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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Pressure is mounting on the Republican-led Oklahoma Legislature to broker a deal on taxes to pay for hundreds of millions in new education spending and avert a threatened strike of teachers next week. Oklahoma Education A...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed last year that aimed to stop Oklahoma agencies from cutting funding for two programs that help residents with mental and physical disabilities remain in their homes. The Oklahoma D...

HYDRO, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says two men were killed when the plane they were flying from Texas to Oklahoma crashed in central Oklahoma. The OHP said Tuesday that 62-year-old pilot Walter Mullaney of El Reno and 27-year-old p...

Oklahoma's Trae Young took college basketball by storm, leading the nation in scoring and assists. Deandre Ayton played his one season at Arizona with power and athleticism few could match. Versatile big man Marvin Bagley III made his lone year a...

SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma police officials say two officers are injured after their vehicle flipped during a chase. KFOR-TV reports that Shawnee police were called to a construction business over two stolen vehicles on Sunday. Two officers i...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Water levels are rising in parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas as rain continues to fall over the region. The National Weather Service says flood watches are in effect as widespread showers and thunderstorms spread across eastern O...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting his wife has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. Oklahoma County District Court officials say 50-year-old Robert Lee Moon of Midwest City e...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors say a former Pratt elementary school secretary has been indicted on federal firearms charges. The U.S. attorney's office in Kansas says Claudia Rodriguez-Oviedo was indicted Tuesday on two counts of unlawful p...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have approved tougher penalties for making false calls to police three months after an officer fatally shot a Wichita man during a deadly hoax emergency call. The Wichita Eagle reports the bill makes fake calls t...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would allow the State Fair to leave the city of Hutchinson after more than 100 years. State Rep. Don Schroeder, R-Hesston, said the bill proposed Monday was inspired by the p...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have now identified the 29-year-old woman who died after a fire in her Lawrence home. The Lawrence Journal-World reports firefighters found Madison T. Halverstadt in a bedroom of the house where a fire was r...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Customers of Atmos Energy and Black Hills Energy will get bill credits beginning next month under settlements approved by Kansas energy regulators. The Kansas Corporation Commission said in a news release Tuesday the credits a...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Legislation that would help put guns in the hands of Kansas schoolteachers has prompted worried lawmakers, teachers and citizens to a pack committee hearing. The bill reviewed Tuesday by the House Insurance Committee would hold s...

GREAT MILLS, Md. (AP) — The student who fatally shot a female classmate last week at a Maryland high school died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound during a confrontation with a school resource officer who also fired his gun, authorities said M...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) When we first visited the school that is the focus of our forthcoming book, “Navigating Conflict: How Youth Handle T...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Several anti-smoking groups are suing the Food and Drug Administration over a decision by Trump administration officials to delay the review of e-cigarettes. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court argues that the FDA didn't f...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — One of the Navajo Nation's popular comedians is facing medical complications that have forced him to take a break from performances. The Farmington Daily Times reported Monday that James Junes, known for the stand-up comedy d...

NEW YORK (AP) — Published reports say Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to testify before Congress about how his company collects and uses people's data. Citing unnamed sources, CNN said in a report Tuesday that Zuckerberg has "come to terms"...

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI officials could have tried harder to unlock an iPhone as part of a terrorism investigation before launching an extraordinary court fight with Apple Inc. in an effort to force it to break open the device, the Justice D...

CHICAGO (AP) — Apple wants to play a more prominent role in education, but it isn't willing to cut prices to make the grade. Instead, Apple is clinging to a thesis that has helped turn it into the world's most valuable company: Our products are m...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are considering a new bill that would encourage public school students to learn computer science in high school. The Senate Economic Development Committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that would c...

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who calls himself Father Jesus has been arrested for disturbing the peace after allegedly pointing a weapon at a woman. Gulfport Police say Jesus was arrested Sunday after a woman said the 42-year-old p...

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Three boys have found a part of a mastodon jawbone while exploring family property in Mississippi. The Vicksburg Post reports that two brothers and a cousin made the discovery on plowed land near Bovina, a small community e...

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman says her house was ransacked by people who mistakenly thought it was the site of an estate sale. The Daily Camera reports Mary Andrews says she left her Longmont home unlocked and came back Friday morning to f...

MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Police say an Ohio woman has been arrested for making lewd comments to an Easter Bunny. Authorities say they were called to Richland Carrousel Park in Mansfield on Saturday after the woman made the comments while taking a p...