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• Attorney: Treat same-sex couples same as others for licenses

  20-06-2016 23:59
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Same-sex couples in Mississippi should not be left guessing whether any particular clerk will refuse to issue them marriage licenses, a gay rights attorney argued Monday in feder
  
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• FBI veteran, a rare outsider, to lead US Border Patrol

  20-06-2016 23:52
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — An FBI veteran was named Monday to head the U.S. Border Patrol, a departure from the historical practice of picking someone who has risen through the ranks.
  
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• Couple Hurt When Pickup Hits Motorcycle Near Collinsville

  20-06-2016 23:44
  
  A wreck closed the northbound lanes of Highway 75 near Collinsville Monday morning. 
  
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• Baltimore prosecutors: Inaction shows officer meant to harm

  20-06-2016 23:38
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore's top prosecutor stood at the top of a sweeping staircase last spring and declared that six police officers would be held accountable for the broken neck of a 25-year-old bl
  
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• Lawmakers remember Jo Cox as markets sense rising EU support

  20-06-2016 23:36
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain's normally raucous House of Commons was given over to tears, roses and warm tributes Monday as legislators urged an end to angry and divisive politics in honor of their slain col
  
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• Oklahoma Airmen Participate In 'Anakonda 16' In Poland

  20-06-2016 23:35
  
  Airmen from the 138th Fighter Wing participated in Anakonda 16, the Polish-led, joint multinational exercise that took place across Poland June 7-17, 2016. 
  
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• NYC police officials charged in bribery corruption scandal

  20-06-2016 23:34
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Two high-ranking New York Police Department officers were arrested Monday on charges they took over $100,000 worth of free flights, prostitutes, expensive meals and other bribes in exc
  
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• Man, gun not found after Detroit city hall lockdown

  20-06-2016 23:33
  
  DETROIT (AP) — An intense police search of Detroit city hall and an adjacent building that housed some Wayne County courtrooms on Monday failed to turn up a man who was allowed through security before
  
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• GOP sees no immediate fundraising boost from Trump

  20-06-2016 23:32
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Having Donald Trump as its presidential leader has not immediately paid off for the Republican Party.
  
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• Officials, union trade blame for deadly Mexico clashes

  20-06-2016 23:20
  
  OAXACA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities and protesters on Monday traded accusations of responsibility for weekend clashes that left at least six people dead and more than 100 wounded in the restive
  
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• The Latest: Shooting survivor lobbies senators before votes

  20-06-2016 23:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate votes on gun control legislation (all times Eastern):
  
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• Senator presses agency for answers on Russian doping scandal

  20-06-2016 23:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee is pressing the World Anti-Doping Agency to explain why it delayed an investigation into allegations of systematic cheating by the Russi
  
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• Pay Cuts, Pay Raises Up For Vote For Tulsa School Board

  20-06-2016 23:10
  
  The new budget for Tulsa Public Schools calls for spending $545 million in the next year. $295 million is for general education expenses, while the rest is for buildings, food service and debt payments.
  
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• State Now Has Budget Surplus Of More Than $100 Million

  20-06-2016 23:05
  
  For months, we've been talking about a state budget shortfall. Now, there are reports of a $100 million surplus.
  
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• Turkey arrests journalists, academic for 'terror' propaganda

  20-06-2016 23:00
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court placed two Turkish journalists — including a local representative of Reporters Without Borders — and an academic in pretrial arrest Monday over charges of disseminating
  
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• The Latest: Southern California fries in heat wave

  20-06-2016 22:57
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on the extreme heat baking the Southwest (all times local):
  
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• Man, hospitalized after arrest by Oklahoma City police, dies

  20-06-2016 22:50
  
  Results of the medical screening and a suspected cause of death have not been released.
  
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• Work for Uncle Sam? Careful about wading into the 2016 race

  20-06-2016 22:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Midway through Tomas Strouhal's daily mail route, a higher-up from the U.S. Postal Service pulled up behind him with some bad news: That Donald Trump bumper sticker on his personal c
  
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• Tulsa Man Convicted In Fatal Christmas Eve Crash To Return To Prison

  20-06-2016 21:44
  
  Steven Wade Jameson is going back to prison after a car crash killed three members of a Sand Springs family. A Tulsa judge set aside his conviction, but an appeals court disagreed.
  
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• Texas De Brazil Restaurants Open New Tulsa Location

  20-06-2016 21:27
  Texas de Brazil opens today in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The new 7500 sq. foot restaurant accommodates 210 guests and features an open-view grill in the dining area, a wine wall, and a bar/lounge area.
  
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• Cleveland County jury begins deliberations in hostage case

  20-06-2016 20:47
  
  In closing arguments, defense attorney David Smith asked jurors to consider Rogers' mental health at the time of the incident on Nov. 10, 2014, at the office building at 1800 N Interstate Drive.
  
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• Oklahomans To Be Treated To 'Strawberry Moon'

  20-06-2016 20:42
  
  Conditions should be good for Oklahomans to view the "strawberry moon" Monday night. 
  
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• 10 years after housing peaked, US is more of a renter nation

  20-06-2016 20:37
  
  MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina (AP) — It's a troublesome story playing out across America in the 10 years since the housing bubble peaked and then burst in a ruinous crash: As real estate has climbed
  
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• Nigeria's currency plummets as naira floats for 1st time

  20-06-2016 20:36
  
  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's currency plummeted Monday, losing more than 40 percent of its value as the government floated the naira for the first time in the history of the oil-producing nation.
  
