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• Firefighters respond to home engulfed in flames in Edmond

  16-05-2024 21:42 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — Firefighters are responding to a home engulfed in flames near 2nd St. and Air Depot in Edmond.
  House fire near 2nd Street and Air Depot in Edmond. Photo courtesy KFOR.House fire near 2nd Street and Air Depot in Edmond. Photo courtesy KFOR.House fire near 2nd Street and Air Depot in Edmond. Photo courtesy KFOR.
  Video from McIntyre Law Chopper 4 flying over the scene shows heavy flames and smoke visible from miles away.Pilot Mason Dunn reports that he believes everyone
  
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• Joey Chestnut, Kobayashi to go head-to-head in live hot dog eating contest on Netflix

  13-06-2024 13:28 via kfor.com
  
  (WXIN/WTTV) — Being banned from America's most famous eating competition isn't stopping Joey Chestnut from staying in the news.Streaming giant Netflix announced on Wednesday that Chestnut, the number one ranked competitive eater in the world, will face off against long-time rival Takeru Kobayashi, who was dubbed "the godfather of competitive eating" before claiming to retire earlier this year.The event is set to stream live on Monday, Sept. 2 on Netflix, the streamer posted on social media
  
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• Edible Arrangements employees left with a bitter taste, turned sweet

  13-06-2024 13:27 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Working overtime can be draining, but the paycheck is always sweet.
  Unfortunately, two former employees with Edible Arrangements were left with a bitter taste in their mouth after they were shorted on their payday.The pair put in dozens of hours of overtime, making extra deliveries for Mother's Day, but say they never got paid for their time. IN YOUR CORNER: ‘Because In Your Corner woke them up’: ONG fixes problems at NW Oklahoma City condosAmanda Everson
  
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• 'They're dismissing humanity': Tulsa Race Massacre survivors want case reconsidered

  13-06-2024 13:17 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The legal team representing survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre announced Wednesday evening they plan on asking Oklahoma's highest court to reconsider their lawsuit seeking reparations.The Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down the lawsuit Wednesday, upholding a Tulsa County District Court judge's decision to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning the same lawsuit couldn't be filed again."We've had generations and century of injustice and it's despicable, th
  
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• VIDEO: Fan gets Tasered after backflipping on field at Reds-Guardians game

  13-06-2024 13:13 via kfor.com
  
  CINCINNATI, Ohio (WJW) -- The Cleveland Guardians beat the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of the Ohio Cup series Tuesday night. But, it didn't come without a little extra action.Before the ninth inning, a Reds fan made his way onto the field of the Great American Ball Park.Photos and video footage show the man running and smiling with his hands up before doing a backflip. Moments later, an officer can be seen deploying a stun gun to detain him. Watch: Coyote tries to enter California home, at
  
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• Watch: Bear relaxes on a hammock in a Vermont yard

  13-06-2024 13:11 via kfor.com
  
  WAITSFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Noah and Kristen Dweck have seen a number of black bears around their home in Vermont but this was a first: a bear relaxing on their hammock.Noah Dweck took iPhone video of two young bears in their yard in Waitsfield on Tuesday with one sitting on the swinging hammock before he shooed them away.“It was adorable. It was a funny sight,” he told The Associated Press.This image taken from video provided by Noah Dweck shows a black bear sitting on a hammock in
  
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• Stock market today: Asia shares rise amid Bank of Japan focus after the Fed stands pat

  13-06-2024 05:56 via kfor.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday, as investors turned their attention to what the Bank of Japan might decide on monetary policy later this week.The Bank of Japan is not expected to raise its benchmark rate when it wraps up its meeting on Friday, but the economy is under pressure from the dollar's prolonged surge against the Japanese yen.“Given the recent ‘hawkish hold’ outcome from the Fed, if the BOJ were to stick to its usual accommodative tone in terms of
  
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• SoonerSelect reaches its first 60 days after rollout

