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• 2 inmates dead following altercation at Lawton Correctional Facility

  11-05-2024 21:43 via kfor.com
  
  LAWTON, Okla. (KFOR) — Two inmates have died following a group altercation at the Lawton Correctional Facility on Friday.
  Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) have confirmed two inmates are dead and at least two other inmates have sustained serious injuries. They were transported to a local hospital — one was transported by medi-flight.
  "We had a group disturbance at LCRF which resulted in multiple inmates being injured. It is currently being investigated by OIG. Oklahoma Depart
  
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• Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed, with China stocks down, after Wall St retreat

  23-05-2024 06:49 via kfor.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Thursday, as investor sentiment in Tokyo was boosted by news of soaring Nvidia earnings.Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.1% to 39,054.81. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 sank 0.5% to 7,807.10. South Korea's Kospi added 0.2% to 2,728.43. Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped 1.3% to 18,942.77, while the Shanghai Composite shed 1.0% to3,126.70.
  Semiconductor related issues were boosted by news that Nvidia's profit skyrocketed above forecasts, with quarte
  
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• 9-year-old Stillwell student representing Oklahoma in 2024 Doodle 4 Google contest

  23-05-2024 02:07 via kfor.com
  
  STILLWELL, Okla. (KFOR) — A 9-year-old student from Stillwell has been named as a finalist in the 2024 Doodle 4 Google contest.Keenan Chavez from Maryetta Public School doodled this creation for Google, which was selected from thousands of submissions from across the U.S.Doodle 4 Google submission by Keenan Chavez of Maryetta Public SchoolYou can help this young artist's work become one of Google's five national finalists by casting your vote at doodles.google.com.After the five national f
  
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• Boy wins award named in honor of friend that died nearly 1 year ago

  23-05-2024 01:39 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - It was just short of a year ago when two boys were killed when they got swept away by a fast-moving current at Lake Overholser.
  A school that one of those boys attended named an award after him in his memory. Sure enough, one of his friends won the award during fifth grade graduation.It was an emotional announcement for everyone inside Western Oaks Elementary School in northwest Oklahoma City. With a spirit of curiosity, intellectual inquiry and an unwavering dedication to
  
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• Man posing as a 13-year-old admits to luring and assaulting underage girls

  23-05-2024 01:23 via kfor.com
  
  LOGAN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) — A man is facing several charges after allegedly posing as a teenage boy to lure minors to have sex with him.The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) received a disturbing phone call from the Yukon Police Department back in August. Family gets welcomed surprise during tornado cleanup "A mother had found out that her young daughter was possibly talking to a 24 year old man. So she was able to ping her daughter's phone, find out where this man was," said Aaron
  
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• 'Ow': Woman wanted after fatal OKC hit-and-run

  23-05-2024 01:15 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An arrest warrant was filed recently for a woman who is a suspect in a hit-and-run in Oklahoma City that left one man dead.
  "I just couldn't believe it, he was dead," said Sherre Milton. Milton was the one person driving that did stop and call the police.
  | LOCAL NEWS > ‘Ridiculous’: OSDE reportedly misses deadline to apply for crisis intervention funding worth almost $1M >It was March 7th just after midnight that Victor Braswell was walking on the
  
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• Head Country BBQ gives out hundreds of free meals for OKC line workers

  23-05-2024 00:35 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Once again Head Country BBQ gathered its staff and handed out hundreds of free meals Wednesday for Oklahoma City street crew workers.
  "It takes all these people to make a whole city run," said owner C.R. Head. "When I saw them in the ditch that day I was like man, we've got to do something for them."Head said that this winter he happened to see some road crew members working in the cold and felt like something needed to be done.
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• Keep Oklahoma Beautiful brushes in paint program

  23-05-2024 00:28 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Keep Oklahoma Beautiful (KOB) will be opening up applications for its Paint Oklahoma Beautiful program starting June 1. A program that is used to enhance the natural beauty across Oklahoma.
  Keep Oklahoma Beautiful was founded in 1965 and is a statewide nonprofit organization that encourages Oklahoma citizens to preserve and strengthen a sustainable environment throughout the state. KOB has several other state-wide programs which includes Litter Education, Paint Oklah
  
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• Family gets welcomed surprise during tornado cleanup

  23-05-2024 00:26 via kfor.com
  
  HYDRO, Okla. (KFOR) — It's been three days since the latest round of tornadoes tore up the Oklahoma landscape. In Hydro, the the Sherman family was inside their home when it flipped multiple times. Cole and Heather Sherman managed to get out with a few cuts and bruises, but the search for their dog, Boots, went on.Couple survives Hydro tornado from inside homeHowever, hope was restored when they finally found their furry friend while cleaning up after the storm.
  "His name is Bartholomew Ol
  
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• Oklahoma prison protestors demand Gov. Stitt to fire ODOC Director

