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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Women's rights groups in Portugal have reacted angrily to a court decision that quoted the Bible and a 19th-century law in justifying a suspended sentence for a man convicted of assaulting his ex-wife with a bat because she a...

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump's criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has become a factor in the soldier's sentencing as a military judge weighs the president's impact on public perception of military justice. The judge deciding B...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Fears of a serial killer have police in Tampa escorting children to school in one neighborhood near downtown, and a city bus changed its usual route. Three people have been shot to death in the past two weeks within a 1-mile (...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has tossed another revenue bill passed by the Legislature as unconstitutional, making the state's current budget hole about $500,000 deeper. In a 6-3 decision on Tuesday, the court ruled the new r...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There was a feeling of familiarity at the Sprint Center on Tuesday. Down one hall walked the TCU trio of Vladimir Brodziansky, Ahmed Hamdy and Kenrich Williams, while the Baylor trio of Manu Lecomte, Jo Lual-Acuil Jr. and N...

NOWATA, Okla. (AP) — Court records show the estate of a man who was fatally shot in 2014 by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper has settled a lawsuit out of federal court for $175,000. Joshua Stand was shot by trooper Jerrod Martin after a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thousands of people are packing the Oklahoma Capitol to urge legislators to block pending cuts to health and social services programs. Demonstrators donned green hats and chanted "save our services" as they thronged the f...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa police have arrested two suspects in two separate fatal shootings, pushing the city's annual homicide count to 71. Sgt. Dave Walker says officers arrested 30-year-old Raymond Rivera Tuesday on a first-degree murder c...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The names of Confederate generals will be removed from three Oklahoma City elementary schools. Board members called for renaming the schools following violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, during a protest about the removal o...

ELKHART, Kan. (AP) — Kansas game wardens are asking for the public's help to find those who killed two antelope and left them to rot in southwest Kansas. Kansas Wildlife, Parks & Tourism officials say game wardens found the dead animals Saturday i...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Democratic candidate for Kansas governor whose 3-year-old grandson's body was found encased in concrete has joined the push to reform the state agency in charge of investigating child welfare complaints and administering the st...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man has pleaded guilty in the July 4, 2016 death of a pedestrian. Jason Patterson entered the plea Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter and driving under the influence. Patterson was charged in the death of 60-year-old T...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — BuzzFeed Inc. is suing Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and his office for refusing to release emails containing any of 30 terms that relate to immigration or the election. The lawsuit comes after a BuzzFeed reporter asked K...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Republican Party's chairman says he is running for secretary of state next year. Kelly Arnold's announcement Tuesday came months after the Wichita Republican began exploring the race for the state's top elections p...

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The parents of a Kansas teenager who vanished nearly 30 years ago hope a trial next month will provide clues about whether their son was murdered after he was last seen at a high school graduation party and if his d...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Officials with the city of Lawrence and Douglas County are raising concerns about a proposal to allow wastewater injection wells in the area. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that Midstates Energy Operating LLC filed permit a...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to a series of four Kansas City area bank robberies that netted around $25,000 over five months. The U.S. attorney's office says 57-year-old Tam Henry Holmes entered the plea Monday. Prosecutors say h...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department said Tuesday it will propose the largest oil and gas lease sale ever held in the United States — nearly 77 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Flo...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An American Indian activist and former U.S. congressional candidate in North Dakota accused of inciting a riot during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline says he'll seek to present a "necessity defense" — jus...

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — Three years ago, when crude prices still floated above $100 a barrel and the nation's oil fields were booming, Clint Concord could hire 20 new workers a day in the West Texas oil patch to meet the constant demand from his produc...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When global oil prices plunged three years ago, alarms went off in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's top producers. With the kingdom nearly entirely reliant on oil for income, a looming economic crisis threatened i...

HENRIETTA, N.Y. (AP) — A runaway garbage truck has slammed into the front of a New York gift shop named A Beautiful Mess, causing extensive damage. Owner Jeri Flack says he received a call from police on Monday informing her that a garbage truck r...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's long-awaited declaration that the opioid epidemic is a national emergency finally arrives this week, but some advocates are worried that it won't be backed with the money and commitment to make much d...

NEW YORK (AP) — Two years ago, George Green got stabbing pain and bad blisters around his right arm. It was the worst case of shingles his doctor had ever seen. "I said, 'Wait a minute, I had the vaccine! How come I got this?'" recalled Green, a 6...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico health officials are reporting the first confirmed flu cases of the season, including one death suspected of being related to the illness. The Health Department on Tuesday said the patients include an 82-year-old m...