  13-06-2024 05:51 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Oklahoma's new comprehensive delivery system for more than 600,000 SoonerCare members, SoonerSelect, remains focused throughout the transition. The main goal is increasing access to services and improving health.
  Oklahoma's health and dental plan partners are completing health screenings to establish strongcare coordination for members, supporting local organizations and distributing millions of dollars to Oklahoma providers.OKLAHOMA NEWS: Doctors claim they are not
  
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• Warrant out for Edmond psychic photographer, new clients speak out

  13-06-2024 04:25 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND (KFOR) - New charges were added after self-proclaimed psychic photographer Brandon Burton was arrested on May 25th in a domestic situation.
  More angry clients have contacted KFOR about Burton's business after they said he was paid for a photography session but never delivered the pictures.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Photographer, psychic medium arrested for alleged domestic assault in Edmond
  "He is so shady," said one former client who still hadn't received her photos.
  She wanted to remain anonymo
  
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• "Took everything apart. Literally." Thieves steal copper from church's AC units

  13-06-2024 01:39 via kfor.com
  
  PURCELL, Okla. (KFOR) — A Purcell congregation is tired of thieves striking their church.In 2021, Johnson Road Baptist Church, just off I-35 was ransacked, shortly after their beloved pastor died of COVID-19.Purcell church ransacked just days after pastor dies due to COVID-19"Somebody came out here and helped themselves to everything," said Mark Brown, the Maintenance Manager told News 4 at the time. "They even took the microphone off the pulpit!"Three years later, the new pastor said they
  
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• Oklahoma supreme court strikes down Tulsa Massacre lawsuit

  13-06-2024 01:30 via kfor.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (KFOR) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down a lawsuit brought by the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.The state supreme court rejected a lawsuit seeking reparations.Wednesday's decision upholds a lower courts ruling to dismiss the case. AP U.S. NEWS: Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit of last Tulsa Race Massacre survivors seeking reparationsThe ruling comes more than 100 years after a white mob destroyed the once thriving black community in Tulsa. Up t
  
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• Tile user data potentially hacked in 'extortion attempt': Life360

  13-06-2024 00:58 via kfor.com
  
  (WJET/WFXP) — Life360, a safety and location services company, says it was the target of a "criminal extortion attempt" after a hacker gained "unauthorized access" to sensitive information in the group's Tile customer support platform.Tile products, which work similar to Apple AirTags, allow you to track the item — keys, a bag, your wallet — online. Life360 acquired the company in 2021.
  According to a statement released Wednesday by CEO Chris Hulls, an unknown actor sent emails
  
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• Suspect in stolen RV chase was former dealership employee

  13-06-2024 00:58 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — There's new details involving an unusual police chase from May 30 when Oklahoma City officers were in hot pursuit of a motor home. Police said Cole Hopper drove almost 10 miles after bolting off with the RV from Camping World.
  The court papers show Hopper got behind the wheel of the RV around at 5am where it was parked.Stolen RV crashed into drainage ditch in NW Oklahoma CityThe documents also reveal he was a previous employee at Camping World who had been fired.From
  
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• Southern Baptists vote to oppose use of IVF technology

  13-06-2024 00:54 via kfor.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Southern Baptists voted Wednesday to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization.The nonbinding proclamation calls on members of the country's largest evangelical denomination to only support reproductive technologies that affirm the value and right to life of every human being from the moment of conception.The vote came from 10,000 Southern Baptist Convention delegates, known as messengers, who are meeting at the denomination’s annual conference this week in Indianapolis
  
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• Emergency trauma kits coming to all Purcell classrooms

  13-06-2024 00:34 via kfor.com
  
  PURCELL, Okla. (KFOR) - In case of emergency, trauma kits are making their way to every classroom in the Purcell School District next semester. All teachers will be formally trained on how to use them as well."Each one has the trauma dressings,” Emergency Management Director Rachael Huey said. LOCAL NEWS: Teens can now earn learner permit at 15 in OklahomaHuey said it’s a life saving addition coming to classrooms in Purcell."Bleed stop, trauma shears, gloves, gauze dressings,”
  
