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• House votes to block Obama rules on public lands, education

  07-02-2017 23:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House voted Tuesday to overturn Obama-era rules on the environment and education as GOP lawmakers seek to reverse years of what they see as excessive govern
  
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• At a cool $250M, LA mega-mansion is priciest listing in US

  07-02-2017 23:55
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the exclusive Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles sits a new monument to opulence, a $250 million mega-mansion that's now the most expensive home listed in the United States.
  
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• Baltimore police say officer fatally shot man who pulled gun

  07-02-2017 23:51
  
  BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police say a man who pulled a gun on an officer was fatally shot by the officer after a foot chase.
  
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• Police Investigate Car Removed From Claremore Lake

  07-02-2017 23:48
  
  Claremore Police are investigating the discovery of a car in Claremore Lake. 
  
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• Man pleads not guilty in case based partly on pacemaker data

  07-02-2017 23:48
  
  HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A man charged with arson based partly on data collected from his pacemaker pleaded not guilty Tuesday to setting his Ohio home on fire.
  
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• Facebook takes search warrant challenge to NY's top court

  07-02-2017 23:48
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Facebook and Manhattan prosecutors went to New York state's highest court Tuesday to settle a legal dispute over search warrants for users' accounts, a closely watched case with bi
  
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• Texas lawmakers rush to take up 'sanctuary cities' bill

  07-02-2017 23:47
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans began their push Tuesday to ban so-called "sanctuary cities" in the state, taking up a hotly contested bill seeking to impose stricter immigration limits by with
  
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• Attorney: NC novelist reaches plea deal in 2001 murder case

  07-02-2017 23:47
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The attorney for a North Carolina novelist set to be retried for his wife's 2001 death says they've made a plea deal to bring the case to an end.
  
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• Idaho man admits to federal hate crime in killing of gay man

  07-02-2017 23:41
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime in the death of a gay man in exchange for a chance at a 28-year sentence instead of life in prison.
  
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• Judge says Dakota pipeline protest suit unlikely to succeed

  07-02-2017 23:40
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Dakota Access pipeline opponents involved in a violent clash with police in North Dakota in November are unlikely to succeed in a lawsuit alleging excessive force and civil right
  
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• Circle Cinema Shows Off 1928 Pipe Organ For 'Second Saturday Silents'

  07-02-2017 23:40
  
  Tickets are on sale right now for Second Saturday Silents at the Tulsa’s Circle Cinema, where a silent movie will be accompanied by the Circle's original 1928 theater pipe organ.
  
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• Army to allow completion of Dakota Access oil pipeline

  07-02-2017 23:39
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Army said Tuesday that it will allow the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, clearing the way for completion of
  
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• Gold coins, posh trips form backdrop in Utah bribery trial

  07-02-2017 23:31
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A corruption scandal that prosecutors say connected wealthy businessmen and powerful politicians against a backdrop of luxury vacations, gold coins and a surreptitiously recorded
  
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• Broken Arrow police: Stolen Boy Scouts trailer part of recent spike in trailer thefts

  07-02-2017 23:30
  
  Trailer thefts are sometimes difficult to investigate because their serial numbers of vehicle identification numbers aren't registered to their owners.
  
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• Sheriff: Okmulgee County Man Kills Wife And Two Children, Then Himself

  07-02-2017 22:31
  
  The Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office says a man killed his wife, their two young children, then himself. 
  
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• Webbers Falls FFA Hosts Livestock Show For Special Needs Students

  07-02-2017 22:18
  
  Members of the Webbers Falls FFA hosted a different kind of livestock show Tuesday. They invited some special needs students to learn how to show farm animals.
  
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• Schumer says he has 'serious concerns' about Gorsuch

  07-02-2017 21:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday he has "serious, serious concerns" about President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee after their meeting, complaining that the
  
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• First Navy SEAL to become admiral dies at 93

  07-02-2017 21:51
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Richard Lyon, the first Navy SEAL to rise to the rank of admiral, has died. He was 93.
  
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• As Trump fears fraud, GOP eliminates election commission

  07-02-2017 21:46
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee voted on Tuesday to eliminate an independent election commission charged with helping states improve their voting systems as President Donald Trump erroneously clai
  
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• The Latest: Trump to welcome Patriots to White House

  07-02-2017 21:37
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Berkeley probes 'hands-off' police response to protest chaos

  07-02-2017 21:37
  
  BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — University of California, Berkeley police took a hands-off approach to protesters on the campus last week when violent rioters caused chaos when they overtook a largely peacefu
  
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• Fired officer held for vehicular homicide after boy dies

  07-02-2017 21:28
  
  NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) — A police officer in suburban Atlanta who was fired after hitting pedestrians while speeding to the scene of an accident now faces a vehicular homicide charge.
  
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• California school bus crash critically injures student

  07-02-2017 21:24
  
  LANCASTER, Calif. (AP) — A school bus and car crashed in California, toppling the bus onto its side and critically injuring two people, including a student Tuesday, authorities said.
  
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• Body parts found at Oklahoma City Waste Management site Tuesday

  07-02-2017 21:24
  
  Knight said the facility is a central location for Waste Management trash trucks across the metro to dump and have garbage shredded, compacted and baled.
  
