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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of a man for his role in an armed standoff with federal agents in Nevada (all times local): 11:30 a.m. A Phoenix man has been sentenced to more than 68 years in federal prison for his role as a gunman i...

RAMAH, N.M. (AP) — After church service Sunday in late February, Tucker Simons drove with his wife and their two baby daughters to Ramah Lake, and they were surprised to see water up to the boat ramps. "I got excited," Simons, 33, a teacher at the P...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two members of Kansas' Congressional delegation say they disagree with President Donald Trump's proposal to ban transgender people from serving in the military, although they agree the government shouldn't pay for gender t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the effort by congressional Republicans to pass a health care bill (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Doctors and a major health insurer group are criticizing the latest GOP health care proposal in the Senate. That idea i...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Police in New York state may soon have a high-tech way of catching texting drivers: a device known as a "textalyzer" that allows an officer to quickly check if a phone has been in use before a crash. Democratic Gov. Andrew C...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators were looking to go skinny Wednesday as they struggled to repeal key parts of former President Barack Obama's health law. Their definition of skinny, however, is evolving and could change many times before they p...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Against a backdrop of cyberattacks that have grown into full-fledged sabotage, Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos brought a sobering message Wednesday to hackers and security experts at the Black Hat conference. In short: i...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study says African-American adults are facing more harassment online than other races and ethnicities in the United States. A recently released Pew Research Center survey says 25 percent of African-Americans adults — or 1 in...

THE ARCTIC CIRCLE (AP) — While it may be frigid and wet on deck, the crew of a modern icebreaker can expect creature comforts inside the ship, even saunas. Cabins on board the MSV Nordica are small but functional, with a desk, a TV and an en suite b...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Video shot by three inmates with a smuggled cellphone shows their methodical escape through a vent at the maximum-security wing of a Southern California jail last year, as well as scenes from their days on the run. Los Angele...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a judge's refusal to throw out a lawsuit questioning a Ferguson police officer's use of force involving the man who was with Michael Brown when that officer shot Brown to death three years a...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita emergency responders rescued a man who was critically injured after he fell about 20 feet inside a grain bin. Deputy Fire Chief Brad Crisp says the man suffered multiple injuries when he fell Wednesday morning at the g...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Jurors have acquitted a Wichita anti-abortion protester of battering a clinic guard in a dispute over a sign. The Wichita Eagle (http://bit.ly/2h33l2Z ) reports that jurors returned the verdict Tuesday after 74-year-old David S...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In an attempt to reduce its prison population, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections is developing a program that would release low-risk offenders into the community under supervision. The Tulsa World (http://bit.ly/2h3g9X6 ) r...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Former state Rep. Dan Fisher plans to run for the Republican nomination for Oklahoma governor in 2018. Fisher is a Baptist minister in El Reno who served two terms in the Oklahoma House and told The Associated Press Wednesday t...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says a federal disaster declaration has been approved for 16 counties affected by storms and tornadoes in mid-May. Fallin said Wednesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved d...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Latest on the death of a mentally ill man who was shocked with a stun gun a dozen times in Nebraska (all times local): 3:50 p.m. An Omaha police union has blasted prosecutors' decision to criminally charge two fired police o...

PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) — A former substitute teacher in Oklahoma who exposed herself to students when she did a cartwheel while wearing a long skirt but no underwear has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. Lacey Sponsler pleaded guilty Monday to a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two Oklahoma Democrats who swept special legislative elections this month have been sworn into office. Rep. Karen Gaddis was sworn in last week in the House and Sen. Michael Brooks was sworn in Tuesday in the Senate. Both r...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A first-degree murder charge has been filed in Oklahoma against a Colorado state prison inmate in connection with a three-decade old fatal shooting in southeast Oklahoma. Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter said in a news r...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma burglary suspect who was treated in the hospital for a seizure is being held on a murder charge after his escape attempt resulted in another patient's death. Jimmy McCoy III, 25, is accused in the April 14 death of p...