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• Man accused of raping 11-year-old arrested after leaving pregnant victim at ER, sheriff's office says

  22-10-2020 00:45 via kfor.com
  
  ASCENSION PARISH, La. (NEXSTAR) – Louisiana deputies arrested a man accused of raping and impregnating an 11-year-old child after he dropped her off at the hospital Sunday.Wendell Sanchez, 34, of Gonzales, faces a slew of charges including first-degree rape of a child under the age of 13 after taking the girl, who had abdominal pains, to a local emergency room.
  Deputies responded to the hospital around 7 p.m. for a possible molestation of a juvenile, according to the Ascension Parish Sheri
  
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• Man arrested for death of infant son

  17-04-2024 01:34 via kfor.com
  
  NEWCASTLE, Okla. (KFOR) — A case of child abuse in McClain County led to the death of a nine-month-old baby. Hunter Smiley, 25, made his first court appearance Tuesday in a McClain County courthouse. He’s accused of killing his son.Newcastle Police received a call April 10, 2024 of an unresponsive child at a home there. The child was quickly taken to the hospital and treated but died two days later. According to law enforcement, Smiley was with the child when police arrived at the sc
  
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• Oklahoma City's sports tourism numbers increase

  17-04-2024 00:37 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - When you think of the best sports destinations in the country, cities like Los Angeles, Dallas or Boston probably come to mind. However, sports tourism in Oklahoma City is making strides towards becoming a part of that conversation.LOCAL NEWS: City Care’s Night Shelter offers ‘Pet Hotel’ for guests
  “It's an exciting time for sports in Oklahoma City and I think the arrow is only looking up,” said Adam Wisniewski, the VP of sports for Visit
  
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• 'Don't D.C. my Oklahoma': OK House rejects attempt to dissolve Judicial Nominating Commission

  17-04-2024 00:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR)- Oklahoma Democrats and Republicans can hardly agree on the same topic, but they did Tuesday morning when killing a bill that would dismantle the Judicial Nominating Commission.Representative Mark Lepak (R-Claremore) is a co-author on Senate Joint Resolution 34. He told lawmakers on the House floor Tuesday morning he's been wanting to re-write how Justices in Supreme Court, Court of Criminal Appeals, Court of Civil Appeals and the Workers’ Compensation Court are chosen
  
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• 'Sweetest' dog wrapped in duct tape rescued from dumpster in Nebraska

  16-04-2024 23:48 via kfor.com
  
  Editor's note: Some of the photos in this story may be disturbing to some readers.OMAHA, Neb. (WJW) — A missing dog found wrapped up in duct tape was rescued from a trash bin earlier this week, according to the Nebraska Humane Society.
  Employees at the Omaha accounting firm Sweets & Associates reportedly heard an animal rustling around in the dumpster Sunday evening but assumed it was a raccoon.
  The next day, they discovered a dog in terrible condition inside the bin. His fur was matte
  
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• OKCPD respond to auto vs pedestrian accident

  16-04-2024 23:48 via kfor.com
  
  DEL CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — The Oklahoma City Police Department is currently responding to an incident involving a pedestrian hit by a car near Southeast 44th street & Sunnylane.The incident involved a pick-up truck and a UPS truck and one patient who was on the ground, now being transported to a local hospital.SE 44th & Sunnylane Rd intersection wreck (KFOR)SE 44th & Sunnylane Rd intersection wreck (KFOR)No current word on the extent of the injuries to the individual.The intersec
  
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• Drummond announces initiative to hold airlines responsible

  16-04-2024 23:42 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Attorney General Drummond has announced a new initiative that will give him the authority to investigate complaints from customers regarding actions concerning airline carriers and ticket agents.
  After the level of consumer complaints have recently risen against airline carriers which includes flight disruptions, lack of refunds, and lost or delayed baggage, Drummond feels it is time to take action.
  Drummond acknowledged that there is a need in the efforts to protect
  
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• Large police presence outside the OK Attorney General office

  16-04-2024 23:33 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A large police presence outside the Oklahoma Attorney General's office could be seen on Tuesday.
  The Attorney General, Drummond Gentner said that everyone inside his office is safe and the building is secure.
  KFOR has had a crew on the scene since before noon.
  Law enforcement is not sharing any details on what happened and who is involved.
  There have been places in the parking lot marked with crime scene tape and several people in handcuffs.
  This is a developing stor
  
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• House delivers Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate

  16-04-2024 23:16 via kfor.com
  
  (WASHINGTON) — House impeachment managers walked across the Capitol and delivered articles of impeachment to the Senate Tuesday, triggering a trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.The House narrowly impeached Mayorkas in February--accusing him of mishandling of the Southern border and lying to Congress. "He failed to take action to fulfill his statutory duty to control the border," Rep. Mark Green (R- Tenn.) said. Congressman Green read off the charges to the S
  
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• ODOT wants input from the public through community engagement

