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Donald Trump often misrepresents what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, even referring to convicted rioters as "hostages.

Ksenia Karelina, jailed over a $50 donation to Ukraine, released after U.S.-Russia prisoner swap.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press.

Prosecutors revealed last week that Weinstein had been indicted on additional sex crime charges that weren’t part of the case that led to his now-overturned 2020 conviction.

Operation Streamline, first implemented in 2005, puts illegal border-crossers into the federal court system en masse and convicts them as federal criminals. Critics say the program takes resources from more violent cases and infringes on due process rights.

The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that firearms dealers must use the "highest standard of care" to prevent selling guns to felons. The court reversed a lower court ruling holding that the owners of the Baxter Springs Gun and Pawn Shop were not liable for selling a firearm that was later used by Russell Graham to shoot himself and his son, Zeus. Graham, who had a criminal history with convictions for attempted kidnapping and attempted rape, was initially denied the sale of the gun. The gun was then sold to Graham's grandmother, Imogene Glass, who was with him. The case now goes back to district court for further proceedings.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Majority Leader Terry Bruce says he expects the Kansas Senate to vote Wednesday on confirming three state Board of Regents members and other appointments by Governor Sam Brownback. The Legislature is convening a special session Tuesday to rewrite a state law that allows convicted murderers to be sentenced to at least 50 years in prison. But the Senate is legally obligated to consider pending appointments. Bruce says committees will consider appointments Tuesday so the full Senate can vote on all of them Wednesday. The appointees include new regents Shane Bangerter of Dodge City, Helen Van Etten of Topeka and Ann Murguia of Kansas City, Kansas. Also facing confirmation votes are Secretary of Administration Jim Clark and Securities Commissioner Josh Ney.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence for a man convicted of capital murder in the 2004 killings of a Great Bend woman and her boyfriend. The court Friday ordered a new sentencing hearing in Barton County District Court for Sidney Gleason. He faced lethal injection for the February 2004 killings of Miki Martinez and Darren Wornkey. Prosecutors said Martinez witnessed Gleason's participation in the robbery of a 76-year-old man and Gleason and another participant worried about what she might tell police. Authorities also said they also planned to kill her boyfriend if he got in the way. A 5-2 high court majority said the presiding judge gave improper instructions to the jury considering whether Gleason should be sentenced to death.