $30 billion bid for Norfolk Southern, which is based in Norfolk, Virginia.

But Harrison says he sees significant potential benefits in a deal with either Norfolk Southern or CSX, which both operate in the eastern United States. Canadian Pacific spokesman Martin Cej said that statement is accurate.

Officials with CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads both declined to comment.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Senate committee is considering a bill that would require municipalities to give the state more of the money they receive from traffic tickets.

The measure would require cities to cough up any traffic ticket proceeds that exceed 10 percent of their annual revenues.

The bill before the Senate Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday also would require municipal courts to hand over 70 percent of all revenue they collect from traffic violations on highways.

All of the money from the municipalities would go into the state’s general fund. If a city refused to follow the new law, its municipal court would be temporarily shut down.

A long list of opponents of the bill waited to testify Wednesday, while no one spoke in favor.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker who tried to kill herself wants to make police reports of suicides and attempted suicides closed records.

St. Louis Democrat Representative Genise Montecillo’s bill received approval Wednesday from a House committee.

Montecillo tried to kill herself last year. She says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch should not have reported her attempt.

Post-Dispatch deputy managing editor Adam Goodman says the newspaper doesn’t report on most suicides but says there are some exceptions when incidents involve public figures.

The legislation also would make medical records in police reports of sexual assaults and rapes closed records, though victims could access them.

Family members could access reports in suicide cases and in sexual assault cases if victims are minors or incapacitated.

Police could opt to release more information for public safety reasons.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A state senator running for attorney general wants Missouri to expand its “stand your ground” laws to make it easier for people to use deadly force in self-defense.

Current law allows people to use deadly force if they believe it is necessary to protect themselves from a serious or fatal injury or against a forcible felony. Otherwise, a person is expected to retreat from a confrontational situation, unless he or she is in a home, car or other private property.

Senator Kurt Schaefer told a senate panel Wednesday that people should be able to do whatever it takes to defend themselves without worrying about a lawsuit afterward.

Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal said she supports empowering people to defend themselves, but this proposal might be too sweeping.

KAHOKA, Mo. (AP) — Officials in a rural northeast Missouri county are evaluating security at their jail after an inmate was able to escape.

Clark County Sheriff Paul Gaudette says 26-year-old James Sturm of Williamstown escaped about midnight Tuesday by kicking part of a ceiling in a holding cell. The Quincy Herald-Whig reports that Sturm was apprehended about eight hours later.

The jail is in downtown Kahoka. A resident who lives about seven miles outside of town reported a stolen truck. Police in Hamilton, Illinois, saw a truck matching the description, prompting a chase that ended on a Mississippi River bridge, where police in neighboring Keokuk, Iowa, had set up a roadblock.

Sturm was originally jailed awaiting trial on drug and resisting arrest charges filed in September.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A measure to ban wage discrimination in small businesses has advanced in the Nebraska Legislature despite some opponents who say it would create unnecessary hurdles for entrepreneurs.

Lawmakers gave the bill first-round approval Wednesday on a 26-7 vote.

Nebraska’s Equal Pay Act already prohibits wage discrimination based on sex, but it only applies to businesses with 15 or more employees. Workers in smaller businesses must take complaints to the federal commission.

Advocates say the bill would allow all wage discrimination complaints to be handled through the state, which is less expensive and less arduous than a federal complaint.

Opponents say the bill would burden small businesses by requiring them to keep more records and hire lawyers.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Catholic high school in Columbia, Missouri, will no longer purchase its school uniforms from Lands’ End after the company featured feminist and political activist Gloria Steinem in its spring catalog.

The Columbia Missourian reports that Father Tolton Regional Catholic High School cut ties to the Wisconsin-based company soon after receiving the catalog.

Principal Kristie Wolfe says it would be contrary to the school’s identity to support a company that celebrates the work of someone who backs abortion.

Steinem, a longtime advocate for reproductive rights, was featured in the company’s print and online catalog.

The retailer issued an apology and removed the Steinem feature from its website last week after customers complained about her support for abortion rights.

The school has purchased uniforms from Lands’ End since it opened in August 2011.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Shawnee County sheriff’s detective may have falsified information in charging affidavits.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the Shawnee County district attorney’s office sent a notice to defense attorneys. The notice says the detective stated she had spoken with people with whom she hadn’t actually talked and that the information was used in a charging affidavit. It wasn’t immediately clear which case was tied to the allegation of misconduct.

Prosecutors are required to notify defense lawyers about witnesses, including law enforcement officers, whose credibility may be in question because of misconduct.

Sheriff Herman Jones said only that “an individual” has been placed on paid administrative leave, and his office is investigating. A Kansas Bureau of Investigation spokesman says the agency is looking into a matter in Jones’ office.