  16-04-2024 22:41 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) wants to hear from the people of Oklahoma about their transportation experiences and will use the input to improve its community engagement effort.
  ODOT understands that the involvement of the public is essential to their planning, programming, construction, and the maintenance of Oklahoma's transportation system in order to better their decision making.OKC Planning Commission approve plans for proposed skyscraper down
  
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• These 15 states are helping the feds enforce protections for airline passengers

  16-04-2024 22:17 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) -- The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Tuesday that it was partnering with 15 states to investigate airlines and protect passengers amid a boom in air travel.The partnership will allow the Biden administration to prioritize cases of misconduct if state attorneys general find that airlines or ticket agents participate in “unfair or deceptive airline practices.”If a state attorney general believes an airline violated a law, they could refer the cases to DOT for
  
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• Day 2: Trump criminal trial in NY

  16-04-2024 22:11 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - It's Day Two of former president Donald Trump's New York trial.
  The court is searching for jurors to weigh in on allegations that Trump was part of an illegal hush money scheme.The court is questioning dozens of potential jurors.  They're looking for people who say they can be fair and impartial in deciding whether the former president committed 34 felonies.On day two of his criminal trial Donald Trump came out swinging."This trial is a disgrace,” said Trump. Ok
  
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• How much could Caitlin Clark, No. 1 pick in WNBA draft, make on her rookie contract?

  16-04-2024 20:40 via kfor.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) — As was widely expected, the Indiana Fever selected Iowa standout Caitlin Clark with the No. 1 overall pick in Monday's WNBA Draft.Soon after Clark, college basketball's all-time leading scorer, walked across the draft stage in Brooklyn, New York, basketball fans took to social media to discuss what her first professional contract might look like.According to Spotrac, a media outlet that specifically focuses on pro sports contracts, Clark's first WNBA deal could be wor
  
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• Sen. Cotton: People stuck behind Mideast cease-fire protesters should 'take matters into your own hands'

  16-04-2024 20:04 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) raised controversy after he encouraged those dealing with streets blocked by protesters to “take matters into your hands,” appearing to encourage violence.Protesters against the American response to the Israel-Hamas war shut down multiple highways across the country Monday, including blocking the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Brooklyn Bridge in New York, as well as near Chicago’s O’Hare Airport.The demonstrators backed
  
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• These 5 US airports ranked among 2023's busiest worldwide: report

  16-04-2024 19:36 via kfor.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) — If you're late to your flight, or just trying to get out of the airport after a long trip, there may be nothing worse than seeing a busy terminal.
  There are, of course, some airports that are busier than others, including five U.S. airports that recently ranked among the 10 busiest in the world.
  Earlier this week, the Airports Council International (ACI) released its preliminary rankings for the world’s busiest airports in 2023 based on total passenger traffic. Metro
  
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• Rashee Rice, Theodore Knox being sued for over $1M in Texas crash

  16-04-2024 19:34 via kfor.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice and Southern Methodist University wide receiver Theodore Knox are being sued for over $1 million in damages and $10 million in punitive damages by two victims in the March 30 crash in Dallas, Texas, according to a lawsuit filed in Dallas County.The court document says the plaintiffs, Irina Gromova and Edvard Petrovskiy of Dallas County, are seeking monetary relief for over $1 million for severe injuries, including "trau
  
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• Bill would increase criminal punishment for strangulation

  16-04-2024 19:31 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A bill that would increase the punishment for strangulation offenses was approved by the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Monday.According to Sen. Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond, Senate Bill 1211 would escalate the maximum time of imprisonment for strangulation offense from three years to 10 years.OKLAHOMA POLITICS: ‘A bad idea’: Switzer disapproves of measure which drastically change how State Supreme Court justices are nominated
  “The statistics related
  
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• WATCH: Massive alligator and Florida bicyclist have close encounter

  16-04-2024 19:25 via kfor.com
  
  BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) - Alligator mating season is ramping up in the Sunshine State, and residents are starting to feel its impact.
  Alligators will be looking for love from April until June, meaning there will be a greater chance of encountering the massive reptiles this month, and one Florida woman's gator encounter left people stunned. Object that crashed through roof of Florida home was from space station, NASA confirmsBrandy Dentzau was in the Bonita National Golf & Country Club co
  
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• American Airlines pilots union warns of 'significant spike' in safety problems 

  16-04-2024 18:50 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) -- A union representing pilots for American Airlines warned over the weekend that there has been a “significant spike” in safety problems at the airline.“APA has been tracking a significant spike in safety- and maintenance-related problems in our operation," the safety committee of the Allied Pilots Association (APA) wrote in a memo dated April 13. "While United Airlines is currently under public and government scrutiny, it could just as easily be American Airlines."
  
