Oklahoma City news

• Free program to help teens/young adults stop vaping

  01-12-2025 23:45 via kfor.com
  
  The push to help teens and young adults quit vaping has led to the opening of a program within the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust, now accepting enrollment. It's an Instagram-based support group that's free to join.
  
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• Is TikTok's 'internal shower' safe to drink?

  01-12-2025 23:18 via kfor.com
  
  The popular chia seed drink is meant to relieve digestive issues.
  
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• Luigi Mangione in court: Prosecutors play 911 call, new videos from McDonald's where arrest took place

  01-12-2025 23:07 via kfor.com
  
  Luigi Mangione watched stoically in court Monday as prosecutors played surveillance videos showing the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
  
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• Flying without REAL ID may cost you $45 under new TSA program

  01-12-2025 23:07 via kfor.com
  
  The majority of travelers are already in compliance, but for those that aren't, flying may be costly.
  
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• Icy roads claim life of 21-year-old in single-vehicle Comanche County crash

  01-12-2025 23:02 via kfor.com
  
  A 21-year-old Chickasha driver died on Monday morning in Comanche County after their vehicle lost control due to icy road conditions.
  
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• Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC employees over claims it violated work laws

  01-12-2025 22:14 via kfor.com
  
  The coffee company will shell out $50 for every week the 15,000 hourly employees worked from July 4, 2021, through July 7, 2024.
  
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• Here's who will perform at the Super Bowl kickoff

  01-12-2025 21:38 via kfor.com
  
  The singers will be a part of the NFL’s pregame entertainment at Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8, 2026.
  
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• Live updates: Trump to meet with national security team as questions grow over September boat strike

  01-12-2025 21:33 via kfor.com
  President Donald Trump will meet with his national security team Monday afternoon as bipartisan scrutiny mounted over a report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order in September to strike an alleged drug vessel a second time to kill any survivors. The House and Senate Armed Services Committees have opened investigations into U.S. [...]
  
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• Hegseth boat strike fallout, war crime allegations: What to know 

  01-12-2025 20:57 via kfor.com
  
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's reported order in early September to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean has sent shock waves throughout Washington, prompting scrutiny from key leaders in Congress and a cautious defense from President Trump. According to a report in The Washington Post on Friday, an initial strike left two [...]
  
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• New FDA-approved glasses can slow nearsightedness in kids

  01-12-2025 18:50 via kfor.com
  
  For many children, the experience of getting their first pair of glasses is an inevitable milestone, the first in a lifetime of visits to the eye doctor.
  
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• 'Home Improvement' star Zachery Ty Bryan arrested again

  01-12-2025 18:40 via kfor.com
  
  Bryan allegedly violated the terms of his probation from a prior conviction.
  
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• More Americans say Trump has helped raise prices rather than lower them: Survey

  01-12-2025 18:39 via kfor.com
  
  There’s a clear partisan divide in the way Americans perceive Trump’s effect on prices.
  
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• Hegseth jokes about boat strikes as Congress ramps up scrutiny

  01-12-2025 18:38 via kfor.com
  
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday evening made light of the mounting scrutiny he faces over a report that he gave an order to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September.
  
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• Trump says he'll release MRI results; doesn't know what part of his body was scanned

  01-12-2025 18:37 via kfor.com
  
  “It was just an MRI,” he said. “What part of the body? It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.”
  
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• Oklahoma 4-year-old shot in the chest

  01-12-2025 18:35 via kfor.com
  
  Police in northeast Oklahoma are investigating the accidental shooting of a young child.Afton Police Chief Ernie Shelby says a 4-year-old girl was shot in the chest with a handgun earlier today. Shelby says they believe the shooting was accidental.
  
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• I-40 closed near Tinker due to car wrecks

  01-12-2025 16:51 via kfor.com
  
  MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) - I-40 is closed near Tinker Air Force Base due to multiple car accidents in the area. Officials say traffic is backed up for miles in the area as crews work to clean up the roadway. Drivers should be cautious in that area. Visit KFOR's Live Traffic Map for more.
  