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• It's here! Solstice, full moon mark summer's official start

  20-06-2016 20:32
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — If the extreme heat baking much of the country wasn't enough of an indicator of summer's arrival, Mother Nature will make it official later Monday when the summer solstice marks th
  
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• Trump tumult: Campaign manager fired

  20-06-2016 20:25
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump fired his hard-charging campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, on Monday in a dramatic shake-up designed to calm panicked Republican leaders and reverse one of the most tumu
  
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• Supreme Court rules for police in search case

  20-06-2016 20:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court bolstered police powers on Monday, ruling that evidence of a crime in some cases may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or ill
  
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• Elderly Tulsa Man Knocked Over By Semi Truck

  20-06-2016 19:51
  
  Tulsa Police say a  man in his 70s was knocked over by a semi truck Monday morning at 15th and Delaware. 
  
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• Prosecutor: Roof federal case conflicts with state, holidays

  20-06-2016 19:49
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The state prosecutor trying accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof says trying Roof in federal court in November for hate crimes and other charges interferes with both h
  
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• Southwest braces for more extreme heat on 1st day of summer

  20-06-2016 19:46
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — People across the Southwest were cranking up their air conditioners Monday — the first day of summer — as they braced for more of the searing heat that left four people dead in Arizona
  
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• 1 killed, 3 hurt in oil well explosion in North Dakota

  20-06-2016 19:44
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a man died and three others were injured in an oil well explosion in western North Dakota.
  
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• Tulsa Campers Return To Falls Creek Camp One Year After Floods

  20-06-2016 19:42
  
  A wave of church kids are heading off to Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center this week for camp, continuing a tradition that started shortly after statehood.  
  
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• Federal appeals court reinstates Ferguson grand juror's suit

  20-06-2016 19:42
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a judge wrongly tossed a lawsuit by a woman wanting to speak publicly about her time on the grand jury that declined to indict the Fer
  
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• Bear that attacked woman running marathon is euthanized

  20-06-2016 19:39
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Wildlife officials have euthanized a black bear that attacked a woman running a marathon in a national preserve in northern New Mexico.
  
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• High-ranking NYC police officials charged in corruption case

  20-06-2016 19:38
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Charges brought against four men arrested Monday in a widening city corruption probe include lurid claims that a top police official roomed with a prostitute during a Las Vegas trip as
  
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• Iraqi forces battle IS in Fallujah days after city's fall

  20-06-2016 19:37
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces battled Islamic State militants in pockets of Fallujah on Monday, days after the government declared the city's liberation.
  
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• Police: Robbery suspect takes hostage; is killed by officers

  20-06-2016 19:35
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A man who took a store clerk hostage during a robbery in South Carolina has been shot to death by officers, authorities said.
  
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• Man who escaped from Oklahoma City corrections center last year arrested in Tulsa

  20-06-2016 19:32
  
  The man was on the Oklahoma Department of Corrections' most wanted list.
  
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• The Latest: New Mexico weather aids in wildfire fight

  20-06-2016 19:30
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on wildfires burning in the West (all times local):
  
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• County Commission renews agreement on ICE 287g program

  20-06-2016 19:30
  
  The agreement provides for training of Tulsa County Sheriff's Office deputies as part the program that utilizes local law officers to identify illegal immigrants subject to deportation because of criminal activity or civil violations of immigration law.
  
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• British groups join fight over Revolutionary War battlefield

  20-06-2016 19:26
  
  PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Two British military heritage organizations have joined the fight to prevent the development of a privately owned portion of a Revolutionary War battlefield in New Jersey.
  
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• Crash Closes Part Of Highway 75 Near Collinsville

  20-06-2016 19:19
  The crash happened at about 11:30. The location is near the intersection of Highway 75 and 186th Street North near the Tulsa/Washington County line.
  
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• Injury Crash Closes Part Of Highway 75 Near Collinsville

  20-06-2016 19:16
  
  A wreck closed the northbound lanes of Highway 75 near Collinsville Monday morning. 
  
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• Unemployment Rate In Oklahoma Rises To 4.7 Percent In May

  20-06-2016 19:13
  
  Oklahoma's unemployment rate rose by two-tenths of percentage point in May to stand at 4.7 percent -- the same as the national unemployment rate.
  
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• UN urges solutions as refugee population hits record high

  20-06-2016 19:12
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Imagine the entire population of France uprooted from their homes, forced to flee danger, persecution or starvation. The U.N. refugee agency says more people than that — 65 million — wer
  
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• SUV that rolled, killed 'Star Trek' actor was under recall

  20-06-2016 19:11
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The SUV that rolled down a driveway and killed "Star Trek" actor Anton Yelchin was being recalled because the gear shifters have confused drivers, causing the vehicles to roll away
  
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• 1 person killed, others injured in NE Minnesota storms

  20-06-2016 19:05
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One person has died and at least two others have been injured by falling trees toppled by a powerful storm that swept through a northeastern Minnesota forest.
  
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• Bahrain strips nationality from top Shiite cleric

  20-06-2016 18:55
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain's government on Monday stripped a leading Shiite cleric of his nationality, a move that brought thousands of protesters into the streets and prompted fears o
  
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• Agreement Renewed To House Illegal Immigrants In Tulsa County Jail

  20-06-2016 17:47
  
  Tulsa County commissioners renewed an agreement to house illegal immigrants in the jail.
  
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• FBI: Orlando Shooter 'Radicalized Domestically'

  20-06-2016 17:22
  
  An FBI spokesman says agents on Monday will offer further details about the massacre that killed 49 people and wounded another 53 people, making it the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.  
  
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