MARRIAGE LICENSES Cale Wilkins Sherwood and Lauren Delaney Schalk

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents kept an arsenal of guns and said on social media that he would like to kill a “ton of people,” prosecutors said in arguing that 21-year-old Jack Teixeira should remain in jail for his trial.

(AP) — Obesity is a major and growing problem around the world, but especially in the U.S., where more than 40% of adults and about 20% of children now meet the criteria for what doctors say has become an intractable chronic disease.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. cigarette smoking dropped to another all-time low last year, with 1 in 9 adults saying they were current smokers, according to government survey data released Thursday. Meanwhile, electronic cigarette use rose, to about 1 in 17 adults.

Statewide contest winner

Magnus Conway, of Arapaho, won second place in the firstgrade category for the Oklahoma Oil and Natural Gas Coloring Contest that is open to all students in the state of Oklahoma. He was awarded a certificate of achievement and was able to meet with his state representative, Anthony Moore, at the State Capitol April 18.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas have enacted what may be the most sweeping transgender bathroom law in the U.S. overriding the Democratic governor’s veto of the measure without having a clear idea of how their new law will be enforced.

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