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• American Banjo Museum, Greater Oklahoma Bluegrass Music Society team up

  08-06-2023 23:02 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - If you and your loved ones are looking for something to do over the weekend....look no further!The Greater Oklahoma Bluegrass Music Society and the American Banjo Museum for a fun-filled day of music this Saturday, June 10 from 12:00 to 5:00 pm.Popular Edmond restaurant closing after 27 yearsThe day includes a performance from the GOBMS Board Band, as well as lots of jamming!
  Admission is $8 and kids 12 and under are free.“We’re excited to partner with the Amer
  
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• 4 puppies left in hot car while owner dined at Disney: animal services

  10-05-2024 03:01 via kfor.com
  
  ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A pet owner could face felony charges after leaving four "Bernedoodle" puppies inside a hot car at Disney Springs last Saturday.
  The 13-week-old pups, a mix between a Bernese mountain dog and a poodle, had just been purchased from a breeder.
  A security guard saw the puppies in distress inside a hot car in a parking garage. First responders arrived to find one puppy unresponsive. Despite life-saving measures, the puppy died. These cars and trucks are thieves&rsq
  
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• Cybersecurity issue disrupts operations at Ascension health care network

  10-05-2024 02:17 via kfor.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) -- Ascension, a major health care network in the U.S., said a suspected cybersecurity issue disrupted its "clinical operations" on Wednesday.
  The nonprofit said it detected "unusual activity" on select technology systems and encouraged its business partners to temporarily suspend their connection to the Ascension environment.
  "Our care teams are trained for these kinds of disruptions and have initiated procedures to ensure patient care delivery continues to be safe and as mi
  
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• OKCPD investigating a shooting in NE Oklahoma City

  10-05-2024 02:05 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Authorities responded to a reported shooting in Northeast Oklahoma City.
  The shooting took place near Northeast 23rd Street and Bryant Avenue.
  OKCPD investigating shooting in NE OKC (KFOR)Two victims are currently in the hospital.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• Thunder Up in the Park providing free unique activities for Thunder fans before home games

  10-05-2024 01:32 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Thunder Up in the Park is bringing hundreds into downtown Oklahoma City as the OKC Thunder gears up to play the Dallas Mavericks in game two of the western conference semi-finals.  Once again Thunder fans are getting in on the free fun at Scissortail Park with games, face painting, performances and even Thunder themed hair cut designs.  Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Finishes Second in NBA MVP Voting“We're just able to put the logos and the designs in&nb
  
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• Near drownings lead to important reminder ahead of summer

  10-05-2024 01:20 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — Two young sisters, just four and six years old, are still in the hospital almost a week after nearly drowning in an Edmond backyard pool. The incident now leads to important reminders heading into the summer months.
  On Friday, emergency vehicles surrounded the entrance to the Oak Tree neighborhood. UPDATE: Two children alive after near drownings in EdmondThe police report shows the sisters were pulled from the deep end of a backyard pool, unconscious, and not breathi
  
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• Seminole woman grateful to be alive after car falls nearly 20 feet below the road

  10-05-2024 01:18 via kfor.com
  
  SEMINOLE COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) — An Oklahoma woman is thankful to be alive after her car plummeted nearly 20 feet while driving home.Lindsey Pruitt said she was at her mother's home during the storms that came through on Monday night. Red Cross response update: Oklahoma tornadoes"I blacked out from the impact," said Pruitt. "I said, I'm not sleeping well. This weather has passed, I'm going to go home."The last thing Pruitt said she remembers was being on the phone with her mother while driv
  
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• AG Drummond fires State Treasurer hand-picked legal counsel

  10-05-2024 00:55 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - On Thursday, Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced he is firing the outside attorney and removing state Treasurer Todd Russ from any decision-making authority in the lawsuit defending Oklahoma’s anti-ESG (environmental, social and governance) law.Expressing extreme dissatisfaction Drummond said, "It is extremely disappointing that the counsel hired by Treasurer Russ was unable to secure a favorable ruling in defense of Oklahoma’s anti-ESG law,”
  
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• First responders can now file PTSD under workers comp under new OK law

  10-05-2024 00:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — First responders will now be able to claim Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a workers compensation injury after a bill was recently signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt.Oklahoma Fraternal Order of Police President Mark Nelson said it’s been six years in the making. Usually with workers compensation, a physical injury is involved. Now, for first responders, that doesn’t have to be the case if PTSD is diagnosed.LOCAL NEWS: Red Cross response update: Oklahoma tornado
  
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• Crime-fighting technology leads to two arrests in Guthrie

  10-05-2024 00:04 via kfor.com
  
  GUTHRIE, Okla. (KFOR) - Two people were arrested after leading Guthrie police officers on a dangerously high-speed chase in a stolen car. The suspects were caught thanks to crime-fighting technology the department started using about a year ago. At times, the pursuit reached speeds of 125 miles per hour, according to court records. LOCAL NEWS: Garfield Co. Judge indicted for alleged drive-by shooting
  “It's highly fortunate for the driver and for the passenger that they’re a
  
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• Laser light shows come to old planetarium before it's 'lights out.'