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• Mid-Del Public Schools to incorporate clear backpacks for 2024-2025 school year

  13-06-2024 00:03 via kfor.com
  
  MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) - The Mid-Del Public Schools Foundation announced on Wednesday on Facebook it is partnering with Blu School Supplies to purchase a clear backpack for the 2024-2025 school year.Image courtesy Mid-Del Public Schools Facebook pageThe clear backpack will cost $10. All 6th-12th grade students will be required to have a clear backpack this school year. State Supreme Court: OSDE does not have authority over public school library booksTo guarantee your backpack will arrive bef
  
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• Mid-Del Public Schools set to incorporate clear backpacks for 2024-2025 school year

  13-06-2024 00:03 via kfor.com
  
  MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) - The Mid-Del Public Schools Foundation announced on Wednesday on Facebook it is partnering with Blu School Supplies to purchase a clear backpack for the 2024-2025 school year.Image courtesy Mid-Del Public Schools Facebook pageThe clear backpack will cost $10. All 6th-12th grade students will be required to have a clear backpack this school year. State Supreme Court: OSDE does not have authority over public school library books* To guarantee your backpack will arrive b
  
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• Flight data from two space companies now being added to the FAA

  12-06-2024 23:58 via kfor.com
  
  Data from two space innovation companies is now being shared with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for their "out-of-this-world" flights.Virgin Galactic and Sierra Space vehicles' flight data will now be tracked by the agency in near-real time during their launch and reentry operations. Sony Pictures announces acquirement of Alamo Drafthouse CinemaThat telemetry data – like position, altitude and speed – will be sent to the FAA's  Space Data Integrator (SDI) tool,
  
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• Coach USA to sell assets; files for bankruptcy

  12-06-2024 23:57 via kfor.com
  
  (WJET/WFXP) — Bus company Coach USA announced Tuesday that it plans to sell its assets and has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.Coach USA operates under several brands, including Megabus, Coach Canada, Dilon's Bus Company, Coach USA Airport Express and Go Can Galder. Coach USA's approximately 2,070 buses carry millions of passengers through North America every year.
  According to court documents, the company currently holds $100 - $500 million in assets while holding approximately $200 milli
  
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• 'Party Bus' the bull banned from competing after jumping into Oregon crowd

  12-06-2024 23:43 via kfor.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The 1,400-pound bull that jumped the fences at an Oregon rodeo and charged into the crowd on June 8, injuring at least three people, will never compete in another professional bull riding event, the Sisters Rodeo Association told Nexstar's KOIN on Tuesday.Toward the end of the Sisters Rodeo on Saturday, Party Bus, a 3-year-old bull, leaped over a six-foot tall fence, into a sold-out spectator arena and onto the rodeo grounds. Video shows a woman being flipped in the
  
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• O.J. Simpson's lawyer asks Las Vegas judge for approval to auction off personal items

  12-06-2024 22:48 via kfor.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The lawyer handling O.J. Simpson’s estate wants to auction off pieces of the former football star and celebrity murder defendant’s property, court documents filed Wednesday said.Simpson died on April 11 at the age of 76. His long-time attorney, Malcolm LaVergne was tasked to handle his trust and estate.In Wednesday’s filing, LaVergne asked a Las Vegas judge to sell Simpson’s “unique and high-profile personal property through auction houses,
  
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• Woman, who didn't know she was pregnant, gives birth at Golden Corral in Arkansas

  12-06-2024 22:47 via kfor.com
  
  NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KARK) — An all-you-can-eat buffet turned into an all-out surprise when one Mississippi woman — who didn't know she was pregnant — gave birth at the Golden Corral in North Little Rock, Arkansas.The new mom said she didn’t know she was pregnant until it was time to deliver in the restaurant bathroom.“I’m still in shock,” Tayvia Woodfork, the mother of Tamaar Kylon Corral Woodfork, said.Woodfork had experienced a rare case of crypti
  
