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This new Oklahoma executive order narrowly defines ‘woman’

By Adam Kemp

The order, which along with government agencies applies to schools and state institutions, stipulates definitions for certain terms, like “man,” "boy," "woman," "girl," "father" and "mother.”…

Kansas prosecutor says material seized in police raid of Marion County newspaper should be returned

By John Hanna, Associated Press

Even without computers, cellphones and other equipment taken in the raid, the new edition of the Marion County Record made it to newsstands Wednesday after a frenzied scramble.

North Korea says U.S. soldier Travis King who crossed border was disillusioned with American inequality

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

The soldier's family said his mother is appealing to North Korea to treat her son humanely.

Maui wildfire death toll rises to 106 as teams search to find and identify the dead

By Clare Rush, Associated Press / Report for America, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Christopher Weber, Associated Press

With the death toll already at 106, a mobile morgue with coroners, pathologists and technicians arrived in Hawaii on Tuesday to help with the grim task of sorting through remains.

Videos of downed power lines before deadly Maui wildfire raise questions about how it started

By Michael Biesecker, Bernard Condon, Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press

Hawaiian Electric Co. faces criticism for not shutting off the power amid high wind warnings and keeping it on even as dozens of poles began to topple.

Colorado River water cuts will ease in 2024, despite long-term challenges

By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

Years of overuse by farms and cities, and the effects of drought worsened by climate change has meant much less water flows today through the Colorado River than in previous decades.

Mother pleads guilty to felony child neglect after 6-year-old son used her gun to shoot teacher

By Ben Finley, Denise Lavoie, Associated Press

The January shooting shocked the nation and roiled this shipbuilding city near the Chesapeake Bay.

Death toll rises to 99 in Maui wildfires as teams intensify search

By Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Christopher Weber, Associated Press

The wildfires, some of which have not yet been fully contained, are already the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century. Their cause was under investigation.