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• The Latest: Kerry, Rasmussen express condolences

  16-06-2016 23:54
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a British lawmaker in a town near the city of Leeds (all times local):
  
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• Gov. Fallin 'does not approve' of agency's $250K salary offer

  16-06-2016 23:54
  
  An Oklahoma agency violated the spirit of a state hiring freeze when it placed a former state official in a newly created job paying $250,000 per year, Gov. Mary Fallin said Thursday.
  
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• BA Teen Recovering From Hit-And-Run; Police Looking For Driver

  16-06-2016 23:50
  
  Broken Arrow police are looking for the woman who hit a teenager with her SUV then drove away. It happened at the intersection of Elm and Broadway.
  
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• CIA director: US hasn't been able to curb IS global reach

  16-06-2016 23:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. battle against the Islamic State has not yet curbed the group's global reach and as pressure mounts on the extremists in Iraq and Syria, they are expected to plot more attac
  
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• TPD Identifies Sergeant, Suspect Shot In Fatal Shooting

  16-06-2016 23:44
  
  Tulsa police have identified the sergeant and victim involved in a fatal shooting Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• San Francisco plan to rent out grassy park space draws furor

  16-06-2016 23:43
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A proposal to let people reserve grassy plots of picnic lawn at a popular San Francisco park hit a collective nerve when it was unveiled last month: Within hours, thousands of peo
  
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• British Labour lawmaker dies after shooting attack

  16-06-2016 23:43
  
  LONDON (AP) — A lawmaker who campaigned for Britain to stay in the European Union was killed Thursday by a gun- and knife-wielding attacker in her small-town constituency, a tragedy that brought the c
  
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• Alleged prostitute busted in south Tulsa

  16-06-2016 22:58
  Once again, Tulsa undercover officers used a popular website, to arrest a woman for prostitution. The latest example happened Wednesday night, around 8:34 p.m. Police say they contacted 28-year-old Shanna Miller off the website Backpage.com.
  
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• 3 charged in Denver killings linked to illegal pot

  16-06-2016 22:58
  Denver's district attorney has charged three men with murder, saying violence broke out after they came from Oklahoma to buy marijuana illegally at a northeast Denver home. In a statement Thursday, Denver DA Mitch Morrissey said 32-year-old Chadd Evans, 23-year-old Dejuan Jones and 24-year-old Deashaun Turrentine were each charged with two counts of first-degree murder, five counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of aggravated robbery.
  
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• Obama Visits Orlando To Show Victims 'He Is There With Them'

  16-06-2016 22:55
  
  President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden flew down to Orlando, Florida on Thursday to show solidarity with the victims of last weekend's attack.
  
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• Tips For Keeping Kids Safe In Oklahoma Heat

  16-06-2016 22:46
  
  If you have kids playing outside, experts advise keeping an eye on them and offer tips for keeping them safe.
  
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• The Latest: Giffords grieving over shooting of British MP

  16-06-2016 22:29
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a British lawmaker in a town near the city of Leeds (all times local):
  
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• Wind, heat whipping up wildfires across the dry West

  16-06-2016 22:28
  
  GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — A fleet of aircraft dropped water and retardant to combat a wind-driven wildfire burning out of control Thursday in rugged coastal canyons west of Santa Barbara, where hundreds o
  
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• Nebraska utility to close nation's smallest nuclear plant

  16-06-2016 22:25
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha Public Power District voted Thursday to shutter the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station, which is the nation's smallest nuclear power plant.
  
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• Cockpit recorder of crashed EgyptAir jet recovered from sea

  16-06-2016 22:20
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt said Thursday it has recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the submerged wreckage of EgyptAir Flight 804, a major breakthrough in the investigation that could help resolve the m
  
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• Anti-IS airstrikes flown from Navy ships in 2 regions

  16-06-2016 22:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says that for the first time in the nearly two-year-old air campaign against the Islamic State, strike aircraft flew counter-IS missions from Navy warships in two d
  
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• After fatal attack, theme parks weigh alligator warnings

  16-06-2016 22:14
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — It's an unwritten rule for Florida residents: Keep your kids away from ponds and lakes because alligators are everywhere.
  
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• Russian soldiers dies of wounds he suffered in Syria

  16-06-2016 22:13
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Defense Ministry says a Russian soldier has died of wounds he suffered in Syria, the military's tenth casualty since the start of its campaign there.
  
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• AP Interview: New Ukraine PM vows reform, blames Russia

  16-06-2016 22:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine's new prime minister vowed Thursday to root out corruption and urged Russia to abide by a peace agreement meant to end a two-year conflict between Moscow-backed separatists a
  
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• Philadelphia becomes 1st major American city with soda tax

  16-06-2016 22:09
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia became the first major American city with a soda tax on Thursday despite a multimillion-dollar campaign by the beverage industry to block it.
  
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• Arts commission OKs plan for higher White House fence

  16-06-2016 22:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to raise the overall height of the fence surrounding the White House by approximately 6 feet, about doubling its current height, has received preliminary approval from a Washi
  
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• Air Force Thunderbirds heading back to the sky after crash

  16-06-2016 22:01
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be back in the air this weekend after a pilot crashed during a flyover at an Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado, grounding the
  
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• Police: Chicago gang member captures own shooting on video

  16-06-2016 21:57
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say they're investigating the killing of a gang member who appears to have captured his own fatal shooting in a real-time video post on Facebook.
  
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• Lawmakers demand state pay man for wrongful imprisonment

  16-06-2016 21:55
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Supporters of a man who spent 31 years in prison for a rape he did not commit are demanding that the state of Tennessee pay him what he is legally owed.
  
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• Chicago police, FBI to boost pride parade security

  16-06-2016 21:55
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say the massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida has prompted the department to beef up security at this weekend's gay pride festival and next weekend's gay pride parade.
  
