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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The weathered old sign that once served as a beacon to travelers along a stretch of Route 66 just outside of New Mexico's largest city has been taken down and will be preserved as part of an initiative to build a visitor cent...

LEAWOOD, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City-area couple whose home was raided by a police tactical team in a bungled 2012 search for marijuana has settled a federal lawsuit against the sheriff's deputies who led the operation. The amount of the settlement w...

DALLAS (AP) — Less than a month ago, AAU President Roger Goudy watched membership in the long-running youth sports organization drop from 20,000 ahead of last year's pace to about 3,000 behind in just a week. For now, he hopes a girls volleyball tour...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Three more people have died in Oklahoma after contracting the coronavirus, bringing the state's death toll to 139, state health officials reported on Saturday. Another 105 Oklahomans have tested positive for the virus as the t...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Herington Municipal Hospital got fed up with long waits for lab results that would tell its patients with respiratory symptoms whether they have the novel coronavirus. So when a sales representative called the 25-bed hospital in...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — To help decrease the spread of COVID-19, residents across the country, and here in West Virginia, are being asked to stay home, except to get the essentials such as food and medicine. Although the National Grocers A...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Friday set a June 30 election date for voters to decide whether to expand Medicaid health coverage to more Oklahomans. Stitt issued a proclamation to place State Question 802 on the June 30 primary el...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials were waiting Saturday to learn whether a federal judge would block an order from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly limiting religious gatherings to check the spread of the novel coronavirus as the number of cases and C...

The Internal Revenue Service has begun depositing stimulus checks electronically into bank accounts. If you've gotten yours, great. Now, guard that money, because scammers are eager to pick your pocket. If you're still waiting for your payment — o...

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — In a symbolic nod to normalcy, Vice President Mike Pence delivered a commencement address to the U.S. Air Force Academy's graduating class on Saturday, telling the cadets that by setting off on their mission to d...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A few hundred conservative activists, some waving flags supporting President Donald Trump, demonstrated on the steps of the Texas Capitol building on Saturday to call for an end to social restrictions aimed at curbing the spread...

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — With a plethora of free films and educational resources galore, Missoula's 43rd annual International Wildlife Film Festival kicks off this weekend in a virtual format that brings the wonders of animals from around the world to...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee mayor is reversing course to allow drive-in church services during the coronavirus pandemic after the city was sued over its ban. Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke confirmed the change in policy Saturday on Twitter. T...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three years ago, a New York couple was enjoying a meal by the water at a South Florida restaurant when the man's wedding ring slipped off his finger, through the wooden floorboards, apparently lost forever. Recently, C...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — In this new era of social distancing and working from home, many people are getting used to meeting online. Maybe a few of us have even thought about what's on the wall behind us. But what if your living room or kitchen was o...

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___ Soccer has resumed in Turkmenistan with spectators as the Central Asian nation lifted a suspension of its national league. Around 500 people attended Sunday's game...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nobody did anything to get fired or lose a sponsor in this week's edition of NASCAR virtual racing. William Byron won his second consecutive NASCAR virtual race on Sunday by holding off Timmy Hill — the driver who moved him out...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The process of establishing a new commercial hemp program in Kansas has taken a critical first step. The Hutchinson News reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved the plan by the Kansas Department of A...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say there has been an officer-involved shooting in central Topeka. WIBW reports that the Topeka Police Department's watch commander confirmed the shooting Sunday. But no details have been released, including how s...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors are trying to decide how to proceed after an appellate agreed that self-incriminating statements made by a teen in a Lawrence rape investigation should be tossed, finding that the interrogation was "almost like a the...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The term "artist in residence" has taken on new meaning as the populace continues to confront the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. "It's probably safe to say that every artist these days is an artist in residence since they a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Oklahoma is now near 2,600 with one additional death, the Oklahoma State Department of Health reported on Sunday. There are at least 2,599 cases and 140 deaths as a result of C...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Survivors and loved ones of the 168 people who were killed in the Oklahoma City bombing were not able to gather Sunday to mark the 25th anniversary of the attack, but that did not stop them from remembering. Because the annual r...

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (AP) — Exequiel Lopez hoisted himself up in the air and spun around, first horizontally, then upside down, supporting himself with one arm. Ideally, he'd be several feet in the air above a circus-tent crowd in some North Texas t...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Friday morning, Scott Briggs parked at a gas station, picked up his phone and dialed the number for The Geoff Calkins Show on 92.9 FM in Memphis. It was free-commercial Friday, and Briggs was ready to give his brand-new b...