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• Usain Bolt injured in final career race

  21-08-2017 23:54
  
  This was not the way the fastest man on Earth wanted to end his career.
  
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• Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $417 million in talcum powder case

  21-08-2017 23:48 via kfor.com
  On Monday, a jury awarded a California woman $417 million because she developed ovarian cancer and had used Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder for decades. The award includes $70 million in compensatory damages and $347 million in punitive damages.
  Eva Echeverria, a 63-year-old from Los Angeles, said she had been using the powder as a regular part of her feminine hygiene routine since she was 11 years old. She stopped using it in 2016, after she read a news story about another woman who used it a
  
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• Wisconsin woman accused of sexually assaulting 10-year-old after drugging his slushie

  21-08-2017 23:37 via kfor.com
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  MILWAUKEE, Wis. – A 35-year-old Wisconsin woman is accused of drugging a 10-year-old child’s slushie and sexually assaulting him.
  Tara Gotovnik has been charged with first-degree sexual assault of a child and delivery of a controlled substance.
  On August 7, the child’s father told police Gotovnik had assaulted his son, according to a criminal complaint obtained by WITI.
  The boy told investigators Gotovnik put sleeping pills in his slushie, causing him to have doub
  
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• 1 killed, 2 injured when car crashed into eclipse-watching crowd

  21-08-2017 23:34
  
  A car crashed into a crowd watching the eclipse Monday, killing a woman and injuring two others.
  
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• Showers, Storms Likely Tuesday For Central OK

  21-08-2017 23:26
  
  A cold front moving Monday into the panhandle and far northwest Oklahoma will keep the chance of showers and storms in the forecast. 
  
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• Baby named Eclipse born on day of total eclipse

  21-08-2017 23:23
  
  A baby girl who was born on Monday, the day of the total solar eclipse, was named Eclipse.
  
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• Spanish mother killed in gruesome elevator accident minutes after giving birth

  21-08-2017 23:20 via kfor.com
  SEVILLE, Spain – A Spanish woman who went to the hospital to deliver her third child ended up dead in a horrific accident.
  The Local reports Rocio Cortes Nuñez delivered her child by C-section on Sunday at Seville’s Valme Hospital and was being wheeled from surgery to a recovery room when she became caught in an elevator.
  Per local media, staff wheeled Cortes onto the elevator but, while the doors opened and shut, the elevator didn’t move. They reportedly decided to try
  
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• Crashing The Boards: What’s the biggest Big 12 game of the season?

  21-08-2017 23:18
  
  In this week’s Crashing The Boards, Sports Director Bryan Keating and Carson Cunningham discuss what could be the biggest Big 12 game of the season.
  
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• Days of Our Lives to air at 2 a.m. on Tuesday

  21-08-2017 23:15 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Due to continuing coverage of the solar eclipse, Days of Our Lives did not air in its entirety.
  Days of Our Lives will air at 2 a.m. on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Unlucky in love, Minnesota man sues ex-girlfriend in Oklahoma for fraud

  21-08-2017 23:10
  Claiming he was misled, a Minnesota man sued his former girlfriend in Oklahoma for fraud after she broke up with him. "She gave me hope, false hope," Arturo Eguia-Welch, 40, said in testimony about Journi Lynn Bentley, 29, of Yukon.
  
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• Video: Great Eclipse reaches its peak in Ponca City

  21-08-2017 23:08
  
  KOCO First Alert Weather Team captured this video of the Great American Eclipse reaching its peak in Ponca City, Oklahoma.
  
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• Woman accused of being drunk while crashing into Connecticut liquor store

  21-08-2017 23:02 via kfor.com
  NORTH STONINGTON, CT – A woman from Rhode Island faces charges for drunk driving into a liquor store in North Stonington, Conn.
  State police said Katrina Oliver of West Kingston, RI drove into the Cork and Barrel Liquor Store on Clarks Falls Road.
  It happened just before 4 p.m on Saturday.
  No one was hurt.
  Oliver failed a field sobriety test, according to troopers.
  She was placed under arrest.
  Oliver is being held on a $500 cash or surety bond.
  She’s scheduled to face a judge in New
  
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• Police investigating bank robbery in Bethany

  21-08-2017 22:46
  
  Police are investigating a bank robbery Monday afternoon in Bethany.
  
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• Gallery: KOCO 5 viewers share photos of 'eclipse shadows'

  21-08-2017 22:42
  
  KOCO 5 viewer shared these fascinating photos of "eclipse shadows" seen across the state.
  
