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• Official: Justice report on Chicago cops to find violations

  11-01-2017 23:59
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department will conclude in a report to be released Friday that the Chicago Police Department displayed a pattern and practice of violating residents' constitutional ri
  
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• The Latest: Minnesota OSHA will investigate plant explosion

  11-01-2017 23:45
  
  DODGE CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on a truck plant explosion that injured several people in southeastern Minnesota (all times local):
  
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• Trump says for first time: I think Russia hacked Dems

  11-01-2017 23:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump speculated Wednesday that U.S. intelligence agencies might have leaked details about a classified briefing with him that included unsubstantiated allegat
  
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• LePage takes message to cordial outlets, ignores other media

  11-01-2017 23:36
  
  AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage has gone three months without a press conference and has retreated to friendly talk-radio stations and conservative online outlets.
  
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• 6 VW employees indicted in emissions scandal; VW fined $4.3B

  11-01-2017 23:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Six high-level Volkswagen employees from Germany were indicted in the U.S. on Wednesday in the VW emissions-cheating scandal, while the company itself agreed to plead guilty to crimi
  
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• US ethics chief blasts Trump plan to keep business profits

  11-01-2017 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the federal government's ethics agency is blasting president-elect Donald Trump's plan to maintain his business empire by turning it over to his sons instead of selli
  
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• NE Oklahoma Added To Winter Storm Watch

  11-01-2017 23:12
  
  The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a Winter Storm Watch for several northeastern Oklahoma Counties. The watch will be in effect from late Thursday night to Sunday morning.
  
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• Group Works To Bring Grocery Store To Tulsa's 'Food Desert'

  11-01-2017 23:10
  
  North Tulsa could one day soon get a new grocery store.  Right now, the community is considered what is called a "food desert." 
  
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• Trial begins for man accused of killing north Tulsa girlfriend in 2012

  11-01-2017 22:50
  
  Testimonies from Wesson's friends suggest Hopkins killed Wesson because he didn't want another child. The couple already had one child together.
  
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• Tulsans Show Off 'The Boxyard' During VIP Tour

  11-01-2017 22:37
  
  The President of the Federal Reserve region that covers Oklahoma toured Tulsa to learn what we are doing as far as our local economy and how Tulsa is helping its small business owners flourish.
  
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• The Latest: Ethics office chief pans Trump on businesses

  11-01-2017 22:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• The Latest: Tillerson says China island building must stop

  11-01-2017 22:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on activities in Congress (all times EST):
  
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• Police accuse 2 of helping fugitive before officer's killing

  11-01-2017 22:20
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The niece and supervisor of a murder suspect were arrested for allegedly helping him evade capture before the fatal shooting of an Orlando police officer.
  
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• Tulsa County, surrounding area under winter storm watch Thursday night through Sunday

  11-01-2017 22:15
  
  The watch also includes Craig, Creek, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers and Washington counties.
  
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• Bird flu-plagued South Korea agrees to buy US eggs

  11-01-2017 22:13
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — South Korea is in the throes of a bird flu outbreak and for the first time has asked the United States to ship it shell eggs.
  
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• Girl killed in 'rape-murder fantasy' endured life of abuse

  11-01-2017 22:09
  
  The 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl who was raped, tortured and killed at her adoptive mother's house had been abused or neglected in at least three homes during her short life.
  
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• Relatives of slain churchgoers confront gunman for last time

  11-01-2017 22:08
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — One by one, family members of nine slain black parishioners confronted Dylann Roof for the last time Wednesday, shouting at him, offering forgiveness and even offering to visit
  
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• Voice recorder captured crash of plane over Lake Erie

  11-01-2017 22:05
  
  A cockpit voice recorder recovered from Lake Erie captured the moments before a plane carrying six people crashed into the water nearly two weeks ago, federal investigators said Wednesday.
  
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• Correction: Obit-Heimlich story

  11-01-2017 22:04
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — In a story Dec. 17 about the death of Dr. Henry Heimlich, The Associated Press erroneously reported the year the U.S. Navy sent him to northwest China. It was 1945, not 1942.
  
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• Divided Cyprus' leaders conclude 'historic' map exchange

  11-01-2017 22:02
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus exchanged maps Wednesday outlining the zones the island's Greek and Turkish communities would control in a hoped-for federation, the first
  
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• 6 people injured in explosion at Minnesota truck plant

  11-01-2017 22:02
  
  DODGE CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say an explosion has injured six people at a truck plant in southeastern Minnesota.
  
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• Energy chief: Bid to revive Nevada nuclear waste dump doomed

  11-01-2017 22:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Any effort to revive the long-dormant nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain is doomed to fail because the project lacks support from elected officials in the state, Energy Se
  
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• Texas teen calls mom, a 911 dispatcher, to say house ablaze

  11-01-2017 21:58
  
  MADISONVILLE, Texas (AP) — An emergency call a 911 dispatcher in Texas recently answered turned out to be from the dispatcher's daughter who was reporting that their house was burning.
  
