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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's lawsuit against Volkswagen may be sent to a California federal court despite efforts to have it tried in the state. Oklahoma's attorney general filed a lawsuit against the German car manufacturer in local district c...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A coalition of groups already trying to block a medical marijuana measure from the Arkansas ballot on Tuesday asked the state's highest court to also disqualify a competing legalization proposal. Arkansans Against L...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management is considering leasing nearly 28,000 acres of land for oil and gas drilling in the Granby area near the western entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park. The Daily Sentinel (...

BURLINGTON, Kan. (AP) — Staff members at the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation near Burlington have located the source of a minor water leak and are working to repair it. Communications director Jenny Hageman says Wolf Creek personnel i...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — After competing in pageants for generations in the closet or working behind the scenes, gays and lesbians finally get to see one of their own take one of pageantry's biggest stages. Miss Missouri, Erin O' Flaherty, will com...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Phyllis Schlafly, the outspoken conservative activist who helped defeat the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s and founded the Eagle Forum political group, has died. She was 92. Schlafly's family was with her when she died Monday a...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Defense attorneys are questioning the impact of local police using U.S. Secret Service cellphone tracking technology in 2014 to investigate a case. Attorney Diane Dragan argues that some of the charges and all of the evidence s...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A Texas man is facing a federal charge of using interstate communications to threaten the lives of Las Cruces police officers in New Mexico. Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Sean Stinson of El Paso made his initial court a...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Hard times are turning more worrisome for cities and small towns in the heart of New Mexico oil and natural gas territory as state officials contemplate reclaiming dollars pledged to local construction projects to help fill a b...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — One of the largest oil producers in the U.S. is purchasing a privately-held New Mexico company and some of its subsidiaries in a $2.5 billion deal that will expand its footprint in major energy-producing basins in the W...

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas County district attorney resigned her position as the top prosecutor in the nation's ninth most populous county Tuesday just a month after returning to work following her third inpatient treatment for mental illness. Since t...

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police are investigating after decomposed human remains were discovered near railroad tracks by a train conductor performing maintenance. Police say they are awaiting autopsy results on the body found early Sunday morning to d...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Is the death penalty in America gradually dying? There have been just two executions since May 1 and the total for 2016 probably will hit a 25-year low. Execution drug shortages, sometimes grotesque errors in death chambers and l...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kids may get more of a sting from flu vaccination this fall: Doctors are gearing up to give shots only, because U.S. health officials say the easy-to-use nasal spray version of the vaccine isn't working as well as a jab. Needle-phob... Full story

NEW YORK (AP) — For a time, it felt like the attack that shattered America had also brought it together. After Sept. 11, signs of newfound unity seemed to well up everywhere, from the homes where American flags appeared virtually overnight to the C...

MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — The distinct, bell-shaped mountain rising above the Sonoran Desert northwest of Tucson holds a special power, say those who've spent time here — a magnetism that draws you in, sets you apart, even if only momentarily, from a dif...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Progress in reducing the number of people without health insurance in the U.S. appears to be losing momentum this year even as rising premiums and dwindling choice are reviving the political blame game over President Barack O...

Despite widespread attention over diversity in the movie business, a new study finds that little is changing in Hollywood for women, minorities, LGBT people and others who continue to find themselves on the outside of an industry where researchers...

CHICAGO (AP) — True or false: Electric fans are a cheap and effective way to stay cool during extreme heat waves. A tiny new experiment in older adults suggests the answer may not be as simple as it seems. It's an important issue, particularly for s...

EUCLID, Ohio (AP) — A man accused of pelting his former neighbor's Ohio home with eggs more than 100 times over a year has been sentenced to 18 months of probation and fined $1,000. A six-month jail sentence was suspended Tuesday for 31-year-old J...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is going after an asteroid this week like never before. It's launching a spacecraft to the exotic black rock named Bennu, vacuuming up handfuls of gravel from the surface, and then in a grand finale, delivering the p...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Older drivers may soon be traveling a safer road thanks to smarter cars that can detect oncoming traffic, steer clear of trouble and even hit the brakes when a collision appears imminent. A few of these innovations, such as b... Full story

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Whether it's the pleasant greeting when you slide into the driver's seat or a loud, annoying beep that warns you of an imminent crash, there's science behind the noises that your car makes. Nearly all automakers have e...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Apple shows off its latest iPhone on Wednesday, it will answer a question it hasn't had to address in years: "What's it putting in the box?" (Besides the iPhone itself, that is.) The iPhone has traditionally shipped with a...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Consider Waukegan and Stevenson, two Illinois school districts separated by 20 miles — and an enormous financial gulf. Stevenson, mostly white, is flush with resources. The high school has five different spaces for theater per...