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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A regionally popular farm east of Lawrence known for flowers, vegetables and its fall pumpkin patch plans to close for the month of August to clean up after a May tornado that took out a machine shed, the butterfly house and f...

LAWTON, Okla. (AP) — More than 100 demonstrators protested Saturday in withering heat outside an Oklahoma Army base against the Trump administration's plans to detain migrant children there. Japanese Americans and Native Americans are among those w...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Wall Street Journal says Equifax will pay around $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million p...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Next to a group of homes built 10 years ago on Whitney Avenue in Frayser, two more new homes are now ready for owners. "This is a work in progress. It's working and we are making progress," Frayser Community Development C...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers are sparring after a report that President Donald Trump will attend the 400th anniversary celebration of the first meeting of the state's legislative body in Jamestown. Democrats have threatened to boycott t...

LONDON (AP) — The official Twitter account of London's Metropolitan Police Service has been briefly hacked, leading to a number of unusual tweets from the force, also known as Scotland Yard. One of the posts on the Twitter account @metpoliceuk l...

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — More school districts are joining a South Carolina experiment to have kids learn at home on days when roads are too icy for school buses. The Independent Mail reports that there weren't enough snow days last year for the S...

ALEXANDRIA, Ind. (AP) — At 79 years old, Art McManus says he's still able to hop on the tractor and maintain the 160 acres of cherry trees at his orchard in Traverse City, Michigan. His children have gone on to start lives of their own, though he g...

ATLANTA (AP) — A father who tried to rescue his son from a Georgia lake and the 9-year-old boy have both died. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that 30-year-old Libao Chen of Hoschton died T...

FARMINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Officials say a worker at a western Pennsylvania resort was injured in a bear attack while guiding a routine "Safari Tour" of wildlife kept at the property. Nemacolin Woodlands Resort says the Himalayan bear reached through a...

BERLIN (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with Sweden's prime minister Saturday about jailed rapper A$AP Rocky and "offered to personally vouch for his bail." Trump tweeted that during "a very good call" with Prime Minister Stefan L...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — "Game of Thrones" may be over but the cast can't seem to get away from stray coffee cups. Maisie Williams, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Liam Cunningham, Isaac Hempstead Wright and others took the stage at San Diego Comic-Con Friday e...

MIAMI (AP) — American crocodiles, once headed toward extinction, are thriving at an unusual spot — the canals surrounding a South Florida nuclear plant. Last week, 73 crocodile hatchlings were rescued by a team of specialists at Florida Power & Lig...

Although he submitted a detailed and lengthy written report, Alva Business Manager Joe Don Dunham kept his oral remarks to the city council brief July 15. The council wanted to speed up the meeting to allow time for citizens in the audience to...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Jake Peter hit a grand slam in the third inning, leading the Oklahoma City Dodgers to a 9-8 win over the San Antonio Missions on Saturday. The grand slam by Peter gave the Dodgers a 7-4 lead and capped a seven-run inning for...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Parker Curry and three other pitchers combined for a shutout as the Tulsa Drillers topped the Midland RockHounds 3-0 on Saturday. Curry (3-4) went 5 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits while striking out nine and walking...

Texas Rangers (50-48, third in the AL West) vs. Houston Astros (63-37, first in the AL West) Houston; Sunday, 2 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Lance Lynn (12-5, 3.87 ERA) Astros: Rogelio Armenteros (0-0, 2.00 ERA) LINE: Astros favored by 1...

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland (AP) — Shane Lowry made the 68 years between British Opens in Northern Ireland worth the wait. The silver claret jug is staying on the Emerald Isle. Lowry, the 32-year-old Irishman with stout nerves and a soft touch a...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced the additions Wednesday, calling the charging stations "a game changer" for electric vehicle drivers, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported. The Topeka Service Area, similar to the ones in Lawrence and Towanda, has...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Oklahoma County have charged a 36-year-old woman accused of causing an alcohol-related crash in which a 12-year-old passenger was killed with manslaughter and other counts. Court records indicate that Sheena C...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A 39-year-old state prison inmate is back in custody after escaping from a minimum-security correctional center in southeastern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says Christopher Jacobs was apprehended S...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A small Michigan college with well-known conservative supporters is suing the University of Missouri over a multi-million bequest designed to promote an economic theory that espouses free markets and argues the government's o...