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• EMSA responds to more than 80 crashes Monday

  01-12-2025 15:11 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - EMSA says paramedics have responded to an increase in traffic accidents in the Oklahoma City metro Monday morning According to EMSA, as of 8 a.m., paramedics responded to 82 traffic accidents and transported 24 patients to local hospitals. Crews also responded to one cold exposure call. Officials say this is around [...]
  
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• One struck by car in SW Oklahoma City

  01-12-2025 14:22 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Oklahoma City Police are investigating after one person was hit by a car Monday morning. Officials say officers responded to the area of SW 44th St. and Walker Ave. at around 1 a.m. One person was hit by a car, but the driver did not stay at the scene. The victim [...]
  
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• 'Rage bait' is Oxford University Press word of year amid online outrage

  01-12-2025 14:10 via kfor.com
  
  Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025.
  
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• The first Winter Weather Advisory of the cold season has been issued for portions of central and northeastern OK until 9 AM.

  01-12-2025 13:35 via kfor.com
  A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for central OK until 9 AM.  A mixture of light freezing rain and sleet is creating slick roads on elevated surfaces.  Temps are at or below freezing in central and northern OK so please use caution traveling this morning.  Temps should warm above freezing in OKC this afternoon [...]
  
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• Rising repair costs in Oklahoma as deer-related collisions surge during mating season

  01-12-2025 13:35 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — With Thanksgiving now behind us and many families heading home, we're heading into the final stretch of the year and it's also deer-mating season. With that comes the risk of dangertous collisions. "It's what we call the rut. The bucks, the male deer chase the does, the female deer, so the bucks [...]
  
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• Update: Multiple crashes impacted traffic in the metro

  01-12-2025 13:24 via kfor.com
  
  Update: 11:19 a.m. EMSA reports they have responded to 105 traffic accidents and transported 27 patients to local hospitals. That is about 15 times more than normal. Original Story: OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Multiple crashes are slowing traffic in the Oklahoma City metro Monday morning following cold temperatures. Officials say a wreck is impacting traffic [...]
  
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• Multiple crashes impacting traffic in the metro

  01-12-2025 13:24 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Multiple crashes are slowing traffic in the Oklahoma City metro Monday morning following cold temperatures. Officials say a wreck is impacting traffic on I-35 and I-40 causing a backup in the area. I-40 westbound at the Fort Smith Junction is closed and the Dallas Junction is also backed up near I-235 [...]
  
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• Residents at NW OKC apartment recall "scary" Saturday fire

  01-12-2025 06:32 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Residents at the Indigo Apartments are sharing their experiences, which they can only describe as 'scary', after a fire broke out on Saturday night. "I was in my room, and I thought, like, someone was smoking, because I was just smelling smoke," said one apartment resident. "It was pretty scary hearing [...]
  
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• Investigators plead for tips after 3 children, 1 adult killed in shooting at child's birthday party

  01-12-2025 01:55 via kfor.com
  
  STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in California appealed to the public for tips, cellphone video, witness accounts and even rumors as they searched Sunday for a suspect in the killing of three children and an adult during a mass shooting at a child's birthday party. Someone opened fire at a banquet hall in Stockton where [...]
  
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• No immediate arrests after 3 children, 1 adult killed in shooting at child's birthday party

  01-12-2025 00:33 via kfor.com
  
  STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in California appealed to the public for tips, even rumors, as they searched Sunday for a suspect in the killing of three children and an adult during a mass shooting at a child's birthday party in Stockton. “It’s heartbreaking,” said Heather Brent, a spokesperson for the San Joaquin County sheriff’s [...]
  
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• Four victims, including three children, killed in gang-related California mass shooting

  01-12-2025 00:02 via kfor.com
  
  (FOX40.COM) —The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that the four victims shot in a mass shooting in Stockton, California were ages 8, 9, 14 and 21. The sheriff’s office said that people had gathered for a family event when the shooting occurred on the 1900 block of Lucile Avenue. Just before 6 p.m., [...]
  
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