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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have advanced a bill that would increase their oversight of the state's privatized foster care system and the contractors running it. The House gave first-round approval to the measure Friday on a voice vote. M...

LIBERAL, Kan. (AP) — A pilot and a passenger have been arrested at a southwest Kansas airport after landing a plane carrying more than 140 pounds of cocaine. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2psoveR ) reports that the cocaine was discovered a...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Newly released campaign finance reports show a late infusion of cash from mostly small donors helped Democrat James Thompson mount his surprisingly close congressional race as emboldened Democrats eye a 2018 rematch in the h...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A south-central Kansas lawmaker is giving up his state House seat at the end of the month because he suffers from Parkinson's Disease. Republican Rep. Pete DeGraaf of Mulvane said in announcing his resignation Friday that he d...

BURLINGTON, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison in the shooting death of his mother. KVOE-AM (http://bit.ly/2r8OlSf ) reports that 30-year-old Daniel Harris was sentenced Thursday in Coffey County D...

CINCINNATI (AP) — An 8-year-old boy shown on surveillance video being knocked to the floor unconscious at school two days before he killed himself told staff he had fainted and never said he had been bullied or assaulted, a school spokeswoman said F...

MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — The May 6 fatal shooting of 16-year-old Wayne Osborne triggered an all-too-familiar response from Mesquite Independent School District counselors. The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/2pGd6UK ) reports another young life lost...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as fierce political battles rage in Washington over school choice, most Americans know little about charter schools or private school voucher programs. Still, more Americans feel positively than negatively about expanding t...

BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — More than 40 years after he sexually assaulted a prospective student at the prestigious Phillips Exeter prep school, a former admissions officer has pleaded guilty to the charge but will serve no jail time. Rockingham S...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that dismissed and decertified a class-action lawsuit against oil giant Exxon Mobil. The lawsuit was filed by four property owners in central Arkansas after the 2013 rupture of t...

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose by eight this week to 885. A year ago, only 406 rigs were active amid a slump in energy prices. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Beijing will open its borders to U.S. beef, while cooked Chinese poultry is closer to landing on American supermarket shelves under a U.S.-China trade agreement. Trump administration officials hailed the deal as a significant a...

BEACH CITY, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a fire at a crude oil tank farm near Houston led to the evacuation of about 100 homes but nobody was hurt and the order was lifted by dawn. The Chambers County Sheriff's Office says the fire broke out a...

BEIJING (AP) — A new China-U.S. trade deal will help sate the growing Chinese appetite for beef and allow more natural gas imports to fuel the country's expanding economy, but it steers clear of bigger issues that would have more substantial i...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Heralding a new U.S.-China trade agreement, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross puffed a bit too hard in describing its greatness. "It was pretty much a Herculean accomplishment to get this done," Ross said in describing a trade plan i...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A stray emu that had become notorious throughout a three-day span in southern New Mexico has been captured by law enforcement. Authorities caught up with the emu Tuesday after about 40 minutes of trying to lasso it on an i...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota farmers this year are expected to harvest the fewest acres of winter wheat in nearly half a century. The Capital Journal (http://bit.ly/2r7EknM ) reported that the U.S. Department of Agriculture's statistics s...

DARDANELLE, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas man charged in the shooting deaths of a sheriff's deputy and two other people has a history of mental illness, his sister said Friday. James Arthur Bowden, 42, surrendered Thursday after a five-hour standoff at a...

ABBEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — On the first day of her spring break, when most kids her age would probably be playing or maybe even sleeping, Adyson Ashley is processing chickens. The 10-year-old was up until midnight the night before with her dad, Jason A...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — This is the shining son, here on her phone, Clara Gamargo wants back. They're laughing together in selfies he took barely a year ago — before that day he hurled her onto the gravel of their Hickman Mills driveway so hard tha...