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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Three weeks after the Parkland high school shooting, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has a gun-control bill on his desk that challenges the National Rifle Association but falls short of what the Republican and survivors of the m...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter loves lies. A new study finds that false information on the social media network travels six times faster than the truth and reaches far more people. And you can't blame bots; it's us, say the authors of the largest study o...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a week of hints and uncertainty, President Donald Trump said Thursday he would announce tariffs on imported steel and aluminum but with temporary exemptions for Canada and Mexico as he seeks to revise the North American F...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Police took a "person of interest" into custody Thursday after an apparently accidental shooting killed a 17-year-old girl at an Alabama high school classroom a day earlier. Birmingham Interim Police Chief Orlando Wilson s...

NEW YORK (AP) — Bones found in 1940 on a western Pacific Ocean island were quite likely to be remains from famed aviator Amelia Earhart, a new analysis concludes. The study and other evidence "point toward her rather strongly," University of Tennesse...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump raised concerns about the graphic depiction of violence in video games at a White House meeting Thursday with members of the industry and some of their most vocal critics. Searching for ways to respond to last...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats are salivating at the prospect of flipping a wealthy Houston enclave that has been solidly Republican since sending George H.W. Bush to Congress in 1967 — the kind of race they'll have to win for any hope of ret...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday passed what is likely to be the nation's most restrictive abortion law, making the procedure illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The House voted 75-34 in favor of the measure, and Gov. Phil Bry...

BEIRUT (AP) — A top U.N. aid official appealed to the Syrian government and its Russian backers for a cessation of hostilities in eastern Ghouta on Thursday when a second convoy with desperately needed aid was postponed after government forces s...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish inventor accused of torturing and killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a private submarine trip before dismembering her body strongly denied killing her, asserting at his trial Thursday that she died accide...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his appointees have stocked federal agencies with ex-lobbyists and corporate lawyers who now help regulate the very industries from which they previously collected paychecks, despite Trump's promises as a...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's president said Thursday that many "critical moments" still lie ahead to end the nuclear crisis despite North Korea's recent outreach to Seoul and Washington. Moon Jae-in spoke before two senior Seoul o...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency promoting equality for women says the global spotlight on sexual harassment and abuse and the punishment of some powerful men who had been "untouchable" is an important moment — but it's just "a tip...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma will start figuring out who will replace Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Baker Mayfield when spring practice opens Saturday. Mayfield left as one of the most productive quarterbacks in college football history. He l...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The president of Oklahoma's largest teacher's organization said Thursday that teachers will walk out of their classrooms if lawmakers don't approve a $6,000 raise by April 1, echoing the demands of other educators to boost t...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Four former high school football players charged with sexually assaulting a teammate in Oklahoma have pleaded not guilty to second-degree rape. The Bixby High School students entered their pleas Wednesday, The Tulsa World r...

LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — Owners of The Lawton Constitution have announced plans to sell the southwestern Oklahoma newspaper to a Houston-based company. Lawton businessmen and brothers Brad Burgess and Bill Burgess Jr. said in a news release Thursday t...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An ex-inmate is suing the Tulsa Sheriff's Office claiming negligence and cruel and unusual punishment after he says lack of medical care led to a massive staph infection that was full of "eggs from parasites." Former inmate Z...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma lawmaker is suing a Texas political consultant over a tracking device that was placed on his truck. The Oklahoman reports Republican Rep. Mark McBride of Moore filed the lawsuit in Oklahoma City federal court on W...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities in Oklahoma City have discovered the body of a 7-month-old baby boy who had been the subject of an Amber Alert. Oklahoma City police say authorities found the body Wednesday of Jody Minjarez. Earlier in the day, a...

ARDMORE, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2016 killings of two men in Ardmore. Craig Stanford of Ardmore pleaded guilty last month to two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Aaron L...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Testimony in the third day of trial that could determine if thousands of Kansans will be allowed to vote centered on a list of questionable voter registrations in one county and discussion of the state's voting r...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House has approved a bill to restore job protections for public school teachers that conservative Republican legislators took away four years ago. The House's 73-48 vote Thursday sends the measure to the Senate. It w...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City firefighter has been charged after witnesses allege he called a child a racial slur and then spat on him inside a restaurant. Terrence J. Skeen, 42, was charged in Overland Park Municipal Court with battery, a...

EUREKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse in the death of his 6-month-old son. Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt says 23-year-old Benny Clark, of Reece, pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder and c...