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• Texas Democrat accuses Abbott of 'alliance with white nationalists' over pardon

  17-05-2024 03:00 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) — Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro (Texas) on Thursday accused Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) of having an "alliance with white nationalists" after he pardoned an Army sergeant who was previously convicted for shooting and killing a Black Lives Matter (BLM) protester in 2020.
  “Before Daniel Perry murdered a veteran in 2020, he told a friend he ‘might go to Dallas to shoot looters.’ A year before, he wrote, ‘to [sic] bad we can’t get paid for hunting Musli
  
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• Metro father says he's owed $1,500 by former employer

  14-06-2024 01:46 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A metro father said his former employer has yet to pay him for the work he completed.Kenneth Robinson used to work for Marathon Transportation. The company was contracted to deliver appliances that had been purchased at the big box store. IN YOUR CORNER: Edible Arrangements employees left with a bitter taste, turned sweet"The past two weeks no one has been paid," said Robinson. "That would be unloading a truck after 20 stops the previous day and then loading it back
  
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• Oklahoma Route 66 hosts Centennial Celebration

  14-06-2024 01:37 via kfor.com
  
   OKLAHOMA (KFOR) - The Mother Road is turning 100. “This is the most famous road in the entire world,” said Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell. “Oklahoma has more miles of it than any other state in the country.” Route 66 was born November 11, 1926 and will hit the 100 year mark in 2026. Running from Chicago all the way to LA, the road has more than 400 drivable miles in Oklahoma. The celebration for the milestone kicked off Thursday morning.  LOCAL NEWS: Edib
  
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• OSDE pays $75K to outside counsel, teachers could drop lawsuit

  14-06-2024 01:31 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A tentative agreement was reached this week in a civil case involving the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the botched rollout of the teacher bonuses.
  "We have reached a tentative agreement that I think will be satisfactory to all of the parties involved and put us in a situation where we feel comfortable letting our lawsuit go," said Mark Hammons of Hammons, Hurst & Associates.The botched teacher bonus program was created to bring up to $50,000 to teachers w
  
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• Police search for man who groped woman in Stillwater

  14-06-2024 00:39 via kfor.com
  
  STILLWATER, OKLA (KFOR) — A woman is speaking out after she claims a man she doesn't know came up behind her and touched her inappropriately while walking in a popular area of Stillwater.
  "I want him to get caught and I want him to realize that you can't just touch anyone or anybody without their permission whatsoever," said the victim who does not want to be identified.Guns, meth and fentanyl lands Oklahoma man 25 years in prisonThat's the message a young woman now has for the man she sai
  
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• Metro urologists using lesser known nerve therapy to treat incontinence

  13-06-2024 23:32 via kfor.com
  
  OKALHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Some metro doctors are using a form of nerve therapy to help treat incontinence and one of them said they’ve seen positive results."About one in six Americans will suffer from urinary incontinence,” Dr. Alex Jones with Norman Urology Associates said. "There can also be bowel incontinence as well and that's about one in 12 that are suffering with this." LOCAL NEWS: OMRF study links autoimmune disease to agingIt’s a problem many people try to hide. Tha
  
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• OKCFD investigating body found in SE OKC pond

  13-06-2024 23:17 via kfor.com
  
  UPDATE 4:15 p.m. - OKCFD Chief Scott Douglas has confirmed, this is a body recovery. Chief Douglas says, the call came in by a gentleman on a bicycle driving by the pond who noticed the body in the water.OKCPD is on scene investigating, waiting on the medical examiner's office to get there before the retrieval.No further information has been released at this time.Original StoryOKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma City Fire Department says, fire officials are on the scene in Southeast Oklahoma Cit
  
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• Norman Police Department begin trespass enforcement program for community protection

  13-06-2024 22:49 via kfor.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) — The Norman Police Department announced they will be initiating a Trespass Enforcement Authorization Agreement to help better protect the community and people's property.
  The program will allow property owners to give Norman PD the authorization to enforce trespassing laws on behalf of the property owner, even when the owner is not around.
  Norman Police Department begin Trespass Enforcement Authorization Agreement, image Norman PD
  Property owners will have to sign an
  
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• Stock market today: Hopes for AI and rates nudge Wall Street to records, even as most stocks fall

  13-06-2024 22:28 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks slipped Thursday, but hopes for coming cuts to interest rates and Wall Street’s continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology nudged indexes to more records.
  The S&P 500 added 0.2% to its all-time high set the day before, even though the majority of stocks within it weakened. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.3% from its own record, thanks to gains for technology stocks, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 65 points, or 0.2%.
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• Need to renew your passport? An online portal is now open

  13-06-2024 22:10 via kfor.com
  
  (THE HILL) - The State Department has opened an online passport renewal portal, allowing a limited number of Americans to submit an application online.The department is conducting a trial for the renewal system over the next several months, with a certain number of applications accepted each day. The beta program launched Wednesday.The online system will open during a midday window daily and will close once the maximum number of applications are submitted, the State Department said.The departmen
  
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• Stock market today: Most of Wall Street slips, but hopes for AI and rates send indexes to records