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• CDC investigating reports of counterfeit or mishandled Botox injections in 9 states 

  16-04-2024 18:21 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Federal agencies and state and local health departments are investigating reports of reactions to injections of counterfeit or mishandled botulinum toxin, commonly known as Botox, across nine states.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said 19 people across nine states reported harmful reactions after receiving botulinum toxin shots from unlicensed or untrained individuals or in non-healthcare settings as of April 12. The states include Colorado, Florida, Illinois,
  
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• Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce felony ban on gender-affirming care for minors

  16-04-2024 17:57 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) – The Supreme Court granted a request by Idaho’s attorney general on Monday to lift a lower court’s temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing its felony ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The justices granted Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s (R) request to narrow a December district court order blocking the state’s ban in its entirety, allowing the law to be enforced against individuals other than the
  
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• Owners of Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found now charged with COVID fraud

  16-04-2024 17:56 via kfor.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — A couple who owned a Colorado funeral home where authorities last year discovered 190 decaying bodies were indicted on federal charges that they misspent nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds on vacations, cosmetic surgery, jewelry and other personal expenses, according to court documents unsealed Monday.The indictment reaffirms accusations from state prosecutors that Jon and Carie Hallford gave families dry concrete instead of cremated ashes and allege
  
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• Bidens report nearly $620K in income, Harris and her husband report more than $450K

  16-04-2024 17:53 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) -- President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden made a combined income of $619,976 last year, and Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband made $450,299, according to the couples’ 2023 tax returns the White House released Monday.The president and his wife paid an effective federal income tax rate of 23.7 percent, the documents showed, and paid a total of $146,629 in federal income tax.The annual salary of a president is $400,000, and Jill Biden works as a professor at North
  
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• Huge Saharan dust blob cooling the eastern Atlantic

  16-04-2024 17:52 via kfor.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A huge plume of Saharan dust is now visible on satellite loops coming off of Africa into the eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean. This, combined with stronger than normal easterly winds of the Saharan Desert, is helping cool part of the far Eastern Atlantic, where the seeds for some hurricanes originate.While the suspended dust makes for hazy skies and—when it falls down—can result in a very dusty ground over land, there is an upside. The haze blocks out the su
  
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• Ticketmaster to face federal antitrust lawsuit, reports say

  16-04-2024 17:50 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) - The Justice Department is preparing to file a federal antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, according to multiple reports.The Wall Street Journal first reported Monday that the Justice Department will be filing an antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation in the coming weeks, citing people familiar with the matter. Live Nation and Ticketmaster have faced widespread public scrutiny for its dominance in the ticketing industry, which critics say has all
  
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• Newcastle man arrested after child's death

  16-04-2024 16:48 via kfor.com
  
  NEWCASTLE, Okla. (KFOR) - A man has been arrested following the death of a child in McClain County.According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the Newcastle Police Department requested the bureau's help on April 11, 2024, regarding a child abuse investigation.LOCAL NEWS: Court records reveal what led to arrests in disappearance of two missing moms
  Hunter Smiley. Image courtesy Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
  The day before, officers responded to a home in Newcastle after rec
  
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• Object that crashed through roof of Florida home was from space station, NASA confirms

  16-04-2024 15:59 via kfor.com
  
  NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — NASA confirmed Monday that a mystery object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month was a chunk of space junk from equipment discarded at the International Space Station.This undated photo provided by NASA shows a recovered chunk of space junk from equipment discarded at the International Space Station. The cylindrical object that tore through a home in Naples, Fla., March 8, 2024, was subsequently taken to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape C
  
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• Car accident causes traffic concerns on I-44

  16-04-2024 14:26 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A vehicle accident is slowing traffic on I-44 Tuesday morning.Officials say the accident happened on I-44 near SW 89th St.
  Car crash on I-44 Tuesday morning. TRAFFIC: KFOR's Live Traffic Map
  Drivers are encouraged to find an alternate route.Visit KFOR's Live Traffic Map for updates.
  
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• Indiana Fever select Caitlin Clark as No. 1 overall pick in WNBA Draft

  16-04-2024 13:50 via kfor.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) — A new era of women's basketball in Indianapolis is officially underway.After weeks of anticipation, the Indiana Fever selected former Iowa standout Caitlin Clark with the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA Draft on Monday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.
  The Fever's path to getting Clark first began to be paved in December. Indiana won the WNBA Draft lottery, earning the No. 1 overall pick for the second year in a row.The Fever selected South Carolina f
  
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• OKCFD battles fire at vacant apartment complex

  16-04-2024 13:36 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma City Fire Department responded to a fire at a vacant apartment complex Tuesday morning.According to OKCFD, firefighters responded to a complex near NW 8th St. and Walker Ave. around 2 a.m. on Tuesday when a resident from a nearby apartment complex noticed the fire.LOCAL NEWS: ‘The fire didn’t pass through’: Bethany church spared in strip mall fire
  Upon arrival, the front gates of the building were chained closed and parts of the building were
  
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