TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 21-year-old man has been charged with fatally shooting an 18-year-old man as he was driving, causing him to crash into a Topeka home.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Kelsey Lee Fairchild, of Overbrook, was charged Friday in Shawnee County with alternative counts of first-degree murder in the death of Colton Chad Christenson. Other charges against Fairchild include aggravated robbery.

Fairchild is jailed on $1 million bond. District Court Judge William Ossmann appointed a lawyer from the public defenders-conflicts office to represent Fairchild, but online court records don’t list the attorney’s name.

Police said a passenger shot Christenson on Monday. The car continued a short distance before crashing into the front porch of a home. Christenson was pronounced dead at a hospital. No one inside the home was injured.

DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will spend most of the week ahead focusing on identity theft, electronic privacy and other cyberspace issues.

The events are part of Obama’s strategy of providing sneak peeks of the proposals he’ll outline in his upcoming State of the Union address.

The White House says Obama will host an event in Washington on Monday to lay out the next steps in his plan to tackle identity theft and improve consumer and student privacy.

After meeting Tuesday with the top leaders in Congress, Obama will discuss cybersecurity during a visit to the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center.

On Wednesday, he’ll head to Iowa to talk about making affordable, high-speed Internet more available nationwide.

Earlier this week, Obama announced programs to boost homeownership and access to higher education.

PHILLIP LUCAS, Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal officials say the Transportation Security Administration is considering additional security measures for airport and airline employees nationwide.

The announcement from the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday came weeks after five people were arrested in a gun-smuggling operation involving passenger jets traveling between Atlanta and New York City. One of those arrested was a Delta baggage handler and ramp agent who worked at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson visited the airport on Thursday to review U.S. Customs and Border Protection and TSA operations.

Officials say the new measures could include enhanced airline-employee screenings, random security checks and additional security patrols in secure areas. Details weren’t immediately available on when the upgraded security measures may be implemented.

Atlanta airport officials say they’ve already upgraded employee security protocols.

STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed new rules that could force an explosive battle over Social Security’s finances on the eve of the 2016 presidential election.

Social Security’s disability program has been swamped by aging baby boomers, and unless Congress acts, the trust fund that supports the program is projected to run dry in late 2016. At that point, the program will collect only enough payroll taxes to pay 81 percent of benefits.

To shore up the disability program, Congress could redirect payroll taxes from Social Security’s much larger retirement fund — as it has done in the past. However, the House adopted a rule Tuesday blocking such a move, unless it is part of a larger plan to improve Social Security’s finances, by either cutting benefits or raising taxes.

Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism

The 2015 editions of the Kansas Travel Guide, Kansas Outdoors and Kansas State Parks, the official guides to experiencing the Sunflower State, are now available. Published by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, each publication is packed with stunning photographs, tips, information and brief descriptions of activities, events and places to experience. These new guides join the recently-released Kansas Byways Guide to give visitors plenty of ways to plan a Kansas experience – whether it’s a daytrip, weekend getaway or longer vacation.

The 2015 Kansas Travel Guide features more than 140 pages and highlights culinary trails of Kansas, fun and surprising facts about the state, hands-on science and natural history attractions and more. Readers can learn about a variety of Kansas destinations, activities and events and browse hundreds of listings for things to see and do and places to stay or eat. Subscribers to Kansas! magazine will find the travel guide bundled with the Spring edition of their magazine.

In Kansas Outdoors, readers will be treated to 54 pages of helpful information to plan an outdoor excursion in Kansas. An outdoor bucket list feature includes 15 suggestions for trips, activities and destinations for outdoor enthusiasts. Also included are features about hiking in Kansas, bird-watching, Cobalt boats and “Remington,” the most accomplished dog in Kansas. As always, there are hundreds of resource listings for outdoor sights, trips, camping, hunting, hiking and fishing.

The 45-page Kansas State Parks guide brings readers information about each of the 26 Kansas state parks, complete with color photographs, suggestions for events and daytrips, brief descriptions of each park, lists of amenities and special notes about select parks. Information about park trails, activities, events, cabins and helpful resources is also included. Kansas State Parks will be bundled with future editions of Kansas Wildlife and Parks and KANSAS! magazines.

The guides are perfect complements to KDWPT’s two websites – TravelKS.com and KSOutdoors.com, so the right tool to help adventurers explore the state is within easy reach.

