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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The top prosecutors in all 50 states are urging Congress to study how artificial intelligence can be used to exploit children through pornography, and come up with legislation to further guard against it. In a letter sent T...

ATLANTA (AP) — Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against a proposed police and training facility in the Atlanta area that critics call "Cop City." In t...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton began Tuesday and hurtled Republicans into a reckoning over whether to oust a prominent member of their party after years of alleged corruption or stand with one of f...

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police ignored multiple warning signs and failed to take proactive measures in the hours leading up to a mass shooting at a neighborhood block party last month — failures that could indicate officer bias, according to a rep...

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday granted a defense request to hold a hearing with experts to determine if a mentally ill man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021 is mentally competent to be prosecuted for the m...

CHICAGO (AP) — Police in Florida took a 15-year-old into custody six years ago for threatening to take his own life, though he was soon released following an involuntary mental health examination, according to official records. This past weekend, t...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton began Tuesday with the embattled Republican facing accusations of corruption and bribery that have shadowed him for years. In May, the state House of Representatives v...

Body camera video of the fatal police shooting of Ta'Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant mother in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, has raised questions about how an allegation of shoplifting led to a bullet being fired through her windshield. It was...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Vladimir Putin on Monday, hoping to persuade the Russian leader to rejoin a deal allowing Ukraine to safely export grain. Moscow withdrew from the agreement in July. But Putin made it c...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A massive wildfire that destroyed vast tracts of forest in northeastern Greece over 17 days was in abeyance on Monday, although hundreds of firefighters were still tackling pockets that continued to burn, the fire department s...

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Elijah Collins' 17-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown run gave Oklahoma State breathing room and the Cowboys held on to beat Football Championship Subdivision foe Central Arkansas 27-13 on Saturday night in a season opener. Korie...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma's new attitude took Arkansas State coach Butch Jones by surprise. Dillon Gabriel completed 19 of 22 passes for 308 yards and two touchdowns — all in the first half — and No. 20 Oklahoma routed the Red Wolves 73-0 on Sa...

According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An ndividual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be...

Monday, August 28, 2023 During this day were two traffic stops and one report of cattle out. 9:30 a.m. – Medic needed in the 400 block of Central Avenue. Medic took the patient to Bass Hospital in Enid. 3:10 p.m. – Report of an assault at Great Sal...

With August a thing of the past, commissioners Nate Ross, Mike Roach and Garret Johnson brought in the new month by reviewing and approving their monthly agenda items: officer reports, the CCRMP report, highway expenditures, alcohol beverage tax...

Three senior young women will take to the stage Sunday afternoon in hopes of winning the Miss South Barber crown. The contestants are: Arrington Allen, Autumn Drake and Jessica Jahay. They'll perform a talent presentation, model evening gowns and be...