  23-05-2024 00:19 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - On Wednesday, Oklahoma prison reform protestors put pressure on Governor Kevin Stitt. They are asking him to fire the Department of Corrections director, Steven Harpe, and instead bring in outside resources to help get Oklahoma prisons under control.  “This is his responsibility, too, not just Steven Harpe,” said a protestor.  “I'm sorry. I don't mean to get emotional but when you don't know from day to day and you worry, it takes a to
  
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• Oklahoma prison protestors demand Gov. Stitt fire ODOC Director

  23-05-2024 00:19 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - On Wednesday, Oklahoma prison reform protestors put pressure on Governor Kevin Stitt. They are asking him to fire the Department of Corrections director, Steven Harpe, and instead bring in outside resources to help get Oklahoma prisons under control.  “This is his responsibility, too, not just Steven Harpe,” said a protestor.  “I'm sorry. I don't mean to get emotional but when you don't know from day to day and you worry, it takes a to
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street retreats from its records as worries about high interest rates weigh

  22-05-2024 22:18 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes retreated from their records Wednesday as concerns about high interest rates weighed on the market.
  The S&P 500 fell 14.40 points, or 0.3%, to 5,307.01, a day after setting its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 201.95, or 0.5%, to 39,671.04, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 31.08, or 0.2%, to 16,801.54 after after setting its latest record.
  Indexes had been close to flat early in the day, but they slunk lower after the Federa
  
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• ‘A goodbye letter’: Inside an NYC woman's search for her late best friend's note

  22-05-2024 20:56 via kfor.com
  
  CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN (WPIX) – In November, Zettie Shapey’s best friend Caroline Meister sent her a letter from California. And it was a really good one, Meister promised over the phone; it was really long and she’d put cool things in the envelope.“We hadn’t written letters to each other in a while, so I was really excited,” Shapey told Nexstar's WPIX.But the letter never made it to Shapey’s place in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights. Fou
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street slinks back from its records

  22-05-2024 20:42 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are pulling back from their records Wednesday as concerns about high interest rates add pressure on the market.
  The S&P 500 was down 0.4% in afternoon trading, a day after setting its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 213 points, or 0.5%, as of 2:20 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.4% lower after setting its latest record.
  Indexes had been close to flat earlier in the day, but they slunk lower after the F
  
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• Blaine Co. Sheriff bust leads to more than 17,500 marijuana plants seized

  22-05-2024 20:33 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Blaine County Sheriff Department on Wednesday announced a tip led officers to a location that produced illegal marijuana plants has been seized.According to the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office, agents of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) a raid took place May 21st on an illegal marijuana grow west of Watonga that resulted in the confiscation of more than 17,500 untagged marijuana plants and 600 pounds of untraceable, processed marijuana. ‘Christmas in
  
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• Oklahoma City Zoo welcomes five African lion cubs

  22-05-2024 19:44 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden welcomed five new additions on Monday, May 20.According to the Zoo, African lioness Dunia gave birth to her five cubs at the Lion Overlook at Exhibition Africa. RELATED STORY: Can you guess whose baby? OKC Zoo announces animal family is growingThis is Dunia's second litter with male, Hubert "Huey", 12. Her first litter was born in September 2022 and was very special as it had been 15 years since the Zoo welcomed a litter of Africa
  
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• UPS driver killed in California was shot 14 times by childhood friend, authorities say

  22-05-2024 19:10 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) – New details released Tuesday on the deadly ambush attack of a UPS driver in Orange County, California, revealed he was allegedly stalked and killed by a childhood friend.The shooting happened on May 16 as the victim, Expedito Cuesta De Leon, 50, from Aliso Viejo, was sitting in his delivery van after dropping off a package at around 3 p.m. A masked gunman pulled up to De Leon’s van and shot him 14 times in a matter of 19 seconds, according to the Orange County District
  
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• California man set off more than 150 explosions, police say

  22-05-2024 19:08 via kfor.com
  
  PASADENA, Calif. (KTLA) - A man from Pasadena, California, has been arrested in connection with "over 150 unidentified explosions" in the city over the past two years, police said.Art Leon Berian, 62, is accused of setting off the explosions, including 14 in the past two weeks alone, the Pasadena Police Department said in a news release.Berian was identified as the suspect after investigators working on the case on May 16 stumbled upon another explosion. While obtaining video of a previous incid
  
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• Mini-bikers arrested after New Year's Eve brawl with actor Ian Ziering

  22-05-2024 18:44 via kfor.com
  
  HOLLYWOOD (KTLA) — Two people have been arrested in connection with a brawl on Hollywood Boulevard that involved actor Ian Ziering, best known for his role in “Beverly Hills 90210,” on New Year's Eve, authorities announced Tuesday.The fight broke out near Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue at around 3 p.m. after a confrontation between Ziering and a member of a mini-bike gang over possible damage to the actor’s vehicle.  Much of the chaotic confrontation was cap
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street coasts around its records as quiet trading continues