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• Bride, groom honor friend killed trying to stop robbery

  21-08-2017 22:26 via kfor.com
  AURORA, Colo. - Nick Riedel saved a seat at his wedding for a guest he knew would not come, but says he hopes that the gesture will help solve a crime.
  "I think of him every day. I wish he was here. He would have done it all over again because that's who he was. All about helping and saving people," said Riedel.
  Six months ago, Kelly Acosta was shot and killed when he tried to stop a man from robbing a woman.
  To this day, investigators have not been able to find the shooter.
  "He stepped up at t
  
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• Maryland man confesses to killing 6-year-old sister, 2 young cousins

  21-08-2017 22:23 via kfor.com
  A 25-year-old has confessed to stabbing to death his 6-year-old sister and two young cousins while babysitting the family at their Maryland home, police said.
  The three girls, all under 10, were found dead in a single bed with lacerations to their upper body, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department.
  Antonio Williams’ mother found her daughter and the other two children in the basement of her home.A 25-year-old has confessed to stabbing to death his 6-year-old siste
  
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• University of Texas at Austin takes down four Confederate statues overnight

  21-08-2017 22:14 via kfor.com
  AUSTIN, Texas – A quartet of statues honoring Confederate figures were quietly removed at the University of Texas at Austin overnight, part of a nationwide effort to denounce white supremacy.
  The university removed statues of Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston, John Reagan and James Stephen Hogg from its Main Mall and plans to relocate them elsewhere on campus.
  University President Gregory Fenves said the removal of the statues was spurred by the “hor
  
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• Gallery: View of Great American Eclipse from across Oklahoma

  21-08-2017 21:59
  
  Viewers from across Oklahoma shared their pictures of the Great Solar Eclipse.
  
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• Bank Robbery Reported In Bethany

  21-08-2017 21:52
  
  A bank robbery was reported Monday in Bethany, police said.
  
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• Millions celebrate the Great American Eclipse

  21-08-2017 21:49
  
  All across the country on Monday, Americans took time to look up to the sky and take in a sight nearly 100 years in the making
  
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• Satellite captures shadow of eclipse crossing the U.S.

  21-08-2017 21:46
  
  The GOES-16 weather satellite shows the shadow of the moon passing over the United States during the total solar eclipse of Aug. 21, 2017.
  
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• Police kill suspected driver in Barcelona attack

  21-08-2017 21:45 via kfor.com
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  BARCELONA, Spain – Spanish authorities on Monday shot and killed the suspected driver of the van that plowed into crowds last week in Barcelona, according to the Catalan police.
  Younes Abouyaaqoub was killed during an operation in Subirats, west of Barcelona, police said in a tweet. Police earlier said they had shot a man wearing an explosive belt but did not immediately identify him as Abouyaaqoub.
  A robot was sent to remove the explosive belt from the body before officer
  
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• Crash Involving Fire Truck Reported In NW OKC

  21-08-2017 21:43
  
  A crash involving a fire truck was reported Monday in northwest Oklahoma City.
  
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• Why did the solar eclipse move from west to east?

  21-08-2017 21:35
  
  Why did the solar eclipse move from west to east?
  
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• Sooners & Cowboys Get Top 10 Ranking in AP Preseason Poll

  21-08-2017 21:27 via kfor.com
  Both Oklahoma’s Big 12 football teams are ranked in the top ten in the Associated Press preseason top 25 poll released on Monday.
  The Sooners are ranked 7th and the Cowboys 10th.
  For OU, it’s the 15th time in the last 17 years they have been ranked in the top ten in the preseason AP poll.
  Oklahoma has been ranked in 18 straight preseason polls, the second longest current streak in the nation behind Ohio State’s 29.
  It’s OU’s 59th time to be ranked in the preseason A
  
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• Man dies after being hit by vehicle near Moore Police Department

  21-08-2017 21:21
  
  A man died Sunday evening after he was hit by a vehicle near the Moore Police Department, officials said.
  
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• The Great American Eclipse captivates the country

  21-08-2017 21:06
  
  Millions of Americans gazed at the skyin wonder on Monday.
  
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• Police Investigating Homicide At NW OKC Motel

  21-08-2017 21:06
  
  Homicide detectives are on the scene after a body was discovered at a motel on the northwest side of the metro, Monday afternoon.
  
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• Solar eclipse captivates crowds

  21-08-2017 21:00
  
  Total solar eclipses occurred across the country on Monday.
  
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• Officials identify inmate found dead at Oklahoma County Jail

  21-08-2017 21:00 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY — Authorities have identified a man who died after being taken to the Oklahoma County Jail.
  On Saturday, the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office announced that an inmate had been found dead at the jail.
  Officials say 54-year-old Mitchell Everett Willis was booked into the jail on Friday, August 18.
  That night, investigators say Willis was found dead in a single cell.
  So far, his cause of death has not been released.
  
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• Police investigate homicide at northwest OKC motel

  21-08-2017 20:56
  
  Police are investigating a homicide at Days Inn at Northwest 39th Street and May in Oklahoma City.
  
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• OKC Family Says Dog Theft Caught On Surveillance Video

  21-08-2017 20:55
  
  An Oklahoma City family says their dog was taken and the alleged crime was caught on camera.  Aaron Brilbeck is following the story and till have all the details tonight on #News9 at 5 p.m.
  
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• Time lapse view of the eclipse

  21-08-2017 20:50
  
  Miss the eclipse? Watch it quickly with this time lapse video!
  
