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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's rainy spring has provided an ideal environment for ticks. "One thing ticks don't like is being dry. It's good news for them," said Bob Brennan, Ph.D., biology department chair at the University of Central Oklahoma. T...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — When she started physical therapy two summers ago, Izzy Kitterman could barely move her arms and needed a machine to pump oxygen to her lungs through a tube sticking into her neck. But in the long hours of grueling therapy s...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A plant pathogen that causes the tree-killing disease known as sudden oak death has been found in Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Missouri Department of Agriculture says it has found ramorum blight on r...

NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN is making sure that its employees know there is not change in the network's policy to avoid talking about politics unless it intersects with sports after radio talk show host Dan Le Batard criticized President Donald Trump and h...

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A family owned plant in Orangeburg County that makes machines for textile mills is closing after nearly 50 years. Mayer Industries Inc. CEO George Fischer says the company is consolidating its work making braiding machines a...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's largest electric utility needs to move faster to retire its aging network of coal-fired power plants and replace them with cleaner, more renewable power sources, environmentalist said. Duke Energy Indiana officials s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday that this week's hearing with Robert Mueller will air "very substantial evidence" of wrongdoing by President Donald Trump and make a public case for impeachment. Republicans p...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A climate researcher at the University of Alaska Southeast says the state's leadership role in climate science could be threatened by budget cuts. Professor of environmental science Eran Hood says a lot of faculty could leave a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is giving taxpayer-funded family planning clinics more time to comply with its new rule that says they no longer can refer women for abortions. A notice sent Saturday night to representatives of the c...

CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago beachfront music festival set for August has been cancelled following concerns about its impact on endangered shorebirds. Organizers of Mamby on the Beach say the Aug. 23-24 festival was canceled due to "circumstances b...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Rebecca Ruth Chocolate factory has been serving the community sweets for nearly a century. Charles Booe, who has been managing the business since he purchased it from his father in 1997, recently found a way to incorporate h...

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Homemade slime, pancakes and wands were just some of the goods for sale at a downtown Logan entrepreneur market where kids hone their business savvy. Kids ages 5 to 16 lined the street July 13 as part of The Libertas Institute's s...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — "Avengers: Endgame" may have closed a chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the blockbuster factory is not slowing down and only expanding in scope and diversity. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige led a marathon presentati...

YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) — Maine's clams are in rough shape, but the state's annual celebration of the bivalves is determined to end with a bang. The 54th Annual Yarmouth Clam Festival wraps up for the year on Sunday. The three-day event draws t...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say an off-duty Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer accidentally shot and wounded himself but is expected to survive. They say the incident occurred Saturday night on the Las Vegas Strip. Patrol officers were called o...

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The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame has released the 2019 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List. The Paycom Jim Thorpe Award annually recognizes the best defensive back in college football. The award is based on performance on the field,...

SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks will be without defensive lineman Jarran Reed for the first six games of the season after he was suspended by the NFL on Monday for violating the league's personal conduct policy. Reed may participate in p...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Friday: Microsoft Corp., up 20 cents to $136.62 The technology company's cloud computing business helped it beat Wall Street's fiscal fourth quarter financial forecasts. Gannett C...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police in Oklahoma City say a 74-year-old man has been arrested on a murder complaint in the fatal shooting of his daughter. Oklahoma County Jail records indicate Michael Henthorn was being held without bond Monday on a s...

WAGONER, Okla. (AP) — Two Wagoner County sheriff's deputies who fought with and used stun guns on a motorist who later died have been cleared of wrongdoing. Wagoner County Sheriff Chris Elliott announced Monday that deputies Nick Orr and Kaleb P...

JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Of all the mantras Anai Espinoza and her fellow campers recite each morning at AileyCamp, the eighth grader's favorite is this: "I am in control." "It makes me believe I have the power to choose the right thing," she said. Anai...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas health and environment officials are recommending alternative ways for municipal water operators to treat toxic blue-green algal blooms that have troubled state lakes for nearly 10 years. The U.S. Centers for Disease C...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of people who take aspirin to prevent a heart attack may need to rethink the pill-popping, Harvard researchers reported Monday. A daily low-dose aspirin is recommended for people who have already had a heart attack or strok...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With a mimosa handy while getting her hair and makeup done on a recent Sunday morning, Becky English looked as calm as a professional model just moments before posing for her first boudoir photos. "It's great," the Yukon resident...