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• Thousands rally, march in nationwide anti-Trump protests

  12-11-2016 23:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands took to the streets Saturday across the United States as demonstrations against President-elect Donald Trump continued in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and beyond.
  
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• Trump may revisit Trump Country during a victory tour

  12-11-2016 23:12
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump may take a victory tour to states that elected him president, an aide said Saturday, as boisterous protests unfolded outside the tower where he holed up with members of hi
  
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• The Latest: Mexicans: Country not prepared for deportation

  12-11-2016 23:12
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on nationwide and international protests against President-elect Donald Trump (all times PST):
  
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• Alaska police officer shot; suspect killed in attack

  12-11-2016 22:59
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A gunman repeatedly shot an Alaska police officer in an ambush early Saturday morning as the officer lay on the ground near his police cruiser, Anchorage police said.
  
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• Insurers pay record $1.5 million in claims for Prague earthquake, but overall approvals are few

  12-11-2016 22:30
  
  From 2010 through the midpoint of August, insurance companies collected $135,434,096 in premiums, while approving $4,487,629 in claims.
  
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• The Latest: Thousands protest Trump in Los Angeles

  12-11-2016 22:29
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on nationwide and international protests against President-elect Donald Trump (all times PST):
  
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• In Cushing, cleanup continues even as new earthquake damage appears

  12-11-2016 22:15
  
  The historic town still doesn't know the full extent of the earthquake's effect, officials say.Insurers pay record $1.5 million in claims for Prague earthquake, but overall approvals are fewEarthquake 101: What's causing them? More concern for Cushing? How long will they continue?
  
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• In Cushing, clean-up continues even as new earthquake damage appears

  12-11-2016 22:15
  
  The historic town still doesn't know the full extent of the earthquake's effect, officials say.Insurers pay record $1.5 million in claims for Prague earthquake, but overall approvals are fewEarthquake 101: What's causing them? More concern for Cushing? How long will they continue?
  
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• Ginnie Graham: Undocumented immigrants on edge about legal pathways

  12-11-2016 22:15
  
  Tulsa's top law enforcement officers say nothing will change on the local level about immigration enforcement.
  
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• Racially charged incidents continue at US universities

  12-11-2016 22:11
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A student at the University of Oklahoma has been temporarily suspended and police are investigating a threat against a Muslim student near the University of Michigan amid racially
  
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• Authorities: Reports of shots fired at New York mall

  12-11-2016 22:08
  
  GUILDERLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies are responding to a suburban Albany, New York, mall after a report of one or two shots fired.
  
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• Southerners wearing masks as smoke streams from mountains

  12-11-2016 21:58
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Wildfires near the Georgia-North Carolina line are spewing smoke so thick that residents are being urged to wear special masks if they must do outdoor activities.
  
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• Offense Leads Navy Past Tulsa, Midshipmen Claim First In AAC West

  12-11-2016 21:55
  
  In a battle for first in the AAC West, Tulsa struggled with Navy’s triple option offense and fell 42-40.
  
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• OU Football: Sooners Blast Baylor For Seventh Straight Win

  12-11-2016 21:46
  
  Bob Stoops and the Oklahoma Sooners made it 15-straight Big 12 wins on Saturday afternoon with a dominating 45-24 win over the Baylor Bears. 
  
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• Protesters march after Ohio police shooting mistrial

  12-11-2016 21:41
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Jurors failed to come up with a verdict against a white former police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black motorist and were leaning toward a lesser
  
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• Trump, McConnell and Ryan: Unlikely new power trio for DC

  12-11-2016 21:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's new power trio consists of a bombastic billionaire, a telegenic policy wonk and a taciturn political tactician. How well they can get along will help determine what gets
  
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• Heavy security as Sting reopens Bataclan after Paris attacks

  12-11-2016 21:21
  
  PARIS (AP) — French security turned out in force Saturday night ahead of a concert by British pop legend Sting marking the reopening of the Bataclan concert hall one year after suicidal jihadis turned
  
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• Trump holes up in tower as transition takes shape

  12-11-2016 21:10
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is embarking on the massive undertaking of creating a new administration as a circus-like atmosphere unfolds around his building in Manhattan.
  
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• Death toll rises to 50 in IS-claimed blast in Pakistan

  12-11-2016 21:08
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a bomb blast at a Sufi shrine in southwest Pakistan Saturday has risen to 50 people with more than 100 wounded, officials said.
  
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• The Latest: Michael Moore, crew seen during New York protest

  12-11-2016 21:04
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on nationwide and international protests against President-elect Donald Trump (all times PST):
  
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• Earthquake 101: What's causing them? More concern for Cushing? How long will they continue?

  12-11-2016 21:00
  
  Three of the five biggest earthquakes in Oklahoma's history have occurred in 2016. Find out what experts believe are causing them, if this has happened elsewhere and what the state is doing to try to prevent them.
  
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• Councilor-elect Vanessa Hall-Harper promises new vision for District 1

  12-11-2016 21:00
  
  Hall-Harper said her first term, which begins after a Dec. 5 inauguration, will focus on developing plans geared toward helping the black community and public-safety issues for District 1.
  
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• Diverse group gathers in downtown Tulsa to promote rights, well-being of oppressed people

  12-11-2016 20:56
  
  While the event came on the heels of the election, attendees conveyed that the point of the rally was not to endorse or protest any candidate — but rather to give a voice to community members who often feel voiceless.
  
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• Protest at pipeline construction yard ends without arrests

  12-11-2016 20:34
  
  MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have left after blocking a construction yard for the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota.
  
