WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Lucky motorists are being pulled over by Wichita police officers and handed $50 gift cards instead of citations. The gift giving is part of a community-relations project launched by the city's police department, according to t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — While Republican Gov. Sam Brownback argues that Kansas should adopt a new approach to funding its public schools, educators want lawmakers to return to a familiar, per-student formula for distributing state dollars. Brownback h...

KINGMAN, Kan. (AP) — Two wind farms in central Kansas are now online and supplying electricity to Westar Energy. The farms came online within the last two weeks, even though a civil lawsuit seeking an injunction against one of them is still p...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — One of five people charged in the stabbing death of a Wichita man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. KAKE-TV (http://bit.ly/2hYvFmu ) reports that Diego Olivas was sentenced Wednesday for second-degree murder and k...

The email to a group that promotes diversity in northwestern Montana warned that white supremacists would encircle the advocacy organization's office and end with someone "swinging by a rope from the nearest lamp post." "Those days are not far off...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Emily Dye walked down the echoing white hallway and into a dim room known as "the vault." The evidence was wrapped in plastic. She checked it out and placed it into a steel lockbox. New drugs were appearing every other week in t...

GENEVA (AP) — Final test results confirm an experimental Ebola vaccine is highly effective, a major milestone that could help prevent the spread of outbreaks like the one that killed thousands in West Africa. Scientists have struggled to develop a...

PEA RIDGE, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas school district violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by removing some students until they were tested for HIV, the U.S. Justice Department says. The Pea Ridge School District removed three students, all f...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University has landed a federal grant for the design, permitting and construction of an advanced wave energy test facility. The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports (http://bit.ly/2hXdX0f ) that the U.S. Department o...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A half-eaten peanut butter and jelly sandwich found at the scene led Wyoming police to arrest a burglary suspect. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/2hZsgUt ) that Zachery Munoz has pleaded not guilty to three c...

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman is being allowed to keep her 6-foot-long pet alligator at home following a fight with state wildlife officials over the growing size of the reptile. A spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation C...

CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (AP) — Clothes all over the house, milk left out of the fridge, loud gatherings with friends. These are some of a Maine dad's complaints about his college daughter being home for Christmas. Dan Howard, of Cape Elizabeth, p...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A Canadian woman who authorities say managed to hide her 4-year-old pet cat Bella in her handbag during a trans-Pacific flight had her vacation cut short when border agents discovered the ruse at a New Zealand a...

WATERLOO, Ill. (AP) — Santa Claus was arrested in southern Illinois — but not in front of kids. Authorities say Cody Alexander, a federal fugitive, was discovered portraying Santa outside a business in Waterloo on Monday night. He's been wanted sin...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico regulators have approved restarting normal operations at the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, a major step for U.S. officials aiming to reopen the facility nearly three years after a radiation l...

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Ximena Molina isn't your average Harry Potter fan. She has seen all the movies, knows all the characters and can tell you every fact. The 16-year-old's eyes light up when she talks about the characters in the books and the m...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Don't cut that umbilical cord too soon: A brief pause after birth could benefit most newborns by delivering them a surge of oxygen-rich blood. New recommendations for U.S. obstetricians, the latest in a debate over how quick to snip...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Department of Defense is providing $80 million to establish a bio-research and manufacturing institute in Manchester, New Hampshire, to develop transplant tissues and organs for injured American soldiers and other patients. T...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government scientists say they're seeing the emergence of a new class of deadly drugs built to mimic the potent prescription painkiller fentanyl. What you need to know: ___ DOZENS OF VARIANTS The U.S. Drug Enforcement A...

CLAY CENTER, Neb. (AP) — A recent report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says a federal livestock research facility near Clay Center should improve oversight of animal welfare and be more transparent with its research. The Lincoln Journal S...

PHOENIX (AP) — A fleet of self-driving Uber cars left for Arizona on Thursday after they were banned from California roads over safety concerns. The announcement came after Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey took to social media on Wednesday and Thursday t...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Jurors on Wednesday recommended a death sentence for a California sex offender who abducted and killed four women over six months while wearing an electronic monitoring device. A judge will make the final decision Feb. 3 a...

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon made a tearful public apology Friday, more than two years after punching a woman and breaking bones in her face. As Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops looked on, Mixon spoke at a news conference Friday a...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A sexual harassment complaint against a Republican state lawmaker was settled without the representative's knowledge or input, attorneys for the Oklahoma House said Friday. The former legislative assistant to Rep. Dan Kirby of T...

MOORELAND, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says several earthquakes have struck northern Oklahoma, including one with a preliminary magnitude of 3.5. No injuries or damage are reported from the quakes that occurred Friday afternoon near M...