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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — President Donald Trump celebrated the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court at a rally in Kansas on Saturday, condemning Democrats for what he called a "shameless campaign of political and personal destruction" a...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican incumbent and his Democratic challenger for Kansas' 4th Congressional District exchanged barbs and attacked the character of the other in their first debate of the general election. The Wichita Eagle , which sponso...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. (AP) — The controversial issue of whether to expand Medicaid in Kansas has been revived after the announcement that another hospital in a small town will close by the end of the year. Officials announced Monday that the 46-bed F...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a man's conviction in the drive-by shooting of a woman who had just been married. The court said Friday that the Shawnee County District Attorney's office made three errors in the case a...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Police say a decomposing body has been found in the basement of a Hutchinson home after the tenant complained about a bad smell. The Hutchinson News reports the body was found Thursday evening. It was determined to be a m...

SELLS, Ariz. (AP) — A Native American tribe in southern Arizona says structural engineers are keeping an eye on an earthen dam that so far has remained intact despite concern about storm runoff. The Tohono O'odham (TOH'-oh-no OH'-tum) Indian N...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) One of the 2018 Nobel Prizes in physics went to Donna Strickland, a major accomplishment for any scientist. Yet much...

NEWRY, Maine (AP) — Baseball's fall classic focuses on an American pastime. A Maine ski resort has its own fall classic based on a Finnish tradition. More than 30 teams from Maine to California participated Saturday in the North American Wife C...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday night as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual misconduct and judicial temperament that shattered the Senate, captivated the nation and ushered in a...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish investigators believe a prominent Saudi journalist who contributed to The Washington Post was killed in "a preplanned murder" at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, the Post reported Saturday night, citing two anonymous o...

TOKYO (AP) — America's top diplomat left Tokyo for Pyongyang on Sunday after pledging that the U.S. will coordinate with allies Japan and South Korea on efforts to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. On the eve of his fourth visit to...

LONDON (AP) — Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments after being sold for 1.04 million pounds ($1.4 million). In an Instagram post Saturday, B...

Are America's employers at risk of running out of skilled people to hire? The U.S. economy has become a seemingly perpetual job-generating machine, having steadily added workers for nearly eight years. Even with the unemployment rate now at 3.7 perce...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump misrepresented the testimony of his Supreme Court nominee's chief accuser in a mocking turn on a rally stage over the past week as campaign politics and the pitched struggle over Brett Kavanaugh's fate p...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas pecan growers are about to find out what the front line of an international trade war is like. The Austin American-Statesman reports the 2018 harvest is gearing up amid widespread anxiety over the price of the official T...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Bob Jones came to Tulsa in 1954 to oversee design work for the new Civic Center, a radically modern project that attracted national and even international attention. A German publication declared it one of the "top a...

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — While several historic figures are known for executing justice from Fort Smith, one is known for making trips into the town for her illegal actions. Belle Starr, dubbed the "Bandit Queen" in 19th century pulp novels and n...

WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Rollin Kinsaul posted his first-career 300-yard passing outing to fuel Southeastern to a 31-20 road victory over Southwestern Oklahoma State on Saturday afternoon in Weatherford, Okla. The win is the third-straight for the S...

OKLAHOMA CITY (Oct. 6, 2018) – Oklahoma Christian's recent surge of soccer success continued for about a half-hour into its match Saturday afternoon with No. 4-ranked Midwestern State (Texas), but it went downhill for the Eagles after that. After O...

CLAREMORE, Okla. – The Rogers State men's soccer team scored in the opening minutes and held on for a 1-1 draw against St. Mary's on Saturday (Oct. 6) night after a long weather delay at Soldier Field. The Hillcats (6-4-2, 4-2-2 Heartland Conference)...

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Bryan Allen racked up 131 yards and a touchdown, Terrez Hampton hauled in five passes for 102 yards, and KJ Reid notched 16 tackles, but the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys football team (2-4) was unable to overcome turnovers and t...

SEARCY – No. 19 Harding had two 14-play drives in the second half Saturday against No. 6 Ouachita Baptist. The Bisons needed a touchdown on either but came up empty on both. Harding fumbled at the Ouachita 6 on the first drive and threw an i...

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – A week after allowing a season-high 45 points and over 550 total yards, the Mulerider defense recorded 13 tackles for loss, including three sacks, and forced a pair of fourth-quarter turnovers, while allowing only 256 total yards o...

MCLOUD, Okla. (AP) — Authorities in Oklahoma are investigating after a 16-year-old girl was fatally shot at a home. McLoud Police Chief Tom Pringle says Kaylen Thomas was shot in the head Friday at a home in the city about 30 miles (48 kilometers) e...

Texas has been losing the type of game it won on Saturday for nearly a decade. The Longhorns since 2009 had mastered the excruciatingly painful loss as they tried to find their way back (that word!) to being nationally relevant and a legitimate...