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• Sanders will not pursue more platform changes

  13-07-2016 23:55
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Bernie Sanders won't pick a fight over the Democratic Party's policy platform at the nominating convention in Philadelphia, his spokesman said Wednesday.
  
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• Officials: 3 emergency responders fired for posts online

  13-07-2016 23:49
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials say two firefighters in South Carolina's capital and a county paramedic have been fired for social media posts.
  
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• Feds propose railroads have plans to deal with oil spills

  13-07-2016 23:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Railroads hauling crude oil would be required to develop comprehensive plans for dealing with a significant oil spill, including providing detailed information to state and tribal au
  
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• Open carry law will be upheld during Republican convention

  13-07-2016 23:43
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland's police chief said Wednesday that while he'd prefer that people not openly carry firearms during next week's Republican National Convention in the city, state law allows fo
  
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• House passes measure to undermine nuclear accord with Iran

  13-07-2016 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House has approved legislation that seeks to undermine the milestone nuclear deal with Iran.
  
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• The Latest: Family: Dallas gunman 'didn't hate white people'

  13-07-2016 23:36
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the aftermath of fatal shootings by police in Louisiana and Minnesota and the subsequent killing of five police officers in Dallas (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Women feared complaints would ruin their careers

  13-07-2016 23:35
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on the investigation that found Tennessee State Rep. Jeremy Durham sexually harassed at least 22 women (all times local):
  
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• Taj ultimatum: Take casino health deal by Monday or its gone

  13-07-2016 23:33
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A strike against Atlantic City's Trump Taj Mahal casino grew more contentious Wednesday as strikers rallied outside the New York offices of Donald Trump, who opened the casi
  
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• 8 manatee deaths reported in Florida lagoon plagued by algae

  13-07-2016 23:29
  
  MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials say more manatees have died in a Florida lagoon plagued by algae and pollution.
  
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• OKC-FOP Wants Officers To Carry Personal Rifles, Better Body Armor

  13-07-2016 23:28
  
  The Oklahoma City Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is asking OKCPD and the city to allow officers to carry personally owned rifles while on duty. 
  
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• Bull trout lawsuit targets 26 dams in Columbia River Basin

  13-07-2016 23:28
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than two dozen dams operating in Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana are harming bull trout and violating the Endangered Species Act, an environmental group says.
  
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• ACLU, other groups sue police over Baton Rouge protests

  13-07-2016 23:23
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Civil rights groups and activists sued Baton Rouge law enforcement agencies over their treatment of protesters rallying against the police shooting death of a black man, saying
  
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• Law Enforcement Packs Osage County Restaurant For Free Appreciation Lunch

  13-07-2016 23:22
  
  Signs of support law enforcement are popping in all sorts of places. And the owner of Wild Country Meats is mixing food with faith to show it backs the blue.
  
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• $32B House Interior, EPA spending bill faces veto threat

  13-07-2016 23:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided House is about to pass a $32 billion spending bill for the Interior Department and environmental regulations as Congress prepares to exit Washington for a seven-week recess
  
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• Ex-Stanford swimmer faces drug counseling after leaving jail

  13-07-2016 23:06
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The former Stanford University swimmer who got six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman will be required to attend drug and alcohol counseling on top of ran
  
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• The Latest: Groups sue over police treatment at protests

  13-07-2016 22:54
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on the killing of a black man by white Louisiana police officers (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Germany's Merkel congratulates May by phone

  13-07-2016 22:46
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on British political developments (all times local):
  
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• Sand Springs teen who allegedly attacked dad with hatchet transferred to Tulsa County Jail

  13-07-2016 22:43
  
  Jason Sun Bear Costes, 16, allegedly waited for his father to come home on July 2, attacked him with a hatchet and fled the area
  
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• Mississippi leaders divided on religious-beliefs law appeal

  13-07-2016 22:41
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Democratic attorney general says he won't join the Republican governor in appealing a federal judge's ruling that blocked a state law on religious objections to gay
  
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• Nun who stood up to Billy the Kid to be subject of TV series

  13-07-2016 22:38
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Italian-born nun who once challenged Billy the Kid, calmed angry mobs, opened hospitals and schools in the American Southwest and is now on a path toward possible Sainthood
  
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• State Dept. will review and release unseen Clinton emails

  13-07-2016 22:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Wednesday that it plans to review and make public several thousand emails that FBI investigators recovered from the computer server used by presumptive Demo
  
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• Obama sends 47 US troops to South Sudan amid heavy fighting

  13-07-2016 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's deployed 47 U.S. troops to South Sudan amid a worrisome outbreak of fighting there.
  
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• New peak for US health care spending: $10,345 per person

  13-07-2016 22:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's health care tab this year is expected to surpass $10,000 per person for the first time, the government said Wednesday. The new peak means the Obama administration will p
  
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• Body found outside Shawnee motel is that of Arkansas man

  13-07-2016 22:13
  
  Rogers' body was found about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday outside a Motel 6 along Interstate 40.
  
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• Ski resort's chairlift fails; no skiers around, no one hurt

  13-07-2016 22:10
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine has recorded its third major ski resort chairlift failure in six years, but this time no one was hurt because it happened in the summer when the lift was not in operation.
  
