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• 'Synchronized swimming' cops are winning the Internet

  11-08-2017 23:48
  
  These police officers weren't afraid to don floral bathing caps or their floaties as they performed handstands and other stunts.
  
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• Glasses-mounted camera helps officer catch shooting on video

  11-08-2017 23:35 via kfor.com
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  SOUTH CAROLINA – When a South Carolina police officer was shot last year, he managed to capture the whole incident on video — thanks to a glasses-mounted camera he bought online.
  Officer Quincy Smith of the Estill Police Department was shot at least three times while on duty on New Year’s Day in 2016, court records show. Smith lived to tell the tale — and managed to film the shooting, though not with a typical body camera.
  Smith had purchased a pair of glasses
  
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• Video shows teacher, aide dragging child with autism through Ohio school hallways

  11-08-2017 23:16 via kfor.com
  CRESTLINE, Ohio - A teacher and an aide at an Ohio school are on leave after a video was recorded of a 7-year-old child with autism being dragged through the school hallways.
  It happened back in May, after Corbin Kemle had reportedly misbehaved on the school playground.
  Crestline Schools Superintendent Noreen Mullins told WJW that the kindergarten teacher and the aide, seen in the video dragging the boy, have both been on paid administrative leave since the incident. The Crawford County Pr
  
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• Watch: Police officer forced off side of freeway by drunk driver

  11-08-2017 22:54 via kfor.com
  HOUSTON, Texas – Police in Houston are using terrifying body cam footage to prove a point about drunken driving.
  Officers were working an accident scene when a driver who was drunk crashed through their blockade.
  “I hear a screech of the tires. Before I knew it, there was a car right up on me. The headlights were facing right on me. I had less than a second to react to the situation,” Officer Roshad Carter said.
  “If I would have frozen still, the car would have run me ov
  
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• "He loved him so much." Woman's maternity photos with late husband go viral

  11-08-2017 22:52
  
  She wanted her baby to know how loved he was, so weeks after her husband died, she included him in her maternity photos.
  
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• Muslim woman wins $85,000 lawsuit after police forcibly remove her hijab

  11-08-2017 22:51 via kfor.com
  CALIFORNIA – The city of Long Beach, California, will pay $85,000 to settle a 2016 lawsuit filed by a Muslim woman after an officer forcibly removed her hijab, or headscarf, when she was in police custody.
  The incident started when Kirsty Powell and her husband were pulled over by police for driving a “low rider” car, according to the lawsuit.
  The city of Long Beach, California, will pay $85,000 to settle a 2016 lawsuit filed by Kirsty Powell, a Muslim woman, after an officer f
  
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• Patent lawsuit filed against Nintendo over game controller

  11-08-2017 22:45
  
  The new Switch gaming system by Nintendo has caused a legal battle due to its controller.
  
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• Man arrested after woman pushed in front of bus says he was in U.S.

  11-08-2017 22:27 via kfor.com
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  Lawyers for a man who was arrested in connection with a jogger appearing to push a woman in front of an oncoming London bus say he has “irrefutable proof” that he was in the United States at the time of the incident.
  Video footage from May 5 showed a male jogger knocking the 33-year-old woman onto the road as she walked across Putney Bridge on the River Thames.
  The bus is seen swerving and narrowly missing the woman.
  Police said the victim suffered minor injuries and pass
  
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• Fort Worth man sentenced to life for toddler’s beating death

  11-08-2017 22:22 via kfor.com
   FORT WORTH, Texas – A 24-year-old Fort Worth man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 2015 fatal beating of his girlfriend’s toddler son.
  Christian Tyrrell was convicted Thursday in Fort Worth of capital murder in the death of 2-year-old Adrian Langlais. Prosecutors say Tyrrell smashed the child’s head against a wall.
  Officials say the boy was admitted to a hospital on his second birthday, March 18, 2015, and died the next day. His 21-year-old moth
  
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• Oklahoma bail bond agent charged with murder in shooting

  11-08-2017 22:03 via kfor.com
  STILLWATER, Okla. – An Oklahoma bail bond agent has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a man who the agent said she was revoking bond for and trying to arrest.
  Bond agent Chasity Carey of Drumright was charged Friday in the fatal shooting of 38-year-old Brandon James Williams at Carey’s office inside Signature Bail Bonds in Stillwater.
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  Carey’s attorneys did not immediately return a phone call for comment.
  Stillwater police Capt. Kyle Gibbs says Care
  
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• OKC officer rescues raccoon with head stuck in metal can

  11-08-2017 21:48
  
  Going above and beyond the call of duty, an Oklahoma City police officer rescued a raccoon that got its head stuck in a metal can.
  