  22-05-2024 18:42 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are drifting around their records Wednesday, continuing a dayslong run of quiet trading.
  The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in afternoon trading, a day after setting its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 30 points, or 0.1%, as of 12:36 p.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite was mostly unchanged and hovering around its latest record.
  Target tumbled 7.4% after the retailer reported profit for the latest quarter that fell shor
  
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• Barbie to make dolls honoring Venus Williams and other star athletes

  22-05-2024 17:30 via kfor.com
  
  EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Barbie dolls will honor tennis champion Venus Williams and eight other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel on Wednesday.This photo provided by Mattel Inc., shows a Venus Williams Barbie Doll. Barbie dolls will honor tennis champion Venus Williams and eight other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. (Mattel Inc. via AP)The others being depicted as dolls are gymnasts Rebeca Andrade and Alexa Moreno, soccer playe
  
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• RIVERSPORT offering free learn to row day

  22-05-2024 17:29 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - In partnership with USRowing, RIVERSPORT OKC is set to host a free Learn To Row Day on Saturday, June 1 at the Chesapeake Boathouse on the Oklahoma River.According to RIVERSPORT, free lessons will be offered from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to teach participants the basics of rowing.  The session is set to begin on land with an overview of the sport. Participants will have the opportunity to learn the basic rowing stroke on a land rowing mac
  
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• Daily pot use exceeds daily drinking in US, new study says

  22-05-2024 16:38 via kfor.com
  
  Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of national survey data over four decades.Alcohol is still more widely used, but 2022 was the first time this intensive level of marijuana use overtook high-frequency drinking, said the study’s author, Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher at Carnegie Mellon University.“A good 40% of current cannabis users are using it daily or near daily, a
  
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• Biden canceling student debt for more than 160,000 borrowers

  22-05-2024 16:36 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) - President Biden announced Wednesday he would be canceling student debt for more than 160,000 borrowers.The new plan forgives $7.7 billion for the latest batch of borrowers, bringing the total relief from Biden’s student debt actions to $167 billion for 4.75 million Americans. The latest loan forgiveness initiative comes through various income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, including the president’s newly established SAVE program.The 160,000 borrowers are people enrolled i
  
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• Lawsuit accuses Sean 'Diddy' Combs of sexually assaulting model at recording studio in 2003

  22-05-2024 16:35 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A former model accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her at his New York City recording studio in 2003 in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, the latest in a series of allegations against the embattled hip-hop mogul. Crystal McKinney said she was a successful 22-year-old model when she met Combs at a restaurant during Men’s Fashion Week in Manhattan. Combs invited her to his recording studio later that night, according to the federal complaint
  
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• 'It's huge': Galaxycon coming to Oklahoma City

  22-05-2024 15:53 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - An actor known for his many roles, including Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, is coming to Oklahoma City.News 4's Lucas Ross spoke with Barry Bostwick on Wednesday about his career and the upcoming Galaxycon. GOOD NEWS!: What’s going on at the OKC Zoo in June, July"It's huge, it's huge, a family affair," said Bostwick. "There's events in the convention, Q&As with all the different people and exhibitions and workshops and parties, a lot of parties".Ga
  
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• It's so hot in Mexico that monkeys are falling dead from the trees

  22-05-2024 13:42 via kfor.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees.At least 138 of the midsize primates, who are known for their roaring vocal calls, were found dead in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco since May 16, according to the Biodiversity Conservation of The Usumacinta group. Others were rescued by residents, including five that were rushed to a local veterinarian who battled to save them.A veterinarian feeds a young howler monkey rescued ami
  
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• All that 'checkout charity' adds up: Domino's pledges $174 million to St. Jude hospital

  22-05-2024 13:41 via kfor.com
  
  (AP) -- The world's top-selling pizza chain is betting big on the generosity of its customers. And it is not alone.Domino's recently pledged $174 million over the next ten years to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, expecting the funds to come from its longstanding roundup campaign that invites customers to donate the difference between their purchase total and the next-highest dollar amount. The pizza chain has already raised more than $126 million this way across the past two
  
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• Woman shot and killed in SE Oklahoma City

  22-05-2024 13:38 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A woman was shot and killed in southeast Oklahoma City Tuesday night, according to police.Officers responded to the area of SE 59th St. and Sunnylane Rd. around 11 p.m. Upon arrival, officers found a woman who appeared to have been shot. LOCAL NEWS: One dead, one injured in SW Oklahoma City shooting"When they arrived, an adult female victim was located with apparent gunshot wounds." said Sgt. Rob Robertson with OKCPD. "She was immediately transported to an area hospital wh
  
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• UPDATE: One dead, one injured in SW Oklahoma City shooting

  22-05-2024 13:25 via kfor.com
  
  UPDATE 05/22/2024 1:00 PMAccording to the Oklahoma City Police Department, the deceased victim has been identified as 38-year-old Anthony Hines.OKCPD says before shots were fired, a verbal altercation took place. The second victim received non-life-threatening injuries and was later released from the hospital.ORIGINAL STORYOKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Police are investigating after a shooting left one person dead and another injured in southwest Oklahoma City.According to Oklahoma City Police, officer
  
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