Back to work in San Bernardino...Gun measures being discussed again...Powerball jackpot grows

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The county offices in San Bernardino, California, where a husband and wife killed 14 people a month ago reopen tomorrow. Nearly 600 employees of the Inland Regional Center are returning to work. Leaders at the center say they'll gather small groups tomorrow morning to let employees discuss their feelings about returning before getting back to work. The conference center where the massacre took place remains closed indefinitely.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are objecting to President Barack Obama's plan to use executive action to strengthen background checks required for gun purchases. But Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says it's "the right thing to do." The Vermont senator tells ABC's "This Week" that he believes "there is a wide consensus" that the instant background check should be strengthened.

ELLSWORTH, Kan. (AP) — Kansas state prisons are losing corrections officers in droves because of low pay. Their starting pay is about 33 percent less than the state's average hourly wage of $20.20, and their overall wages are about a quarter lower than the national average. Things are so bad that the state is hiring 18-year-olds to manage hardened criminals. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback says he favors higher wages for corrections officers but state spending will be pinched by at least $160 million in the next fiscal year.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Amtrak service between St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, is operating again, now that floodwaters have subsided. Service was halted Wednesday after high water reached the tracks at some locations forced the passenger service to be halted. Also today, a suburban St. Louis water plant shut down by flooding resumed operation. But residents are being told to keep boiling drinking water until purification measures get back to normal.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball pot is growing, after nobody won last night's top prize of $334 million. Wednesday's jackpot is expected to be worth about $400 million, making it one of the 10 biggest prizes in the history of the multi-state lottery. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

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