WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of the religious claims of Hobby Lobby and other for-profit businesses supports the government’s position in separate, ongoing disputes with religious-oriented nonprofit organizations.

The administration urged the justices Wednesday to deny a request from evangelical Wheaton College in Illinois that the government says would block its students and employees from free access to emergency contraceptives. The Justice Department said the Hobby Lobby decision essentially endorses the accommodation the administration already has made to faith-affiliated charities, hospitals and universities.

Wednesday’s court filing was the administration’s first legal response to the Supreme Court decision on Monday that allowed Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby Inc. and other businesses to assert religious claims to avoid covering some or all contraceptives in employee health plans.

RIVERVIEW, Kan- A Kansas woman was injured in a rollover crash just before 8 a.m. on Wednesday in Wyandotte County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2006 Toyota driven by Carlos G. Pineda, 54, Topeka, was passing a 2008 Hyundai driven by Samantha S. Quinn, 38, Topeka, on the ramp of southbound Interstate 435 south of Interstate 70 near Riverview. There was only one lane.

The Toyota collided into the side of the Hyundai causing both vehicles to lose control, and the Hyundai to roll multiple times.

Quinn was transported to Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Pineda was not injured.

The KHP reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the accident.

ISLAMORADA, Fla. (AP) — After 31 days undersea, Cousteau stepped off a boat wearing flip-flops and a beach towel wrapped around his waist, saying he was torn about leaving his underwater home, but he missed his family and friends.

Cousteau and his team of filmmakers and scientists dove June 1 to Aquarius to study the effects of climate change and pollution on a nearby coral reef.

The crew started decompression Tuesday afternoon inside Aquarius Reef Base, 63 feet below the ocean’s surface off Islamorada in the Florida Keys.

Because they’ve spent so much time underwater, Cousteau and his “Mission 31” crew needed to undergo roughly 16 hours of decompression inside the school bus-sized lab so that they could return to the surface without suffering the bends.

They’re returning to the Aquarius command center in Islamorada on Wednesday

Fabien Cousteau comes from a famous family of filmmakers, advocates and ocean explorers, and now he’s added to their legacy of sea stories a 31-day expedition at an underwater laboratory in the Florida Keys. Here are five things to know about Cousteau’s “Mission 31,” which ended Wednesday.

THE AQUANAUTS

Cousteau spent 31 days living and working underwater at Aquarius Reef Base. Filmmakers and researchers from Florida International University, Northeastern University and MIT also joined him for two-week-long stretches during the expedition.

AQUARIUS REEF BASE

The 460-square-foot pressurized lab sits 63 feet below the ocean’s surface in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary with bunks for six. It’s owned by the federal government and operated by Florida International. It allows its inhabitants to scuba dive for up to nine hours without needing to resurface or undergo decompression.

SCIENTIFIC PURPOSE

Cousteau says living underwater allowed the FIU researchers to do six months’ worth of data gathering in two weeks. The researchers tested new sonar equipment that produces video without additional lighting, studied the relationship between predator fish with their prey and set up experiments on a nearby reef focused on the effects of climate change and pollution on nearby corals and sponges.

FAMILY LEGACY

Cousteau is the grandson of ocean exploration pioneer Jacques Cousteau, who helped develop the advanced diving techniques used at Aquarius. “Mission 31” was conceived as a nod to Conshelf II, a 30-day underwater living experiment in the Red Sea that the elder Cousteau filmed for his Oscar-winning documentary “World Without Sun.”

UNDERWATER PERSPECTIVE

Aquarius isn’t the only unusual vessel Fabien Cousteau has employed to explore and film the oceans. For a 2006 documentary on sharks, he built a shark-shaped submarine that he called Troy, which enabled him to closely observe real sharks without scuba divers or shark cages.

JOSH CORNFIELD, Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a propane tank on a food truck exploded in Philadelphia, injuring at least 11 people including a mother and daughter who are in critical condition.

The truck exploded Tuesday outside an auto body shop in the city’s Feltonville neighborhood.

Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small says the mother and daughter worked on the truck and suffered substantial burns. Two others also are in the hospital in stable condition and the remaining victims have been treated and released.

Small says surveillance video from businesses near the La Parrillada Chapina food truck shows a huge fireball engulfing the truck and crossing to the other side of the street.

The city’s bomb squad is investigating the explosion.

LENEXA- One driver was injured in a construction zone crash just after 6:30 on Wednesday morning in Jackson County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Suzuki Kizashi driven by Ashley Annette Cannon, 23, Olathe, was northbound on Interstate 35 just south of Interstate 435 in Lenexa. The vehicle changed lanes in the construction zone and struck the rear of a 2009 Dodge Journey driven by Carl M. Dudley, 51, Olathe, which was stopped in traffic.

Dudley was transported to the VA Hospital in Kansas City. Cannon was not injured.

The KHP reported both drivers were properly restrained at the time of the collision.

KANSAS CITY (AP) – A Kansas City woman is charged with embezzling nearly $3 million from a bank and a company that had to close after declaring bankruptcy.

A federal grand jury indicted 52-year-old Irene Marie Brooner on Tuesday on several counts of wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering. She made her initial court appearance Tuesday.

Prosecutors say Brooner embezzled close to $2 million while working for Galvmet Inc., a sheet metal fabrication and steel service company that closed earlier this year. She also allegedly embezzled $1.1 million from a bank.

The fraud allegedly occurred for a decade. Prosecutors say Brooner used the money for personal expenses and lavish living, including remodeling and stocking a basement bar in her home, travel, jewelry and spa visits.

OSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — A private survey shows U.S. business hiring surged in June, a sign of stronger economic growth.

Payroll processer ADP says private employers added 281,000 jobs last month, up from 179,000 in the previous month.

The figure suggests the government’s jobs report, to be released Thursday, could also show a significant gain from May’s tally of 217,000 jobs. But the ADP numbers cover only private businesses and often diverge from the government’s more comprehensive report.

The improvement in the ADP figures occurred mostly in professional and business services, a category that includes many higher-paying jobs such as accountants and engineers, but also lower-paid temporary workers. That category gained 77,000 jobs.

Goods producers hired 51,000 workers in May, up from 31,000 the previous month.

SYLVAN GROVE — The Bass Federation and FLW, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, have partnered to present the 2014 Kansas State High School Fishing Championship. The tournament is scheduled for July 12 on Wilson Lake in Sylvan Grove and is open to any high school fishing team in Kansas.

The two-person team event is for students in grades nine to 12. Registration for anglers and their coach, who will provide the boat they compete in, is online at HighSchoolFishing.org. Takeoff will be at 6:15 a.m., and weigh-in will be at 3 p.m.

For more information about the event, contact the TBF National Youth Director Mark Gintert at (580) 716-4251 or (330) 993-0014.

The top 10 percent from each TBF/FLW state championship field will advance to a conference championship along with the top three teams from each of the six 2014 High School Fishing Opens that coincide with the 2014 Walmart FLW Tour. The top 10 percent of each conference championship field will then advance to the High School Fishing National Championship, coinciding with the TBF National Championship and an FLW Tour stop in the spring of 2015.

The national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Fourth of July is a favorite time of year for many people, not so much for pets.

The noise of fireworks scares dogs and cats. The Humane Society of Missouri is advising pet owners to be mindful, especially those who live near fireworks displays such as those close to Forest Park, where Fair St. Louis will take place this weekend.

Pets should not be taken to fireworks displays, and the society says the animal may panic if confined in a small area or chained outside.