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• Officer-involved shooting confirmed in Ottawa County

  07-01-2017 23:56
  
  MIAMI, Okla. — Ottawa County District Attorney Kenny Wright confirmed Saturday there has been an officer-related shooting in Ottawa County.
  
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• Man killed in Ottawa County deputy-involved shooting

  07-01-2017 23:56
  
  Travis Baker was killed about 4 p.m. after a vehicle pursuit that led law enforcement to rural Fairland. Baker abandoned a vehicle and fled on foot into a wooded area, according to a news release from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
  
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• Cleveland zoo says 32-year-old gorilla has died

  07-01-2017 23:51
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Zoo officials in Cleveland say one of its two western lowland gorillas has died.
  
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• 2 Southeast Texas men killed, 1 missing on duck hunting trip

  07-01-2017 23:51
  
  PALACIOS, Texas (AP) — The Coast Guard says two Southeast Texas men have been found dead and a third remains missing after a duck hunting trip.
  
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• Pawnee Police Working To Raise Money For K9 Officer

  07-01-2017 23:29
  
  A Green Country police department is hoping to add a K9 officer to its force.
  
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• IDs, phones, bags among 25K items lost in airport rampage

  07-01-2017 23:24
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Dan and Janice Kovacs and their two children were passing through airport security when the gunfire erupted. They were shoeless — with wallets, passports and carry-on item
  
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• Several Trump picks' ethics reviews incomplete

  07-01-2017 23:06
  
  WASHINGTON — Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet choices have not completed a full review to avoid conflicts of interest, the government’s ethics office says, even as Republican senators
  
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• Global warming data that riled doubters is confirmed

  07-01-2017 22:33
  
  WASHINGTON — A new independent study shows no pause in global warming, confirming a set of temperature readings adjusted by U.S. government scientists that some who reject mainstream climate science h
  
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• The Latest: Conditions force cancellation of basketball game

  07-01-2017 22:28
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a winter storm pounding parts of the U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Ginnie Graham: Sequoyah High School student leaves legacy in all-school mural after national contest win

  07-01-2017 22:15
  
  With an essay on bullying, Maddie Lamb won the contest through the Get Schooled online project founded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In addition to the other prizes, her school received art supplies for a student project.
  
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• FBI: Gunman flew to Florida specifically to attack airport

  07-01-2017 22:07
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Iraq war veteran accused of killing five travelers and wounding six others at a busy international airport in Florida appears to have traveled there specifically to ca
  
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• John Klein: The land of the Osage is coming home

  07-01-2017 22:00
  
  The Osage Nation, armed with new financial muscle from successful casino operations, has reacquired 43,000 acres of sacred, historical land in the past six months.
  
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• Interstates mostly clear, but back roads still slippery

  07-01-2017 21:50
  
  Thanks to state transportation department crews, most highways and roads were clear and good to go for drivers Friday afternoon following the early morning winter storm. Crews have been working hard to make things safe for drivers, especially along I-40.
  
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• IDs, phones, bags among 20K items lost in airport rampage

  07-01-2017 21:46
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Dan and Janice Kovacs and their two children were passing through airport security when the gunfire erupted. They were shoeless — with wallets, passports and carry-on item
  
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• Fed's Powell sees only isolated signs of financial excess

  07-01-2017 21:22
  
  A Federal Reserve governor is saying record-low interest rates have so far produced only isolated signs of excess in the economy but that the central bank must remain vigilant.
  
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• Ivory Coast president says deal reached to end army mutiny

  07-01-2017 20:57
  
  ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's president said a deal was reached Saturday to end a two-day army mutiny that renewed security concerns in the world's top cocoa producer and Africa's fastest-
  
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• Washington set to swear in 1st blind lieutenant governor

  07-01-2017 20:52
  
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — As Washington state prepares to swear in its first blind lieutenant governor, the Senate has undergone a makeover that incorporates Braille into that chamber's floor sessions.
  
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• Woman seeking freedom in Vegas killing to get new hearing

  07-01-2017 20:40
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada woman who was convicted and imprisoned at age 19 in the 2001 killing and sexual mutilation of a homeless man in Las Vegas has new lawyers and a national criminal defense advo
  
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• After melee, Ohio shopping mall's youth restrictions begin

  07-01-2017 20:36
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — An upscale shopping mall outside Cleveland where police broke up a post-Christmas melee with pepper spray has joined other shopping centers in Ohio and the U.S. that have instituted r
  
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• Manson back at Central California prison after hospital stay

  07-01-2017 20:30
  
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Charles Manson is back in a California prison after a hospital stay for an unspecified medical problem.
  
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• Trump: Only 'stupid' people, fools oppose better Russia ties

  07-01-2017 20:27
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that "only 'stupid' people or fools" would dismiss closer ties with Russia, and he seemed unswayed after his classified briefing on an intell
  
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• Family Looking For Missing Eufaula Mom, Creates Message In The Snow

  07-01-2017 20:27
  
  A McIntosh County family hopes someone knows where a missing Eufaula mother is and they used Friday's snowfall to help find her.
  
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• Blast kill 3 in Somali restaurant frequented by soldiers

  07-01-2017 20:26
  
  HARGESIA, Somalia (AP) — A bomb explosion at a restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killed three people and injured more than 16 others on Saturday, a Somali police officer said.
  
