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• Triple fatality accident leaves Oklahoma communities in mourning

  04-12-2021 03:11 via kfor.com
  
  MCCLAIN COUNTY (KFOR) - Three lives were lost in a tragic multi-car accident in McClain County Thursday night.Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Foster told News 4 that 34-year-old Patricia McLoed was driving a pick-up westbound on State Highway 39 about three and a half miles south of Purcell when she got caught behind multiple vehicles in traffic.
  "For some reason she got impatient and decided to pass them at a hill crest at a no passing zone," said Trooper Foster. "When she did that, in the
  
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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 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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• Police respond to 'mass casualty incident' in rural Illinois community

  12-06-2024 21:52 via kfor.com
  
  DIXON, Ill. (WTVO) — Police are responding to an incident in a rural area in Northern Illinois Wednesday that authorities are calling a "mass casualty incident."Reports of a shooting prompted law enforcement to respond around 12 p.m. CT to the Lost Lake gated community near Dixon.Three victims were transported to KSB Hospital, according to Nancy Varga, Chief of Staff.
  Multiple agencies, including the Ogle County Sheriff and first responders from Dixon, Oregon, Mount Morris, and Polo were c
  
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• Multiple people shot in rural Illinois community: authorities

  12-06-2024 21:52 via kfor.com
  
  DIXON, Ill. (WTVO) — Multiple people were shot in a "mass casualty incident" at a gated community in northern Illinois Wednesday, authorities said.Law enforcement responded to Lost Lake community near Dixon around 12 p.m. CT.Three victims were transported to Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon, according to Nancy Varga, Chief of Staff.
  Multiple agencies, including the Ogle County Sheriff and first responders from Dixon, Oregon, Mount Morris, and Polo were called to the scene.Ogle Count
  
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• Arizona man indicted for guns sold as part of alleged plot to start race war

  12-06-2024 21:34 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) - An Arizona man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for selling guns as part of an alleged plan to commit a mass shooting and spark a race war ahead of the 2024 presidential election.Mark Adams Prieto, 58, of Prescott, Ariz., was indicted on charges of firearms trafficking, transfer of a firearm for use in a hate crime, and possession of an unregistered firearm, the U.S. attorneys office in Arizona said in a release Tuesday.Starting in January 2024, according to the U.S. attorn
  
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• Biden administration moves to ban medical debt from credit reports

  12-06-2024 21:22 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) - The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will be following through on plans to bar medical debt from being included on credit scores."One of the most significant consequences of carrying medical debt is the harm it does to a person's credit score," Vice President Harris said in a press briefing."Medical debt makes it more difficult for millions of Americans to be approved for a car loan, a home loan or a small business loans. All of which in turn makes it more difficult to just
  
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• Biden administration targets human-trafficking cartels in Darién Gap

  12-06-2024 21:20 via kfor.com
  
  HIDALGO, Texas (Border Report) -- The Biden administration is expanding efforts to stop human trafficking through the remote Darién Gap in Colombia and Panama and is offering rewards for information on cartel leaders.Smuggling of endangered monkeys taxing South Texas zoo
  During a call with reporters on Tuesday, senior officials with the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security and State, said the remote jungles of the Darién Gap will now be the target zone to stop the smuggling no
  
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• $842.4M Powerball jackpot claimed by 'The Breakfast Club'

  12-06-2024 21:19 via kfor.com
  
  GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A mid-Michigan couple and a lawyer from the west side of the state were announced Tuesday as winners of an $842.4 million Powerball lottery jackpot from a ticket purchased on New Year's Day.The Breakfast Club lottery club opted for a cash lump sum of $305 million after taxes, Michigan Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli told reporters outside the Food Castle convenience store in Grand Blanc Township near Flint, where the winning ticket was sold.The winni
  
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• Watch: Coyote tries to enter California home, attack cat

  12-06-2024 21:17 via kfor.com
  
  MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (KTLA) - Baby gates are designed to protect children from getting hurt, but in this case, they likely saved a house cat from becoming an easy meal for a coyote in Mission Viejo, California.Cindy Stalnaker told Nexstar's KTLA that she and her husband were watching television around 11 p.m. Monday night when they heard a loud bang outside. When they went to the front door, they noticed muddy paw prints on the front porch and walkway.“We immediately closed the door and t
  
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• Life360 becomes target of criminal extortion attempt

  12-06-2024 21:17 via kfor.com
  
  (WJET/WFXP)-- Life360, a safety and location services company, was the target of an extortion attempt after sensitive information was stolen from the group's Tile customer support platform.According to a statement on Wednesday, an unknown actor contacted the company claiming that they breached and stole Tile customer information, which quickly prompted an investigation.Life360 stated the affected data includes names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and Tile device identification number
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street climbs on hopes for coming cuts to interest rates

  12-06-2024 21:09 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are climbing Wednesday following a surprisingly encouraging update on inflation. The Federal Reserve also gave reassurance that its policymakers still see a cut to interest rates, something Wall Street deeply desires, as likely this year.
  The S&P 500 was 1% higher in afternoon trading and on track to add to its all-time high set a day earlier. The Nasdaq composite was also building on its own record and was up 1.9% as of 3 pm. Eastern time. The Dow Jones Ind
  
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