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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump expressed no concerns Friday about a rapid coronavirus test that the White House has been relying on to ensure his safety, despite new data suggesting the test may return an inordinate share of false n...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) John Cook, George Mason University; Sander van der Linden, University of Cambridge; Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol, and...

BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — A gravel barge that floated without a crew down an Alaska river after breaking free from ice has been recovered. The rogue barge was brought under control and towed to the Port of Bethel May 9 after its trip along the K...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two weeks into the reopening of Texas, coronavirus cases are climbing. New outbreaks still crop up. And at Guero's Taco Bar in Austin, which offers the occasional celebrity sighting, a log of every diner and where they sat is b...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Republican-controlled Oklahoma Legislature gave final approval Friday to two separate measures designed to boost funding for the state's Medicaid program. The House narrowly approved a bill that will increase a fee that h...

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla has picked Austin, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, as finalists for its new U.S. assembly plant, a person briefed on the matter said Friday. The person says company officials visited Tulsa in the past week and were shown two s...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A social media post that called Norman Mayor Breea Clark a vulgar name and lamented that "politicians don't get hung in public anymore" was not a direct threat to the mayor and is protected free speech, Cleveland County D...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma reopened bars on Friday and allowed weddings, funerals and organized sports to resume under the next phase of Gov. Kevin Stitt's statewide reopening plan. Stitt said earlier this week that data supports moving f...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Data on COVID-19 infections that had been trending downward, leading Kansas to begin reopening its economy, is beginning to fluctuate and flatten, Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday. "It demonstrates that the disease is s...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Linda MowBray admits she's uneasy as communities ease restrictions meant to stop the coronavirus spread, luring people back to restaurants, businesses and normal life. She gets it that the economy needs to be up and r...

NFL teams can begin reopening their facilities on Tuesday if state and local governments will allow it. In a memo sent to the 32 teams Friday by Commissioner Roger Goodell and obtained by The Associated Press, he stressed that the clubs must be "in...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first three years of his presidency, Donald Trump did not publicly utter the words "pandemic" or "preparedness." Not in speeches, rallies or his many news conferences, planned and impromptu. But on Friday, the White House p...