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• Raccoon rescue: Oklahoma City officer helps animal with metal can stuck on its head

  11-08-2017 21:32 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma City police officer jumped into action to protect and serve one of the city’s littlest residents.
  The Oklahoma City Police Department posted a photo of Officer Kelsey Lawson after she found a raccoon with its head stuck in a tin can.
  Authorities say the animal held still as Officer Lawson removed the can from its head before it ran away.
  “Most police officers sign up for this job to help people. Although there are certainly other sides to the job, fo
  
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• Woman fatally attacked by hippo while on safari

  11-08-2017 21:28
  
  The 75-year-old Michigan woman's family says she "surely" would have lived to 100 if not for the accident.
  
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• The owner of O.J. Simpson's Bronco wants to flip it for $500,000 on 'Pawn Stars'

  11-08-2017 21:18
  
  Steep price for a piece of history.
  
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• Blake Shelton’s ‘Ole Red’ restaurant, bar one step closer to opening in Tishomingo

  11-08-2017 21:13 via kfor.com
  TISHOMINGO, Okla. – A restaurant and bar that was created by an Oklahoma country music star is one step closer to opening its doors.
  In 2015, news broke that Oklahoma native Blake Shelton and country music star Miranda Lambert were getting a divorce.
  After the pair split, it seemed that Lambert’s boutique in Tishomingo, the Pink Pistol, may continue to operate.
  However, she announced that she was closing the store and would be moving its headquarters to Texas.
  Shortly after news
  
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• Tenant, manager catches maintenance worker stealing on camera

  11-08-2017 21:09 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY — A tenant is looking for answers after he says a home surveillance camera caught a maintenance worker stealing from him while on the job.
  Kelvin Wilson has lived in Rosemont Apartments for nine months and until now, he says he’s never had issues with the complex.
  “I [keep] pretty much to myself. I go to work, come home. I don’t really get to see the in’s and out’s of what goes on here,” says Wilson.
  Last month, Wilson installed a camera in
  
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• Gallery: KOCO viewers share photos of beautiful double rainbow over metro sky

  11-08-2017 20:57
  
  KOCO 5 viewers shared these photos of the beautiful double rainbow Thursday afternoon over the Oklahoma City metro sky.
  
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• Mother finds a worm frozen inside a piece of Walmart fish

  11-08-2017 20:53
  
  Warning: you may find yourself avoiding the frozen food section all-together after this photo.
  
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• Is your copper mug poisoning you?

  11-08-2017 20:50
  
  Moscow mules are great for Instagramming, but drinking them out of a copper mug may be unsafe.
  
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• Yukon police release identity of man arrested after officer-involved shooting

  11-08-2017 20:49 via kfor.com
  YUKON, Okla. – One man is in custody following an officer-involved shooting in Yukon.
  Just before 2 a.m., a police officer attempted to stop a vehicle near N.W. 10th and Garth Brooks Blvd.,  but the driver allegedly put his truck in reverse and rammed into the police officer’s patrol car.
  Officials investigating officer-involved shooting in Yukon
  A second officer then joined the low-speed pursuit near Health Center Parkway and Garth Brooks Blvd.
  A short time later, the susp
  
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• Where's the president's desk? Oval Office emptied

  11-08-2017 20:40
  
  While President Trump is on vacation, the White House is getting a touch-up.
  
