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• 15 dead, 10 hurt in a stampede for food aid in Morocco

  19-11-2017 23:56
  
  MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — A stampede erupted while food aid was being distributed in a Moroccan village Sunday and at least 15 people died and 10 were injured, authorities said.
  
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• Walgreens Attempted Robber Looks For Pain Killers

  19-11-2017 23:52
  
  A Tulsa man attempted to rob a Walgreens Sunday afternoon, looking for pain killers. 
  
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• Border agent dies after being injured in Texas

  19-11-2017 23:48
  VAN HORN, Texas — Authorities are searching Texas' Big Bend area for potential suspects and witnesses after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent was fatally injured responding to activity there.
  
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• Christmas Program To Help Oklahoma Veterans Needs Volunteers

  19-11-2017 23:47
  
  Nearly a hundred Oklahoma veterans and their families need a hand this Christmas. However, through the Warriors for Freedom’s 3rd Annual Patriot Christmas, you can give back to these hometown heroes.
  
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• The Latest: Border agent injured in Texas dies

  19-11-2017 23:36
  VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the death of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Texas (all times local):
  
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• OSSAA announces Class 6A championships date, sites

  19-11-2017 23:27
  The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Assocation announced late Saturday the date and locations for both Class 6A football championship games. In Class 6A-I, No.
  
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• Ex-student to face judge in body fluids contamination case

  19-11-2017 23:23
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut college student is facing arraignment on allegations she smeared body fluids on her roommate's belongings.
  
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• Figure known as 'Crocodile' could replace Zimbabwe president

  19-11-2017 22:53
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Emmerson Mnangagwa, elected Sunday as the new leader of Zimbabwe's ruling political party and positioned to take over as the country's leader, has engineered a remarkable comeback using skills he no doubt learned from his longtime mentor,…
  
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• Zimbabwe president defies mounting pressure to leave office

  19-11-2017 22:29
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe defied calls to quit Sunday, saying he will preside over a ruling party congress in December in an announcement that could trigger impeachment proceedings this week and more protests demanding his ouster.
  
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• The Latest: Ruling party says Mugabe impeachment to go ahead

  19-11-2017 22:16
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on Zimbabwe's political turmoil (all times local):
  
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• Turkeys thriving, causing ruckus in San Francisco suburbs

  19-11-2017 21:59
  MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — Turkeys are traditional for Thanksgiving. But some folks in the San Francisco Bay Area are praying the wild ones will go away.
  
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• Border Patrol agent dies after being injured in Texas

  19-11-2017 21:57
  VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — Authorities are searching Texas' Big Bend for potential suspects and witnesses after a U.S. Customs Border Patrol agent was fatally injured responding to activity there.
  
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• Police: Child accidentally shoots 3-year-old in Minnesota

  19-11-2017 21:55
  DEER CREEK, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in western Minnesota say a 3-year-old child was accidentally shot and wounded by another child.
  
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• Police: 9-year-old girl used to smuggle drugs into prison

  19-11-2017 21:12
  NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — Police say a 9-year-old girl was used to smuggle drugs into a Vermont prison.
  
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• The Latest: Zimbabweans feel betrayed as Mugabe stays on

  19-11-2017 21:11
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on Zimbabwe's political turmoil (all times local):
  
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• 10 African Americans named Rhodes scholars, most ever

  19-11-2017 21:09
  
  The latest group of U.S. Rhodes scholars includes 10 African Americans — the most ever in a single Rhodes class — as well as a transgender man and four students from colleges that had never had received the honor before.
  
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• Arab League delivers harsh criticism of Iran, little action

  19-11-2017 20:55
  
  CAIRO (AP) — In a resolution long on criticism but short on concrete steps, Arab foreign ministers who met in Cairo Sunday delivered a tirade of criticism against Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, saying Tehran was destabilizing the region.
  
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• Many Christian conservatives are backing Alabama's Roy Moore

  19-11-2017 20:42
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's Christian conservatives see Roy Moore as their champion. He has battled federal judges and castigated liberals, big government, gun control, Muslims, homosexuality and anything else that doesn't fit the evangelical mold.
  
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• Model accuses Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct

  19-11-2017 20:13
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Model Keri Claussen Khalighi has come forward to accuse Def Jam Records mogul Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct in 1991 when she was 17 years old.
  
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• Trump says he should have left UCLA players in Chinese jail

  19-11-2017 20:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he should have left three UCLA basketball players accused of shoplifting in China in jail.
  
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• President Donald Trump Says He Should Have Left UCLA Players In Chinese Jail

  19-11-2017 19:55
  
  President Donald Trump says he should have left three UCLA basketball players accused of shoplifting in China in jail. 
  
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• Woman says she was harassed by New York state employee

  19-11-2017 19:41
  NEW YORK (AP) — An upstate New York woman struggling to find a place to live and a job after ending an abusive relationship said a state employee helped her, only to use it as an excuse to sexually harass…
  
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• Nebraska to announce decision on Keystone XL pipeline

  19-11-2017 19:29
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska regulators are set to decide Monday whether to approve or deny an in-state route for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. It's the last major regulatory hurdle facing project operator TransCanada Corp.
  
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• Cross-border wedding held as California 'Door of Hope' opens

  19-11-2017 19:24
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A United States man and a Mexican woman have wed between the doors of a steel border gate that is opened for only an hour or so every year.
  
