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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — As Nick Cantos slid on a sleek pair of glasses, a voice spoke out to him through his iPhone. "I see the George Mason statue," a woman's voice said. "It looks like a bronze statue, standing tall, with a scroll in his left hand." N...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is rethinking protection plans for sage grouse in six Western states after a U.S. court agreed with mining companies and others that the agency illegally created some safeguards in Nevada. The agency a...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts at the International Space Station will feast Thursday on pouches of Thanksgiving turkey. The three Americans, two Russians and one Italian will also rip into single-serving bags of mashed potatoes, candied yams...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The remains of a blazing meteorite that lit up the dark skies of the Arctic last week are believed scattered near a lake in northern Finland, amateur Finnish astronomers said Wednesday. The Ursa astronomical association s...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Continuing his role as animal advocate in chief, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Wednesday pardoned a 45-pound (20.41-kilogram) turkey that claims a connection to the "Mother of Thanksgiving." Sununu, a Republican, p...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Officials say high wind speeds tipped over nine semitrucks on a highway near the border of Wyoming and Colorado. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle newspaper reports that 60 mph (97 kph) winds toppled the vehicles Monday on Interstate 2...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police dog shown on video doing pushups with two officers is a big hit on the internet — and it's also intended as a public safety reminder. Al.com reports that Nitro is a 2-year-old Dutch Shepherd who joined the...

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts have arrested two men they say ran a prostitution ring out of an apartment at a senior living facility. Pittsfield police say 65-year-old Joseph Van Wert and 45-year-old Randy Lambach have been held w...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon woman whose inmate boyfriend died from a meth-laden kiss after a prison visit was sentenced to two years behind bars Tuesday on a drug conspiracy charge. Melissa Ann Blair and Anthony Powell shared a long kiss at t...

EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say they have arrested four teenagers in connection with last week's kidnapping of a 16-year-old Emporia boy. The Lyon County sheriff's office said in a news release Wednesday that deputies responded to Newman H...

Kansas Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer is taking the lead on writing a state budget proposal to submit to legislators when they return to Topeka in January as Gov. Sam Brownback prepares to leave office for a diplomatic post. A U.S. Senate committee has...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma appeals court on Wednesday tossed the life-without-parole sentence for a man convicted of raping an elderly woman, citing "alarming" prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments in the case. In its unanimous o...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A man accused of trying to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma City bank in August has been found mentally competent to face trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge Shon T. Erwin said Tuesday that J...

HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say the remains of a man and woman have been discovered in eastern Oklahoma. McIntosh County Sheriff Kevin Ledbetter says the bodies were discovered Tuesday afternoon by local residents. He says his office and t...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has released the cause of a crash that killed five students from Northeastern State University earlier this year. In a report issued Wednesday, investigators say the Sept. 17 wreck near Tahlequah w...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Baker Mayfield wasn't the only one to lose his captaincy after the Oklahoma quarterback's antics following last weekend's blowout victory over Kansas. Jayhawks coach David Beaty announced Tuesday that his captains — Dorance Arm...