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• Dr. Phil sues National Enquirer over spousal abuse articles

  13-07-2016 21:57
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — "Dr. Phil" McGraw and The National Enquirer are lining up for a courtroom brawl after the television talk show host and his wife filed a $250 million lawsuit against the s
  
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• The Latest: Judge delays state trial in church shooting

  13-07-2016 21:56
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on legal maneuvering in the state and federal trials of Dylann Roof, who is charged in the Charleston church shootings (all times local):
  
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• NY to pay citizenship application fee for 2,000 immigrants

  13-07-2016 21:51
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state will cover the citizenship application fee for an estimated 2,000 low-income immigrants.
  
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• CNN revealing Lewandowski's severance payments

  13-07-2016 21:49
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — CNN has begun disclosing to viewers that its newest political commentator, fired Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, is still receiving severance payments from the Trump c
  
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• Ginsburg's public Trump critique raises ethical quandaries

  13-07-2016 21:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's public criticism of Donald Trump is dividing legal experts over whether the leader of the court's liberal wing should recuse herself in an
  
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• Bomb squad says Six Flags amusement park safe after threat

  13-07-2016 21:45
  
  UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Authorities say no threats have been found at Six Flags America in Prince George's County after the amusement park was closed because of a bomb threat.
  
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• NATO, Russia considering Baltic risk reduction plan

  13-07-2016 21:38
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO remains at loggerheads with Russia over Ukraine but will consider a Kremlin proposal for reducing the risk of air accidents in the crowded skies over the Baltic Sea, NATO's chief
  
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• Armed men kill South Sudan journalist, employer says

  13-07-2016 21:38
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Armed men have shot and killed a local radio journalist during clashes in the capital, a media organization said Wednesday, and those who knew him said it appears he was targeted
  
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• School board takes transgender bathroom case to high court

  13-07-2016 21:33
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a transgender male from using the boys restroom when he returns to school in September until the high co
  
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• Thousands gather to mourn, honor 3 slain officers in Dallas

  13-07-2016 21:31
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Nearly a week after five officers were killed by a gunman in Dallas, memorial services for three of them drew thousands of mourners Wednesday.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Half of arrestees where Castile died are black

  13-07-2016 21:24
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police in the suburban St. Paul area where a black man was shot and killed during a traffic stop have disproportionately arrested African-Americans, according to an analysis of data
  
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• Aircraft carrier group returns home; fought Islamic State

  13-07-2016 21:18
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — An aircraft carrier strike group has returned home to Norfolk after eight months supporting the battle against Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria.
  
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• Gunman in Michigan courthouse shootings faced life in prison

  13-07-2016 21:08
  
  ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate who took a gun from a deputy and killed two bailiffs during an escape attempt at a southwestern Michigan courthouse was facing possible life in priso
  
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• Trump seeks $10 million from former aide in disclosure case

  13-07-2016 21:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seeking $10 million in damages from a former senior campaign consultant, Sam Nunberg, alleging that Nunberg leaked confidential info
  
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• Atlantic City casino monthly revenue down slightly again

  13-07-2016 21:02
  
  ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City's casinos saw revenue decline slightly in June, down a bit more than 1 percent compared to a year ago, while revenue for the first six months of the year was s
  
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• IRS probe of televangelist Robert Tilton's church draws court challenge

  13-07-2016 21:00
  
  At one time, Tilton's television show, "Success N Life," was broadcast by 200 stations nationwide and his church claimed 10,000 members.
  
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• Pokemon Go causing headaches for Yukon police

  13-07-2016 20:52
  
  About 11:30 p.m. Monday, an officer driving near the 400 block of W Vandament Avenue saw a motorist approaching him in the wrong lane. Hoskins said the officer swerved to avoid the vehicle and turned around to pull it over.
  
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• Military investigates why gunman got honorable discharge

  13-07-2016 20:49
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The Pentagon is investigating why the shooter who killed five Dallas police officers received an honorable discharge from the Army after he was accused of sexually harassing a fellow sol
  
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• Despite year of turmoil, Mizzou announces record fundraising

  13-07-2016 20:48
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A $25 million gift in October helped push fundraising at the University of Missouri's flagship campus to a record high despite several months of turmoil stemming from the admin
  
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• Young Vermont GOP delegate bucks Trump, draws fire and ire

  13-07-2016 20:46
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont teenager who is a delegate to the Republican National Convention is getting a taste of the rough-and-tumble of politics.
  
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• Tulsa Police Department responds to local activist group's requests for policy changes

  13-07-2016 20:45
  
  Police Chief Chuck Jordan issues a statement in response to We the People news conference.
  
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• Audit recommends Creeks repay $219K in housing block grants

  13-07-2016 20:45
  
  According to the audit’s findings, the nation used its own payment and rent policies that did not match what the federal government required.
  
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• Dallas sniper attack recalls 1973 slayings in New Orleans

  13-07-2016 20:44
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The gunman was a black former military man who targeted white police at a time of social unrest. The chaos and confusion led authorities to conclude there must be more than one shoo
  
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• Reports: Explosive device found in security operation near 15th and Elwood

  13-07-2016 20:37
  
  Multiple law enforcement agencies are at the site of an investigation just south of downtown on Wednesday.
  
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• Police: Attempted Armed Robbery At Tulsa Business

  13-07-2016 20:35
  
  Police are investigating an attempted armed robbery at a Tulsa business Wednesday.  
  
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