WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) are set to introduce legislation to ensure women serving in the military have 12 weeks of maternity leave, instead of the six weeks they may currently receive. The Military Opportunities for Mothers (MOM) Act aligns the military’s family policies with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guidelines available to federal employees.

“Our mothers in uniform deserve the same opportunity for family leave as mothers in other parts of the federal government-especially when a military deployment may mean months away from their newborn,” said McCaskill, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “This bipartisan bill would improve that opportunity for women in the military who are already making major sacrifices to defend the freedoms we all enjoy.”

“This legislation, which has broad bipartisan support in the House, is a common-sense benefit for our military families,” said Udall, who serves on the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee. “Extending maternity leave for our military women is the least we can do for these brave warriors – and an idea that I will fight to make a reality through bill.”

The companion bill in the U.S. House of Representatives has more than four-dozen bipartisan co-sponsors from across the country.

MANHATTAN, Kan— Riley County police have confirmed the body of a 25-year old man in a boating accident at Tuttle Cove was recovered late Sunday night in the Tuttle Cove Park boat ramp area.  He had been missing since earlier Sunday afternoon.

Riley County Police Department spokesman Mat Droge said that first responders were called to the ramp park area at 3:12 p.m.

“There was a report of an approximately 10 foot fishing boat that had capsized at the mouth of Tuttle Cove.

Originally the boat had three passengers, two men and a woman, all in their 20s. Two people were pulled from the water. One was transported to Mercy Regional Medical Center, and the other went to Mercy Regional by private vehicle. By late evening both of them no longer needed treatment.

Police indicated as far as they could tell, no life jackets were being worn at the time of the accident. Several other emergency services responded to the scene, including the Kansas Department Wildlife and Parks, US Army Corps of Engineers, Manhattan Fire Department Search and Rescue, Riley County Emergency Management and EMS.”

Those involved in the accident, including the fatality victim, are expected to be identified Monday.

Another boat had also capsized near Wildcat Creek on the southeast side of Tuttle Creek Reservoir, but both both people rescued a short time later. There were no injuries reported.

DETROIT (AP) — Officials say a Detroit-based business is recalling about 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products sold for restaurant use in four states that may be contaminated with the bacteria E. coli.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Monday that affected Wolverine Packing Co. products were produced between March 31 and April 18. They were shipped to distributors in Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.

The products bear the establishment number “EST. 2574B” and will have a production date code in the format “Packing Nos: MM DD 14” between “03 31 14” and “04 18 14.”

E. coli can cause severe cramps, nausea and diarrhea, as well as other complications.

KANSAS CITY (AP) – A large glass labyrinth opens to the public this week at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.

The museum is holding a public event Thursday for “Glass Labyrinth,” a glass triangle with a maze of interior glass walls. The labyrinth is the work of artist Robert Morris and is in the museum’s Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park.

The Kansas City Star reports the sculpture, which weighs more than 400 tons, was commissioned with funding from the Hall Family Foundation. The sculpture’s opening marks the beginning of the park’s 25th anniversary celebration.

Morris, a Kansas City native who attended Paseo Academy and the Kansas City Art Institute, will also attend a public celebration and ribbon-cutting for the “Glass Labyrinth” Thursday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri family says the courage of a 6-year-old girl whose left leg was mangled by a lawn mower is helping them get through the ordeal.

Isabella Smith wandered too close to her grandfather’s mower on May 1 and was run over when he didn’t see her and backed the machine up. John Williams says he might have lost his composure if not for his granddaughter’s strength as he held her waiting for an ambulance.

The Kansas City Star reports Isabella, who goes by Izzy, has spent more than two weeks at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas.

She has undergone seven surgeries since arriving by medical helicopter, including a rare procedure called rotationplasty that’s done only a handful times each year in the U.S.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The ROTC program at the University of Kansas is graduating its first female combat arms officer since the Pentagon lifted the ban on women in combat.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports Madeline Wilcox enrolled in the Army ROTC program at the University of Kansas four years ago when women weren’t allowed to be combat officers. So she planned to go into military intelligence. But that changed when the Department of Defense lifted the ban on women in combat.

Her superiors were so impressed with Wilcox’s leadership and athletic abilities they assigned her to be a field artillery officer. On Monday, the 21-year-old Wilcox becomes the first female combat arms officer to be commissioned by University of Kansas ROTC under the military’s new rules.