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• Texas judge halts federal transgender health protections

  31-12-2016 23:59
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas on Saturday ordered a halt to another Obama administration effort to strengthen transgender rights, this time over health rules that social conservatives
  
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• New UN chief wants consensus but faces antagonistic Trump

  31-12-2016 23:25
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Antonio Guterres takes the reins of the United Nations on New Year's Day, promising to be a "bridge-builder" but facing an antagonistic incoming U.S. administration led by Donald
  
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• Tulsa man charged with beating sheriff's deputy unconscious

  31-12-2016 23:21
  
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• Hours early, New Year's revelers begin to fill Times Square

  31-12-2016 23:00
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donning oversized 2017 eyeglasses and green Statue of Liberty hats, New Year's Eve revelers began to fill Times Square on Saturday, hours before the glittering crystal ball drops in Ne
  
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• One Killed In Pittsburg County Crash

  31-12-2016 22:48
  
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Haywood Road around 11:30 a.m. about two miles south of US 270.
  
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• Oklahoma House has sketchy recent history with policing its own

  31-12-2016 22:45
  
  The Oklahoma Constitution allows the House to punish members, including up to expulsions with a two-thirds vote.
  
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• The Latest: Trump ditches press pool to play golf

  31-12-2016 22:39
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Soon-to-open Global Learning Center at ORU uses latest tech to educate students across the world

  31-12-2016 22:30
  
  The $8 million complex gives overseas students real-time access to classes at Oral Roberts University, offers robot avatars for them to experience life on campus, features augmented and virtual reality learning options, and gives local ORU students a chance to connect with their peers around the globe.
  
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• Recovery of missing plane with 6 aboard to start Sunday

  31-12-2016 22:00
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Recovery efforts are expected to begin Sunday for a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland's shores.
  
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• Trump ditches media for golf game, offers New Year's wishes

  31-12-2016 21:58
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump ditched his press pool once again, traveling to play golf at one of his clubs without a pool of journalists on hand to ensure the public has k
  
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• The Latest: Obama kicks off New Year's Eve on golf course

  31-12-2016 21:56
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama is starting off New Year's Eve hitting the links at the Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course, known for its views of the Pacific coastline and Koolau mountains, at Marine
  
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• Veteran's death investigated after struggle with deputies

  31-12-2016 21:55
  
  LAND O'LAKES, Fla. (AP) — The death of an Air Force veteran following a struggle with Tampa Bay-area sheriff's deputies was under investigation, authorities said.
  
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• The Latest: Russia envoy urges settlement of Syria conflict

  31-12-2016 21:48
  
  The latest on the conflict in Syria, and the Russia and Turkey brokered cease-fire agreement between Syria's government and opposition rebels. All times local.
  
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• Felon charged with beating Tulsa County deputy unconscious

  31-12-2016 21:13
  
  Prosecutors allege Worthington punched deputy William Harrell repeatedly in the head until he lost consciousness.
  
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• No big New Year's celebrations for Iraq's displaced

  31-12-2016 21:10
  
  BARTELLA, Iraq (AP) — There were no big New Year's celebrations for the Iraqi men, women and children who narrowly escaped the fighting in Mosul, only to wait for hours under armed guard while the fig
  
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• F. Ross Johnson, former CEO of RJR Nabisco, dies at 85

  31-12-2016 21:10
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — F. Ross Johnson, the former RJR Nabisco CEO depicted as the epitome of corporate greed in the best-selling book and movie "Barbarians at the Gate," has died. He was 85.
  
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• Burned Wire Knocks Out Power To A Third Of Mannford

  31-12-2016 21:01
  
  Mannford's mayor says a problem at an electric substation led to a power outage in the Creek County community Saturday morning.
  
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• Palestinian president ready to work with Trump for peace

  31-12-2016 20:42
  
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he is willing to work with President-elect Donald Trump to reach a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel.
  
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• UN backs Russian-Turkish Syria efforts, as cease-fire wavers

  31-12-2016 20:29
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Saturday supporting efforts by Russia and Turkey to end the nearly six-year conflict in Syria and jump-start peace negotiations
  
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• Silent march through downtown Chicago marks year of violence

  31-12-2016 20:08
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds are marching silently along Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago and are carrying crosses for each person slain in the city this year.
  
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• Help wanted: Bilingual teachers for California schools

  31-12-2016 20:08
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Californians passed a ballot measure to bring back bilingual education in the upcoming school year, educators say a challenge to getting the programs started will be finding m
  
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• Smoke Alarm Alerts Resident About Fire In Tulsa Home

  31-12-2016 19:41
  
  A smoke alarm is credited with alerting a resident of a midtown Tulsa home to be able flee safely Saturday morning.   
  
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• Rural New Mexico exports mentoring model for physicians

  31-12-2016 19:41
  
  ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) — The heart of an unborn child beat strong and steady through an amplified monitor, as physician Leslie Hayes examined a pregnant 40-year-old who recently was weaned from heroin wi
  
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• Observatory named for John Glenn proposed at Ohio state park

  31-12-2016 19:24
  
  LOGAN, Ohio (AP) — Backers are fundraising to build an observatory and astronomy park named for the late space hero John Glenn at a state park in his native Ohio.
  
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• The Latest: UN backs Russian-Turkish efforts for Syria peace

  31-12-2016 19:21
  
  The latest on the conflict in Syria, and the Russia and Turkey brokered cease-fire agreement between Syria's government and opposition rebels. All times local.
  
