LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Sentencing has been scheduled for a 21-year-old woman who was convicted earlier this year in the 2014 killing of her roommate and former employer.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Sarah Brooke Gonzales McLinn is set to be sentenced Sept. 4 in Douglas County District Court. She was convicted on March 20 of premeditated first-degree murder for the death of Harold Sasko.

Authorities say McLinn drugged the 52-year-old pizza shop owner with sleeping pills, bound and nearly decapitated him at the home they shared.

A jury has recommended that McLinn be sentenced to 50 years in prison with no chance of parole.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Police are investigating after two men were fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Kansas City, Kansas.

According to authorities, police responded to several calls about multiple shots fired shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday. Police say two men in their 20s were found dead in a parking lot outside a restaurant.

Officer Amber Hickerson with the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department said the victims were next to two vehicles, but authorities are not sure whether the men were outside the vehicles when the shooting happened.

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is adding 181,000 cars in the U.S. and Canada to a 2014 recall for headlights that can stop working.

The company also will have to fix thousands of cars from the 2014 recall a second time because the original repairs could fail.

The expansion covers the 2005 Buick LaCrosse, the 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix in the U.S., and the 2005 Buick Allure in Canada.

A headlight module may not work in high temperatures under the hood. That can cause the low-beam and daytime running lights to fail. Dealers will replace the module with an existing part until a permanent repair is developed and installed.

The 2014 recall affected 316,357 vehicles from 2006 through 2009 including the LaCrosse, Chevrolet Trailblazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, Saab 9-7X and Isuzu Ascender.

NEWTON- There was an unusual disturbance outside the lobby of the police department in Newton on Tuesday.

Police reported just after 3:30 pm, as two schools in the immediate area were letting out, a man began throwing bricks at the front entrance windows of the Law Enforcement Center.

The man could be heard in the video yelling profanities and demanding that officers shoot him.

The man was confronted by Newton Police Department Deputy Chief Craig Dunlavy and told to stop.

The man refused and threw a brick through the front window of the lobby.

The man raised another brick and threatened Deputy Chief Dunlavy with it.

Officers quickly responded and rather than using lethal force, were able to subdue the man utilizing a Taser.

Investigators are not clear as to the motive for the man’s actions, but at one point the man indicated he was tired of seeing news reports of

police officers shooting people and decided today he would take a stand. There is no record of previous encounters with this individual and the Newton Police Department, and at this time it appears the man is passing through from another state.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kay McFarland, the first female chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court, has died. She was 80.

Leina Cox, administrative assistant at Penwell Gabel funeral home in Topeka, said McFarland died Tuesday morning at home after an illness.

McFarland was appointed to the state Supreme Court in September 1977 by Gov. Robert Bennett, becoming the first woman appointed to the high court. In September 1995 she became the court’s first woman chief justice, a position she held until retiring in 2009.

McFarland was also the first woman elected as a Shawnee County district judge in 1972.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports McFarland graduated from Washburn Law School when she was also the only woman attending classes full time. Her 31-year high court tenure is among the longest on record.

LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer

CHICAGO (AP) — A study at 10 Los Angeles high schools links e-cigarettes with later tobacco use.

University of Southern California researchers found that 14-year-olds who’d ever tried e-cigarettes were more likely than others to later try other tobacco products.

The study doesn’t prove that electronic cigarettes are a “gateway drug” but some doctors say it bolsters arguments that the devices need to be strictly regulated.

The government-funded study was published in Tuesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association.

National data show e-cigarettes have become more popular among teens than regular cigarettes.

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed rules that would ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors and would add the devices to the list of tobacco products it regulates.

HUTCHINSON -Formal charges have been filed against a Hutchinson man accused in the 

shooting death of another man inside a residence on E. 7th Avenue Monday afternoon.

Brennan Trass, 31, is formally charged with First Degree murder while in commission of a felony, and criminal possession of a firearm.

Trass made his first appearance Tuesday afternoon in front of Judge Tim Chambers where the charges were read. He was appointed the regional public defenders office for his defense.

Trass is accused in the shooting death of 24-year-old Jose Morales, who was found on the floor of the residence just before 4 p.m. Monday with multiple gun shot wounds.

He died about 90 minutes later at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center.

Bond for Trass was increased to $250 thousand and his preliminary hearing has been set for August 27th.

MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have approved the first prescription drug to boost sexual desire in women, a milestone long sought by the pharmaceutical industry.

But safety restrictions on the daily pill, called Addyi, mean it will probably never achieve the blockbuster sales of men’s impotence drugs like Viagra, which have generated billions of dollars.

The new drug’s label will carry a bold warning that combining it with alcohol can cause dangerously low blood pressure and fainting. Those problems can also occur if the drug is taken alongside certain common medications, including drugs used to treat yeast infections.

The Food and Drug Administration approval on Tuesday marks an unusual turnaround for the agency. The FDA previously rejected the drug twice due to lackluster benefits and worrisome side effects.

WICHITA–Maria S. Alvidrez, 30, Plains, was charged Tuesday with two counts of theft of mail while she was employed as a postal worker at the post office in Kismet, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said in a news release.

The crimes are alleged to have occurred in April and May 2015.

If convicted, Alvidrez faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on each count. The U.S. Postal Service – Office of Inspector General investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alan Metzger is prosecuting.

In all cases, defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The indictments merely contain allegations of criminal conduct.

WYANDOTTE COUNTY- A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Wyandotte County.

The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2015 Dodge Journey driven by Joshua Emanuel Walker, 20, Leavenworth, was eastbound on Interstate 70 at Turner Diagonal in the number 3 lane.

The driver fell asleep and the Dodge hit the trailer of a 2012 International semi driven by Kenneth Ivan Wingert, 46, Lees Summit, Mo.

Walker was transported to Provdidence Medical Center. Wingert was not injured.

Walker was not wearing a seat belt, according to the KHP.