SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The popular song “Royals” by New Zealand artist Lorde is getting caught up in the fervor over the upcoming World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals.

Two San Francisco radio stations say they won’t play the song during the duration of the World Series.

KFOG and KOIT announced the bans last week as the Giants clinched the pennant and headed to the series. KOIT program director Brian Figula said in a statement that listeners called for the ban.

Jim Richards, KFOG’s program director, said they didn’t want to play a song that repeatedly says “Royals” while rooting for the hometown team.

Lorde has told VH1 that a photo of Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer George Brett signing autographs in his uniform helped inspire her song when she saw the word “Royals.”

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SALINA -A Salina man arrested early Saturday morning in connection with the fire at the Flamingo Motel is believed to be responsible for three other fires near the motel.

Salina Police Captain Mike Sweeney said 24-year-old Dustin James Gordon was taken into custody after witness interviews led to his arrest. Gordon is believed to be responsible for fires on the motel property grounds on July 4th, and October 5th, as well as a fire that destroyed a small building and concrete truck parked at 416 E. Pacific.

Requested charges against Gordon are two counts of arson, and two counts of aggravated arson.

Salina Fire Marshal Roger Williams said fire crews have been at the scene since Friday, and will continue to be at the location to handle hot spots and flare-ups. Damage from the fire Friday is estimated at $15,000.

The damage estimate from the three previous fires is placed at $7,000.

Williams said the investigation continues to determine where the fire began.

There was also no trace of any accelerant found at the fire scene, meaning the fire originated from natural material at the scene.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Researchers are waiting to hear if evidence found at a Pottawatomie County site this summer can be tied to the founding populations of the Americas.

Rolfe Mandel, a University of Kansas anthropology professor, tells the Topeka Capital-Journal that if sediments at the site are determined to be more than 13,500 years old, it would open the door for the earliest evidence of the Clovis people inhabiting the Central Great Plains. They wandered across America following animal herds.

Mandel leads the excavation of the Coffey site that’s a part of the university’s Odyssey Project. Mandel says he’s waiting for the results of a dating method to reveal the age of deposits that contained the artifacts found at the site. Items found in July include a tool called a hafted drill.

 

MCPHERSON — A McPherson man was killed when he was hit a train just east of McPherson early Sunday morning.

Few details have been made available, but the McPherson County Sheriff’s Office said Joshuah Miller, 36, was walking on East First Avenue when he was hit by a eastbound Union Pacific freight train.

Miller was discovered just before 2 a.m. by a westbound train crew, who notified authorities. The sheriff’s office is investigating the accident and is waiting for more information from Union Pacific.

The accident happened about half mile east of McPherson city limits.

DETROIT (AP) — Toyota is recalling 247,000 vehicles in high-humidity areas as an air bag problem that has plagued most of the auto industry continues to widen.

The recall posed Monday by U.S. safety regulators covers the 2003 to 2005 Corolla and Matrix, the 2002 to 2005 Sequoia and the 2003 to 2005 Tundra. Also included is the 2003 to 2005 Pontiac Vibe made by Toyota.

Inflators can rupture in air bags manufactured by parts supplier Takata, causing metal fragments to fly out when bags are inflated in crashes. The problem has caused serious injuries. So far, automakers have recalled about 12 million vehicles worldwide because of the problem.

The recall covers vehicles in South Florida, along the Gulf Coast, in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Saipan and American Samoa.

 

TURON, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a North Dakota man was killed after his ATV was struck from behind by a SUV.

The Reno County Sheriff’s Office says 48-year-old Allen Hammeren of Williston, N.D., was hit Saturday afternoon on South Sylvia Road after pulling onto the shoulder. He was pinned under his ATV and pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities say the SUV driver, 31-year-old Nathan Clark of Anthony, left the scene but later contacted authorities about his involvement in the accident. Authorities say Clark is cooperating with officials.

No charges have been reported.

 

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Nearly four years after he was found guilty of sexual harassment, a University of Kansas professor continues to fight the university in court.

Those involved in the case of 85-year-old Zamir Bavel say part of the problem is the confusing and contradictory policies used by the university in such incidents.

Bavel contends the university violated his rights by denying him a hearing before he was found guilty. He also denies the allegations that he groped a female student. Bavel lost a lawsuit in Douglas County Court and is now waiting for the Kansas Court of Appeals to consider his appeal.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports court documents in Bavel’s case mention at least four sets of rules governing multiple university bodies, offices and administrators.