TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrats in the Kansas House have elevated a Kansas City lawmaker who had been their assistant minority leader to their top leadership position.

Rep. Tom Burroughs won the minority leader’s job Monday in a 17-11 vote over Rep. Jim Ward of Wichita.

Democratic House members and members-elect had to pick a new minority leader for 2015 and 2016 because Minority Leader Paul Davis gave up his House seat to run unsuccessfully for governor.

Veteran Rep. Tom Sawyer of Wichita said the outcome was a vote for the status quo because Burroughs was a part of Davis’ team.

Sawyer also said Democrats believed Burroughs worked hard this year at fundraising and recruiting candidates.

Some lawmakers and legislative aides saw Ward as likely to be more confrontational with Republicans than Davis was.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is advising current and former members of the military to review their social media accounts to avoid posts that might attract attention from the group calling itself the Islamic State and its supporters.

A new bulletin from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security notes that the Islamic State group already has publicly encouraged attacks against law enforcement and military service members.

The FBI says it has information suggesting the Islamic State is looking for “like-minded” individuals in the United States who would be willing to carry out attacks.

The bulletin, which was reviewed by The Associated Press, cites the October attack by a gunman who killed a soldier at Canada’s national war memorial and then stormed Parliament. The bulletin says such attacks might embolden violent extremists.

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling 316,357 vehicles in North America because their headlights can stop working.

The recall affects the Buick LaCrosse sedan and the Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, Saab 9-7X and Isuzu Ascender SUVs. All of the vehicles are from the 2006 through 2009 model years.

GM says the low-beam headlights or daytime running lamps could intermittently or permanently stop working. If that happens it increases the risk of a crash.

The issue doesn’t affect the high-beam headlights, fog lamps or turn signals.

GM says it hasn’t yet determined whether the defect has caused any accidents. Dealers will replace the defective headlights for free.

The recall is GM’s 79th in North America this year. The automaker has recalled a record 30.4 million cars and trucks in the region.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge has decided that the son of a deceased Kansas Bureau of Investigation agent can publish his father’s files from the 1959 murders that inspired the book “In Cold Blood.”

Shawnee County District Court Judge Larry Hendricks said in a ruling made public Monday that he made an error when he initially blocked publication of the criminal investigation files in 2012. His decision comes in a lawsuit by the Kansas attorney general’s office against Ronald Nye of Oklahoma City.

The judge ruled Nye’s First Amendment rights to publish his father’s files outweigh government’s interest in maintaining the confidentiality of its investigative records.

Nye’s father investigated the Clutter family murders in Holcomb and kept records at home. Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were executed for the killings in 1965.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A shortage of Spanish-speaking officers has the Wichita Police Department seeking to boost its Hispanic ranks, but turnout at training academies shows there’s much work to be done before the force reflects the makeup of the community.

Though Hispanics now make up 15 percent of Wichita’s population, The Wichita Eagle reports only 45 of the police department’s 602 employees are Hispanic, and only about 20 speak Spanish.

Police Capt. Jose Salcido says the city’s Hispanic population surged after a large hailstorm in 1993 brought roofing crews to town to repair or replace roofs. Many of the workers loved what they found, so they stayed and urged relatives to come there, too.

Officer Erik Guzman says Spanish-speaking residents often are relieved when an officer arrives who can converse with them.

NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred by the Ferguson, Missouri shooting, President Barack Obama is calling for $75 million in federal spending to get 50,000 more police to wear body cameras that record their interactions with civilians.

However, Obama is not seeking to pull back federal programs that provide military-style equipment to local law enforcement.

The president was making the announcements Monday from the White House during a series of meetings with his Cabinet, civil rights leaders, law enforcement officials and others.

At least for now, Obama is staying away from Ferguson in the wake of a racially charged uproar over a grand jury’s decision last week not to charge the police offer who fatally shot unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.

By BRENT FRAZEE

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Hunters have found that what’s good for Fort Riley is good for them.

The thick brush, rugged terrain and overgrown fields used to train soldiers also provide outstanding wildlife habitat for quail, pheasants, deer, turkeys and even elk.

The 101,000-acre Army base is located in northeast Kansas. The Kansas City Star reports that hunting is permitted on large chunks of acreage on the base where training is not taking place.

John Hill is president of the Jayhawk Chapter of the Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation, a conservation group dedicated to promoting upland game-bird hunting and habitat improvement for the birds. The Kansas quail population has dropped sharply over the years. But Hill says he knows he can still return to Fort Riley and stand a chance of flushing quail.