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• Trump's pick for top diplomat takes tough line on Moscow

  11-01-2017 21:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Barraged by questions about Russia, Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state promised a far more muscular approach toward the Kremlin on Wednesday, abandoning much of the president
  
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• LA Metro starts counseling line to combat sexual harassment

  11-01-2017 21:54
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has launched an around-the-clock counseling hotline to provide support to riders who experience unwanted sexual advances
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff: Plant explosion could have been worse

  11-01-2017 21:49
  
  DODGE CENTER, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on a truck plant explosion that injured several people in southeastern Minnesota (all times local):
  
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• Father faces prison term in drunken driving death of son

  11-01-2017 21:48
  
  EDENTON, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina father faces a prison term after being convicted in the death of his 9-year-old son in a drunken driving wreck.
  
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• Oklahoma Gets $2 Million Grant For Career-Focused Education

  11-01-2017 21:38
  
  Oklahoma is one of 10 states chosen to receive funding aimed at improving career-focused education for students. 
  
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• Working To Bring Grocery Store To Tulsa's 'Food Desert'

  11-01-2017 21:05
  
  North Tulsa could one day soon get a new grocery store.  Right now, the community is considered what is called a "food desert." 
  
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• Oklahoma public schools to be shorted nearly $10 million in state aid due to revenue shortfall

  11-01-2017 20:45
  
  The Oklahoma State Department of Education is sending out a memo Wednesday ahead of Thursday payments to local schools that will be shorted by a total of $9.7 million. The cut is the result of a revenue shortfall in the 1017 Fund, a dedicated source of revenue for education.
  
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• The Latest: White House chides Trump for intel criticism

  11-01-2017 20:33
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):
  
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• VW pleads guilty in emissions scandal; 6 employees indicted

  11-01-2017 20:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Six high-level Volkswagen employees have been indicted by a grand jury in the company's emissions cheating scandal, as the company admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay a record $4.3
  
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• Taliban release video showing American, Australian captives

  11-01-2017 20:25
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have released a video showing an American and an Australian who were kidnapped in August, the first time they've been seen since their abduction.
  
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• The Latest: Tillerson says he'll work with Congress

  11-01-2017 20:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on activities in Congress (all times EST):
  
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• Energy head: Bid to revive Nev. nuclear waste dump doomed

  11-01-2017 20:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says any effort to revive the long-dormant nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain is doomed to fail because the project lacks support from electe
  
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• Israeli official: Cooperation strong with Egypt

  11-01-2017 20:23
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli defense official on Wednesday confirmed that the country has developed a new policy in recent years to allow Egypt to quickly beef up its forces in the volatile Sinai penin
  
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• Compromising material appears frequently in Russian politics

  11-01-2017 20:20
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Blurry video of highly placed men engaging in sexual acts, audio recordings of influential figures profanely insulting their nominal allies — in Russia these appear enough that a special
  
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• Man charged with helping fugitive before officer's killing

  11-01-2017 20:18
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A fried chicken restaurant worker has been arrested for allegedly helping a murder suspect evade capture before the fatal shooting of an Orlando police officer.
  
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• Priest sues diocese; alleges persecution for reporting abuse

  11-01-2017 20:13
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest has filed a lawsuit against his former diocese alleging that a bishop pushed him aside and lied about him because he called the sheriff on another
  
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• Several hurt in possible explosion at Minnesota truck plant

  11-01-2017 20:09
  
  DODGE CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Emergency crews are at the scene of a possible explosion that injured several people at a truck plant in southeastern Minnesota.
  
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• Crews find more debris in Lake Erie from crashed plane

  11-01-2017 20:09
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Crews are finding more debris in Lake Erie from the wreckage of a plane that was carrying six people when it disappeared nearly two weeks ago near Cleveland.
  
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• Worker critically hurt in fall from Michigan factory crane

  11-01-2017 20:07
  
  DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A contract worker has been critically injured after falling from a crane at a Detroit-area plant.
  
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• Trump Talks Russia, Obamacare And Border Wall At News Conference

  11-01-2017 20:06
  
  Defiant and unyielding, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday adamantly denied reports that Russia had obtained compromising personal and financial information about him, calling it a “tremendous blot” on the record of the intelligence community if it had released such material. 
  
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• Trump denounces 'disgrace' of reports of Russian ties to him

  11-01-2017 20:05
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A defiant President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday adamantly denied reports that Russia had compromising personal and financial information about him, calling it a "tremendous blot" o
  
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• GOP Senate to move forward on 'Obamacare' repeal

  11-01-2017 20:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led Senate is poised to take a step forward on dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law despite anxiety among some GOP senators that they still haven't com
  
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• Bridenstine In Talks With Trump Transition Team

  11-01-2017 20:01
  
  Representative Jim Bridenstine met with the Transition Team at Trump Tower in early December, a representative from Bridenstine's office confirmed to News On 6. He also met and with vice president-elect Mike Pence in Washington around the same time. His office sent us a statement about Bridenstine's meeting: "They discussed space and national defense issues. There have been numerous reports in the news and industry blogs that the Congressman is being considered as a possi...
  
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• Angry, forgiving families confront Dylann Roof at hearing

  11-01-2017 20:01
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — One by one, family members of nine slain church members confronted Dylann Roof on Wednesday before he was formally sentenced to die for the slaughter. There were laughter and t
  
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• Voters remove Colorado sheriff accused of assaulting inmate

  11-01-2017 19:53
  
  JULESBURG, Colo. (AP) — A rural Colorado sheriff accused of taking a developmentally delayed inmate home and sexually assaulting her has been removed from office.
  
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