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PARIS (AP) — Thousands of French investors are hoping to recover some of the money they lost in an alleged pyramid scheme when a collection of rare manuscripts goes up for auction starting next month. The 130,000-piece collection has been e...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Congress on Tuesday he never lied under oath about Russian interference in the 2016 election and said sleep deprivation and the "chaos" of the Trump campaign clouded his recollections o...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe was on edge Tuesday as armored personnel carriers were seen outside the capital a day after the army commander threatened to "step in" to calm political tensions over the president's firing of his deputy, and the r...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa police blockaded a neighborhood and searched with a SWAT team and dogs for a possible serial killer Tuesday after a fourth person was shot dead for no apparent reason. Residents of the Seminole Heights neighborhood r...

In his travels across Asia, President Donald Trump offered himself as a sharp break from presidents past. He pushed regional leaders to reshape trade deals to America's liking, opted against spotlighting human rights abuses and cranked up pressure...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions voiced no skepticism Tuesday of accounts by women accusing Roy Moore of groping or pursuing romantic relationships with them when they were teens, and hinted the Justice Department might look into a...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers submitted legal amendments Tuesday that would allow the government to register international media outlets as foreign agents, a retaliatory move to a demand the U.S. made to a Russian TV channel. The amendments, w...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans on Tuesday projected confidence about delivering on an overhaul of the nation's tax code with President Donald Trump planning an in-person appeal to lawmakers ahead of a crucial House vote this week. "...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Four North Korean soldiers fired about 40 rounds at a comrade fleeing into South Korea and hit him five times in the first shooting at the jointly controlled area of the heavily fortified border in more than 30 years, the S...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Two Oklahoma parents will spend the rest of their lives in prison after being convicted of child neglect for allowing their four children to live in filthy conditions. The Tulsa World reports that 24-year-old Aislyn Miller and 2...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's legislative leaders are unveiling bills to cut funding to most state agencies and use cash reserves to finish plugging a budget hole after lawmakers failed to pass a broad package of tax increases. A series of bills w...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has joined more than 40 other state attorneys general in asking Congress to repeal a law they say is "a step backward" in attempts to prevent opioid addiction and overdose deaths. A letter s...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Democrats were hoping to maintain their recent momentum as polls opened Tuesday for special elections to fill two vacant seats in Oklahoma Senate and one in the state House that had been held by Republicans. It won't be easy. O...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Police in Tulsa have arrested two people accused of driving a stolen SUV through three stores and stealing almost a dozen AR-15 rifles. Investigators allege 43-year-old Anthony Martinez and 37-year-old Shannon Fryman drove t...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say a suspect is in custody after a 42-year-old Wichita woman was found dead in her home. Police Lt. Todd Ojile says the woman's body was found early Tuesday. The suspect was arrested in Olathe. Officers had been sent t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An interim legislative committee in Kansas is struggling to agree on where funding should come from to extend the life of the state's water resources. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the joint Special Committee on N...

PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a Missouri man after OnStar technology was used to disable a car that was reported stolen from a Kansas home. The Crawford County Sheriff's Department says in a news release that the 2016 Chevy M...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State University and residents of Manhattan are planning a walk and rally to reject discrimination on the university campus. All classes from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. will be cancelled for Tuesday's K-State Unity Walk and a r...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Health officials in the Lawrence area are starting a task force to examine increasing the minimum age at which people can legally buy cigarettes from 18 to 21. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the Lawrence Tobacco 21 T...

ATLANTA (AP) — A legal advocacy group says a proposed $3 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against a suspended Georgia sheriff who also faces criminal charges over a drug search at a high school. The Southern Center for Human Rights i...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A Santa Fe High School student arrested for a letter that described plans for a school shooting will remain in custody until his trial. The Albuquerque Journal reports that the teenager was ordered Tuesday to stay in a youth d...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman who alleged she was discriminated against for telling a colleague that she would pray for him says the matter has been settled. Toni Richardson, a special education technician for the Augusta School Department, s...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say administrators at a Florida junior high school found a gun and ammunition in a student's backpack. A Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office news release says the 14-year-old boy was arrested Monday at Webb Middle S...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Facebook is going much bigger with an under-construction data center in New Mexico, announcing plans Tuesday to build another four buildings and boost its total investment to more than $1 billion. Gov. Susana Martinez j...

LONDON (AP) — Oil will continue growing as a source of energy for over two decades, with the U.S. set to become the undisputed leader in crude and gas production, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. The report from the Paris-based agency w...