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DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut town's officials are showing comedian John Oliver what they think about his expletive-filled rant about their city — they're naming the local sewage treatment plant after him. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton ann...

Preseason SI99 break down by state: ALABAMA Dylan Brooks, Roanoke Ga'Quincy McKinstry, Pinson Jeremiah Williams, Birmingham Lee Hunter, Prichard Armoni Goodwin, Trussville ARIZONA Ty Thompson, Gilbert Quintin Somerville, Scottsdale Steven Ortiz,...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The closure of tribal casinos in Oklahoma due to the coronavirus pandemic caused a drop of nearly $30 million in fees paid to the state, the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association said Monday. The Office of Management and Enterprise...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been accused of growing thousands of poppies at his north-central Kansas home in order to manufacture heroin, authorities said Monday. A federal indictment charged Matthew Pfeiffer, 43, Morganville, with a...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Classes started Monday at the University of Kansas under a cloud of concern about how and when the coronavirus pandemic would disrupt the fall semester. Even before classes began, the university found 89 people who moved back t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas no longer has any counties free of reported coronavirus cases after another weekend surge pushed its total number for the pandemic past 38,000. The state Department of Health and Environment said Monday that Kansas saw anot...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican candidate running against a Neosho County commissioner was killed after his motorcycle was hit by a car. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Christopher D. Ellis, 31, died from injuries sustained when a 79-year-old P...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Emergency crews from Kansas City, Kansas, continued over the weekend to search the Kansas River for an 11-year-old girl who went missing in its waters and is presumed to have drowned. Several boats and at least 10 f...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A panel assessed a radio talk show host $175 for filing what it determined was a baseless challenge to the residency of a Sedgwick County Commission candidate. The panel unanimously ruled Monday that candidate Sarah Lopez l...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks plowed higher on Wall Street Monday, as hopes for a COVID-19 treatment and vaccine had investors looking ahead to the possibility of a healthier economy that has shed the virus. The S&P 500 rallied 34.12, or 1%, to 3,431.28 a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on this week's Republican National Convention (all times local): President Donald Trump will appear at the opening night of the Republican National Convention in a taped video with six former hostages freed during the T...

NEW YORK (AP) — Teachers and parents got a brief glimpse of a new kind of pandemic-era nightmare Monday when Zoom — the video-conferencing service that powers everything from distance learning to business meetings to casual, socially distant get...

NEW YORK (AP) — The opening of the Republican National Convention on Monday offered quick proof that how it is covered by the news media will be an ongoing sore spot. President Donald Trump complained about spotty coverage of the roll call vote t...

Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — A different kind of Brighton Beach story, "Lingua Franca" follows an undocumented t...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For more than 150 consecutive days, Muffin and Jamie Bernstein have used Facebook Live to broadcast a series of coronavirus awareness messages. Nightly, at 8:45 p.m., the Mid-City couple produces a self-styled talk show. They w...