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• Man arrested, another wanted in carjacking and assault in Oklahoma City

  03-12-2021 05:39 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Oklahoma City police are still searching for a suspect in an assault and carjacking incident after his alleged accomplice was arrested.Violent Crime Apprehension Team officers arrested 41-year-old Terry Hayes on Thursday. However, the man pictured below is still wanted in connection with the violent carjacking.Oklahoma City police are asking for help identifying and locating this man.The incident occurred near Southeast 15th and High Wednesday night. Mustang police s
  
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• Colleges nationwide turn to police to quell pro-Palestine protests as commencement ceremonies near

  25-04-2024 18:04 via kfor.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — With graduations looming, student protesters doubled down early Thursday on their discontent of the Israel-Hamas war on campuses across the country as universities, including ones in California and Texas, have become quick to call in the police to end the demonstrations and make arrests.While grappling with growing protests from coast to coast, schools have the added pressure of May commencement ceremonies. At Columbia University in New York, students defiantly er
  
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• How changes to 'noncompete' agreements and overtime could affect workers

  25-04-2024 18:03 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits.In one move, the Federal Trade Commission voted to ban noncompete agreements, which bar millions of workers from leaving their employers to join a competitor or start a rival business for a specific period of time. The FTC's move, which is already being challenged in court, would mean that such employees could apply for jobs they weren
  
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• Trump lawyer on hush money case: 'I don’t have hopes really that high'

  25-04-2024 18:00 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) – Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Trump, signaled she does not have high hopes for the former president’s success in the New York hush money trial.“But I don't have hopes really that high at this moment that the New York courts will do the right thing, that the jury will do the right thing," Habba said in an interview Wednesday on Newsmax’s “Greg Kelly Reports."
  "We're in a blue state as you know, Greg," she told the show's host. "And I thin
  
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• House of Rep. approve OK adoption of permanent Daylight Saving Time

  25-04-2024 17:55 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The House of Representatives approved Senate Bill 1200 on Tuesday, April 23, allowing for Oklahoma to adopt a permanent Daylight Saving Time (DST).The author of the bill, Senator Blake Cowboy Stephens (R-Tahlequah) showed his appreciation of the support from both the Legislature and Speaker Charles McCall.“This legislation has come as a result of input from Oklahomans, lawmakers, health professionals, public safety officials, and countless other individuals who
  
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• Carter Co. Sheriff busts second cockfight within a year

  25-04-2024 17:54 via kfor.com
  
  CARTER COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - On Saturday, April 20, Carter County Sheriff's Office busted a cockfight after acting on a tip. One arrest has been made, according to Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) and Animal Wellness Action advocacy groups.SHARK and Animal Wellness Action advocacy groups believe the whole cast of characters must be apprehended to deter rampant cockfighting in the Sooner State. WATCH: Bus driver fights off attack, crashes into OKC business“It’s time to sh
  
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• Biden cracks down on power plants’ climate emissions, pollution

  25-04-2024 17:47 via kfor.com
  
  The Biden administration on Thursday cracked down on planet-warming emissions and other pollution from power plants, aiming to make these power sources more environmentally friendly.The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Thursday it had finalized a suite of rules that aim to cut the plants’ pollution. One such rule, which regulates greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal and new gas plants, will require them to install technology that prevents 90 percent of their c
  
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• Players, coaches on Kansas high school baseball team accused of killing chicken on field, police confirm

  25-04-2024 17:46 via kfor.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Police in Kansas have confirmed allegations against players and coaches on a Wichita-area high school baseball team, who are accused of killing a chicken on the field.The Valley Center Police Department said a school resource officer at the Valley Center High School tipped them off to claims that the varsity team had killed the chicken on Saturday. Afterward the alleged incident, the team left for an away game, police said. WATCH: Bus driver fights off attack, crashe
  
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• MLB pitcher forced to change glove over 'distracting' American flag patch

  25-04-2024 17:40 via kfor.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Cubs reliever Luke Little said he had to change his glove before he entered Wednesday night's 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros because of an American flag patch.Manager Craig Counsell went to insert Little with one out in the seventh inning. But as the 6-foot-8 left-hander went through the usual check by umpires for pitchers coming into the game, he was told he had to swap out his glove.“The issue was the American flag was on his glove,” Counsell said.
  