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• McCain: Obama 'directly responsible' for Orlando shooting

  16-06-2016 21:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain said Thursday that President Barack Obama is "directly responsible" for the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, because of the rise of the Islamic State gr
  
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• Utility to face criminal trial over deadly pipeline blast

  16-06-2016 21:45
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of the country's largest utility companies was set to face a jury Thursday on criminal charges of obstructing investigators after a deadly pipeline explosion in the San Franci
  
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• Deputy: I shot man with air rifle in fear for life, others

  16-06-2016 21:45
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff's deputy facing a manslaughter charge has testified that he feared for his life as well as those of other offices and bystanders before he fatally shot a man car
  
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• 4 WWI-era missile tips found at Detroit demolition site

  16-06-2016 21:45
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Four World War I-era missile tips have been found at a building demolition site just southwest of downtown Detroit.
  
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• House nixes bid to bar illegal immigrants from military

  16-06-2016 21:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Thursday narrowly defeated an attempt to bar young immigrants living in the country illegally to enlist in the armed forces, as opponents tied the measure
  
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• Public pays respects to former GOP senator and Ohio governor

  16-06-2016 21:36
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich and other elected officials and former state office holders paid their respects Thursday to former U.S. senator, Ohio governor and Cleveland mayor George Voinovi
  
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• Few if any minority senior execs in Trump's empire

  16-06-2016 21:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — There are few, if any, black executives in the upper ranks of the Trump Organization, a review by The Associated Press has found. Other minorities are also scarce at that level thoug
  
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• The Latest: McCain: Obama 'directly responsible' for rampage

  16-06-2016 21:34
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida (all times local):
  
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• Judge tries flicking open pocketknife in test at NYC hearing

  16-06-2016 21:34
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Even a federal judge tried her hand at flicking open a pocketknife as a New York state law banning gravity knives was tested in open court.
  
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• Man arrested in connection with Patricia's armed robbery

  16-06-2016 20:37
  We told you last week about three armed men robbing a Patricia's store near 41st and Memorial. While investigating the case, Tulsa detectives developed 24-year-old Donnie Johnson as one of the suspects involved.
  
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• New Documents Filed Against Claremore Daycare Worker Who Reportedly Left Child In Van

  16-06-2016 20:12
  
  New documents were filed on Thursday against a daycare employee who allegedly left a 4-year-old locked inside a hot van for hours.
  
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• First Case Of West Nile Virus Confirmed In Oklahoma For 2016

  16-06-2016 20:08
  
  The first case of West Nile Virus in Oklahoma has been confirmed in Pittsburg County, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health.  
  
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• Tulsa Police Release Photos Of Women Wanted For Stealing SUV With Baby Inside

  16-06-2016 20:03
  
  Police released surveillance photos of two women and a Honda Accord believed connected to theft of an SUV with a seven-month old girl inside Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Sentencing Delayed For Man Who Shot At Oologah Police Officer

  16-06-2016 18:58
  
  A man accused of shooting at an Oologah Police officer and leading law enforcement on a chase into southeast Kansas in May 2015 had his sentencing hearing delayed Thursday.
  
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• Trapped Ducklings Freed By Tulsa Police And Firefighters

  16-06-2016 18:50
  
  Tulsa Firefighters and police helped save nearly a dozen ducklings Thursday morning. 
  
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• Stabbing Victim, Friend Hold Down Alleged Attacker Until Tulsa Police Arrive

  16-06-2016 18:35
  
  A stabbing victim and his friend held down an alleged attacker until Tulsa police arrived early Thursday. 
  
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• $50K Worth Of Tools Stolen From Highway 412 Construction Trailer

  16-06-2016 18:29
  
  A highway construction company says someone stole over $50,000 in tools and equipment from a trailer parked at a project on Highway 412 west of Sand Springs.
  
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• Police arrest two in connection with Del City homicide

  16-06-2016 18:27
  
  Del City Police Maj. Jody Suit said about 1:35 p.m., James Johnson, 36, was arguing with Angelo E. James, 19, in the front yard of 4921 Michael Place when James pulled a gun and shot Johnson.
  
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• Geese Cause Crash On Tulsa Highway

  16-06-2016 18:24
  
  Geese crossing the road to get to a pond caused a multi-car wreck on the Gilcrease Expressway Thursday morning, according to Tulsa police.
  
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• Prosecutor dismisses 2 sex assault charges against lawmaker

  16-06-2016 18:20
  
  ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — A day after a Vermont lawmaker's former aide acknowledged changing her story of his alleged sexual assaults against her in numerous instances, a prosecutor dismissed charges tha
  
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• Union voting on Atlantic City casino strike authorization

  16-06-2016 18:15
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Workers at many of Atlantic City's casinos are preparing themselves for a possible strike against most of the city's gambling halls that would hit just as the Fourth of July
  
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• UN Syria panel: IS committing genocide against Yazidis

  16-06-2016 18:11
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The Islamic State group is committing genocide, crimes against humanity and other war crimes against the Yazidi community in Iraq and Syria, a U.N. panel said Thursday, calling on countr
  
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• Family's excruciating Orlando journey ends in forgiveness

  16-06-2016 18:06
  
  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Andrea Drayton woke up Sunday to a mother's worst nightmare when her phone buzzed with a text message: Her daughter Deonka was at a club in Orlando, there was gunfire and
  
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• The Latest: Risk downgraded to oil facility near wildfire

  16-06-2016 18:05
  
  GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in the Western U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Federal judge dismisses Texas' lawsuit over Syrian refugees

  16-06-2016 18:05
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that Texas brought against the federal government in hopes of halting the arrival of Syrian refugees.
  
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