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• Newlyweds looking for wedding crashers who were the ‘life of the party’

  11-08-2017 20:32 via kfor.com
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  SPARTA, N.J. – On your wedding day, you dream of being surrounded by your friends and family.
  However, one New Jersey couple says they are looking for a pair of strangers who made their wedding ‘legendary.’
  Karen and Michael Tufo were married on Sunday, but immediately noticed two strangers at their reception.
  “We knew from the second we saw them, they didn’t belong,” Karen Tufo told WCBS. “When they first sat down, the table called them Owen
  
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• Missouri dog can’t compete in Kansas City because it looks like a pit bull

  11-08-2017 20:00 via kfor.com
  PLEASANT HILL, Mo. — A  Missouri woman said Kansas City, Kansas won’t let her dog into a competition because the dog looks like a pit bull.
  “We’re not really sure what breed Annie is,” said Amanda Morrisey, the dog’s owner.
  Morrisey adopted Annie, who is 2-and-a-half-years-old, from a rescue group but no one knew her breed.
  The pair now travel around the region to compete in “dock dog” competitions, but they recently learned that they could no
  
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• Mustang Based Tate Publishing Faces New Lawsuit

  11-08-2017 19:54
  
  Mustang-based Tate Publishing is facing a new lawsuit amid the owners' criminal charges for failing to produce books and royalty checks, and holding original files for those manuscripts hostage after the business closed.
  
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• Police officer survives after shooting captured on glasses cam

  11-08-2017 19:52
  
  The South Carolina officer was nearly killed on New Year's Day 2016, and now he's ready to get back on the streets.
  
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• Oklahoma State Medical Association responds to cigarette tax overturned

  11-08-2017 19:47
  
  The President of The Oklahoma State Medical Association joins KOCO 5 to respond to the Oklahoma Supreme Court's decision to overturn a cigarette fee.
  
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• State Of Addiction: OSMA President talks about Oklahoma’s opioid epidemic

  11-08-2017 19:46
  
  The President of the Oklahoma State Medical Association joins KOCO 5 this morning to talk about the state’s opioid epidemic.
  
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• Stillwater bail bondsman charged with murder in client's shooting death

  11-08-2017 19:45
  
  A Stillwater bail bondsman has been charged with murder, after authorities said she shot and killed a client and that the shooting was not justifiable.
  
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• Could this ‘healthy’ drink actually be making you feel hungrier?

  11-08-2017 19:37
  
  Experts are disagreeing with a recent study— so here's the truth.
  
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• Undercover investigation launched after deputies see ad seeking ‘young virgin’

  11-08-2017 19:32 via kfor.com
  CANADIAN COUNTY, Okla. – Deputies arrested an Oklahoma City man for soliciting sex with a minor by use of technology.
  Authorities say deputies with the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office conducted an undercover investigation on popular social media websites that are commonly used to exploit children.
  While on the websites, officials say they discovered an ad stating, “Older experienced man looking to teach young virgin.”
  Investigators, who were pretending to be a 14-year-ol
  
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• Fun ways to get in shape

  11-08-2017 19:11
  
  Looking for a way to spice up your workout? Try one of these fun ways to get in shape!
  
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• Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott suspended 6 games after domestic violence investigation

  11-08-2017 19:07
  
  The former Ohio State star has been the subject of a league investigation into multiple off-the-field incidents.
  
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• Cancer patients meets airline ‘guardian angel’ who delivered luggage with medication

  11-08-2017 19:05 via kfor.com
  PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Losing your luggage can be a nightmare for travelers.
  For Stacy Hurt, it was even worse.
  When Hurt arrived at her destination, she realized that her luggage did not make the same trek.  Her bag contained her medication, rosary beads and comfort items since Hurt is battling stage 4 colon cancer.
  She immediately decided to call Southwest to report her lost bag.
  “I told  her how important it was for me to have my luggage because of my items for chemotherapy,
  
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• Cowboys' Ezekiel Elliott Suspended 6 Games For Domestic Violence Allegations

  11-08-2017 18:54
  
  Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has been suspended for six games after a yearlong NFL investigation of his domestic violence case in Ohio.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: OKC Zoo Launches Webcam To Show Adopted Tiger Cub

  11-08-2017 18:45
  
  A tiger cub who was rejected by her mother at the Philadelphia Zoo can be seen bonding with her adoptive mother and brothers in Oklahoma via live-streaming video.
  
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• More than a dozen patients evaluated after odor incident at New Hampshire hospital

  11-08-2017 18:38
  
  More than 20 patients are being evaluated.
  
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• Bride and groom searching for wedding crashers, but not for the reasons you think

  11-08-2017 18:38
  
  "They were professionals." - A bride and groom is looking for the couple who crashed their wedding perfectly, but not because they're mad.
  
