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• Sky Fitness Fueling Comeback For Old B.A. Shopping Center

  08-01-2017 23:44
  
  The city of Broken Arrow is growing and now there is renewed focus on one busy intersection. 
  
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• Glenpool Hires More Police Officers, Firefighters In Response To Population Boom

  08-01-2017 23:30
  
  After years of population growth, the city decided to catch up by adding more emergency responders. 
  
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• Questions about hacking swirl as Trump enters critical week

  08-01-2017 23:13
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump and his aides are entering a crucial week in his presidential transition as he and his Cabinet nominees undergo public questioning about their approach to
  
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• Ted Cruz, Texas governor meet with Taiwan president

  08-01-2017 23:08
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Greg Abbott said they met Sunday with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen while she was passing through Houston on her way to Central America.
  
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• 2 killed in wrong-way crash on Los Angeles interstate

  08-01-2017 23:08
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Highway Patrol says a motorist driving the wrong way on Interstate 405 in Orange County caused a fiery crash that killed him and another driver.
  
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• Young Black Men Still Overwhelming Victims of Police Violence

  08-01-2017 23:04
  
  Of the 1,091 killings, officers were charged with crimes in relation to 18 deaths from 2016. Despite the protests , media scrutiny, and all around heightened national attention, young black men in 2016 continued to be the predominant victims of police violence in the United States.
  
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• Florida airport shooting suspect appears in new video

  08-01-2017 23:03
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A day before the suspect in the Fort Lauderdale airport rampage was to appear in court, a website released footage that appears to show him calmly drawing a pistol and ope
  
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• New storm hits West as South, New England slow to thaw

  08-01-2017 22:37
  
  A winter storm that spread ice and snow from Mississippi to Maine is leaving behind cold so bitter that businesses and schools are closing in the South because the region still hasn't thawed.
  
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• Pawnee To Get Visit From Environmental Activist Erin Brockovich

  08-01-2017 22:24
  
  Oklahoma's earthquakes have caught the attention of a well-known environmental activist. 
  
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• Mariah Carey on New Year's Eve performance: 'They foiled me'

  08-01-2017 22:06
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mariah Carey is blaming producers for her bungled performance on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," saying, "They foiled me."
  
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• US gas prices jump 12 cents over 3 weeks to $2.38 a gallon

  08-01-2017 22:01
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of regular-grade gasoline has surged 12 cents nationally over the past three weeks, to $2.38 a gallon.
  
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• Broken Arrow offers to make accomodations affected by boundary changes who don't want to switch schools

  08-01-2017 22:00
  
  About 1,000 students are estimated to be affected by proposed boundary changes prompted by overcrowded classes and a new elementary school.
  
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• Broken Arrow offers to bus students affected by boundary changes who don't want to switch schools

  08-01-2017 22:00
  
  Now, only children entering elementary or middle school next year will be affected by the redistricting. All other students affected by boundary changes will be guaranteed a transfer to stay at the schools they’re currently attending, and the district will provide them transportation.
  
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• Stranded motorists pulled from flooded roads in California

  08-01-2017 21:57
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stranded motorists were pulled from cars stuck on flooded Northern California roads as thunderstorms arrived Sunday as part of a massive winter storm that could be the biggest to
  
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• West Mabee Boys and Girls Club director understands the impact the club can have on youths

  08-01-2017 21:30
  
  Jamar Giddings attributes being a club member as a child to his success as an adult.
  
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• Oklahoma City Police K9 Featured In National Calendar

  08-01-2017 21:30
  
  The 2017 Vested Interest In K9s, Inc. calendars are now available for purchase, and an Oklahoma City Police K9 is featured in the calendar.  
  
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• The Latest: Stranded motorists pulled from flooded roadways

  08-01-2017 21:15
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on winter storms in California (all times local):
  
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• Rafsanjani, Iran leader whose life mirrored nation's, dies

  08-01-2017 20:55
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died Sunday after a decades-long career in the ruling elite, where his moderate views were not always welcome but his cunning guide
  
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• Israeli media report new details of Netanyahu probes

  08-01-2017 20:47
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli media on Sunday reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to negotiate a deal for more positive coverage by a major Israeli newspaper two years ago.
  
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• Tulsa area weather: Warm up this week, but 'significant' ice, sleet possible by next weekend

  08-01-2017 20:39
  
  Temperatures will soar into the mid- to upper-60s by the middle of this week before another arctic blast moves into the Tulsa area, bringing the possibility for "significant" ice and sleet by the week
  
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• Former congressman seeks to delay prison term amid appeal

  08-01-2017 20:37
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A longtime congressman set to start a 10-year prison term this month has petitioned a U.S. appeals court to let him remain free while he appeals his racketeering conviction.
  
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• Rivers rise as massive storm moves into Northern California

  08-01-2017 20:36
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rivers were rising and winds were whipping up across Northern California on Sunday as a massive storm that could be the biggest to slam the region in more than a decade arrived.
  
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• McConnell: Dems should 'grow up' and consider Trump nominees

  08-01-2017 20:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Sunday defended their party against Democratic complaints that Congress is being forced to consider nominees for Donald Trump's administration without completed ethics
  
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• Mom, boyfriend charged in teenage girl's dismemberment death

  08-01-2017 20:34
  
  NEWTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A woman whose 14-year-old daughter's dismembered remains were found in the woods last fall has been charged along with her boyfriend with killing the girl in a "rape-murder fantasy
  
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• Stephens County Hunter Drowns While Trying To Save Dog

  08-01-2017 20:32
  
  The victim was duck hunting when he tried to rescue his dog after it got into trouble in icy water while retrieving a duck Saturday near Duncan.
  
