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• Drive thrus are getting faster. This restaurant chain is fastest

  01-10-2026 19:32 via kfor.com
  
  Looking for the fastest fast food experience? A new study may help you decide.
  
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• Mayor Holt announces opening of new John Rex Polytechnic High School

  02-10-2026 01:42 via kfor.com
  
  Mayor David Holt announced on social media the opening of John Rex Polytechnic High School in downtown Oklahoma City.
  
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• Homeowner catches fleeing driver after vehicle crashes into southwest Oklahoma City home

  02-10-2026 01:41 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) –A southwest Oklahoma City family is rebuilding after a driver crashed into their home in the middle of the night. "An SUV just plowed through my house and hit me in my bed," Joshua Kingsland, the homeowner, said. Early Thursday morning, Kingsland, his wife, and his daughter were sleeping in the [...]
  
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• Sara Polston taken back into DOC custody, sources confirm

  02-10-2026 01:19 via kfor.com
  
  Sara Polston is back in the custody of the Department of Corrections, according to sources confirmed by News 4.
  
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• The Latest: Trump hits the campaign trail in Texas, kicking off blitz before midterms

  02-10-2026 01:02 via kfor.com
  
  President Donald Trump is hitting the campaign trail Thursday in heavily Republican areas to shore up lagging enthusiasm in their party ahead of next month’s midterm elections. He could have his work cut out for him: Just 26% of U.S. adults approve of his handling of the economy overall, marking a new low, according to [...]
  
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• More Rain/Few Storms possible tonight as a strong, windy Fall cold front moves thru OKC Metro!

  02-10-2026 01:00 via kfor.com
  
  Thursday late afternoon more showers and t-storms are located in NW Oklahoma. Heavy downpours and small hail with some of the activity. A strong, windy cold front will breeze thru the OKC Metro early Friday morning with a moderate chance of showers and t-storms. Look for a windy, cloudy, cool start to Friday with a [...]
  
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• Trump says he regrets nominating Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett

  02-10-2026 00:47 via kfor.com
  
  The president’s latest comments come after he criticized the three justices for voting with the majority of the court to block his mail-in voting plan last month. 
  
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• Online course available for work zone citations rather than paying fine

  02-10-2026 00:32 via kfor.com
  
  An online course is now available for drivers who get a work zone citation, giving them a chance to have it dismissed.
  
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• Trump says Iran will 'either sign a very fair deal' or cease to exist

  02-10-2026 00:28 via kfor.com
  
  Trump said he may resume bombing of Iran following November’s midterm elections. 
  
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• Oklahoma wildlife officials confirm sixth case of 'Zombie Deer,' found in state panhandle

  02-10-2026 00:02 via kfor.com
  State wildlife officials have confirmed Oklahoma's sixth case of Chronic Wasting Disease, sometimes referred to as "Zombie Deer."
  
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• Senate adjourns until November with Republicans fearful of losing majority

  01-10-2026 23:29 via kfor.com
  
  Senators aren’t scheduled to return to the Capitol until the week of Nov. 9, leaving many top priorities in limbo until after the Nov. 3 election.
  
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• Rapper Rick Ross stands charged with battery after a woman alleges domestic violence

  01-10-2026 23:27 via kfor.com
  
  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday and charged with battery after a woman he was living with told police he hit her, authorities said. Ross, whose legal name is William Roberts II, surrendered at the Miami Beach Police Station, two days after the woman filed a [...]
  
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• People waiting in long lines preparing for President Trump arrival

  01-10-2026 23:23 via kfor.com
  
  President Donald Trump is visiting Oklahoma on a campaign rally for Mike Mazzei GOP candidate for Governor.
  
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• Oklahoma inmate caught in Rhode Island more than two months after escape

  01-10-2026 23:19 via kfor.com
  
  An Oklahoma fugitive was arrested in Rhode Island after being on the run for over two months.
  
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• Rapper Rick Ross charged with battery after domestic violence accusation

  01-10-2026 22:07 via kfor.com
  
  Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday and charged with battery related to a domestic violence accusation, authorities said.
  
