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GREENSBORO, Ala. (AP) — As Melissa May Lemmon tromps through a nature trail maintained by her brother, Thad May, she expertly ducks to avoid spider webs and navigates narrow bridges she has crossed since she was a little girl. After circling the 14-a...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new grant program can provide up to $450,000 to communities recovering from disasters. The Nebraska Depart of Economic Development says the new grants could be used to fortify damaged buildings like community centers, storm s...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa man who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Oklahoma is jailed after being arrested twice in a 24-hour period. Tulsa County jail records show 36-year-old Christopher Barnett is being held w...

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — One of Mississippi's most popular saltwater fishing seasons is reopening. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources says red snapper season will resume Monday and run seven days a week. Spokeswoman Charmaine Schmermund s...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott said Sunday that he was never told by Homeland Security officials in 2016 when he was Florida's governor that Russian hackers had gained access to voter databases in two Florida counties ahead of the p...

(THE CONVERSATION) Considering his accomplishments, it’s a surprise that Robert Hooke isn’t more renowned. As a physician, I especially esteem him as the person who identified biology’s most essential unit, the cell. Like Leonardo da Vinci, Hooke... Full story

DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — There's no telling who the initials WWH belong to, or when they were neatly etched into the glass pane in the window overlooking the side porch at Mansfield, the circa 1740s Dinwiddie County home of Neil Nordheim and his w...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — For decades, bacteria have been figuring out ways to outsmart the antibiotics that once easily killed them. Partly due to overuse, the bugs' ability to resist antibiotics is rising, as are the cost and time to treat patients. M...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Erick has formed in the Pacific far off the western coast of Mexico and is predicted to become a hurricane by Monday as it moves over open waters on a path that could take it near the Hawaiian Islands by late in t...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Lion King" rode its circle of life into a second weekend atop the box office and "Once Upon A Time ... In Hollywood," while not quite doing fairytale numbers, gave director Quentin Tarantino his biggest opening ever. D...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — It's time for the annual summer survey of wild turkeys in New York. The Department of Environmental Conservation is recruiting volunteers for the citizen science project. Participants report information about turkeys seen a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Connor Joe and Edwin Rios connected on back-to-back homers in the third inning to help lead the Oklahoma City Dodgers to an 8-2 victory over Memphis Redbirds on Sunday. Joe hit a two-run shot before Rios hit a solo shot that...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets hope Jamison Crowder's solid start to training camp doesn't come to an abrupt halt. The wide receiver left practice Monday with a foot injury and coach Adam Gase said Crowder would have an MRI to d...

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dallas defensive end Robert Quinn says he chose his new team before an offseason trade from Miami because it felt like the right fit when he visited the Cowboys. There remains one issue unaddressed with owner Jerry Jones: p...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — There's little dispute that the Federal Reserve this week will do something it hasn't done since 2008, when the U.S. economy was gripped by the Great Recession: Cut its benchmark interest rate. This time, by contrast, the economy is... Full story

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma prosecutors have filed a first-degree murder charge against an inmate who allegedly told correctional officers he choked, beat and hung his cellmate to death. Pittsburg County court records indicate the charge was f...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police in Tulsa say a wounded woman who was dropped off in the parking lot of the Oklahoma State University Medical Center has died. Authorities say medical personnel found the woman shortly before 3 a.m. Monday near the m...

WAYNOKA, Okla. (AP) — At first glance, there is nothing remarkable about the large, rectangular patch of concrete in a cattle pasture northeast of Waynoka, in Woods County. But, the unassuming appearance of the concrete slab, now used to store f...

After Kim Lauerman was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, doctors wanted to give her a drug that helps prevent infections and fever during chemotherapy. Her insurer said no. Anthem Blue Cross told Lauerman the drug wasn't necessary. She eventually got...

PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) — Director Martin Scorsese has visited Oklahoma and met with the principal chief of the Osage Nation to discuss filming his upcoming adaptation of "Killers of the Flower Moon." The Tulsa World reported that Scorsese and others i...

SPERRY, Okla. (AP) — A fund-raising campaign has been launched to restore another filming location from "The Outsiders" to past glory. A former DX service station in Sperry is among locations where footage was shot for the 1983 movie, based on S...

GAINESVILLE, Texas (AP) — A flight instructor and her student are dead after the fiery crash of their twin-engine plane at a North Texas airport. The Federal Aviation Administration says the Piper PA-34 went down soon after 4 p.m. Sunday while p...

A museum honoring President Dwight Eisenhower in his childhood home in Kansas reopened Monday after undergoing its first comprehensive renovation since the 1970s. The modernized exhibits in the 25,000-square-foot (2,322-sq. meter) museum in Abilene...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy brand of eco-activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to skip classes and protest for faster action against climate change, said Monday that she p... Full story