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• The Latest: Protest peaceful after police shooting mistrial

  12-11-2016 20:27
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the murder trial of a white officer in the shooting of an unarmed black man (all times local):
  
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• What to do in Oklahoma on Nov. 12, 2016: Hear Switchfoot at Tulsa's Mabee Center

  12-11-2016 20:25
  
  Multi-platinum-selling, Grammy-winning band Switchfoot and Grammy-nominated alternative rock band Relient K are bringing their co-headline "Looking For America Tour" to Oklahoma for a show at 7:30 tonight at Mabee Center, 7777 S Lewis Ave. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Switchfoot released its 10th studio album, "Where The Light Shines Through," in July via Vanguard Records. "Where The Light Shines Through" is the band's follow-up to 2014's highly acclaimed "Fading West" and was produced in collaborati
  
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• Officials: 150 US border agents being sent to South Texas

  12-11-2016 20:25
  
  EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Federal officials say 150 Border Patrol agents will be deployed to South Texas from Arizona, California and elsewhere to help process a spike in immigrants who have been apprehe
  
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• Turkey issues travel warning about US, cites protests

  12-11-2016 20:15
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey has issued a travel warning for its citizens about going to the United States, citing violent protests following Tuesday's contested presidential election as well as increasing
  
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• Buyer steps forward for closed Vermont Yankee nuclear plant

  12-11-2016 19:58
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — For sale: Biggest industrial waste site in Vermont, with materials that will remain dangerous for tens of thousands of years. No prospect of resuming its previous money-making a
  
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• Oklahoma student suspended amid racist posts after Trump win

  12-11-2016 19:41
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An Oklahoma college student has been temporarily suspended amid an outbreak of racially charged outbursts at the nation's schools and universities following Donald Trump's presiden
  
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• Turkey halts operations of 370 civic groups, raids offices

  12-11-2016 19:38
  
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish opposition groups protested Saturday in Istanbul after the Interior Ministry halted operations for 370 civic groups on terrorism-related charges — organizations that included p
  
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• Trump relies on Washington insiders to build administration

  12-11-2016 19:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump elicited wild cheers on the campaign trail by pledging to "drain the swamp" in Washington, but the president-elect's transition team is populated largely with creatures
  
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• Death toll rises to 45 in IS-claimed blast in Pakistan

  12-11-2016 19:27
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani official says the death toll from a bomb blast at a Sufi shrine in southwest Pakistan has risen to 45 and over 100 wounded.
  
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• The Latest: Protesters briefly block Cincinnati trolley line

  12-11-2016 19:20
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the murder trial of a white officer in the shooting of an unarmed black man (all times local):
  
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• Newspaper columnist reports fighting off thief in hotel room

  12-11-2016 19:13
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof fought with and restrained an intruder he found in his Philadelphia hotel room.
  
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• US Military: Blast at Afghan air base kills 4 Americans

  12-11-2016 19:10
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion at a U.S. airfield in Afghanistan early Saturday morning killed four people, the U.S. military said.
  
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• The Latest: Chicago protesters include families, children

  12-11-2016 19:06
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on nationwide and international protests against President-elect Donald Trump (all times PST):
  
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• Americans Killed At U.S. Base In Afghanistan

  12-11-2016 19:01
  
  An explosion at a U.S. airfield in Afghanistan early Saturday killed Americans, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said.
  
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• Choctaw County Man Shot, Killed By 13 Year Old

  12-11-2016 18:30
  
  Deputies says an 18-year-old Fort Towson man died after his younger brother's 13-year-old friend shot him early Friday.
  
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• The Latest: Mayor expects peaceful protests after mistrial

  12-11-2016 18:19
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the murder trial of a white officer in the shooting of an unarmed black man (all times local):
  
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• IS claims responsibility for blast at Pakistan Sufi shrine

  12-11-2016 18:19
  
  QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful bomb blast at a Sufi shrine killed at least 10 and wounded 60 others Saturday in southwestern Baluchistan province, officials said.
  
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• Tulsa Health Services Clinic Holds Free Fair

  12-11-2016 18:15
  
  Tulsa's Morton Comprehensive Health Services Center is holding its annual health fair Saturday. 
  
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• 1 shot in Oregon amid nationwide anti-Trump protests

  12-11-2016 18:01
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — As protests of President-elect Donald Trump entered another day, police in Portland, Oregon, say one person was shot by a man who had gotten into a confrontation with a protester
  
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• Successful real-estate firm built between grisly crimes

  12-11-2016 17:59
  
  WOODRUFF, S.C. (AP) — As he built a successful real estate firm, Todd Kohlhepp's behavior struck some as odd: watching pornographic videos during work, making macabre jokes in marketing literature and
  
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• The Latest: 3,000 take part in Los Angeles Trump protest

  12-11-2016 17:47
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on nationwide and international protests against President-elect Donald Trump (all times PST):
  
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• The Latest: Prosecutor: Jury favored toward lesser charge

  12-11-2016 17:22
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on deliberations in the murder trial of a white officer in the shooting of an unarmed black man (all times local):
  
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• University of Oklahoma student temporarily suspended on accusations of racism

  12-11-2016 17:20
  
  A University of Oklahoma student has been temporarily suspended on accusations that he or she was involved in a racist chat with University of Pennsylvania students.
  
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• OU student temporarily suspended on accusations of racism

  12-11-2016 17:20
  
  The messages, which were posted in a GroupeMe chat room, appear to have originated in Oklahoma and featured racial slurs and graphic images, according to a statement from the University of Pennsylvania.
  
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• Man Looking For Friend's Wife, Shot At Tulsa Home

  12-11-2016 17:19
  
  Police arrested a 39-year-old man after he allegedly shot a man who was helping a friend look for his wife early Saturday.
  
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