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• Trump not ruling out invoking Insurrection Act around midterms

  01-10-2026 22:05 via kfor.com
  
  Trump not ruling out invoking Insurrection Act around midterms
  
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• Trump’s red-state tour raises eyebrows and anxiety among Republicans

  01-10-2026 22:02 via kfor.com
  
  President Donald Trump’s upcoming campaign stops in a number of red states are raising eyebrows as Democrats seek to expand the midterm map ahead of November’s midterm elections. 
  
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• Christa Pike in critical condition after failed execution at Tennessee prison, attorneys say

  01-10-2026 22:01 via kfor.com
  
  Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is alive and receiving treatment after she was given two lethal injection doses during a failed execution at a Nashville prison, her attorneys confirmed Thursday.
  
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• Former Dallas officer who shot Black man in apartment that she mistook for hers gets parole

  01-10-2026 21:52 via kfor.com
  
  A white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own was granted parole Thursday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence.
  
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• Around the Block: Pumpkinville, Czech Fest, and the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame.

  01-10-2026 21:30 via kfor.com
  
  Route 66's 100th birthday is this November and in the Myriad Gardens, Pumpkinville celebrates the highways birthday.
  
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• Swings in the bond market shake stock markets worldwide, as AI optimism supports Wall Street

  01-10-2026 21:00 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — More swings in the bond market are rattling stock markets around the world on Thursday. On Wall Street, the moves were relatively modest after U.S. bond yields cranked higher but then gave back the gains later in the day. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% and was on track to break a [...]
  
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• Thorough review begins after flash explosion in Kingfisher injures two

  01-10-2026 20:48 via kfor.com
  
  An investigation is underway after two City of Kingfisher employees were injured Wednesday after a flash explosion.
  
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• OG&E files rate review for proposed rate increase, the first since December 2023 

  01-10-2026 19:45 via kfor.com
  
  On Thursday, OG&E officials filed a rate review with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) to support of reliability projects made since March 2024.
  
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• 'Someone died today': L.A. school shaken after senior falls to his death on campus

  01-10-2026 19:09 via kfor.com
  
  A student at a high school in Los Angeles died Wednesday after falling from the fourth story of a campus building following an altercation inside a classroom, leaving students, their families and school staff shaken.
  
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• Judge dismisses Reflecting Pool case against former Olympian with prejudice

  01-10-2026 19:09 via kfor.com
  
  Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman dismissed the case against David Hearn with prejudice, writing in a 26-page order that the Olympic canoeist faced a “unique possibility” that the government would attempt to revive the case based on “political pressure” from President Trump.
  
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• Rapper Rick Ross arrested and charged with battery after domestic violence accusation

  01-10-2026 18:18 via kfor.com
  
  Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday and charged with battery related to a domestic violence accusation, authorities said.
  
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• This year's El Niño looks a lot like 1997. What happened then?

  01-10-2026 16:17 via kfor.com
  
  Columbia University climate scientist Azhar Ehsan said in a September media briefing that this year's atmospheric evolution looks similar to that of 1997, when one of the strongest-ever El Niños formed.
  
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• 2 dead, 2 injured, 1 missing after medevac chopper crash off Catalina Island

  01-10-2026 15:42 via kfor.com
  
  Two people were killed, one person is missing and two were hospitalized after a medevac helicopter crashed into the ocean off Catalina Island on Wednesday night, officials with the Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed.
  
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• Ex-fraternity leader at Arizona university gets jail time after pledge died of alcohol poisoning

  01-10-2026 15:41 via kfor.com
  
  Carter Eslick apologized Wednesday to Martinez's family and said he takes “full responsibility for the hand I played in that ritual.”
  
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• Tennessee governor halts state's remaining execution after Christa Gail Pike survives lethal injection attempt

  01-10-2026 15:36 via kfor.com
  
  Pike, 50, was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection and taken by ambulance from the prison, her attorneys said. She was being treated at a hospital, but they said they hadn’t been told about her condition.
  
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