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• UK's May vows to seek ambitious EU deal and work with Trump

  08-01-2017 20:26
  
  LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday she will announce details of Britain's European Union exit plans in the next few weeks, and denied a former diplomat's claim that the government is
  
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• Swedish leader warns of security threats in Baltic Sea area

  08-01-2017 19:57
  
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's prime minister has warned that the Scandinavian country faces several security threats, including cyberattacks.
  
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• Maud's 90-Year-Old Water Tower Leaks, Freezes During Cold Snap

  08-01-2017 19:52
  
  The city's nearly 90-year-old water tower is leaking about 30,000 gallons of water a day. 
  
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• Truck attack kills 4 Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem

  08-01-2017 19:51
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian truck driver on Sunday rammed his vehicle into a crowd of Israeli soldiers at a popular Jerusalem tourist spot, killing four people and wounding 17 others in the deadlie
  
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• Senators seeking review on train conductor sleep apnea tests

  08-01-2017 19:48
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Five U.S. senators have called on the National Transportation Safety Board to conduct a comprehensive review of all passenger railroads' implementation of sleep apnea testing for e
  
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• Study explores link between college debt, 'boomerang' effect

  08-01-2017 19:39
  
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — While both college debt and the "boomerang" phenomenon are growing, a new study casts doubt on the notion that staggering student loans are driving young adults back to their pare
  
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• Tulsa Firefighters Calendar Raises Money For Fire Museum

  08-01-2017 19:11
  
  The Tulsa Firefighters Hot Shots Calendars are now available for purchase, TFD said.  The annual calendar is a way for the firefighters to support the establishment of the Tulsa Fire Museum, which will be located at 1010 East 8th Street in the historic Tulsa Fire Alarm Building.  The calendars are currently for sale at these locations: The Haley Boutique 35th & Peoria, The Snow Goose in Utica Square, Margaritaville Tulsa gift shop on 83rd & Riverside Drive, On the ...
  
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• 2 arrested after wildlife agent shot during traffic stop

  08-01-2017 19:08
  
  PERRYVILLE, La. (AP) — State agency officials say a Louisiana wildlife agent is in stable condition after being shot multiple times while on patrol.
  
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• What happens next in Florida airport shooting legal case?

  08-01-2017 19:06
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago, facing federal charges that could potentially result in a death sentence, has his first court hearing Monday.
  
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• Aide says Trump 'accepts' US intel blaming Russia for hack

  08-01-2017 19:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump accepts the conclusion by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia tried to interfere in the election that will soon put him in the White House, a top aide
  
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• Rush-hour misery looms as London Tube workers start strike

  08-01-2017 19:01
  
  LONDON (AP) — London Underground station staff have begun a 24-hour strike that looks set to shut down much of the subway network for the morning rush hour.
  
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• Man accused of recruiting for Islamic State faces trial

  08-01-2017 18:55
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors are counting on the social media postings of an Arizona man to help persuade a jury that he was a recruiter for Islamic State militants.
  
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• Influential former Iranian leader Rafsanjani dead at age 82

  08-01-2017 18:55
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a wily political survivor and multimillionaire mogul who remained among the ruling elite despite moderate views, died Sunday, sta
  
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• 1,000 Tunisians fearing return of jihadis march to say 'No'

  08-01-2017 18:31
  
  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Up to 1,000 Tunisians have marched in the capital to protest the return of jihadis from Syria, Iraq and neighboring Libya.
  
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• The Latest: Senate GOP leader says Dems need to 'grow up'

  08-01-2017 18:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• Trump has taken few steps to disentangle from private empire

  08-01-2017 18:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump pledged to step away from his family-owned international real estate development, property management and licensing business before taking office Jan. 20
  
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• Mom, boyfriend charged in teen girl dismemberment death

  08-01-2017 18:23
  
  NEWTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman whose dismembered 14-year-old daughter's remains were found in the woods last fall has been charged along with her boyfriend with killing the girl in what offi
  
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• 3rd missing duck hunter's body found along Texas' Gulf Coast

  08-01-2017 18:07
  
  PALACIOS, Texas (AP) — The Coast Guard says the bodies of all three people who went missing while duck hunting along the Gulf Coast of Texas have been recovered.
  
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• LGBT activists brace for efforts to undermine their gains

  08-01-2017 18:06
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — After a string of major victories in recent years, LGBT activists are bracing for a different task in 2017 — trying to prevent Republicans in Congress and state legislatures from under
  
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• Former TU Student To Be Extradited From Texas To Face Rape Charges

  08-01-2017 18:03
  
  A former University of Tulsa student facing 24 charges - including rape - will be extradited to Oklahoma from San Antonio, a Bexar County district court official confirmed to News On 6. 
  
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• FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein leads airport case

  08-01-2017 18:01
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein alone for months after the former Iraqi leader's capture is now leading the investigation into the Florida airport shooting r
  
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• Palestinian truck attack kills 4 Israelis in Jerusalem

  08-01-2017 17:57
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian rammed his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four soldiers and wounding 17 others in one of the deadliest attacks of a more than yea
  
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• 'We have made mistakes,' South Africa president tells party

  08-01-2017 17:51
  
  SOWETO, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's scandal-ridden president said Sunday the ruling party has made "mistakes" and is determined to root out the corruption that is destroying the country's democ
  
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• Priebus: Trump "accepts" US intel blaming Russia for hack

  08-01-2017 17:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump accepts the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia tried to interfere in the American presidential election, his incoming White House Chief
  
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• Pentagon chief: 'Virtually zero' Russian support against IS

  08-01-2017 17:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the Russians have given "virtually zero" support to the United States in fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.
  
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