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• Couple says suspected burglar took a shower before taking their stuff

  12-05-2024 17:15 via kfor.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A couple says a suspected burglar took a shower and ate some food before stealing about $400 worth of items from their home in Memphis, Tennessee, last month.Tara Carter and Lucas Healy said the suspect got in through an unlocked door late at night and stayed in the house for nearly an hour.On Tuesday, the Memphis Police Department released surveillance video, seen below, of the suspect walking around the duplex on April 27."They kind of made themselves at home," Ca
  
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• Where is America's best pizza? Lawmakers slice into an old debate

  23-05-2024 14:52 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) - One of the country’s most contentious debates made its way up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday: What’s the pizza capital of the U.S.?The answer depends on who you ask.Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D) stirred up the conversation when she held an event on the House steps to declare New Haven, Conn., the best spot for a slice. The Congresswoman handed out boxes of the famed Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria, a pride and joy of New Haven since 1925, before delivering remarks on the H
  
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• Airbnb 'anti-party system' in effect over Memorial Day, Fourth of July

  23-05-2024 14:33 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) - With Memorial Day weekend in just a few days, followed by the Fourth of July in the not-so-distant future, Airbnb has announced its “anti-party system” is in effect for both weekends.  According to the homestay rental company, the system is implemented to reduce the risk of disruptive parties and promote responsible travel.  “We have measures in place to help identify and prevent reservations that are potentially higher risk for safety and property damage inc
  
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• Want to dodge Memorial Day crowds? You may want to avoid these destinations

  23-05-2024 14:32 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – If you're considering a last-minute getaway during the Memorial Day weekend to relax away from crowds, there are a few cities you may want to leave for another trip.This holiday weekend AAA expects some 43.8 million people to travel at least 50 miles away from home, a number that would be second only to 2005's record 44 million who hit the roads, open ocean, rails and skies.Travel booking site Skyscanner says short-duration trips were the largest segment, with 42% of trips last
  
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• Average US vehicle age hits record as high prices force people to keep them longer

  23-05-2024 14:22 via kfor.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Cars, trucks and SUVs in the U.S. keep getting older, hitting a record average age of 12.6 years in 2024 as people hang on to their vehicles largely because new ones cost so much.S&P Global Mobility, which tracks state vehicle registration data nationwide, said Wednesday that the average vehicle age grew about two months from last year's record.But the growth in average age is starting to slow as new vehicle sales start to recover from pandemic-related shortages of
  
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• Court battle is a possibility over new jail location

  23-05-2024 13:36 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Could Oklahoma County Commissioners and City Council be heading for a battle in court over the location of the new county jail?One county commissioner believes it is a growing possibility. This comes after the city council voted "no" on the proposed site Tuesday. OKC City Council votes no on proposed jail locationDistrict 2 County Commissioner Brian Maughan says a solution is not looking good as they have exhausted their options on a location, and have been transpare
  
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• Man dead, firefighter injured in Shawnee house fire

  23-05-2024 13:32 via kfor.com
  
  SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) - Firefighters battled a fatal house fire in Shawnee Wednesday morning.Officials say fire crews responded to a home near E Highland St. and Pennsylvania Ave. around 12:30 a.m. Heavy flames could be seen coming from the house.Upon arrival, firefighters located one victim inside the home. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. An injured firefighter was also taken to the hospital.The cause of this fire has not been determined as the investigation cont
  
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• 'Friction is a good thing': Budget agreement reached, Stitt drops tax cut demand for now

  23-05-2024 13:29 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — State legislators reached a tentative budget agreement Wednesday just a little over a week out from an impending deadline.The agreement also marked a historic moment in Oklahoma history being the first time all budget meetings were hosted in public. Organizers stated the purpose of the process was to give the public a behind the scenes look at how budget negotiations have taken place. ‘Ridiculous’: OSDE reportedly misses deadline to apply for crisis
  
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• Consult multiple trustworthy sources before hiring a contractor, experts say

  23-05-2024 13:25 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Experts say the problems a local woman experienced after she hired a contractor based on a referral from Home Depot serve as a good reminder to always consult multiple sources before hiring someone to do work around your house.Last week, News 4 reported a Warr Acres woman has been unable to use her backyard or pool after a contractor she hired to replace her deck never finished the job. Warr Acres woman says contractor left backyard deck unfinished“I'm not allo
  
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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.
  Head Country BBQ giving out hundreds o
  
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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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