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• FDA: Five deaths reported while using weight loss balloon treatment

  11-08-2017 18:29 via kfor.com
  Five people who were using an obesity treatment that places balloons inside their stomachs have died since 2016, according to the US Food and Drug Administration.
  Four of the deaths involved people using the Orbera Intragastric Balloon System and one involved ReShape Integrated Dual Balloon System, the agency said.
  “At this time, we do not know the root cause or incidence rate of patient death, nor have we been able to definitively attribute the deaths to the devices or the insertion proce
  
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• Heavy rain moves through Oklahoma with more on the way

  11-08-2017 18:21
  
  Flash flooding reported Friday morning
  
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• Oklahoma mother, daughter facing charges for allegedly running Medicaid fraud scheme

  11-08-2017 18:16 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma mother and daughter are facing charges for allegedly running multiple Medicaid fraud schemes from their behavioral health counseling company.
  Lexie Batchelor, 59, of Atoka, is charged with three counts of Medicaid fraud and one count of identity theft, and Heather Doss, 43, of Tulsa is charged with one count of Medicaid fraud and one count of identity theft.
  According to court documents, between 2010 and 2016, the two were submitting false claims to the Oklahoma
  
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• Key GOP senators throw support behind McConnell amid Trump feud

  11-08-2017 18:16
  
  A colleague said "no one is more qualified" to lead the Senate than the embattled majority leader.
  
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• Lisa Frank is now selling debit cards

  11-08-2017 18:13
  
  What better to celebrate every purchase than rainbow-colored animals?
  
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• Forecast: More rain this weekend

  11-08-2017 18:13
  
  Forecast: More rain this weekend
  
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• West Point student wanted in connection with rape in Oklahoma

  11-08-2017 17:56 via kfor.com
  TULSA, Okla. – Prosecutors in Oklahoma have filed charges against a student at West Point in connection with a rape in Tulsa.
  Tulsa police detectives tell FOX 23 that Colton Horton is accused of raping a girl on the University of Tulsa campus in July.
  They say the alleged victim and Horton know one another and that alcohol was involved.
  “They were drinking alcohol, they had had dinner. However, towards the end of that night, she ran to her neighbor’s, reporting that she had be
  
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• The Morning Brew: Northeast Oklahoma City 'food desert' to get new grocer

  11-08-2017 17:50
  But developers of the retail project at NE 36 and Kelley confirmed Wednesday they've signed a deal with Save-A-Lot to open an 18,000-square-foot store as a major anchor for the rebuilt shopping center. Rick Brown, an architect who recently designed other shopping center overhauls and whose father-in-law, Charles Shadid, owns the center, said the Save-A-Lot should open before the end of this year.
  
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• These popular Disney apps are spying on your kids, a new lawsuit claims

  11-08-2017 17:44
  
  Their favorite games could be collecting more info than you think.
  
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• Driver says ‘angel’ was with him as driveshaft came flying through windshield

  11-08-2017 17:33 via kfor.com
  IMPERIAL, Mo. – A man survived a terrifying accident as a drive shaft from a truck flipped up and speared the windshield of his pickup truck while he was driving along a Missouri highway.
  Steve Montgomery, 56, claims an angel was with him.
  He has a photo to back it up. Montgomery said he was driving home from a painting job in O’Fallon, Missouri a little after 8:15 p.m. Tuesday when that drive shaft crashed through his windshield, right where his head was.
  Montgomery said he wa
  
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• Health officials warning Oklahomans about continued risk of West Nile Virus

  11-08-2017 17:27 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Okla. – Although temperatures have been dropping across the state in recent days, experts warn that Oklahomans are still in danger of contracting a mosquito-borne illness.
  The Oklahoma City-County Health Department says residents have a normal risk for West Nile virus since there is a high abundance of mosquitoes and a very high infection rate within captured mosquitoes.
  However, the level is inching closer to the high risk category. 
  So far this year, two p
  
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• Oklahoma lawmaker says Legislature is ready for tax reform

  11-08-2017 17:14
  
  Lowering taxes on some items and raising them on others -- one state lawmaker said the Legislature is ready to reform the taxes we pay.
  
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• Boy battling cancer gets surprise of a lifetime

  11-08-2017 17:09
  
  The Make-A-Wish foundation helped make Kyan Macdonald’s dreams come true.
  
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