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• Meteorologist has amazing reaction to eclipse in Missouri

  21-08-2017 20:48
  
  A meteorologist had the best reaction to the total eclipse in Missouri, where they had more than two minutes of totality.
  
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• PHOTOS: Solar eclipse captured across Oklahoma

  21-08-2017 20:47 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – For a few minutes, the sun disappeared from the sky over several states.
  Most of Oklahoma will experienced about an 80 to 90 percent obstruction of sunlight when the moon passed between the Earth and the sun.
  The last time anyone in the United States witnessed a total solar eclipse was almost 40 years ago, on February 26, 1979. It’s been even longer — 99 years — since a total solar eclipse crossed the country from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The total ecl
  
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• The Great American Eclipse: Full eclipse in Oregon

  21-08-2017 20:36
  
  The moon fully eclipsed the sun in Oregon Monday morning as The Great American Eclipse began across the United States.
  
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• Man charged with trying to plant bomb at Confederate statue

  21-08-2017 20:25
  
  A Houston man has been charged with trying to plant explosives at the statue of Confederate officer Richard Dowling
  
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• Steve Scalise calls House Republicans, still unsure when he will return to Congress

  21-08-2017 20:09
  
  Scalise told fellow Republican congressmen that, for now, he is focused on his recovery
  
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• Oklahoma City school board members to discuss possible funding lawsuit

  21-08-2017 19:56 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY -- Members of the Oklahoma City Board of Education are scheduled to meet Monday night to discuss a potential lawsuit against the Oklahoma Legislature over education funding.
  The board, comprised of eight members, must agree on a majority vote basis in order to move ahead with the process. The lawsuit was announced last week by the Oklahoma City Public School District.
  According to Superintendent Aurora Lora, the school district has had to cut between $35 million and $45 million ou
  
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• Confederate monument in Oklahoma targeted by hacker group

  21-08-2017 19:46 via kfor.com
  DURANT, Okla. – Deputies in Durant were forced to take precautions after a group of online hackers threatened a Confederate monument on social media.
  A group claiming to be “Anonymous” posted a video, saying the country’s remaining Confederate monuments were symbols of hate. It also listed several monuments, including one in Durant.
  “It is time to denounce the Confederacy, to denounce racism, bigotry, and hate. It is time to take down these monuments to hate oursel
  
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• Ok County Jail Inmate Found Dead Friday ID'd

  21-08-2017 19:44
  
  The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has identified the Oklahoma County Jail inmate who was found unresponsive in his cell Friday night.  
  
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• Sayre man arrested after allegedly driving to meet up with underage girl

  21-08-2017 19:21 via kfor.com
  CANADIAN COUNTY, Okla. – Authorities arrested a Sayre man who is accused of driving to Canadian County to have sex with an underage girl.
  Deputies with the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office say they began investigating 53-year-old Gary Brickhouse after they saw an ad online that read, “Looking for younger in OKC.”
  After undercover investigators pretended to be a 14-year-old girl and contacted Brickhouse, they say he asked if they liked oral sex and graphically described se
  
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• Vehicle strikes bus stops in French city, 1 person dead

  21-08-2017 19:04
  
  Police say they have ruled out terrorism as a factor in the crash
  
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• Taylor Swift is definitely up to something

  21-08-2017 18:52
  
  The singer recently deleted information on her social media accounts, leading to a frenzy of speculation.
  
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• Jogger struck by vehicle and killed Sunday in Moore, police reports

  21-08-2017 18:45
  A jogger was killed Sunday by a vehicle that hit him, according to police reports. Robert Andrew Griffioen, 29, of Oklahoma City was fatally struck, police report.
  
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• 'She felt like a princess.' 6-year-old battling lymphoma receives trip of a lifetime

  21-08-2017 18:44
  
  A 6-year-old received the trip of a lifetime after battling lymphoma for 2 years.
  
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• Filing a consumer complaint against an airline

  21-08-2017 18:44 via kfor.com
  If you have an issue that needs to be resolved, you may file a complaint against an airline with the U.S. Department of Transportation.
  For more information on refunds, tarmac delays or lost luggage, visit the Department of Transportation’s website.
  
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• Driver in Barcelona terror attack killed in Spain

  21-08-2017 18:39
  
  Younes Abouyaaqoub had been the subject of an international manhunt since last week's terror attack in Barcelona
  
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• Reserve deputy ‘no longer associated’ with Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office after social media post

  21-08-2017 18:35 via kfor.com
  CLEVELAND COUNTY, Okla. – A reserve deputy is no longer employed with the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office following a post he made on social media.
  “The new generation is filled with lib tards, transvestites, gays and sissies who need a safe room,” the post by Ken Coartney read.
  At the time, Coartney was a reserve deputy for the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office.
  “It’s hateful language. I mean, I think he, especially being in a community where he’s surround
  
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• The Great Eclipse: Watch live with KOCO First Alert Weather Team

  21-08-2017 18:29
  
  You can watch the Great American Eclipse live with KOCO 5 Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane and the First Alert Weather Team.
  
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