  13-06-2024 22:08 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks fell, but hopes for coming cuts to interest rates and Wall Street’s continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology sent indexes to more record highs. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Thursday after a day of drifting between shallow gains and losses, beating the all-time high it set the day before. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.3%, also setting another record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%. Chipmaker Broadcom soared 12.3%. Treasury y
  
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• Raw milk restrictions easing across nation amid bird flu fears

  13-06-2024 22:04 via kfor.com
  
  (NewsNation) — To pasteurize or not to pasteurize — it's a question for state legislatures across the nation amid rising bird flu concerns.
  Currently, more than half of the United States allows the sale of unpasteurized dairy milk for human consumption, but the path to peddling unpasteurized dairy has been winding.
  What is raw milk? Who drinks it?Raw, or unpasteurized, milk is just that — milk straight from a cow, with no bacteria-killing processes taken before it's sold or con
  
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• OKCPD officer will not face charges for man shot, killed in NW Oklahoma City

  13-06-2024 21:46 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma City Police officer will not be facing charges for the shooting death of a northwest Oklahoma City man in May, according to an Oklahoma County Grand Jury decision.The Grand Jury met on Tuesday to review evidence related to the death of Kenneth Allsen, who was shot and killed by Oklahoma City Police after officers responded to a reported domestic violence call.Surveillance shows that when officers arrived at the residence near N Rockwell Ave and W Hefner R
  
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• Senate Republicans block legislation to codify IVF access

  13-06-2024 21:02 via kfor.com
  
  Legislation to establish a national right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) was blocked by Senate Republicans on Thursday, amid a push by Democrats to put the GOP on defense over reproductive rights ahead of the November elections. The bill needed 60 votes in order to move forward, meaning nine Republicans would have needed to break ranks and vote with Democrats. The final vote was 48-47, with only two Republicans defecting: Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska).
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• Stock market today: Most of Wall Street slips, but hopes for AI and rates keep indexes near records

  13-06-2024 20:44 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks are slipping Thursday, but hopes for coming cuts to interest rates and Wall Street’s continued frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology are keeping indexes near their records.
  The S&P 500 was adding 0.1% in afternoon trading to its all-time high set the day before, after drifting between shallow gains and losses earlier in the day. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.3% from its own record, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 81 poi
  
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• Guns, meth and fentanyl lands Oklahoma man 25 years in prison

  13-06-2024 20:30 via kfor.com
  
  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — An Arkansas judge sentenced an Oklahoma man to 25 years in prison on June 12, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office Western District of Arkansas.
  On Aug. 3, 2023, Allen Ray Thompson, 32, was arrested in rural Boone County, near Harrison, when Arkansas State Police stopped him and a dog trained in detecting drugs alerted the troopers.Warrant out for Edmond psychic photographer, new clients speak outPolice found more than 10 pounds, or 4
  
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• Man robbed California bank day after release from prison: DOJ

  13-06-2024 19:24 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) -- On May 7, Eric Walter Gray was released from state prison. On May 8, he did everything he could to get sent back, prosecutors say.“One day after his release from [San Quentin Rehabilitation Center], this defendant allegedly chose to return to crime by taking three victims hostage while he robbed a bank,” United States Attorney Martin Estrada said in a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
  At that bank, a BMO branch in Anaheim, California, Gray, 53, loitered "fo
  
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• Texas woman celebrates 107th birthday: 'I don't feel my age'

  13-06-2024 19:23 via kfor.com
  
  Waco, TX (KWKT) – The family of a Texas woman held a special get-together to celebrate her 107th birthday this week.June Vera's family traveled across the country to St. Anthony's Care Center in Waco to celebrate her 107th trip around the sun.Gifts, birthday cake, flowers and hand-written letters filled her room Wednesday as her family sang "Happy Birthday.""This has been so wonderful," said Vera.The centenarian was born on June 12, 1917, in Welch, Oklahoma, and grew up and raised her fami
  
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• Hulk Hogan launching beer brand in 17 states this summer: 'Real American Beer'

  13-06-2024 19:22 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) – Say your prayers, take your vitamins and … drink your beer?Real American Beer, a beer brand co-founded by wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, is preparing to launch in four states this month, with over a dozen more to follow over the summer. Are Americans tired of tipping? Yelp reviews show how much"Bringing America together one beer at a time, with Real American Beer," Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, posted to Instagram Wednesday. "Coming to a city near you."Hulkamaniacs
  
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• El Paso man electrocuted in jacuzzi at Puerto Peñasco resort

  13-06-2024 19:03 via kfor.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An El Paso man has died after he was electrocuted in a jacuzzi Tuesday evening, June 11, at a private resort in Puerto Peñasco, according to the General Prosecutor's Office of Justice for the State of Sonora.
  The General Prosecutor's Office for the State of Sonora says Jorge N., 43, and his wife, Lizzette N., 35, were in a jacuzzi just after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11, at Sonoran Sea Resort in Puerto Peñasco.
  The General Prosecutor's Office says Jorge
  
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• La Niña watch is officially on: When will Oklahoma feel its impact?