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• The Latest: Snow in New England causes Connecticut pileup

  07-01-2017 20:25
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on a winter storm pounding parts of the U.S. (all times local):
  
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• Trump's pick for intelligence chief spent years lobbying

  07-01-2017 20:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. Dan Coats, in line to be national intelligence director, has swung back and forth between government service and lobbying, the type of Washington career that President-el
  
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• The Latest: Government service, lobbying swings for Coats

  07-01-2017 20:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• The Latest: 1 airport victim to be released from hospital

  07-01-2017 19:53
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on Airport Shooting-Florida (all times local):
  
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• US orders families of embassy personnel out of Gambia

  07-01-2017 19:49
  
  ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — The West African regional bloc stands with the people of Gambia and will apply diplomatic solutions to solve the country's political crisis, the body's chair said Saturday.
  
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• Dallas jail inmate's beating death being investigated

  07-01-2017 19:41
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas County Jail inmate was fatally beaten by his cellmate late last month, but the attacker said it wasn't until he called jailers for help because the victim was "breathing hard" t
  
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• Florida airport victims: World travelers, a social butterfly

  07-01-2017 19:35
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Many of the five people killed in the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting were on vacation, headed for cruises that promised sun, sand and fun. Three were collecting their lu
  
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• Suspect killed in police shootout on Chicago-area train

  07-01-2017 19:32
  
  DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a suspect in a Chicago-area slaying was killed in a police shootout on a Metra commuter train while dozens of other people were aboard.
  
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• Mayor G.T. Bynum: 'Eerie' to see original, hand-written city ordinances signed by great-great grandfather

  07-01-2017 19:30
  
  The ordinances in the book were setting up basic civic needs back then, such as establishing the hiring of a night watchman, a treasurer and even a "town scavenger" who Mayor G.T. Bynum theorized was needed to pick up dead livestock.
  
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• Mayor G.T. Bynum: 'Eerie' to see hand-written city ordinances signed by great-great grandfather

  07-01-2017 19:30
  
  The ordinances in the book were setting up basic civic needs back then, such as establishing the hiring of a night watchman, a treasurer and even a "town scavenger" who Mayor G.T. Bynum theorized was needed to pick up dead livestock.
  
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• Blast in Syrian town on Turkish border kills nearly 50

  07-01-2017 19:22
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb ripped through a busy commercial district in a rebel-held Syrian town along the Turkish border Saturday, killing nearly 50 in a huge explosion that damaged buildings and left
  
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• LGBT activists view Obama as staunch champion of their cause

  07-01-2017 19:16
  
  It was a new look for the White House, bathed in rainbow colors to celebrate the Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex marriage nationwide.
  
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• The Latest, victims: Georgia woman was 'life of the party'

  07-01-2017 19:08
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the five people killed in the airport shooting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (all times local):
  
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• Some Oklahoma Highways Remain Slick And Hazardous

  07-01-2017 19:05
  
  State highway officials report driving conditions continue to improve across Oklahoma one day after a snowstorm moved across the state.
  
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• Volkswagen recalls 136,000 autos for antilock brake fix

  07-01-2017 19:03
  
  Volkswagen Group of America is recalling nearly 136,000 Audi and Volkswagen autos to fix potential problems with their antilock brake systems.
  
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• Heavy snow, icy weather grip Italy, Greece and Turkey

  07-01-2017 18:58
  
  COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Heavy snowfall and below-freezing temperatures continued to sweep the European continent Saturday, causing more than a dozen deaths, grounding airplanes and crippling ferrie
  
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• Brother of airport shooting suspect says US gov't failed him

  07-01-2017 18:51
  
  PENUELAS, Puerto Rico (AP) — The brother of a man accused of shooting five people at a Florida airport questioned Saturday why his brother was allowed to keep his gun after U.S. authorities knew he'd
  
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• Saudi police kill 2 suspected extremists in capital, Riyadh

  07-01-2017 18:33
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities in Saudi Arabia say police have shot and killed two suspected Islamic State extremists in the capital, Riyadh.
  
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• AP Photos: Church shooting: As sentence nears, a look back

  07-01-2017 18:32
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The massacre of nine black church members brought the U.S. to its knees when Dylann Roof opened fire during a Bible study on June 17, 2015. The white man was convicted of hate
  
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• Snow pounds parts of East Coast, spares several big cities

  07-01-2017 18:27
  
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Snow and sleet pounded a large swath of the East Coast on Saturday, coating roads with ice and causing hundreds of crashes. Thousands of people lost power and forecasters warned of
  
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• Sister: Iowa man killed at Florida airport; wife wounded

  07-01-2017 18:14
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man who was a frequent traveler and loved to cruise with his wife was among the five people killed in the airport shooting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, his sister told
  
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• Suspect in Ohio State attack sought to drop college classes

  07-01-2017 18:11
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The man responsible for a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University asked a school academic adviser to let him drop his classes two weeks before the Nov. 28 attack.
  
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• The Latest: Trump renews calls for warmer ties with Russia

  07-01-2017 18:04
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• 'Extremely emotional day' for travelers caught in panic

  07-01-2017 18:01
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Thousands of travelers and others at the busy Fort Lauderdale airport during the massacre that left five dead were kept on lockdown for more than six hours — some reliving
  
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• 2nd suspect charged in fire that killed Ohio firefighter

  07-01-2017 17:54
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor says a second man has been charged in the death of a firefighter killed inside a home in a blaze authorities say was intentionally set by the owner.
  
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• Crews continue cleanup after winter storm; caution urged

  07-01-2017 17:53
  
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