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• Arkansas breaks from other red states on sanctuary campuses

  07-02-2017 21:22
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers rejected a proposal Tuesday to block funding to colleges and universities that don't cooperate with federal immigration authorities, a stance that differs w
  
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• Walker budget: 5 percent University of Wisconsin tuition cut

  07-02-2017 21:20
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday his new executive budget would cut University of Wisconsin System tuition by 5 percent, allow students to opt out of some fees and restore millions
  
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• Romania protests endure as president says country in crisis

  07-02-2017 21:20
  
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's president told lawmakers Tuesday that the country is in a "fully-fledged" political crisis, after hundreds of thousands demonstrated against a government measure th
  
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• Major global warming study again questioned, again defended

  07-02-2017 21:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Another round of bickering is boiling over about temperature readings used in a 2015 study to show how the planet is warming.
  
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• The Latest: New Orleans family describes surviving tornado

  07-02-2017 20:59
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Latest on severe weather in the Deep South (all times local):
  
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• Raise your glass to Kentucky bourbon's rising economic kick

  07-02-2017 20:58
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Bourbon's economic potency is getting stronger with age, increasing its impact on Kentucky by $1 billion in the past two years as global demand for American whiskeys continues to
  
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• Senate roll vote on Education pick Betsy DeVos

  07-02-2017 20:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The 50-50 roll call Tuesday by which the Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of Education. Vice President Mike Pence broke the tie, casting the 51st vote to ensure her confi
  
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• UK military jets escort civilian plane to London airport

  07-02-2017 20:46
  
  LONDON (AP) — British fighter jets escorted a Pakistani civilian airliner to Stansted Airport near London on Tuesday after a passenger became disruptive, authorities said.
  
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• Melania Trump says White House could mean millions for brand

  07-02-2017 20:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Melania Trump has said little about what she intends to do with her prominent position. But in new court documents, her lawyers say that the "multi-year term" during which
  
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• Environmental watchdog sues Pruitt for alleged open records violations

  07-02-2017 20:45
  
  The Center for Media and Democracy, which opposes Pruitt's nomination to head the EPA, says he and the Attorney General's Office have ignored requests for communications relating to Pruitt's relationship with fossil fuels industries and large-scale agriculture.
  
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• Third person arrested in connection with 2008 death of Norman man

  07-02-2017 20:44
  
  The sheriff says that investigators believe that Bodily was killed during an attempted robbery.
  
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• Israeli allies condemn settlement law as lawsuits loom

  07-02-2017 20:41
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — A new Israeli law legalizing dozens of unlawfully built West Bank settlement outposts came under heavy criticism on Tuesday from some of Israel's closest allies, as local rights group
  
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• Dozens plead guilty, but doctor goes to trial in $200M fraud

  07-02-2017 20:40
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Details of a long-running health care kickback scheme that allegedly featured prostitutes, cash-stuffed envelopes and private jet junkets began to unfold in federal court Tuesday a
  
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• French newspaper: Fillon also paid his wife severance

  07-02-2017 20:37
  
  PARIS (AP) — A French newspaper says presidential candidate Francois Fillon not only employed his wife for an allegedly fake job, but also twice gave her severance pay.
  
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• Trafficking, exploitation charges added to Muskogee child porn case

  07-02-2017 20:33
  Investigators arrested Zack Perry in early January They accused him of asking a woman for photos and having child porn A second person went to jail in the case in February During a press conference, investigators revealed new charges Perry faces trafficking and exploitation charges as well The court moved his bond hearing a week later FOX23 reported in early January when the Muskogee sheriff's department arrested Zack Perry on publication and distribution of child pornography complaints.
  
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• Forestry Service Warns Wildfires Will Be Harder To Put Out

  07-02-2017 20:18
  
  Low Humidity, high winds, and high temperatures will mean most of the state is facing high fire danger this week. 
  
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• Tornado Reported As Storms Thrash Louisiana, Mississippi

  07-02-2017 19:36
  
  A tornado touched down on the east side of New Orleans, reportedly doing heavy damage to the area, reports CBS affiliate WWL-TV in New Orleans
  
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• Tulsa Public Schools Holds Career Fair

  07-02-2017 19:17
  
  Tulsa Public Schools held a career fair at its Education Service Center Tuesday in hopes of filling its open teaching positions for this and the next school year.
  
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• Toddler dies after being left in hot car in Miami

  07-02-2017 19:13
  
  PINECREST, Fla. (AP) — Police say a toddler has died after being left for more than an hour in a hot car outside a South Florida home.
  
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• Senate Confirms Betsy DeVos As Education Secretary

  07-02-2017 19:10
  
  The Senate has confirmed school choice activist Betsy DeVos as Education secretary, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie. 
  
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• House GOP again targets Obama environment rules

  07-02-2017 19:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are again targeting Obama-era rules on the environment.
  
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• DeVos confirmed as Education secretary as Pence breaks tie

  07-02-2017 19:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed school choice advocate Betsy DeVos as Education secretary by the narrowest of margins, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie in a histor
  
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• Trump travel ban faces biggest legal test yet

  07-02-2017 19:02
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump's travel ban faced its biggest legal test yet Tuesday as a panel of federal judges prepared to hear arguments from the administration and its opponents abou
  
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• Immigrant students seek access to state financial aid

  07-02-2017 18:59
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — College students without legal immigration status are asking Connecticut lawmakers to give them access to some financial aid.
  
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• Trump's labor nominee hired housekeeper in US illegally

  07-02-2017 18:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder acknowledged Tuesday that he had employed a housekeeper who was in the U.S. illegally, putting him again at odds with President Donald Trump's p
  
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• The Latest: Sessions' nomination clears procedural hurdle

  07-02-2017 18:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest on Senate consideration of President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks:
  
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