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• Cooking with Kyle: Gingerbread treats for the holidays

  05-12-2016 23:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – This gingerbread is a holiday staple for me. It is adaptable as a fantastic dessert, makes great gifts as a loaf or dunking sticks and I love muffins from this recipe for breakfast! It’s easy, quick and delicious.
  Recipe:1/2 C sugar1/2C butter1 egg1 C molasses1/4c applesauce2 1/2 C flour1 1/2 t baking soda2 t ground cinnamon2 t ground ginger1 t ground clove1/2 t salt
  1 C fresh orange juice, warmedOptional:1 C Craisins3/4 C chopped nuts
  Cream together butter and sugar.
  
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• Know before you go: 2024 Olympic Trials at RIVERSPORT OKC

  25-04-2024 13:35 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The highly-anticipated Olympic Team Trials for canoe/kayak slalom and kayak cross are kicking off on April 26, and if you plan to attend, it's best to prepare ahead of time. Athletes and the mayor try OKC RIVERSPORT ahead of Olympic trialsThe canoe/kayak slalom qualifiers are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 26, and conclude at 1:30 p.m. The canoe/kayak slalom finals will be held on Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., followed by the kayak cros
  
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• Oklahoma City is ready for an event filled weekend

  25-04-2024 13:33 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — From Olympic trials to a memorial marathon, it is going to be a busy next couple of days in Oklahoma City.It all kicks off Thursday morning, and even with the chance of rain and storms, event leaders say that won't stop them.LOCAL NEWS: Fantasy football league loser wins big amid walk of shame
  "It's going to be a really exciting weekend for Oklahoma City," Mike Knopp, Executive Director of Riversport OKC said.Many say the perfect weekend doesn't exist, well Oklahoma
  
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• Golf, Pickleball and cooking classes: State audit reveals funds meant for emergency rent relief instead spent on entertainment

  25-04-2024 13:23 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma state audit released this week revealed a non-profit the state tasked with distributing thousands in federal Emergency Rent Assistance funds instead spent a large portion of the funds on personal things, including meals and entertainment.The entire audit report, released by State Auditor Cindy Byrd’s office on Tuesday, is very, very long.“It's probably 200 pages,” Byrd told News 4.She said that length is for a good reason. State auditor
  
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• Stock market today: Asian benchmarks mostly slide as investors focus on earnings

  25-04-2024 06:04 via kfor.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Thursday as investors awaited a flood of global earnings reports, including updates from U.S. tech companies known as the “Magnificent Seven.”Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 slid 1.4% in morning trading to 37,931.81. South Korea's Kospi dropped nearly 1.0% to 2,649.96. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.5% to 17,282.67, while the Shanghai Composite edged 0.2% higher, to 3,049.90.Trading was closed in Australia for a national holiday, Anzac Day
  
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• Baltimore claims ship that hit Key Bridge was 'unseaworthy,' accuses owners of negligence

  25-04-2024 02:53 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) – The city of Baltimore on Monday argued the owner and operator of the cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge should not be able to avoid liability, claiming the vessel was "unseaworthy" when it left the Baltimore port last month, according to new court filings.
  In the filings, attorneys for the city of Baltimore claimed the owner of the container ship Dali — Grace Ocean Private — and its operator — Synergy Marine Group — were "grossly
  
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• Kid Cudi cancels world tour after breaking foot at Coachella

  25-04-2024 02:43 via kfor.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Kid Cudi has canceled all shows for his planned "Insano World Tour" this summer after breaking his foot during Coachella last weekend.In an Instagram post Wednesday, the Grammy Award-winning artist said he sustained a fracture to his calcaneus, or heel bone, in a jump from the Sahara stage during his set at the festival on Sunday. He added that the injury will require surgery."We have to cancel the tour so I can focus on getting better to be out there in top shape
  
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• Photos: Yearling mountain lions rescued from dam's spillway

  25-04-2024 02:42 via kfor.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) — Two yearling mountain lions were saved from drowning on Friday at Vallecito Reservoir in Colorado, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Southwest Regional office.The agency said Mike Canterbury, the dam tender with Pine River Irrigation District, was going to release water from the reservoir down the spillway when he saw two young mountain lions trapped by the spillway's high walls.The spillway was too tall for the yearling mountain lions to escape.The spillway was to
  
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• WATCH: Barbers rush to save child from running into busy intersection

  25-04-2024 01:37 via kfor.com
  
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Two heroic Connecticut barbers came to the rescue last week after a child almost ran into busy East Hartford traffic.
  According to police, Osvaldo Lugo and Rafael Santana of Looks Sharp Barbershop were cutting customers' hair when they saw a child running in the street.The barber shop is located on the corner of Brown and Main, which is usually a busy spot with traffic from Pratt Whitney, Coca-Cola facilities, and an on-ramp to I-84."This corner right here is
  
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• 'I was shaking': OKC mother says school lost her child

