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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sealed a deal Tuesday to intensify Qatar's counterterrorism efforts, tackling a central issue in the spat pitting the besieged Gulf nation against four other American allies lined up against i...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday that "state-sponsored" or criminal hackers are targeting U.S. nuclear power plants and other energy providers, but said the government has resources to safeguard the nation's electric g...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana flood protection board has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to revive its lawsuit seeking to make oil, gas and pipeline companies pay for decades of damage to coastal wetlands, hoping to reverse losses in the lower federal...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas energy company is seeking a nearly 4 percent increase in its residential rates from the Arkansas Public Service Commission. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (http://bit.ly/2u5jvy6 ) reports that Entergy Arkansas f...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin officials have created new standards to limit animal waste on farms in the eastern part of the state. The proposed regulations from the state Department of Natural Resources target more than 87,000 acres of farmland in...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Jeff Raikes was unapologetic as he shot down pitch after pitch from University of Nebraska scientists aiming to connect research being done on microorganisms in the digestive tract to the broader world. What the Ashland native a...

SAUK CITY, Wis. (AP) — Dairy farmers, take note: The key to turning your dairy cow into a cash cow is udder happiness. Give her a bigger stall, increase air circulation and provide some shelter to prevent overheating. That's according to a U...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In a darkened room at CHOP Primary Care, Cobbs Creek, physician Chris Renjilian set up a projector and debriefed doctors, nurses, and other staff on a new intervention that the office will begin offering to patients in its c...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — On Monday, Matt Kochie taught a group of students about the intricacies of computers without saying a word. Kochie, who works in information technology at the Alabama Institute for the Blind and Deaf, showed the inside of a c...

Microsoft wants to extend broadband services to rural America by turning to a wireless technology that uses the buffer zones separating individual television channels in the airwaves. Microsoft plans to partner with rural telecommunications...

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Thieves targeting a so-called tiny home in Missouri decided to go big — and steal the whole house. The Joplin Globe (http://bit.ly/2tEnHUK ) reports Missouri resident Lisa Stubblefield left the structure in a roped-off are...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former inmate who alleged guards at a troubled jail in Kansas City beat him so severely that he suffered nine broken ribs, fractured wrists and a collapsed lung has settled a lawsuit for $437,500. Jackson County agreed M...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Democrats have swept special elections for a state House vacancy from the Tulsa area and a state Senate vacancy from Oklahoma City, both vacated by Republicans who resigned. In House District 75, which includes portions of e...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Two Oklahoma men who were exonerated after spending 20 years in prison are suing the city of Tulsa and two former detectives. Malcolm Scott and De'Marchoe Carpenter were freed from prison last year after a judge found them "...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Human Services is reducing services to children, senior citizens and residents with disabilities as it deals with what its director says is $30 million in budget cuts to the agency. DHS officials a...