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In the local news this morning:Drug abuse skyrockets in Oklahoma.A burn ban is issued for Creek County.Oklahoma ends FY-12 in the black.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa police are looking for a group of people who shot off fireworks directly at officers and a television news crew.Tulsa television…

In an exclusive report, NPR's Kelly McEvers visits the sites of the escalating U.S. airstrikes in Yemen. The air campaign has helped drive al-Qaida-linked fighters out of towns in southern Yemen. But residents say the civilian casualty toll has been high.

What leads a scientist to lie, cheat and falsify findings? In his book, Prize Fight:The Race and the Rivalry to be the First in Science, radiologist Morton Meyers digs up dirt on some major scientific discoveries. He discusses the bitter battles over recognition and reward that often take place behind closed doors.

Days after the Supreme Court's landmark decision on the health care law, lawyers say they're still teasing out the consequences in other areas of the law — including civil rights. That's because the ruling involves two federal powers that happen to be the backbone of most civil rights legislation.

The man who shot and killed black teenager Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 has been charged with second-degree murder. He says he acted in self defense. The case has ignited another national discussion about race relations.

The deal would involve swapping advertising and ends a contentious patent dispute launched by Yahoo three months ago.

This week physicists announced the discovery of the long-sought-after Higgs boson--or at least something that looks a lot like it. Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll explains why the tiny particle is so fundamental to our understanding of the universe, and why it took 50 years to find it.

The Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission’s Ed Fite doesn’t know for sure why this week has seen such an unusual number of river-related deaths in…