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OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — When Mary Beth Durham started planting flowers in her Cedar Street front yard seven years ago, she wasn't trying to create her own English garden. But now with the black-eyed susans in full bloom mixed with an array of other f...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Parson is Missouri's unexpected governor, assuming power when his predecessor resigned in scandal. A little more than a year into his mostly uneventful stewardship of the state, the Republican governor is expected to a...

CLEVELAND (AP) — OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is expected to file for bankruptcy after settlement talks over the nation's deadly overdose crisis hit an impasse, attorneys general involved in the talks said Saturday. The breakdown puts the first f...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on U.S. negotiations to end the war in Afghanistan (all times local): 12:35 p.m. Former Defense Secretary James Mattis says that when it comes to trying to negotiate an Afghanistan peace deal with the Taliban, the key q...

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A northwestern New Mexico county is hoping to fight illegal trash dumping with a new mobile app. San Juan County recently released the Clean Up San Juan app through the Apple App and Google Play stores and is asking r...

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Rescuers were searching Sunday for four crew members of a cargo ship that overturned and caught fire near a port on the Georgia coast, but the efforts ran into trouble amid the flames and instability of the ship, the U...

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas (AP) — The streets are filled with smashed cars, snapped power cables, shattered trees and deep silence. At the airport and dock, hundreds of people clamor for seats on airplanes and berths on ships arriving with aid and d... Full story

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania amusement park's newest and biggest attraction has won an industry award as best new roller coaster of the year. Kennywood's Steel Curtain won the Golden Ticket honor for best new coaster awarded by A...

BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey were renewing a strong warning against people jumping from bridges after two people jumped off a 60-foot-high causeway bridge a week ago. The Press of Atlantic City reports that fire department was c...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma's rebuilt offensive line is getting its usual results. Bobby Evans, Cody Ford, Dru Samia and Ben Powers all were drafted into the NFL from last year's team that reached the College Football Playoff. With new faces in p...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 9, 2019-- Seven innovative technology startups – focused on sustainability solutions that range from artificial intelligence and next-generation analytics to autonomous heavy equipment and electric vehicle e...

PORT ISABEL, Texas (AP) — The operations of the Port Isabel Lighthouse officially changed hands this month with the Texas Historical Commission now taking the reins from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. The Brownsville Herald reports the iconic...

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Felony charges have been filed against a 15-year-old boy accused of repeatedly stabbing a female classmate at a central Oklahoma high school. Oklahoma County court records show Tatum Dillon was charged Friday with one count of a...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita woman has pleaded not guilty in the death of her toddler son. KSN-TV reports that 23-year-old Brandi Marchant appeared in court Monday. A trial date was set for Nov. 12. Marchant and Patrick Javonovich are both c...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A parole absconder has been arrested after a Wichita chase ended in a crash. The Wichita Eagle reports that 26-year-old Brian James Scovel drove off Friday when authorities attempted to arrest him. Police say he ran a stop s...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Newly unsealed court documents say a Wichita sex offender paid a teenage girl to find young girls he could pay for sex. The Wichita Eagle reports that the records released Friday say 38-year-old Long Van was arrested in July a...

(THE CONVERSATION) Many of the public school gifted and talented programs that serve high-ability students don’t reflect the diversity of their communities. New York City, with roughly 1.1 million students, is an extreme example. While roughly 4 i...

NEW YORK (AP) — Five scientists have won prestigious medical awards for creating an innovative breast cancer treatment and discovering key players of the disease-fighting immune system. They will share two $250,000 awards from the Lasker F...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas and Missouri affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union have sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons on behalf of an inmate they claim could die without a drug used to treat his opioid addiction. After an emergency h...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas farmers have begun planting their next year's winter wheat crops. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that 1% of the winter wheat has now been planted in Kansas. That is near the average for t...

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — Former Kansas Lt. Governor Tracey Mann says he plans to run for the state's 1st District seat in Congress. Mann, who was lieutenant governor for former Gov. Jeff Colyer, announced his candidacy on Monday. The announcement comes t...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Discount retail and pharmacy chain Fred's Inc. is filing for bankruptcy and closing its stores over the next two months. The Memphis, Tennessee-based company said in a statement Monday that it has filed for chapter 11 b...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats pressed President Donald Trump on Monday to intervene with Senate Republicans and demand passage of a bipartisan bill to expand background checks for gun purchases. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate M...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Public schools in Rockford, Illinois are operating without internet, telephone or computer systems that track student attendance because of a ransomware attack. The Register Star reports Rockford Public Schools first e...