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• Bill that would fine parents for kids' crimes passes Tennessee legislature

  25-04-2024 17:39 via kfor.com
  
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Parents of kids who commit crimes in Tennessee will face fines up to $1,000 for each offense after the first one, under a bill that's headed to Gov. Bill Lee's desk.The Parental Accountability Act, sponsored by Memphis-area Republicans Sen. Brent Taylor and Rep. John Gillespie, passed this week in both chambers.
  After a juvenile's first offense, juvenile court is required to fine their parents for each subsequent crime, according to the bill's language. If parents c
  
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• Firefighters knock down commercial fire in Edmond

  25-04-2024 16:33 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) - Firefighters responded to a commercial fire in Edmond Thursday morning.Officials say multiple agencies responded to a business near Waterloo Rd. and Sooner Rd. around 7 a.m. The building was being used to store marijuana and had walls added, making it harder to fight the fire.LOCAL NEWS: WATCH: Bus driver fights off attack, crashes into OKC businessCommercial fire in Edmond. Image KFOR.Commercial fire in Edmond. Image KFOR.
  The Oak Cliff Fire Department says the fire began
  
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• Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction is overturned in New York

  25-04-2024 15:29 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case.“We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of
  
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• Know before you go: 2024 Olympic Trials at RIVERSPORT OKC

  25-04-2024 13:35 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The highly-anticipated Olympic Team Trials for canoe/kayak slalom and kayak cross are kicking off on April 26, and if you plan to attend, it's best to prepare ahead of time. Athletes and the mayor try OKC RIVERSPORT ahead of Olympic trialsThe canoe/kayak slalom qualifiers are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 26, and conclude at 1:30 p.m. The canoe/kayak slalom finals will be held on Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., followed by the kayak cros
  
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• Oklahoma City is ready for an event filled weekend

  25-04-2024 13:33 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — From Olympic trials to a memorial marathon, it is going to be a busy next couple of days in Oklahoma City.It all kicks off Thursday morning, and even with the chance of rain and storms, event leaders say that won't stop them.LOCAL NEWS: Fantasy football league loser wins big amid walk of shame
  "It's going to be a really exciting weekend for Oklahoma City," Mike Knopp, Executive Director of Riversport OKC said.Many say the perfect weekend doesn't exist, well Oklahoma
  
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• Golf, Pickleball and cooking classes: State audit reveals funds meant for emergency rent relief instead spent on entertainment

  25-04-2024 13:23 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma state audit released this week revealed a non-profit the state tasked with distributing thousands in federal Emergency Rent Assistance funds instead spent a large portion of the funds on personal things, including meals and entertainment.The entire audit report, released by State Auditor Cindy Byrd’s office on Tuesday, is very, very long.“It's probably 200 pages,” Byrd told News 4.She said that length is for a good reason. State auditor
  
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• Stock market today: Asian benchmarks mostly slide as investors focus on earnings

  25-04-2024 06:04 via kfor.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Thursday as investors awaited a flood of global earnings reports, including updates from U.S. tech companies known as the “Magnificent Seven.”Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 slid 1.4% in morning trading to 37,931.81. South Korea's Kospi dropped nearly 1.0% to 2,649.96. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.5% to 17,282.67, while the Shanghai Composite edged 0.2% higher, to 3,049.90.Trading was closed in Australia for a national holiday, Anzac Day
  
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• Baltimore claims ship that hit Key Bridge was 'unseaworthy,' accuses owners of negligence

  25-04-2024 02:53 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) – The city of Baltimore on Monday argued the owner and operator of the cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge should not be able to avoid liability, claiming the vessel was "unseaworthy" when it left the Baltimore port last month, according to new court filings.
  In the filings, attorneys for the city of Baltimore claimed the owner of the container ship Dali — Grace Ocean Private — and its operator — Synergy Marine Group — were "grossly
  
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• Kid Cudi cancels world tour after breaking foot at Coachella

  25-04-2024 02:43 via kfor.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Kid Cudi has canceled all shows for his planned "Insano World Tour" this summer after breaking his foot during Coachella last weekend.In an Instagram post Wednesday, the Grammy Award-winning artist said he sustained a fracture to his calcaneus, or heel bone, in a jump from the Sahara stage during his set at the festival on Sunday. He added that the injury will require surgery."We have to cancel the tour so I can focus on getting better to be out there in top shape
  
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• Photos: Yearling mountain lions rescued from dam's spillway

  25-04-2024 02:42 via kfor.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) — Two yearling mountain lions were saved from drowning on Friday at Vallecito Reservoir in Colorado, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Southwest Regional office.The agency said Mike Canterbury, the dam tender with Pine River Irrigation District, was going to release water from the reservoir down the spillway when he saw two young mountain lions trapped by the spillway's high walls.The spillway was too tall for the yearling mountain lions to escape.The spillway was to
  
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• WATCH: Barbers rush to save child from running into busy intersection

  25-04-2024 01:37 via kfor.com
  
  EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Two heroic Connecticut barbers came to the rescue last week after a child almost ran into busy East Hartford traffic.
  According to police, Osvaldo Lugo and Rafael Santana of Looks Sharp Barbershop were cutting customers' hair when they saw a child running in the street.The barber shop is located on the corner of Brown and Main, which is usually a busy spot with traffic from Pratt Whitney, Coca-Cola facilities, and an on-ramp to I-84."This corner right here is
  
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• 'I was shaking': OKC mother says school lost her child