  25-04-2024 01:23 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma City mother is criticizing her child's school for losing track of her and another student while they were in the school's care.Kily Keeling said she dropped off her eight-year-old daughter at John Glenn Elementary Tuesday morning, not expecting anything out of the ordinary.John Glenn Elementary {KFOR}She said that expectation was not met when she got a call from her daughter's school telling her she had been picked up by police and that Kee
  
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• State Superintendent tells school districts not to comply with new Title XI rules

  25-04-2024 01:20 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA (KFOR) - Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is pushing back on the Biden Administration telling school districts not to comply with the new Title XI regulations. The new rules would prohibit sex-based discrimination at government-funded schools. Walters argues the recent rule changes are illegal and unconstitutional. On Tuesday, he told all Oklahoma superintendents to not make any changes based on the new regulations.  Zumwalt: “I will not be resigning&rdquo
  
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• State Superintendent tells school districts not to comply with new Title IX rules

  25-04-2024 01:20 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA (KFOR) - Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is pushing back on the Biden Administration telling school districts not to comply with the new Title IX regulations. The new rules would prohibit sex-based discrimination at government-funded schools. Walters argues the recent rule changes are illegal and unconstitutional. On Tuesday, he told all Oklahoma superintendents to not make any changes based on the new regulations.  Zumwalt: “I will not be resigning&rdquo
  
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• Alleged stalker of Tik-Tok influencer arrested after being found outside her home

  25-04-2024 00:58 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A TikTok influencer is scared to live in her Oklahoma City apartment after several incidents involving a stalker within the last month.
  Richard Newman was arrested on April 10th and found to be the alleged stalker.
  "It was scary, I would get messages telling me they knew where I lived and to do whatever they say," said the victim.
  | MORE NEWS > Fifth suspect arrested in Texas County >KFOR concealed her name because she said there could be more arrests soon. Her
  
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• Oklahoma Senate votes to override governor's veto on domestic violence bill

  25-04-2024 00:57 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — On Wednesday, the Oklahoma Senate voted to override Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto after he rejected a bill that some believe would protect survivors of domestic violence."One of the areas that we are a top ten state and it's a terrible designation is in the number of domestic abuse survivors," said Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat (R-OKC).Oklahoma ranks first in the U.S. for domestic violence cases per capita, and third for domestic homicides.
  The Oklahoma Survivors
  
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• Man who stormed Capitol with Confederate flag, pepper sprayed officers sentenced to prison

  25-04-2024 00:27 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) -- A Kentucky man charged for using pepper spray against law enforcement officers and carrying a Confederate flag while storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced Monday to over two years in prison.Isreal James Easterday, 23, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and 500 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.Easterday traveled from Kentucky to
  
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• 'No place in our educational system': OK Senate passes bill prohibiting the use of corporal punishment on students with disabilities

  25-04-2024 00:02 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Despite a multitude of biblical reasoning to allow the use of corporal punishment on students with disabilities, the Senate has passed a proposal that would prohibit it.House Bill 1028, co-authored by Representative John Talley (R-Stillwater) and Senator Dave Rader (R-Tulsa), states, "School district personnel shall be prohibited from using corporal punishment on students identified with the most significant cognitive disabilities according to criteria established by the S
  
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• You can earn $1,000 for watching 'Star Wars' movies, but you need to meet a specific requirement

  24-04-2024 23:46 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – The operators of the personal-finance website FinanceBuzz are planning to pay someone $1,000 to watch the nine main films in the “Star Wars” franchise this May. There’s only one catch: You can’t give two bantha ticks about “Star Wars.”The gig, announced Monday, is being offered to a single candidate who — for whatever reason — has somehow never seen a single “Star Wars” film, watched a single “Star Wars” TV
  
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• WATCH: Bus driver fights off attack, crashes into OKC business

  24-04-2024 23:36 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Oklahoma City’s Public Transportation Department released video on Wednesday showing the attack on one of their EMBARK bus drivers.
  The assault happened on Saturday near N Western Avenue and West Britton Road. Police arrested 23-year-old Tihron Harrison after officers said he punched the driver several times, pulling him from the driver's seat while the bus was still moving.Tihron Harrison. Photo courtesy Oklahoma County Detention Center."The suspect asked to b
  
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• Fantasy football league loser wins big amid walk of shame

  24-04-2024 23:31 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) -The NBA season is long, but the walk of shame is longer. Just ask an Oklahoman who recently lost a bet and had to walk from Edmond to The Paycom Center."Everyone says tomorrow is going to be a bad day for me, but that's tomorrow," said Jimmy Quinn.LOCAL NEWS: Metro pastor receives Community Leadership Award from FBI
  Quinn came in last with his fantasy football league. As a punishment, he had to walk from Edmond to Downtown OKC. As the Thunder entered the playoffs, the group
  
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• Fifth suspect arrested in Texas County

