OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The body of a child found in Oklahoma earlier this month was positively identified as 4-year-old Athena Brownfield, who investigators said was beaten to death by a caregiver on Christmas. The…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five fired Memphis police officers were charged Thursday with murder and other crimes in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — They are now among the most powerful women in Congress. But when they were first elected in the 1990s, they were often overlooked, or even talked down to. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas,…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years. The dirty snowball last visited during Neanderthal times, according to NASA. It will come within 26 million miles of Earth…

The world has enough rare earth minerals and other critical raw materials to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to produce electricity and limit global warming, according to a new study that counters concerns…

Video released publicly Friday shows the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fighting for control of a hammer with his assailant during a brutal attack in the couple’s San Francisco home last year.…

LONDON (AP) — Police in London say a pop-up urinal has crushed a man to death in the city’s theater district.  Firefighters used a winch to free the man after he became trapped under a…

Vehicles collide Iola police officers said Jacob L. Montague was attempting to merge to an outside lane on State Street Tuesday when he sideswiped a car driven by Alexandria M. Steele, who was in his…

Convicted as follows: Orion C.J. Nicholas, Iola, disorderly conduct, pedestrian under the influence of alcohol, $435, probation ordered Anissa Y. Nixon, Iola, possessing drug paraphernalia, possessing of marijuana, $1,038.33, probation ordered

For years, the plains of Kansas has been among the largest sources of wind energy in the United States. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have lauded wind development in Kansas. But that has come with…