Residents of Moore, OK sort through what's left of their homes MOORE, Ok. -- Clint and Evva King are among the thousands of storm survivors who woke up to more bad news Thursday morning.  Instead of getting back into their tornado-ravaged homes, they would be waiting on the rain. "We're getting all the ...

Many Arkansas colleges set to raise tuition fees FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Many Arkansas college students will see a hike in tuition next year. Officials said Thursday that the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees approved a 3.5 percent increase in tuition and fees at the Fayetteville campus beginning ...

Fighter jet clips power lines over Stockton Lake STOCKTON LAKE, MO. - Whiteman Air Force Base confirms two of it's A-10 "Warthog" fighter jets were doing routine training flights over Stockton Lake on Wednesday.  One of those jets clipped two power lines spanning the lake.Boaters like Andrew Strange and ...

Salem's Phineas the dog moved again; family visits canine SALEM, Mo. -- The dog at the center of outrage on social media in the Ozarks has a new home. This week, a judge ordered Phineas the dog moved to a veterinarian's office in Salem, Missouri.  The dog had been under watch ...

Carnival worker accused of stabbing co-worker at fairground in eastern Missouri TROY, Mo. (AP) — One carnival worker is badly injured and another in jail following an altercation in eastern Missouri. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/16VCnys ) reports that 25-year-old Clint Carelse of South Africa allegedly got into a fight with the ...

Arkansas' 2 largest university systems opting out of allowing concealed handguns on campus LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' two largest university systems are opting out of a new state law allowing faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on campus. The University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University boards on Thursday voted unanimously ...

Earthquake hits Russia's Far East
MOSCOW (AP) — A powerful earthquake has hit Russia's Far East with slight tremors spreading westwards as far as Moscow.

Kenyan police clear truckers blocking east Africa's main trade route
By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA (Reuters) - Kenyan police cleared the only highway from the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi on Thursday, two days after striking truck drivers blocked it and threatened to choke the main trade artery in east Africa. Some 95 percent of all cargo arriving through Mombasa is ferried to its final destination by road, with lorries the main mode of transport. Most of the goods end up in Uganda and Congo, with the rest going to Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan and even Somalia. ...

UN aid chief says Sudanese rebels obstructing aid deal
By Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese insurgents are obstructing a deal to deliver much-needed aid into areas under their control in two Sudanese states where almost a million people have been forced from their homes, the U.N. aid chief said on Thursday. The United Nations has been trying to get aid into South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, where Sudan's army has been fighting the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-North) for almost two years. ...

South Sudan says war crimes court persecutes Africans
By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said on Thursday his country would never become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying it appeared to be preoccupied with prosecuting African leaders. "It seems that this thing has been meant for African leaders, that they have to be humiliated...we never accept it," Kiir told reporters, referring to the Hague-based tribunal. ...

Around 10 injured in Guinea opposition protest: hospital source
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Ten people were injured when security forces and supporters of Guinea President Alpha Conde clashed with protesters marching in the capital against planned legislative elections on Thursday, a hospital source said. The opposition accuses Conde of attempting to rig the long-delayed polls due to take place on June 30. Conde took office in 2010 following the first democratic transfer of power in the mineral-rich nation since independence in 1958. ...