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• Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigning after 37 years: Official

  19-11-2017 19:22
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is resigning after nearly four decades in power, according to an official close to the talks on his departure, in an extraordinary end for the world's oldest head of state who had…
  
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• Mixed signals sent on fate of tax bill's health provision

  19-11-2017 19:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of President Donald Trump's leading economic advisers sent mixed signals Sunday on the fate of a health care provision in the Senate version of a $1.5 trillion measure to overhaul business and personal income taxes that…
  
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• The Latest: Mugabe resigning after nearly 4 decades in power

  19-11-2017 18:59
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on Zimbabwe's political turmoil (all times local):
  
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• Syria: IS militants defeated in last major stronghold

  19-11-2017 18:48
  BEIRUT (AP) — Pro-government forces defeated the Islamic State group in its last major stronghold in Syria, state media and a monitoring group reported on Sunday, leaving the militants to defend just strips of desert territory in the country and…
  
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• German parties forge ahead with talks on new government

  19-11-2017 18:42
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative bloc and two smaller parties struggled to find compromises Sunday on the thorny issues of migration and climate change as they sought to agree upon the framework for formal talks on forming…
  
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• Man found dead Sunday in Claremore; police treating it as homicide

  19-11-2017 18:41
  The Claremore Police Department said they are treating a man's death as a homicide.
  
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• Norway's king hospitalized with infection

  19-11-2017 18:36
  
  HELSINKI (AP) — Norway's royal palace says King Harald has been hospitalized with an infection and remains in satisfactory condition with improving health.
  
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• Fireman's kin seek honor for grandfather who died in 1935

  19-11-2017 18:26
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City firefighter Tom O'Brien had been battling a blaze in Manhattan for two hours on Oct. 27, 1935, and knew something was wrong as soon as he got back to the firehouse.
  
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• 3.7 Magnitude Earthquake Reported In Oklahoma County

  19-11-2017 18:25
  
  A 3.7- magnitude earthquake was recorded in Oklahoma County, overnight Sunday. 
  
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• Man shot and killed early Sunday in east Tulsa

  19-11-2017 18:12
  A man was found mortally wounded early Sunday morning at 7912 E. 21st St. in east Tulsa, the Tulsa Police Department said.
  
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• Nick Cave plays Israel to 'take stand' against boycotters

  19-11-2017 18:04
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Nick Cave, the dark poet of rock, on Sunday accused the anti-Israel boycott movement of trying to bully musicians and said he was taking a "principled stand" by performing in the country.
  
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• South Dakota university to offer 18-day intensive courses

  19-11-2017 17:57
  RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A university in western South Dakota is introducing an unconventional schedule for students interested in completing a college course in 18 days.
  
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• Saudi wants resolute anti-Iran stand from Arab League

  19-11-2017 17:56
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Sunday asked fellow Arab nations to take a "serious and honest" stand against Iran, saying that showing leniency toward Tehran would only encourage it to press on with its "aggression" and "meddling" in the…
  
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• Aide says Trump 'discomfort' why he's not stumping for Moore

  19-11-2017 17:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House aide says President Donald Trump isn't campaigning for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore due to "discomfort" with allegations that the former judge initiated sexual contact with teenage girls decades ago.
  
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• The Latest: Zimbabwe's Mugabe to address nation on live TV

  19-11-2017 17:48
  
  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The Latest on Zimbabwe's political turmoil (all times local):
  
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• Claremore Police Doing Well-Being Check Discover Dead Man

  19-11-2017 17:46
  
  Claremore police were called to the 500 block of North Dorothy Avenue for a well-being check Sunday morning, but when officers arrived they found a dead man. 
  
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• Treasury chief a Bond villain? Mnuchin OK with comparison

  19-11-2017 17:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday he had no idea that a photo of him and his wife posing with a sheet of newly printed money would go viral.
  
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• Israel denies pardon for soldier who killed wounded attacker

  19-11-2017 17:24
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's president has denied a request for pardon by an imprisoned soldier who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a wounded Palestinian attacker.
  
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• EU official Tusk likens Poland polices to 'Kremlin plan'

  19-11-2017 17:18
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Council President Donald Tusk has strongly criticized the policies of the ruling right-wing party in his native Poland, prompting an angry retort from the prime minister.
  
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• Magnitude 3.7, 2.9 quakes rattle Oklahoma town early Sunday

  19-11-2017 17:01
  EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded two earthquakes that struck near a central Oklahoma town.
  
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• Treasury chief cites good talks on taxes with GOP senators

  19-11-2017 16:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (mih-NOO'-shin) says he's been having "very good discussions" with Republican senators who oppose or have concerns about tax-cut legislation expected to be voted on after Thanksgiving.
  
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• Pope Francis Devotes Mass To Poor, Calls Indifference A 'Great Sin'

  19-11-2017 16:38
  
   Celebrating Mass with poor people in the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis on Sunday denounced those who dismiss poverty as “not my business” and defined indifference to the needy as a “great sin.” 
  
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• Police: Father failed to help infant found dead in car

  19-11-2017 16:38
  ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — State police say a Connecticut father who failed to help his 1-month-old child when he realized the infant had died has been arrested.
  
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• Police question Israeli leader over corruption accusations

  19-11-2017 16:30
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Police have arrived at the official residence of Israel's prime minister in what is believed to be part of an investigation into corruption allegations.
  
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• Owner Of Truck Used In Tulsa Police Chase Explains What Happened

  19-11-2017 16:26
  
  The owner of a pickup speaks out about the moments before a woman stole his truck and lead police on a chase.  
  
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• Pakistan arrests 'human smuggler' linked to deaths in Turbat

  19-11-2017 16:20
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani investigator says federal agents have arrested a "human smuggler" linked to the recent deaths of 20 people near the border with Iran.
  
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