The guides are free and are available at KDWPT offices and state travel information centers. To request a travel, outdoor or byway guide, visit TravelKS.com and click on the Travel Guide photo at the top of the page. To request a state park guide or any of the other three guides, call 1-800-2Kansas (1-800-252-6727) or email tourism@travelks.com. For digital and downloadable versions of the Kansas State Parks guide visit KSOutdoors.com, and then click on State Parks.

BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has issued a global travel warning after recent terror attacks in France, Australia and Canada.

The alert comes hours after French police killed three hostage-takers in a pair of incidents. Two of the men are believed responsible for Wednesday’s attack on a satirical magazine in Paris. Twelve people were killed in that assault, France’s deadliest terror incident in decades.

The State Department’s warning says attacks against Americans are becoming increasingly prevalent. It also cites an increased risk of reprisals against U.S. and Western targets for the U.S.-led intervention against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.

The warning also cited last month’s hostage standoff at a Sydney cafe and the October killing of a soldier near Canada’s parliament.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, has announced that the Fiscal Year 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill released today by the House Appropriations Committee includes $300 million for construction of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF). This amount is equal to the funding passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee last year and builds on the $404 million appropriated for the construction of NBAF in the FY2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. The final passage of this funding will be a critical step forward for the construction of the main NBAF facility in Manhattan, Kan.

“As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I am committed to making certain NBAF remains a top priority,” Sen. Moran said. “This $300 million investment mirrors the funding passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee last year and solidifies Washington’s support for the construction of a modern, world-class facility in Manhattan, Kansas, which will protect Americans against biological threats. I am hopeful this final funding will soon be passed by both Houses of Congress and ultimately help create jobs for Kansans in the fields of engineering, science and technology. The talented young men and women who grow up here will have more opportunities to work and live in Kansas, which is poised to become a research epicenter.”

Passage of the FY2015 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill was stalled at the end of 2014 with President Obama’s announcement of an Executive Order granting amnesty to millions of individuals who have entered the country illegally. As a result, Congress passed a Continuing Resolution funding the Department of Homeland Security at FY2014 levels through February 27, 2015. The House Appropriations Committee Fiscal Year 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill released today must pass the U.S. House of Representatives and would then be considered by the U.S. Senate to fund the remainder of FY2015..

NBAF, a state-of-the-art biosecurity lab, is to be built adjacent to Kansas State University. A January 2012 economic impact report found the NBAF will employ approximately 326 permanent employees and support some 757 construction jobs. The state of Kansas showed its commitment to this project by contributing $202 million. The facility is expected to have a $3.5 billion economic impact on Kansas in the first 20 years alone.

In addition to creating an economic boom for Kansas, NBAF will protect our national economy by researching foreign animal disease threats, which are very real with devastating impacts. The cost of an outbreak far outweighs the NBAF construction cost, not only in the loss of human life but also its damage to the animal and agricultural industry.

The main laboratory will boast safety and security features recommended by the National Academies of Sciences. It will include specialized air and water decontamination systems, new technologies for handling solid waste onsite, and structural components to strengthen the laboratory against hazardous weather conditions. A funding commitment was also made to provide infrastructure repairs at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center to guarantee a smooth transition of research

The main laboratory will boast safety and security features recommended by the National Academies of Sciences. It will include specialized air and water decontamination systems, new technologies for handling solid waste onsite, and structural components to strengthen the laboratory against hazardous weather conditions. A funding commitment was also made to provide infrastructure repairs at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center to guarantee a smooth transition of research from Plum Island, N.Y., to Manhattan, Kan.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to order the government to disclose whether mass surveillance led investigators to a Wichita man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at a Kansas airport.

The possible existence of that evidence has been an issue in the terrorism case against Terry Loewen. The former avionics technician has pleaded not guilty to attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to give material support to al-Qaida.

U.S. District Judge Monti Belot said in a ruling Friday that the government has neither admitted nor denied the existence of any materials gathered under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

The judge said the issue is moot because the government has not given notice of its intent to use FISA evidence in the case.

DINA CAPPIELLO, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has overwhelmingly passed a bill authorizing the Keystone XL oil pipeline despite a veto threat from the White House.

The bill passed Friday on a 266-153 vote, one of the first pieces of legislation considered by the Republican-controlled Congress. It was the 10th vote the House had taken since July 2011 to advance the $7 billion project, which would carry oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries.

The Senate has a test vote on Monday with enough support to pass an identical bill.

Hours before the House vote, Nebraska’s highest court tossed out a lawsuit challenging the pipeline’s route, an obstacle the White House said it needed removed to make a decision on the project. The White House veto threat was based partly on the outstanding Nebraska case.