  09-05-2024 23:50 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) - Science Museum Oklahoma is hosting laser light shows that are promising to be "out of this world" now through most of June. It's a show-stopping way of saying goodbye to the planetarium as the museum builds a new one.Sherry Marshall said it's a request Science Museum Oklahoma has gotten for decades.CDC issues travel advisory for pets"When are you bringing back the laser shows? It's been over 25 years," said Marshall, the President & CEO of SMO. "We thought, let'
  
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• WATCH: Edmond PD traffic stop turn into chase, ending in crash

  09-05-2024 23:41 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) - The Edmond Police Department says, after one of its officers attempted to make a routine traffic stop when the suspected driver hit the gas and took off later crashing out.Edmond police officials released the video of the dash camera footage after police responded to a call of a reckless driver on Tuesday morning. Garfield Co. Judge indicted for alleged drive-by shootingThe chase came to a halt after the suspected driver hit a semi.According to Edmond Police Department's F
  
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• Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar: The biggest beef in recent rap history, explained

  09-05-2024 21:35 via kfor.com
  
  (AP) — In one of the biggest beefs in recent hip-hop history, Drake and Kendrick Lamar are feuding — to the point that police were asked about their feud after a security guard was shot outside Drake's Toronto mansion on Tuesday. But it wasn't always this way.Over a decade ago, the pair collaborated on a few songs: On Drake's 2011 track “Buried Alive Interlude,” on Lamar's 2012 release “Poetic Justice,” and on A$AP Rocky
  
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• Garfield Co. Judge indicted for alleged drive-by shooting

  09-05-2024 20:35 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Garfield County Associate District Judge Brian Lovell was indicted by the Multi-County Grand Jury on Thursday regarding an incident from February 2023.According to the indictment, Lovell, 59, allegedly fired a gun at his brother-in-law's house in Bison, Oklahoma, on Feb. 12, 2023. Two days later, he claimed the gun had been stolen from his car.RELATED STORY: ‘Some people think they’re above the law’: OSBI investigating Garfield County judge after drive-by
  
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• New ‘Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’ expected to be released in 2026

  09-05-2024 20:09 via kfor.com
  
  Andy Serkis is going back to Middle-earth to play Gollum in two new “Lord of the Rings” films.Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group’s Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy said Thursday that Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, the Oscar-winning team behind the “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” trilogies, will produce and Serkis will direct.“Yesssss, Precious,” Serkis said in a statement. “The time has come once
  
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• The 'Top 100 Barbecue Spots' in America, according to Yelp

  09-05-2024 19:50 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Americans are suckers for meats we barely need to chew.Whether it’s a succulent pile of pulled pork, a slice of melt-in-your-mouth brisket, or a bite of falling-off-the-bone ribs, Americans love a great plate of tender barbecued meats that — if necessary — we could tear apart with a fork and gum down our throats.To that end, the analysts at Yelp have attempted to determine the “Top 100 Barbecue Spots” in the country, based largely on the ratings an
  
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• CDC issues travel advisory for pets

  09-05-2024 19:14 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced new rules Wednesday aimed at preventing dogs with rabies from coming into the United States.According to the CDC website, it is extending its temporary suspension of dog importation from high-risk dog rabies countries until July 31, 2024. If you don’t follow CDC’s rules, your dog won’t be allowed to enter the United States. If denied entry, your dog will be sent back to the
  
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• RFK Jr. had a brain worm. How do you get one and what are the symptoms?

  09-05-2024 19:11 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once had a parasite that caused him brain fog and memory loss, it was revealed Wednesday.Kennedy, now 70, began noticing issues in 2010, complaining of short-term and longer-term memory loss. He was originally concerned he had a brain tumor, and when he got checked out, there was a dark spot visible on brain scans, the New York Times reported.
  According to a 2012 deposition reviewed by the Times, Kennedy was told by
  
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• 'It’s a big morale boost for the inmates': Prison rodeo restart stalled in current session

  09-05-2024 19:08 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – In March the Oklahoma House passed House Bill 3749 by Rep. Jim Grego, R-Wilburton, that would create a revolving fund to restart the prison rodeo at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.As of Tuesday, House Bill 3749 has been placed on pause after Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Steven Harpe informed the legislative panel his agency was no longer pursuing an $8.3 million appropriation this session.Could the Prison Rodeo make a return?Instead, the
  
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• Items stolen from new parents' car while still at the hospital

  09-05-2024 19:05 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Multiple items, including inked baby footprints, were stolen from a parked car at a hospital in northwest Oklahoma City.According to the Oklahoma City Police Department, the couple had just been discharged from the hospital after having their new baby when they noticed the items missing.NW OKC hospital theft. Image courtesy Oklahoma City Police. LOCAL NEWS: UPS employees accused of stealing items from packages at work
  Officials say luggage, all of the woman's prescription
  
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• Boeing exec commends employee for reporting issue in internal memo