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• Competing bills on IVF access face uncertainty in Senate

  12-06-2024 22:44 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) -- Competing bills in the Senate seek to protect in vitro fertilization, but in very different ways. Democrats and Republicans are at an impasse on how to pass legislation on the issue. On Capitol Hill, many lawmakers have a personal story about IVF. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) often shares how she used IVF to have her own children. "IVF is the reason that I've gotten to experience the chaos and beauty, the stress and the joy that is motherhood," Duckwort
  
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• Video shows camels run loose at Ohio amusement park: 'Everyone's jumping in the pens'

  12-06-2024 22:22 via kfor.com
  
  SANDUSKY, Ohio (WJW) – Video shows a wild surprise for some who visited Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio Tuesday.Justin Garcia, who was at the park with his family, captured the video above showing two camels outside their home at the park’s petting zoo. ‘Can’t get out’: Woman swallowed by quicksand while walking on beach with husbandOne camel appears to get spooked and jumps a few times close to some of the park guests."That dude almost died!" Garcia can be heard
  
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• Sony Pictures announces acquirement of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

  12-06-2024 22:22 via kfor.com
  
  (WJET/WFXP) – A multinational mass media conglomerate has officially acquired a popular movie theatre chain.
  On Wednesday, June 12, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) announced via a press release their official acquirement of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.Life360 becomes target of criminal extortion attemptAlamo Drafthouse, which first opened in 1997 in Austin, Texas, is an American cinema chain that doubles as a restaurant. Patrons are able to enjoy dinner and drinks while watching Hollywood's
  
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• Fed chair holds rates steady

  12-06-2024 22:12 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - It won't get cheaper to make big purchases this summer.The Federal Reserve announced it will keep interest rates at current levels of 5.3% which is a 23-year high.President Biden says prices are still too high but praised the new economic report as progress, saying inflation is trending down."Inflation has eased substantially from a peak of 7% to 2.7%,” said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.Despite the decrease, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says inflatio
  
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• Federal Reserve sees some progress on inflation but envisions just one rate cut this year

  12-06-2024 22:02 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials said Wednesday that inflation has fallen further toward their target level in recent months but signaled that they expect to cut their benchmark interest rate just once this year.The policymakers' forecast for one rate cut was down from a previous forecast of three, because inflation, despite having cooled in the past two months, remains persistently elevated.In a statement issued after its two-day meeting, the Fed said the economy is growing at
  
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• Drummond endorses federal legislation for child exploitation in AI

  12-06-2024 21:54 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced on Wednesday, his support for a congressional measure targeting the use of artificial intelligence for child exploitation.Drummond alongside a coalition of 43 other state and territory attorneys general penned a letter to U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy endorsing the Child Exploitation and Artificial
  Intelligence Expert Commission Act of 2024. Langworthy is the bill’s chief sponsor. Oklahoma AG Drummond joins multistate
  
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• Three deputies, suspect wounded in shooting at gated Illinois community: sheriff

  12-06-2024 21:52 via kfor.com
  
  DIXON, Ill. (WTVO) — Three deputies and the suspected gunman were shot and injured after officers responded to a home inside a gated community in northern Illinois Wednesday, authorities said.Law enforcement went to the Lost Lake gated community near Dixon after being told just before 8:40 a.m. CT that someone was threatening to kill themself or others, according to Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle.He said the SWAT team responded and hostage negotiators tried repeatedly to make contact
  
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• Three deputies shot while responding to Illinois home; suspect also wounded: sheriff

  12-06-2024 21:52 via kfor.com
  
  DIXON, Ill. (WTVO) — Three deputies and the suspected gunman were shot and injured after officers responded to a home inside a gated community in northern Illinois Wednesday, authorities said.The mass casualty incident occurred when law enforcement went to the Lost Lake community near Dixon around 12 p.m. CT. after being told that someone was threatening to kill themself or others, according to Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle.Three victims were transported to Katherine Shaw Bethea Hosp
  
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