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MEXICO CITY (AP, Aug. 28, 2016) – Juan Gabriel, a superstar Mexican songwriter and singer who was an icon in the Latin music world, died Sunday at his home in California at age 66, his publicist said. Juan Gabriel was Mexico's leading s... Full story

BERLIN (AP, Aug. 28, 2016) – Germany's second-in-command has only one regret after flipping the bird at a group of neo-Nazis recently. He wishes he'd shown them both middle fingers, not one. Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel received both criticism a...

WARSAW, Poland (AP, Aug. 28, 2016) – Seven decades after their deaths, a state burial was held Sunday in Poland for two World War II heroes who fought the Germans but were later killed by the communists for their pro-independence activity. The relati... Full story

ASCOLI PICENO, Italy (AP, Aug. 28, 2016) – In the chaos of Italy's devastating earthquake, an older sister's embrace allowed a young girl to survive. The heartbreaking story of 9-year-old Giulia Rinaldo and her younger sister Giorgia was recounted S... Full story

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP, Aug. 28, 2016) – As the unmanned aircraft industry continues to evolve, the United States is depending on its space agency to help manage small drone traffic close to the Earth. NASA is currently entering the second phase of a...

WETUMPKA, Alabama (AP, Aug. 28, 2016) – Walk into the third grade classroom of Shay Nobles at Wetumpka Elementary School and witness students riding bikes and balancing on exercise balls while working on subtraction problems. They read with their f... Full story

LOXAHATCHEE, Florida (AP, Aug. 28, 2016) – Those old saws about windows opening when doors close, or about dead friends intervening in lives from beyond the grave? Sami and Joe Forzano didn't think this was going to be that kind of story. They w...

LAKE ANDES, S.D. (AP, Aug. 28, 2016) – At Andes Central, teachers preparing for the school year did more than just stock their classrooms with school supplies. They also reviewed warning signs of meth abuse and policies that school officials are t... Full story

SPRINGDALE, Arkansas (Aug. 29, 2016) – The Oklahoma Education Coalition says 17 percent of new teachers in Oklahoma will leave the state or the profession in their first year. Pittsburg County's Jason McMullen stayed in the profession and he spent m... Full story

MCALESTER (AP, Aug. 29, 2016) – A Pittsburg County man is hoping to start a project to help get injured veterans and police officers out of the house and into the woods. "We are working on putting together an organization to help disabled v... Full story

DUNCAN (AP, Aug. 29, 2016) – Seven ladies from Stephens County who traveled to Fiji recently went there to be teachers. Their goal was to share what they'd learned in lifetimes of sewing with women in a tiny village called Sote, to provide d...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister will announce the 2017 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year at a ceremony at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, Aug. 30. The honored teacher will succeed 2016 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP, Aug. 29, 2016) – Two earthquakes have rattled parts of northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 12:53 p.m. Monday about 17 miles west-southwest of Perry in Garfield County and a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP, Aug. 29, 2016) – The director of the Oklahoma's Medicaid provider says he plans to step down to pursue opportunities in the private sector. Oklahoma Health Care Authority CEO Nico Gomez said in a letter to the agency's board M...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP, Aug. 29, 2016) – Oklahoma's commissioner of health plans to present the state's Public Health Innovator Award to a state lawmaker who is also a physician. Rep. Doug Cox of Grove will receive the award on Wednesday at the O...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP, Aug. 29, 2016) – Two Oklahoma City Community College employees have been suspended amid an investigation into allegations of enrollment fraud at the institution. The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2clQMhh ) reports that the two e...

TULSA, Okla. (AP, Aug. 29, 2016) – A former spokesman for an Oklahoma sheriff's office that was investigated after a reserve deputy fatally shot an unarmed man has reached a $150,000 settlement over his firing. The Tulsa World reports (...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP, Aug. 29, 2016) – The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has released a list of projects that are candidates for use of the $200 million in bond money recently authorized by the state Legislature. Of the 18 proposed projects, t...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP, Aug. 29, 2016) – Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Conner Eldridge endorsed legalizing medical marijuana on Monday, a move that comes days after Arkansas Democrats voted to support making the drug available to some patients. B...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP, Aug. 29, 2016) – The University of Colorado has paid a former business school staffer $40,000 to settle a federal gender discrimination complaint. The Daily Camera reports (http://bit.ly/2bwU3nZ ) that Robin Miglarese, the f...

DENVER (AP, Aug. 29, 2016) – Coloradans probably won't get a chance to vote on whether to impose tougher restrictions on the oil and gas industry in November because two proposed ballot measures failed to get enough signatures to make the ballot, t...

PALISADE, Colo. (AP, Aug. 29, 2016) – The western Colorado town of Palisade has banned headstones at some plots in the municipal cemetery due to concerns about vandalism. The Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction reports (http://bit.ly/2bUja8s ) that P...

It has been a summer of rain and humidity in Kansas, and sunflowers are luxuriating in fields like rich folk at the spa. August is when crop sunflowers in Kansas are at the height of their bloom. They are the large, beefy cousins to the wild sunflowe...

WICHITA, Kansas – Though it seems like the Wichita-Metro is in the middle of many roadway projects, the state of Kansas is struggling to find construction jobs. According to the Associated General Contractors of America, Kansas ranks the highest o...

On Feb. 25, 2015, authorities in Sedgwick County, Kansas, found the body of a man who had been shot to death along a highway near Wichita. Deputies had no idea who he was or how he ended up in their county, but they decided to contact the Oklahoma Tu...