  09-05-2024 18:47 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – The Boeing executive in charge of the company's 787 program commended an employee for coming forward and reporting an issue, according to an internal memo obtained by Business Insider and the Associated Press.
  The issue turned up last month when a worker observed an “irregularity” in a required test of the wing-to-body join and reported it to his manager. When management investigated, they discovered several employees had not been performing required tests.
  All
  
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• These cars and trucks are thieves' biggest targets, in Oklahoma, national data shows

  09-05-2024 18:44 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Thieves have switched up the vehicles they're targeting most – and a social media trend may be to blame.The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) recalculated its list of most frequently stolen cars with new data from 2023. In years past, full-size pickup trucks tended to top the list, but that's no longer the case.
  The classic American pickup truck has been dethroned by a company sedan when it comes to which vehicle is most frequently stolen. In 2023, the Hyundai E
  
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• Red Cross response update: Oklahoma tornadoes

  09-05-2024 18:06 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Red Cross has released it latest response update as multiagency resource centers are scheduled in southern Oklahoma communities.The Red Cross leadership on the Oklahoma tornadoes said, "Our hearts go out to those who lost their lives and the communities punished by tornado outbreaks across Oklahoma, the Great Plains and the South. Even as we provide recovery services for people affected by the April 27 tornadoes in southern Oklahoma, we are now responding to meet resid
  
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• Congress races to meet FAA deadline

  09-05-2024 18:06 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Congress is on track to miss Friday’s deadline to re-authorize the FAA’s authority and will likely need to pass another short-term extension.The legislation is now in the Senate’s hands but still has to clear the House, which isn’t back in Washington until next week.“We're working really hard to get it finished this week in the Senate and that's what we hope to do,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
  However, a short-ter
  
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• AAA provides tips when trapped inside a vehicle during severe weather

  09-05-2024 17:56 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - AAA is urging Oklahomans to prep with defense tactics in case your caught riding out a storm inside a vehicle.“A vehicle is a very dangerous place to ride out a storm,” said Leslie Gamble, AAA Oklahoma spokesperson. “Think through your driving routes, listen for the latest weather alerts and plan contingencies before heading out on high-risk days so you can react to whatever Mother Nature sends your way. Talk with your loved ones to make sure they have do
  
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• TikTok to start labeling AI-generated content that may otherwise 'confuse or mislead viewers,' company says

  09-05-2024 17:53 via kfor.com
  
  (AP) – TikTok will begin labeling content created using artificial intelligence when it's uploaded from outside its own platform.TikTok says its efforts are an attempt to combat misinformation from being spread on its social media platform.“AI enables incredible creative opportunities, but can confuse or mislead viewers if they don’t know content was AI-generated,” the company said in a prepared statement Thursday. “Labeling helps make that context clear — whi
  
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• Emergency crews help chihuahua, owner after crash in Tulsa

  09-05-2024 17:31 via kfor.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (KFOR) - Emergency crews in Tulsa had an unexpected patient after a truck crash Thursday morning.According to the Tulsa Police Department, officers responded to a crash near 21st St. and Lewis Ave. around 1:30 a.m.GOOD NEWS!: Can you guess whose baby? OKC Zoo announces animal family is growing
  Upon arrival, they found a truck that had crashed into a power pole. The driver of the truck said he had chest pain, but he was very worried about his dog, a chihuahua who was also in the truc
  
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• Ohio man pleads guilty to dumping contaminated wastewater into river, killing more than 40,000 fish

  09-05-2024 16:42 via kfor.com
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (WJW) – An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to killing more than 40,000 fish after admitting to dumping hazardous substances into the Scioto River.Mark Shepherd, 72, pleaded guilty to violating the Clean Water Act by dumping about 7,000 gallons of wastewater containing pollutants and hazardous substances into the waterway near Kenton on April 17, 2021, the United States Department of Justice wrote in a news release.Shepherd, from Kenton, was accused of "negligently" flooding the ri
  
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• Texas ranch owner missing dozens of ostriches after extreme flooding

  09-05-2024 16:37 via kfor.com
  
  VALLEY MILLS, Texas (KWKT) – The flooding in Texas over the weekend has ruffled some feathers, and one ranch is seeking to find dozens of missing ostriches.The Superior Ostrich Company in Valley Mills is looking for many of its birds that got loose."I've always had a finger in the ranching operation here all my life and I've seen several floods, but this was one of the granddaddy of all floods," said Reg Lindberg, Superior Ostrich Company founder.Lindberg believes the floodwaters carried t
  
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• MSC cruise ship sails into NYC with 44-foot dead endangered whale across its bow

  09-05-2024 15:44 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A cruise ship sailed into a New York City port with a 44-foot (13-meter) dead whale across its bow, marine authorities said.The whale, identified as an endangered sei whale, was caught on the ship's bow when it arrived at the Port of Brooklyn on Saturday, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries spokesperson Andrea Gomez said. Semi-truck carrying meat incinerated by massive fire on Los Angeles highwayA spokesperson for MSC Cruises said the whale was on
  
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