HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The late great Muhammad Ali went from a fast-talking fireball of a boxer to a stiff, shaky man who could hardly speak at the young age of 43. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's, and spent the rest of his life nearly immobilized b...

BOSTON (AP) — A group dedicated to preserving the legacy of John F. Kennedy hopes a global scavenger hunt will help keep the slain U.S. president on the map. The JFK Library Foundation launched the hunt Friday, providing clues to help people p...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) It’s been 60 years since the cover of Popular Mechanics magazine gave us the promise of flying cars. But our p...

MOSCOW (AP) — From the early days of online stock scams to the increasingly sophisticated world of botnets, pseudonymous hacker Peter Severa spent nearly two decades at the forefront of Russian cybercrime. Now that a man alleged to be the p...

FREMONT, Calif. (AP) — Tesla Inc. has finally made its long-promised affordable electric car. But it could take years to get it to all the people who want to buy it. Tesla delivered the Model 3 small car to its first 30 customers — all employees — a...

EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the latest disturbance at a maximum-security Kansas prison (all times local): 4:55 p.m. A spokesman for the Kansas Department of Corrections says it has found no evidence of a significant episode of unrest at a s...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The warden of a maximum-security Kansas prison that's had four reported inmate disturbances in the past three months took a new job within the state Department of Corrections a day before the latest incident, the department c...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas doula, an assistant to women giving birth, has started a nonprofit to help teenage mothers, incarcerated pregnant woman and low-income single mothers. Juliet Swedlund told The Topeka Capital-Journal that women i...

GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) — A man faces September sentencing now after being convicted of a terrorism charge for forcing his way into a western Kansas judge's home and holding him hostage at gunpoint. A Finney County jury on Friday also convicted 3...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state agency director was arrested in Florida earlier this month after throwing a cup of water on a family member during a confrontation, but her case was dismissed because prosecutors and the family member decided not to p...

Services for Shirley Joy Beltz will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Cherokee, Oklahoma. On July 27, 2017, the Lord took Shirley Joy Beltz for a lifetime commitment made when she was baptized Dec. 8, 1946, at...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday in a show of force against North Korea following the country's latest intercontinental ballistic missile test. The U.S. also said it conducted...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House stepped up demands Sunday for revived congressional efforts on health care and suggested senators cancel their entire summer break, if needed, to pass legislation after failed votes last week. Aides said President D...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Farmers and foresters in the Northeast facing challenges posed by climate change are the focus of a newly announced University of Vermont project. The University of Vermont Extension's center for sustainable agriculture says i...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A suspect is expected to change his plea in the kidnapping, sexual assault and killing of an 11-year-old girl in a remote part of the largest American Indian reservation that prompted an effort to expand the Amber Alert s...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Farmers in Minnesota are working to balance heightened expectations for environmental stewardship and the day-to-day challenges of operating a farm. Three-quarters of the state's cropland grows corn and soybeans, Minnesota P...

NEW YORK (AP) — Hormel sees potential new customers for its shelf-stable foods: cancer patients. The company known for Dinty Moore stews and Spam canned meats is promoting microwavable meals it says cater to people who are going through c...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Research points to a link between the significance and meaning blacks attach to their race and mental and physical health. So University of Alabama assistant professor Wanda Martin Burton wondered if racial identity also h...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Navy is working to develop a new high-tech gadget that can quickly identify whether a debilitating iron sulfide mineral exists in concrete, the same problem that's plaguing thousands of Connecticut homeowners with c...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Satellites in space and a robot under Lake Erie's surface are part of a network of scientific tools trying to keep algae toxins out of drinking water supplies in the shallowest of the Great Lakes. It's one of the most w...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — If you plan to livestream next month's solar eclipse from one of the prime viewing spots, here's a thought: Keep your phone in your pocket, put on your paper shades and just enjoy the celestial wonder. The Aug. 21 solar eclipse, w...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of the sister of a girl whose kidnapping 17 years earlier sparked a massive manhunt before she was found dead in Missouri. A judge in Kansas' Wyandotte C...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police say a man's body has been found in a wooded area west of downtown Tulsa, near the Arkansas River. Police told reporters the body was found Sunday after a person walking in the woods reported smelling a foul odor shortly b...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa man has been sentenced to life in prison and his girlfriend to 20 years for the death of the woman's 5-month-old son. Court records show 53-year-old Kevin Crawford and 24-year-old Anna Marie Hyden were sentenced Friday i...

DETROIT (AP) — Courtroom 801 is nearly empty when guards bring in Bobby Hines in handcuffs. More than 27 years ago, Hines stood before a judge to answer for his role in killing a man over a friend's drug debt. He was 15 then, just out of eighth g...