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IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq's military prepared Saturday to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region. The move is part of the central government's stepped-up efforts to isolate the Kurds following their vote on i...

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old student has died after falling from the top of a stadium at the end of a high school football game in Oklahoma. Officer James Koch of the Broken Arrow Police Department said viaemail S...

NEOSHO, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri police officer has been cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a man during a traffic stop. The Joplin Globe reports that Newton County's prosecuting attorney on Friday announced that no charges will b...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Hundreds of Wichita residents have received bills that mistakenly doubled what they owed for water and sewer services. KWCH-TV reports that the city has confirmed that about 1,400 residents received the bills with the e...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators are debating how much the decision to house more inmates two-to-a-cell has fueled unrest at state prisons in recent months, and some worry about Department of Corrections plans to open a new prison with a m...

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — A 65-year-old southeastern Kansas woman has died after being assaulted and set on fire along with two police officers. The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said Sharon Horn of Baxter Springs died Saturday morning at a S...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is about two months into issuing new driver's licenses that comply with the federal Real ID Act, but some residents aren't bringing the right documents. Starting Oct. 1, 2020, residents who use their driver's licenses t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 60-year-old Kansas woman missing since Wednesday has been found dead, and police say there is no evidence of foul play. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that officials with the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office found the body o...

SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman's lawsuit claims she underwent a complex surgery at the University of Kansas Hospital for a cancer diagnosis that proved to be wrong, but she was never told of the mistake. The Kansas City Star reports that W...

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Students attending schools affiliated with Toledo's Catholic diocese could face discipline for kneeling during the national anthem or Pledge of Allegiance. The Blade reports the director of religious reformation at Toledo's C...

COCODRIE, La. (AP) — Researchers headed by a Louisiana consortium have received nearly $5 million to keep studying the effects of the 2010 oil spill on southeastern Louisiana marsh ecosystems. The state board of Regents said in a news release F...

PORT ARANSAS, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a sea turtle carrying an oceanographer's ashes to sea (all times local): 8 p.m. A rescued green sea turtle named Picasso has been released back into the Gulf of Mexico, carrying the ashes of a self-taught T...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A business innovation center in downtown Las Vegas hosted a training program that aimed to teach cybersecurity skills to people who are homeless. The business incubator RedFlint partnered with a workforce development program last w...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With a whirling buzz from 18 rotors, the pilotless helicopter gently lifted off the ground and soared up into the afternoon sky, the spire of the world's tallest building visible behind it. The recent unmanned f...

LIVINGSTON, Mont. (AP) — Paradise Valley, meet Silicon Valley. Jeff Reed has made his living in technology including serving as chief technology officer of Arrow Electronics, a company that makes many of the electronics that run our various gadgets a...

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — Residents of a quiet town in southwest Ohio swear they're not seeing things when they tell people monkeys are on the loose in their neighborhood. WLWT-TV reports residents in Lebanon, a city about 30 miles (48 kilometers) n...

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — A Welsh rugby player had an unusual reason for missing a big game in South Africa: A lion bit his hand. Scott Baldwin was taken to the hospital to receive stitches and treatment against infection after ignoring i...

WEATHERFORD, OKLA.- The East Central University football team fell to Southwestern Oklahoma State in a high-scoring back-and-forth battle in Great American Conference action at Milam Stadium. The Tigers (1-4, 1-4 GAC) saw a career performance from...

LEWISVILLE, Texas – (Full Results) Oklahoma Baptist women's swimming took first in the 400-yard freestyle relay at the North Texas Relays Friday night. Victoria Fonville, Tammy Price, Celina Marquez and Miriam Avila took the event in 3:31.64, d...

HAYS, Kan. – Oklahoma Baptist men's soccer closed out their trip to Hays, Kansas, with a neutral site victory, 3-1, over the University of Mary on Saturday morning at the Fort Hays State Soccer Stadium. It's the Bison's second win in four outings d...

BETHANY, Okla. – Despite a trio of hitters with double-digit kill outings, Southeastern found itself on the short end of a 3-1 final score against Southern Nazarene on Saturday afternoon in Bethany, Okla. The loss drops the Savage Storm to 5-12 o...

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — It's time to call 2017 what it's been so far for Southern Nazarene; a season of firsts. In just five games, not even the halfway point of the season, SNU has already surpassed its win total of any previous season since it s...

BETHANY, Okla. — Kylie Smith had a career-high 53 assists to go with 15 digs and two kills for Southern Nazarene in a 3-1 (25-23, 19-25, 25-23, 25-21) win over Southeastern Oklahoma State Saturday afternoon. Smith recorded the fourth most assists i...

WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Football erupted for 34 second-half points, overcoming an early 10-point deficit to defeat East Central 48-37 in a back-and-forth battle on Parents Day at ASAP Energy Field. ECU scored the first 10 points of the game, t...

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Mason Rudolph kept No. 15 Oklahoma State from having to worry about another go-ahead field goal try from shaky kicker Matt Ammendola. The Cowboys quarterback ran 16 yards for the go-ahead touchdown in the final two minutes a...