  25-04-2024 01:23 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma City mother is criticizing her child's school for losing track of her and another student while they were in the school's care.Kily Keeling said she dropped off her eight-year-old daughter at John Glenn Elementary Tuesday morning, not expecting anything out of the ordinary.John Glenn Elementary {KFOR}She said that expectation was not met when she got a call from her daughter's school telling her she had been picked up by police and that Kee
  
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• State Superintendent tells school districts not to comply with new Title XI rules

  25-04-2024 01:20 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA (KFOR) - Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is pushing back on the Biden Administration telling school districts not to comply with the new Title XI regulations. The new rules would prohibit sex-based discrimination at government-funded schools. Walters argues the recent rule changes are illegal and unconstitutional. On Tuesday, he told all Oklahoma superintendents to not make any changes based on the new regulations.  Zumwalt: “I will not be resigning&rdquo
  
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• State Superintendent tells school districts not to comply with new Title IX rules

  25-04-2024 01:20 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA (KFOR) - Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is pushing back on the Biden Administration telling school districts not to comply with the new Title IX regulations. The new rules would prohibit sex-based discrimination at government-funded schools. Walters argues the recent rule changes are illegal and unconstitutional. On Tuesday, he told all Oklahoma superintendents to not make any changes based on the new regulations.  Zumwalt: “I will not be resigning&rdquo
  
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• Alleged stalker of Tik-Tok influencer arrested after being found outside her home

  25-04-2024 00:58 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A TikTok influencer is scared to live in her Oklahoma City apartment after several incidents involving a stalker within the last month.
  Richard Newman was arrested on April 10th and found to be the alleged stalker.
  "It was scary, I would get messages telling me they knew where I lived and to do whatever they say," said the victim.
  | MORE NEWS > Fifth suspect arrested in Texas County >KFOR concealed her name because she said there could be more arrests soon. Her
  
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• Oklahoma Senate votes to override governor's veto on domestic violence bill

  25-04-2024 00:57 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — On Wednesday, the Oklahoma Senate voted to override Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto after he rejected a bill that some believe would protect survivors of domestic violence."One of the areas that we are a top ten state and it's a terrible designation is in the number of domestic abuse survivors," said Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat (R-OKC).Oklahoma ranks first in the U.S. for domestic violence cases per capita, and third for domestic homicides.
  The Oklahoma Survivors
  
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• Man who stormed Capitol with Confederate flag, pepper sprayed officers sentenced to prison

  25-04-2024 00:27 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) -- A Kentucky man charged for using pepper spray against law enforcement officers and carrying a Confederate flag while storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced Monday to over two years in prison.Isreal James Easterday, 23, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and 500 hours of community service. He was also ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.Easterday traveled from Kentucky to
  
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• 'No place in our educational system': OK Senate passes bill prohibiting the use of corporal punishment on students with disabilities

  25-04-2024 00:02 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Despite a multitude of biblical reasoning to allow the use of corporal punishment on students with disabilities, the Senate has passed a proposal that would prohibit it.House Bill 1028, co-authored by Representative John Talley (R-Stillwater) and Senator Dave Rader (R-Tulsa), states, "School district personnel shall be prohibited from using corporal punishment on students identified with the most significant cognitive disabilities according to criteria established by the S
  
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• You can earn $1,000 for watching 'Star Wars' movies, but you need to meet a specific requirement

  24-04-2024 23:46 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – The operators of the personal-finance website FinanceBuzz are planning to pay someone $1,000 to watch the nine main films in the “Star Wars” franchise this May. There’s only one catch: You can’t give two bantha ticks about “Star Wars.”The gig, announced Monday, is being offered to a single candidate who — for whatever reason — has somehow never seen a single “Star Wars” film, watched a single “Star Wars” TV
  
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• WATCH: Bus driver fights off attack, crashes into OKC business

  24-04-2024 23:36 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Oklahoma City’s Public Transportation Department released video on Wednesday showing the attack on one of their EMBARK bus drivers.
  The assault happened on Saturday near N Western Avenue and West Britton Road. Police arrested 23-year-old Tihron Harrison after officers said he punched the driver several times, pulling him from the driver's seat while the bus was still moving.Tihron Harrison. Photo courtesy Oklahoma County Detention Center."The suspect asked to b
  
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• Fantasy football league loser wins big amid walk of shame

  24-04-2024 23:31 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) -The NBA season is long, but the walk of shame is longer. Just ask an Oklahoman who recently lost a bet and had to walk from Edmond to The Paycom Center."Everyone says tomorrow is going to be a bad day for me, but that's tomorrow," said Jimmy Quinn.LOCAL NEWS: Metro pastor receives Community Leadership Award from FBI
  Quinn came in last with his fantasy football league. As a punishment, he had to walk from Edmond to Downtown OKC. As the Thunder entered the playoffs, the group
  
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