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• South Tulsa home heavily damaged by fire

  31-12-2016 19:17
  
  Smoke and flames were coming through the home's garage door which had been burned through when firefighters arrived, Steiner said.
  
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• The Latest: Clarity sought for UN Syria cease-fire approval

  31-12-2016 18:30
  
  The latest on the conflict in Syria, and the Russia and Turkey brokered cease-fire agreement between Syria's government and opposition rebels. All times local.
  
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• Fight against publishing notices in newspapers persists

  31-12-2016 18:27
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — As classified advertising, once the lifeblood of newspapers, has dried up, one constant has remained: a thick daily listing of government public notices. But legislative fights ha
  
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• Sheriff's office: Man fatally shot after lunging at deputies

  31-12-2016 18:05
  
  LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a sheriff's deputy fatally shot a South Florida man who was armed with a knife.
  
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• USGS: 3.0 Magnitude Quake Shakes Pawnee Co.

  31-12-2016 17:55
  
  A small earthquake shook up residents in Pawnee County Saturday morning. 
  
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• Planned Parenthood asks judge to halt Texas Medicaid cuts

  31-12-2016 17:52
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Planned Parenthood is asking a federal judge to stop Texas from cutting off Medicaid funding to the nation's largest abortion provider in January.
  
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• Suspect in trooper's death shot and killed during encounter

  31-12-2016 17:50
  
  JUNIATA TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — The suspect in the fatal shooting of a first-year Pennsylvania trooper was shot and killed after making threats to police who located him Saturday morning, authorities sai
  
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• Long gas lines, price hike mar holiday season in Mexico

  31-12-2016 17:46
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The holiday season has been a little less merry for car owners in Mexico as gasoline shortages in many parts of the country have forced grumbling customers to contend with hours-lon
  
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• Judge: Top NYC taxi cab owner must give up 46 medallions

  31-12-2016 17:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that one of New York City's top yellow cab operators must give up 46 coveted taxi medallions.
  
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• Geraldine Ferraro's son pardoned for 1988 cocaine conviction

  31-12-2016 17:37
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The son of former vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro has been pardoned by the governor of Vermont nearly 30 years after he was convicted of selling cocaine to an underc
  
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• Police: Black man was armed when fatally shot by officer

  31-12-2016 17:35
  
  MIAMI (AP) — Florida law enforcement officials are investigating after a white police officer in suburban Miami shot a black man who they say was carrying a gun.
  
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• In 2017, GOP Congress sees mandate to undo Obama's agenda

  31-12-2016 17:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans' grip on all levers of power stands as a mandate to the GOP-led Congress, which will move swiftly to try to undo eight years of outgoing President Barack Obama's agenda.
  
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• Worries grow as homicides spike in Virginia's capital city

  31-12-2016 17:21
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — George Carrington III was excited to become a father. He loved cars and couldn't wait to buy his son a Big Wheel tricycle, his mother said. But they never met — the 17-year-old wa
  
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• Texas judge takes specialized court for veterans on the road

  31-12-2016 17:06
  
  ANNA, Texas (AP) — In the Army, Richard Ress survived duty in some of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan, but on a July day in 2009, he seemed ready for his life to end in the back of a Texas pol
  
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• India's Modi defends decision to demonetize high-value bills

  31-12-2016 16:53
  
  NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended his government's decision to demonetize the country's highest-value currency bills last month in an unusual New Year's Eve message to the
  
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• Power Outage Reported In Mannford

  31-12-2016 16:51
  
  City of Mannford says the Creek County community is without power Saturday morning.  
  
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• Divers assembled in search for missing plane with 6 aboard

  31-12-2016 16:48
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A dive team has been assembled in Cleveland to begin recovery efforts for a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland's shores.
  
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• Michael Brown's family fights Ferguson push for his records

  31-12-2016 16:45
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown's parents are objecting to a request from Ferguson for their son's medical and academic records as the city defends itself against a lawsuit the parents filed ove
  
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• Man Dies In Ardmore House Fire

  31-12-2016 16:42
  
  Authorities say a 30-year-old man died in an Ardmore house fire Friday morning. 
  
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• Broken Locks Raise Safety Concerns In Ottawa County Jail

  31-12-2016 16:41
  
  Deputies who work at the Ottawa County jail faces safety risks every day according to the sheriff. 
  
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• AP New Year's poll: Americans ready to bid farewell to 2016

  31-12-2016 16:32
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Emotionally wrenching politics, foreign conflicts and shootings at home took a toll on Americans in 2016, but they are entering 2017 on an optimistic note, according to a new poll that
  
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• US issuing new rules to curb illegal fishing, seafood fraud

  31-12-2016 16:15
  
  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Obama administration is issuing new rules it says will crack down on illegal fishing and seafood fraud by preventing unverifiable fish products from entering the U.S. market
  
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• Northeastern ski areas revel in a rarity _ powder

  31-12-2016 16:03
  
  FAYSTON, Vt. (AP) — Northeastern ski areas are reveling in a rarity — powder — after a nor'easter dumped 2 feet of snow in parts of Maine and lesser amounts in Vermont and New Hampshire following a di
  
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• Carrie Fisher's Tulsa Fans Remember The Late Star Wars Actress

  31-12-2016 16:01
  Several of the participants talked about what Fisher meant to them. Carrie Fisher played Princess Leia in several of the Star Wars movies.
  
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