  13-06-2024 19:01 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – El Niño has officially ended, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center said Thursday, and its cooler counterpart could be just around the corner. La Niña conditions are predicted to take hold over the Pacific Ocean as soon as July, setting the stage to affect our weather here on land.
  The Climate Prediction Center issued a La Niña watch Thursday. The group of national forecasters say there's a 65% chance La Niña forms between July and September. Chances
  
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• Electronic filing pilot program kicks off in Oklahoma, Cleveland, Logan Counties

  13-06-2024 18:55 via kfor.com
  
  CLEVELAND, Co. (KFOR) - Oklahoma, Cleveland and Logan Counties will soon begin testing a new electronic filing system starting July 1.First reported by Norman Transcript, all three counties were selected to participate in a new electronic filing system for the Oklahoma Court System.Warrant out for Edmond psychic photographer, new clients speak outThe beta testing for the new e-filing system will allow for county officials to address any issues within the system before it’s rolled out to ot
  
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• Trooper struck by vehicle in suspected DUI crash — while investigating another DUI case

  13-06-2024 18:53 via kfor.com
  
  FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (WDCW) – An accused drunk driver hit a car that struck a Virginia state trooper on Tuesday morning — while the trooper was tending to another driver believed to be under the influence of drugs.Shortly after 3 a.m. on June 11, the trooper responded to reports of a car that had stopped in a lane on Interstate 495, the Virginia State Police said.The driver of that car had refused the trooper's instructions to get out or move the car to a safer area on the shoulder of
  
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• One person dead after fatal motorcycle crash near I-240 in SE Oklahoma City

  13-06-2024 18:46 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — One person has been killed after a fatal motorcycle crash in the southbound lanes of S Shields Boulevard near I-240 late Thursday morning.Fatal motorcycle crash in the southbound lanes of S Shields Boulevard near I-240. Photo KFOR.At least two vehicles were involved in the crash, one of which was a motorcycle.The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
  
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• Tyson Foods CFO arrested for DWI, careless driving

  13-06-2024 18:39 via kfor.com
  
  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Tyson Foods' chief financial officer John R. Tyson was arrested on Thursday on multiple charges including DWI and careless driving.John Tyson, 34 (Courtesy: Washington County Detention Center)Tyson, 34, was booked into the Washington County Detention Center around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday on DWI, careless driving, and improper turn charges.
  He was released at 10:41 a.m. on a $1,105 bond.Tyson Foods released the following statement on his arrest:"We are aware t
  
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• Norman Police discourage dangerous driving behaviors

  13-06-2024 17:58 via kfor.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) - The Norman Police Department is advising against dangerous driving after one driver got caught going more than 30 mph over the speed limit.Norman Police warn of speeding. Image courtesy Norman PD.
  According to Norman PD, a driver was going 76 mph in a 40 mph zone on Tecumseh Road on Tuesday. LOCAL NEWS: Moore PD looks to identify person in connection to burglary"Dangerous driving behaviors — speeding, inattention, and running traffic signals, remain some of top conce
  
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• California woman discovers 'whole' coyote family living underneath her home 

  13-06-2024 17:31 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) - A Southern California woman was shocked to discover a family of coyotes had been living underneath her home.Surveillance cameras capture the moment a woman walking her dog had to run to safety after coming face to face with a pack of coyotes in her neighborhood.Residents in the Leimert Park neighborhood said a rise in the number of coyotes canvassing the area has left them concerned for their safety.Phaedra Harris, a Leimert Park resident, recalls the moment she was jolted out of bed by
  
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• Superintendent relocating kids at WV school because she 'cannot leave them … sitting on that chemical waste site'

  13-06-2024 16:56 via kfor.com
  
  PADEN CITY, W.Va. (WTRF) – A recent decision to close a high school in West Virginia prompted some of the local parents to protest outside the Wetzel County Board of Education building on Wednesday morning."The school is the heart of our town," Rodney McWilliams, a local activist, told Nexstar's WTRF. "We realize that once a town our size loses its school, it loses our identity and there is much more to be lost. And we can't risk that."The superintendent of Wetzel County Schools, however,
  
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• OMRF study links autoimmune disease to aging

  13-06-2024 16:35 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A study by the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is answering some questions about Sjögren's, an autoimmune disease that impacts moisture-producing glands.According to OMRF, Sjögren's can cause dry eyes and mouth, irreversible tissue damage, neurological problems, lung disease and cancer. The autoimmune disease affects up to 4 million Americans. LOCAL NEWS: Emergency trauma kits coming to all Purcell classroomsOMRF scientists Harini Bagavant, Ph.D., and Umesh
  
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• YouTuber with over 3M followers killed in crash on Colorado interstate

  13-06-2024 16:18 via kfor.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) — Authorities announced on Tuesday that 40-year-old Benny Potter, a popular YouTube personality and Colorado resident, was the victim of a single-vehicle crash.The crash happened on Saturday, June 8, at about 9:19 a.m. on Interstate 25 near Fort Collins, according to Colorado State Patrol (CSP),
  Potter was in his silver Toyota 4Runner when it veered off the right shoulder of the interstate, police said. Potter continued to cross over the frontage road, which runs parallel to
  
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