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LEXINGTON, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says it has fired a prison guard who is now charged with hitting an inmate. The department said Thursday that Cpl. Tyler Cravens was fired on June 6 after hitting the inmate he was e...

STRINGTOWN, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate who walked away from a prison in southeastern Oklahoma has been apprehended and a woman accused of helping him escape has been arrested. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says 34-year-old J...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative candidate Kris Kobach so relished criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union in the Kansas governor's race that he waved the group's mailer in the air before 250 supporters last week so they could groan in d...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A newly released police affidavit says two Lawrence toddlers were briefly left alone before one of them was fatally shot. One-year-old Autumn Grace Smith was killed in September 2017 at her family's home in Lawrence. Her f...

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City woman who sold thousands of counterfeit designer merchandise has been sentenced to a year of probation. The Kansas City Star reports 64-year-old So Wun Pak, owner of Sue's Accessories in Mission, was s...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Pizza Hut driver in a fatal accident involving a woman waiting for a funeral procession will in Wichita will not face felony charges. Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett says his office found insufficient evidence t...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — A dog named Lucifer has saved a Kansas man from an early morning house fire. The Hutchinson News reports that Larry Moore was asleep in his Hutchinson home when his dog woke him about 2:15 a.m. Wednesday. Fire Battalion C...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former cricket star Imran Khan declared victory Thursday in Pakistan's parliamentary election and vowed to run the country "as it has never before been run" by fighting corruption, seeking regional cooperation and forging a new relat...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan spoke out against an effort by a small group of conservatives to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday, dooming the endeavor for now and easing a months-long standoff between House R...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Thursday that more than 1,800 children separated at the U.S.-Mexico border have been reunited with parents and sponsors but hundreds remain apart, signaling a potentially long wait for anguished families...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared on Thursday the United States will impose sanctions on Turkey, a crucial NATO ally, in retaliation for the detention of an American pastor on terror and espionage charges. Turkey's response was b...

BEIRUT (AP) — Mourners in southern Syria attended mass funerals Thursday for least 216 people killed in coordinated attacks by Islamic State fighters on a usually peaceful city and surrounding countryside. In the worst violence to hit the area since...

As American women seek a larger role in politics, fairer wages and an end to sexual harassment, the Girl Scouts see an opportune time to show some swagger in promoting their core mission: girl empowerment. They recruited Queen Latifah to narrate a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Thursday defended its decision to bar a CNN correspondent from attending an open press event but contended it had nothing to do with the questions she asked. Deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said Kaitlan C...

NEW ORLEANS, La. – All-Academic Team honors for the 2017-18 NCAA Division II Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field seasons were announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Thursday. For the first time in p...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ten more former students have sued Ohio State University over alleged sexual misconduct by a now-dead team doctor, accusing school officials of facilitating abuse by ignoring complaints and requiring some athletes to get p...

TOKYO (AP) — A cartoon cat in a purple robe brandishes a tiny gavel as it comforts another cat yowling from abuse: The images welcoming visitors to Sorehara, a Japanese website for anonymous complaints about harassment and other grievances, are d...

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — An appeals court on Friday sided with environmentalists who challenged the decision by federal agencies to allow construction of a 300-mile natural gas pipeline on a swath of national forest. The unanimous ruling by a t...

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by two this week to 1,048. At this time a year ago there were 958 active rigs. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes reported Friday that 861 rigs d...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas commission regulating utility rates has ordered the state's eight investor-owned utilities to explain how they plan to pass tax savings on to their customers. The Arkansas Public Service Commission told the u...

DALLAS (AP) — Rising oil prices pushed second-quarter profit at Exxon Mobil Corp. up 18 percent to $3.95 billion, but the results Friday fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the shares fell nearly 3 percent. The price of benchmark i...

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The leaders of France, Spain and Portugal say they are moving ahead with plans to diversify their energy sources, which could mean more imports of liquefied natural gas from the United States. The leaders said after a t...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president-elect announced a $16 billion investment plan Friday to boost flagging oil production, refinery capacity and electrical generation. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday the country must act "urgently" to r...

DENVER (AP) — Sponsors of a contentious proposal to strictly limit new oil and gas drilling in Colorado said Friday they've recovered thousands of voter petitions supporting the measure that had been taken to Oregon by a signature gathering firm i...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Officials in northwestern New Mexico are grappling with the likely financial effects of a coal power plant closure near the Navajo Nation and in one of the country's poorest states. At a tense meeting with lawmakers on T...