DETROIT (AP) — Mazda is recalling nearly 100,000 midsize cars in the U.S. to fix a problem with the tire pressure monitoring system.

The recall affects certain Mazda6 cars from the 2014 and 2015 model years.

The company says in documents posted Tuesday by U.S. safety regulators that if the air pressure drops on all four tires at the same time, the monitoring system may not warn drivers of the problem. Low air pressure can cause a sudden tire failure.

Dealers will update the tire pressure monitoring software at no cost to owners.

Mazda will notify owners by letter. The recall is expected to start on Dec. 5.

 

A grand jury declined to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, once again sparking riots in Ferguson, Missouri.

Moments after the announcement by St. Louis County’s top prosecutor on Monday, crowds began pouring into Ferguson streets to protest the decision. Some taunted police, broke windows and vandalized cars.

Within a few hours, several large buildings were ablaze, and frequent gunfire was heard. Officers used tear gas to try to disperse some of the gatherings.

Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch said the jury of nine whites and three blacks met on 25 separate days over three months, hearing more than 70 hours of testimony from about 60 witnesses, including three medical examiners and experts on blood, toxicology and firearms. McCulloch says Officer Wilson was among those who testified, saying Mr Brown matched the description of a robbery suspect, that Brown hit the officer and tried to take his service weapon.

Federal Aviation Administration flight restrictions in the St. Louis area have been lifted. Lambert-St. Louis International Airport spokesman Jeff Lea said the restrictions expired at 3:30 a.m.

Lea said about 10 inbound flights were canceled or diverted late Monday because of reports of gunshots fired into the sky following the grand jury’s decision not to return an indictment.

The FAA said Monday the restriction was meant “to provide a safe environment for law enforcement activities.”

Lea said the airport expected to see full operations Tuesday. Six outbound flights were canceled Tuesday morning largely because the planes to be used didn’t land last night.

For two weeks after the shooting, the FAA restricted flights on 37 square miles of airspace, including for news helicopters.

DENISON, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a person was found dead after a mobile home fire in rural northeast Kansas.

Jackson County Sheriff Time Morse says the fire was reported Monday night in rural Denison. The mobile home was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.

Firefighters found the body of one person inside the mobile home.

The fire is being investigated by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas State Fire Marshal’s Office.

 

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been sentenced to federal prison after AOL’s automatic detection system caught him emailing child pornography.

Fifty-six-year-old Walter Ackerman of Lebanon was sentenced Monday to 14 years and two months in prison after pleading guilty to distributing and possessing child pornography.

Prosecutors say Ackerman possessed more than 750 sexually explicit images of children. AOL Inc. sent information to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who alerted authorities.

Ackerman’s attorney argues the email evidence was obtained through cyber “snooping” in an illegal search and seizure. A federal judge ruled AOL and the center didn’t violate the Fourth Amendment.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The state’s investigation bureau is trying to determine if Kansas has a backlog of untested sexual assault kits.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the kits include swabs and specimens gathered during exams of sexual assault victims.

Officials say that across the country, hundreds of thousands of the sexual assault kits remain untested.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation recently sent surveys to all Kansas law enforcement agencies to see if there is a backlog problem. KBI Director Kirk Thompson says the state agency doesn’t think there’s a backlog issue in Kansas, but wants to be sure that’s the case.

KBI hopes to begin analyzing the survey’s results starting next year.

Thompson says that 66 kits are currently awaiting testing at KBI labs.

MARGARET STAFFORD, Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man suspected of killing five people in a Kansas City, Missouri, neighborhood has pleaded not guilty to all charges he faces, including five counts of first-degree murder.

Thirty-four-year-old Brandon Howell entered the plea in Jackson County Court on Monday morning.

Prosecutors say Howell brutally beat George and Anna Taylor on Sept. 2, then fatally shot Alice Hurst; her son, Darrel Hurst; and Susan Choucroun outside their homes before fleeing in the Taylors’ SUV.

Howell was arrested hours later when police found him walking with a loaded shotgun.

Besides the murder counts, he’s charged with four counts of armed criminal action, first-degree burglary, stealing a motor vehicle and unlawful possession of firearm.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas University officials say they have nearly met a first-semester target of international students enrolled through a recruitment program.

Earlier this year, the university and company Shorelight Education formally announced a partnership for the International Academic Accelerator Program, which is aimed at increasing the school’s international enrollment to help diversify the student body.

A university official says about 7 percent of undergrads are from other countries. Overall, about 9 percent of the school’s students are international.

The Lawrence Journal-World  reports officials had a goal of recruiting 60 students for its first semester in the program and ended up with 57 this fall.

For about a $45,000 flat fee, the program provides about a year’s worth of room, board, tuition and activities for participating international students.