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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man has admitted to strangling and killing an 18-year-old Osawatomie woman at a Topeka motel in July 2016. Clarence James Foy, 29, pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder for the death of Sarah Cheyenne Crawford. She w... Full story

GARDEN CITY, Kan. (AP) — A former Garden City police officer was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for sex crimes involving a minor child. Douglas Heit, 50, won't be eligible for parole for 25 years. The Kansas Attorney General's Office said H...

OSAWATOMIE, Kan. (AP) — One of Kansas' two state mental hospitals is again at risk of losing Medicare funds. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that patient care problems at Adair Acute Care — located inside Osawatomie Sta...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for severely beating a woman in 2016 after she refused to have sex with him and then leaving her to die in a wooded area. Korrey Raine White Rinke, 26, won't be eligible f...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A retired city clerk has been ordered to pay more than $150,000 in restitution for embezzling from the Kansas town where she worked for nearly 40 years. The U.S. attorney's office says 70-year-old Carole Sue Coker also was s...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The trial of Parkland school shooting defendant Nikolas Cruz was delayed Thursday until at least next summer, when he will face a death penalty case stemming from the February 2018 massacre that left 17 people dead. Browa...

MOSCOW (AP) — The presidents of Belarus and Russia met Friday to discuss deeper economic ties between the two close allies amid mounting concerns in the Belarusian capital of Minsk that Moscow ultimately wants to subdue its neighbor. The meeting i... Full story

BAGHDAD (AP) — With wisps of smoke still rising from the remnants of another night of violence, the workers came in the morning to salvage what merchandise they could from the torched warehouses in Baghdad's central commercial district. Boxes upon bo... Full story

Stocks were mixed in early trading in Asia on Friday after Wall Street posted more record highs, extending the market's gains for the week. Japan's Nikkei 225 index edged 0.2% lower to 23,809.33, while the Kospi in Seoul was almost unchanged, at...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The financial sector, blamed by progressives for spawning the 2008 economic collapse, is lining up behind Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign. The mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has collected more campaign cash from donors and p...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge has struck down part of a law that allows agriculture groups to name representatives to the state Plant Board. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza issued the r...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) From climate change to omnipresent plastic waste, 2019 delivered a lot of discouraging environmental news. Several...

Health officials now blame vitamin E acetate for the "vast majority" of cases in the U.S. outbreak of vaping illnesses and they say doctors should monitor patients more closely after they go home from the hospital. The Centers for Disease Control...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 8 million people have signed up for coverage next year under former President Barack Obama's health care law, the government said Friday, a sign of continued demand for the program amid persistent uncertainty over its f...

A Utah woman has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a biological agent of mass destruction, though police said she had only enough of it to affect one person. Janie Lynn Ridd, 50, bought the unspecified biological agent online, and "gave...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In the background of a powerful photo of 15 black medical students from Tulane University is a slave cabin. In the foreground stand the students, wearing the white lab coats that tell observers they're members of a highly trained a... Full story

NEW YORK (AP) — Would you put down that bag of chips if you saw it had 170 calories? What if the label said it would take 16 minutes of running to burn off those calories? Health experts for years have pushed for clearer food labeling to empower peop...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia could be the first state to test multiple proposals from President Donald Trump that would dramatically change the market for insurance under the health care overhaul passed by his predecessor. Supporters say the proposed c...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump celebrated on Friday the launch of Space Force, the first new military service in more than 70 years. In signing the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act that includes Space Force, Trump claimed a v...

BALTIMORE (AP) — The city of Baltimore will be monitored by surveillance airplanes for up to six months next year under a pilot program announced Friday that is aimed at helping law enforcement investigate violent crime and that will effectively r...

GENEVA (AP) — Chinese leaders have long been sensitive about their communist country's international image. Now, they are battling back — investing in diplomacy and a courtship of hearts and minds, just as the United States digs in on the Trump adm...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is closely watching North Korea for signs of a possible missile launch or nuclear test in the coming days that officials are referring to as a "Christmas surprise." A significant launch or test would mean the end of N...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing's new Starliner capsule ended up in the wrong orbit after lifting off on its first test flight Friday, a blow to the company's effort to launch astronauts for NASA next year. As the company scrambled to u...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Daryl Davies, University of Southern California; Joshua Silva, University of Southern California, and Terry David Church, University of...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a ruling hailed as an "immense victory for climate justice," the Netherlands' top court ruled Friday in favor of activists who have for years been seeking legal orders to force the Dutch government into cutting g...