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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Virgin Galactic test flight Saturday ended prematurely as the spacecraft's rocket motor failed to ignite and it then glided down safely to its landing site in southern New Mexico. The spacecraft's engine is supposed to igni...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a deadly shooting in Kansas City, Kansas. Police said officers responded around 5:30 a.m. Saturday and found a man in his late 20s dead inside a vehicle with apparent gunshot wounds. The name o...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Hundreds of students and staff members in Kansas' largest school district have contracted the coronavirus as the pandemic surges. Data released Friday shows that cases among staff in the Wichita school district increased to 7...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The first doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine are expected as soon in Oklahoma during the coming week, perhaps by Wednesday, the Oklahoma State Department of Health said following emergency approval of the vaccine by the F...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Native American tribe is seeking the return of a prayer rock that was transformed into a monument honoring Kansas settler. Before the Kaw people were forcibly moved from Kansas to what is now Oklahoma in 1873, they held c...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Flagstaff is suing a Canadian energy company to try to block drilling of a well the company plans near ranch land the city bought in 2005 to secure its underground water supply. The city announced Friday that it is seeking a...

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ruled that there wasn't enough evidence to put a former Mesa police officer on trial for shooting an unarmed man in the buttocks outside a sports bar in the Phoenix suburb. The judge on Friday dismissed the charge a...

PHOENIX (AP) — This is the first winter in five years that Steve Monk and his wife, Linda, haven't driven to Arizona from their home in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. They typically leave Canada to hunker down in warmer climates for six months. They c...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — When the 20 Pennsylvania loyalists selected by President-elect Joe Biden gather to cast their electoral vote ballots on Monday, it will be a big step toward leaving behind the chaos of the election and its aftermath. The c...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Astronauts on the International Space Station can get a taste of home with the help of produce cultivation systems developed by scientists working in Madison. About 250 employees of the Nevada-based aerospace company Sierra N...

LONDON (AP) — Banksy's latest mural has delayed a homeowner's plans to sell in England after it recently appeared on the house's exterior wall. The elusive British street artist's piece — titled "Aachoo!!" — depicts an elderly woman sneezing, sendi...

NEW YORK (AP) — Charley Pride, country music's first Black superstar whose rich baritone on such hits as "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. H...

Brister, better known by his online persona OtisSwagg, is a social media influencer living in an admittedly not-so-tech-savvy area. This surprises his ever-growing fan base. "Nobody thought I was from Greenwood. They thought I was from Los Angeles...

WACO, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma State receiver Dillon Stoner got behind the secondary on the second play of the game and caught the ball in stride. The tone was quickly set for the Cowboys. That 75-yard catch-and-run was the first of Stoner's three t...

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — Federal wildlife managers are considering offering permits to landowners in the Permian Basin that environmentalists say could further compromise habitat for a rare lizard found only in parts of southeastern New Mexico and W...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Police have arrested a woman in connection with the death of a man whose body was found south of downtown Topeka on Sunday. Topeka Police said the man's death was suspicious but they didn't release details about how he died. T...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials reported 4,332 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases Sunday, and 22 more deaths linked to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The Oklahoma State Department of Health said the new counts bring the s...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas residents who need a place to isolate themselves after being exposed to or testing positive for COVID-19 may be able to stay for free in a hotel rented out by the state with help from the federal government. The goal of t...

GOULD, Colo. (AP) — Stunned by unprecedented megafires, Colorado is embracing logging — mowing holes up to 140 acres in beetle-infested lodgepole pines — in an effort to revive out-of-balance forests. This for-profit mechanized tree-cutting, conce...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — El Paso residents have elected a new mayor, handing a defeat to incumbent Mayor Dee Margo in favor of his predecessor, Oscar Leeser, in a runoff race defined by the city's coronavirus crisis. Leeser, who was mayor of the West T...

For the past 27 years, the husband-and-wife owners of the Water Street Cafe have worked to make their restaurant a beloved establishment in the seaside borough of Stonington, Connecticut. But less than a year after the coronavirus hit, they're just...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump offered a new rationale Sunday for threatening to veto the annual defense policy bill that covers the military's budget for equipment and pay raises for service members: China. He did not specify his c...

McCORMICK, S.C. (AP) — A school in rural South Carolina that has spent recent years trying to get at-risk teens back on the right track has been changed into a special governor's school focusing on agriculture and modern farming. Gov. Henry M...

NEW YORK (AP) — The storied 21 Club in midtown Manhattan, a favorite of celebrities and the power elite for nine decades, is closing indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the owners are optimistic about reopening at some point. The r...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — This fall, Jason Thoms didn't want to see the coronavirus take one more thing from his enjoyment or his livelihood. School performances and professional gigs were drying up during the pandemic for the professional singer and m...