JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says too few Americans approaching retirement have saved enough to have peace of mind during their later years.

Obama is proposing tougher restrictions on brokers who manage Americans’ retirement accounts. The change would put brokers under the stricter requirements for registered financial advisers when they handle clients’ retirement accounts.

Obama says in a speech to AARP that after a lifetime of hard work, Americans should be able to retire with dignity and a sense of security. He says the challenge is there are currently no rules requiring retirement advisers to act in their clients’ best interests.

The financial services industry opposes the proposal and says the industry is well governed by financial regulators like the Securities and Exchange Commission.

DETROIT (AP) — The death toll from crashes involving General Motors cars with defective ignition switches has climbed to 57.

The total is one more than last week. It was posted Monday on an Internet site by compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg.

Feinberg and aides are checking claims filed or postmarked before a Jan. 31 deadline to determine which are eligible for compensation. Each eligible death claim is worth at least $1 million under his guidelines. Feinberg was hired by GM to make payments.

As of Friday, he received 479 death claims and 3,866 injury claims. Of the injury claims, 94 will get compensation, up from 87 a week ago.

Feinberg has received a total of 4,345 claims. Of those, 666 were deemed ineligible, while Feinberg is reviewing or seeking documents for the rest.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas House committee has approved a bill to allow grocery stores to sell wine, liquor and full-strength beer starting in July 2018.

The measure endorsed Monday by the Commerce Labor and Economic Development Committee also would allow convenience stores to sell full-strength beer in July 2018.

The committee’s 10-7 vote sends the bill to the full House for debate.

Groceries and convenience stores currently can sell what’s known as cereal malt beverage, or weak beer.

Only liquor stores can sell other packaged alcoholic beverages.

Grocery and convenience store chains have been pushing for a change for years, and supporters argue it would make the market freer.

But critics say such a change will destroy small businesses and make it harder to prevent alcohol sales to underage buyers.

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NEWTON — A Halstead woman has been arrested on a warrant for a charge of involuntary manslaughter and another charge of vehicular homicide.

Kala Horton, 40, was arrested on a $10,000 bond for the charge in Harvey County.

The accident occurred on June 3, 2014, when Crystal Stauffer, 29, Newton was jogging in the 2700 block of NW 12th.

Horton was driving, stuck and killed Stauffer.

According to authorities, Horton told investigators she had been rolling up her window to prevent air and dust getting into her face from a passing vehicle.

While rolling up her window the vehicle drifted to the right. When she looked back up she saw Stauffer walking on the road, but was unable to avoid hitting her with her car.

Investigators say Horton’s speech was slow and slurred during her interview. She told them she had a stroke three weeks prior and she was having a reaction to the medications. It caused her tongue to swell.

Horton had been traveling to Newton to buy Benadryl to help her with her reaction to her medications. When asked when the last time was she had used any illegal narcotics, she responded it had been years ago.

A blood draw was done on Horton, as is the procedure for all fatality accidents. The blood was sent to the KBI laboratory for analysis and on Jan. 30, the blood test was completed. The test revealed a positive screen for methamphetamine.

HUTCHINSON — The Hutchinson teen accused of killing his mother and sister and attempting to kill his father was bound over for trial Monday after a morning long preliminary hearing,

Samuel Vonachen who was fourteen at the time of the alleged crimes faces two counts of first-degree murder, two alternate counts of felony murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated arson. Judge Joe McCarville found there was probable cause in the case and arraignment will come on March 2, in front of Judge Trish Rose.

He’s accused of setting fire to the family home on Sept. 26, 2013, by pouring gas throughout the house, then lighting it. The blaze killed his mother, Karla Jo Vonachen, and his sister Audrey. The teen’s father was able to escape the fire.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback is creating a taskforce to look for ways to decrease poverty.

Brownback created the Social Services Policy Council by executive order Friday. A news release says it will focus on improving high school graduation rates, finding employment for people on state assistance and provide incentives for marriage.

The council will consist of seven to 13 members appointed by the governor and will be supported by the Department for Children and Families.

Brownback said in a statement that the state’s social services need to do more work to help people become self-sufficient and start strong families.

A House panel held two days of hearings earlier this month on potential measures to reduce Kansas’ divorce rate.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities in south-central Kansas’ Sedgwick County say they’re investigating the death of a 25-year-old inmate in the county jail.

The sheriff’s department says the inmate was found unresponsive in his cell about 8:50 a.m. Sunday while he was being housed in the detention clinic for an unspecified medical issue.

The inmate was pronounced dead about a half hour later after resuscitation efforts failed.

Authorities did not publicly identify the inmate.

The sheriff’s department says the inmate was booked in to the jail on Friday on unspecified misdemeanor charges.