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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — He stood stage left, clutched a cane in his right hand and waited underneath his black mortarboard for his name to be called. Then it was. "Alex Shelton." Shelton, 29, of Dunlap, stepped toward the similarly be-robed man who h...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — After being unearthed decades ago in various archaeological digs around the state, hundreds of bowls and other objects have been returned in recent months to American Indian tribes by the Arkansas Archaeological Survey, s...

LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — James "Coach" Suttles, recently named the Oklahoma Education Association Support Professional of the Year, said his life would probably have been entirely different if it hadn't been for the death of his 3-year-old son James J...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — A teenage boy excitedly plopped a box of horse-grooming tools in the grass and announced, "Here's the stuff we need to take care of their hooves," before dropping to his knees and holding out a carrot for Kiss-Me Katie, one o...

ALLIANCE, Neb. (AP) — Members of the Nebraska Master Gardener Program anxiously wait as Alliance's Russ Finch cuts an orange. While the excitement for a simple orange seems strange, this orange is different. It is a 3-year-old orange that Finch g...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel has taken the unusual step of revealing the state Department of Justice is investigating opioid manufacturers to see what role they may have played in creating addicts, a day after S...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback told a small group of lawmakers during a closed-door meeting that it would be politically better for him if the Legislature overrode his veto and repealed tax cuts he advocated rather than present another p...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The big income tax increase Kansas legislators enacted over Gov. Sam Brownback's veto won't balance the budget by itself, despite immediately boosting the state's credit outlook. Even though the reversal of most of Brownback's i...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A plan to privatize Oklahoma's Medicaid program has stalled because of a lack of funds. The Oklahoma Health Care Authority has canceled bids from companies seeking to manage services for the elderly, blind and disabled. OHCA C...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tuition and fees will rise for Oklahoma State University students this fall. The OSU/A&M Board of Regents voted Friday for an increase of 5 percent for resident, undergraduate students and 5.9 percent for undergraduates from o...

CASPER, Wyo. – SWOSU Rodeo had five individuals competing at the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) last week in Casper, Wyo., but the Bulldogs were the victims of tough luck as none of the competitors advanced to the short round on Saturday n...

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan – Rogers State women's soccer signee Eva Madarang helped the Philippine National Team advance to the 2018 AFC Asian Cup for the first time ever, scoring a team-high four goals in five qualifying games. Madarang scored the g...

HOUSTON (AP) — A new study by a nonprofit science organization says oil and gas drilling in Texas is linked to pollution and earthquakes. The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas study found drilling for oil and gas in shale rock p...

ELMORE CITY, Okla. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after an oil field worker found a man dead in a truck in south-central Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says its agents are assisting the Garvin County Sheriff's Office in t...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — EQT Corp. is merging with Rice Energy Inc. in a deal that combines two of western Pennsylvania's largest natural gas-drilling firms. The deal announce Monday will see EQT buy all outstanding shares of Rice common stock for about $...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea, one of the world's largest nuclear electricity producers, will scrap plans to add nuclear power plants, its president said Monday, signaling a shift in decades of reliance on nuclear energy. President Moon J...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A government report shows the Kansas winter wheat harvest is mostly on track compared to this time a year ago. The National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated on Monday that 22 percent of the wheat in the state has been c...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union's police agency says dozens of suspected human traffickers have been arrested in a continentwide operation targeting criminal gangs. Europol announced Monday that the weeklong operation last month b...

PHOENIX (AP) — A punishing heat wave has arrived in the Southwestern U.S. and brought temperatures that will approach 120 degrees in Arizona — a number not seen in the desert city in more than 20 years. Arizona is seeing the most stifling tem...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats plan to slow the Senate's work, force votes and make late-night speeches in an effort to focus attention on how Republicans are crafting legislation revamping the nation's health care system behind closed doors, a s...

CHICAGO (AP) — Shootings kill or injure at least 19 U.S. children each day, with boys, teenagers and blacks most at risk, according to a government study that paints a bleak portrait of persistent violence. The analysis of 2002-14 U.S. data is b...

NEW YORK (AP) — Even before Amazon said it was buying Whole Foods, the grocery industry was scrambling to adapt to changing habits. Now the deal will likely quicken those efforts. Amazon's planned $13.7 billion acquisition of the organic and n...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is promising to be more vigilant about preventing terrorist propaganda and other extremist videos from appearing on its YouTube site amid intensifying criticism about the internet's role in mass violence. Its crackdown w...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday urged technology CEOs to pitch in on President Donald Trump's effort to modernize government. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, were among those a...

Google yourself. Curate your online photos. The general rule of thumb, as one private high school advises its students: Don't post anything you wouldn't want your grandmother to see. Guidance counselors have warned college applicants for years to...