  24-04-2024 22:39 via kfor.com
  
  TEXAS COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has made a fifth arrest in connection to the deaths of two Kansas women in Texas County.27-year-old Veronica Butler and 39-year-old Jillian Kelley reportedly went missing on March 30, and were later found dead in rural Texas County on April 14.Paul Grice. Photo courtesy OSBI.According to OSBI, 31-year-old Paul Grice was arrested and booked into the Texas County Jail on tow counts of first-degree murder, two counts of k
  
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• What's hotter than red-hot? New federal heat risk tool sets 'magenta' as most dangerous level

  24-04-2024 22:28 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget about red hot. A new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous conditions they may see this summer.The National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday — Earth Day — presented a new online heat risk system that combines meteorological and medical risk factors with a seven-day forecast that's simplified and color-coded for a warming world of worsening hea
  
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• Former HGTV star gets jail time for real estate fraud

  24-04-2024 21:49 via kfor.com
  
  (KRON) -- Charles "Todd" Hill, who starred on the HGTV show "Flip It to Win It," was sentenced to jail in California for committing real estate and financial fraud against 11 victims, prosecutors said."The show’s concept was that he bought dilapidated homes, fixed them up, and then sold them for a profit. Instead, Hill spent millions on overbudget remodels, laundered profits, and pocketed millions in fraudulently obtained money," the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office wrote.Last
  
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• Stock market today: Tesla cruises higher as most of Wall Street drifts in mixed trading

  24-04-2024 21:19 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Wednesday as Wall Street’s momentum eases following some sharp swerves.The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in late trading. Its two-day winning streak to start the week had erased nearly two-thirds of last week’s steep loss.The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 90 points, or 0.2%, as of 3 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.2% lower.
  Tesla cruised 10.8% higher after saying the night before that it would accelerate production
  
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• Missing Marine found after not reporting for duty, bank account emptied: NCIS

  24-04-2024 20:41 via kfor.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) — A Marine who was reported missing after he failed to report for duty and his bank account was reportedly emptied has been located, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) said Wednesday.
  Marine Corporal Charles Alex Benfield was reported missing from Southern California's Camp Pendleton last week. Prior to his disappearance, Benfield was detained in downtown San Diego for public intoxication and was later released on Sunday, April 14, from the McAlister Inst
  
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• Missing Marine contacted, NCIS says, but family still searching for him

  24-04-2024 20:41 via kfor.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) — A Marine who was reported missing after he failed to report for duty and his bank account was reportedly emptied has been contacted by law enforcement, but a group aiding in the search says his family still has not heard from him.Marine Corporal Charles Alex Benfield was reported missing from Southern California's Camp Pendleton last week. Prior to his disappearance, Benfield was detained in downtown San Diego for public intoxication and was later released on Sunday
  
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• Stock market today: Tesla soars as most of Wall Street drifts in mixed trading

  24-04-2024 20:14 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Wednesday, as Wall Street’s big week so far lets off the accelerator.The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in afternoon trading. Its two-day winning streak to start the week erased nearly two-thirds of last week’s steep loss.Airlines must pay you back for flight cancellations, major delays. How much will you get under new rule?The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 19 points, or 0.1%, as of 2:02 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite w
  
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• Airlines must pay you back for flight cancellations, major delays. How much will you get under new rule?

  24-04-2024 19:33 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Airlines will soon be required to pay you back if they cancel your flight, delay you, make major changes to the itinerary, or don't deliver your checked bags on time.
  The change was made official Wednesday when the Department of Transportation issued a final rule. "Passengers deserve to get their money back when an airline owes them — without headaches or haggling," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a written announcement of the new standards.Woman returns h
  
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• More than 1 in 4 US adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire: AARP study

  24-04-2024 19:19 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than one-quarter of U.S. adults over age 50 say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds.About 1 in 4 have no retirement savings, according to research released Wednesday by the organization that shows how a graying America is worrying more and more about how to make ends meet even as economists and policymakers say the U.S. economy has all but achieved a soft landing afte
  
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• Norman music festival set for 3 days of American vibes

  24-04-2024 19:01 via kfor.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) - The Norman Music Festival (NMF) a annual three-day American music festival is set to return to Norman this week.NMF is gearing up to encompass three full days of music and arts, with large attendance expected. Participants will experience indoor and outdoor venues with musicians performing throughout the days and nights.   What will happen to TikTok?Oklahomans seeking to experience the largest free music festival in Oklahoma can expect to hear independe
  
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• Police seek to identify man after $2K stolen from convenience store

  24-04-2024 18:22 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma City Police Department is looking to identify a man they say went behind a counter at a convenience store and stole cash.Authorities say the suspect (photo's below) went behind the counter while the clerk was distracted, and stole approximately $2,000 in cash.Woman returns home, husband still in Turks and Caicos facing ammo charge
  Alleged suspect of convenience store theftAlleged suspect of convenience store theft
  Police have also released a picture of the sus
  
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