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• Glenpool Public Schools Asking Voters To Pass $16.5M Bond

  06-03-2017 23:47
  
  Glenpool is one of the fastest growing communities in Oklahoma; and Glenpool Public Schools, elementary through high school, are feeling the impact.
  
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• Police identify woman killed, man injured in Tulsa wheelchair-pickup hit-and-run

  06-03-2017 23:38
  
  The collision occurred about 8:15 p.m. in the 1100 block of South Garnett Road.
  
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• Trump signs new anti-terror travel ban _without new fanfare

  06-03-2017 23:31
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Without fanfare, President Donald Trump signed a scaled-back version of his controversial ban on many foreign travelers Monday, hoping to avoid a new round of lawsuits and outrage wh
  
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• Columbus police: Animal lover died trying to save dog

  06-03-2017 23:26
  
  COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) — A woman whose family said she developed a love for animals at a young age lost her life trying to save a dog from a river, police said Monday.
  
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• McAlester Police: Items Found In Weekend Search Not Connected To Missing Mother

  06-03-2017 23:25
  
  Police say items found during a search for a missing McAlester mother over the weekend are not connected to her. 
  
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• Missile tests add pressure on Trump over North Korea

  06-03-2017 23:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea's latest volley of missile tests put new pressure on a preoccupied Trump administration Monday to identify how it will counter leader Kim Jong Un's weapons development.
  
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• Unusually tense interview between Stephanopoulos, Trump aide

  06-03-2017 23:18
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — George Stephanopoulos' "Good Morning America" interview with White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday is an instant milestone in the hostile relationship between the Tr
  
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• Supreme Court won't say if trans teen can pick bathroom

  06-03-2017 23:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving the issue of transgender rights in schools to lower courts for now after backing out of a high-profile case Monday of a Virginia high school student who
  
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• US airstrikes kill former Guantanamo detainee in Yemen

  06-03-2017 23:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airstrikes against an al-Qaida-linked militant group in Yemen killed a former Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee who was released in 2009 despite earlier recommendations that he rem
  
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• Report: Syrian children suffering 'toxic stress'

  06-03-2017 23:14
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian children show symptoms of "toxic stress" and are attempting self-harm and suicide in response to prolonged exposure to war, according to a report released Tuesday.
  
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• Poll: Americans divided on admitting refugees

  06-03-2017 23:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Where immigrants are concerned, James Wright is OK with people who are here legally, as well as illegally — if they haven't committed crimes. But turn the talk specifically to the ri
  
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• US: 11 of 27 reef fish species in Hawaii are overfished

  06-03-2017 23:08
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. officials say the first-ever assessment of Hawaii's reef fish shows that 11 of 27 species are experiencing some level of overfishing.
  
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• Mississippi Confederate flag fight moves to new battlefield

  06-03-2017 23:08
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A long-running feud over the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is moving onto a new legal battlefield.
  
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• DA Determines Only TCSO Can Provide Security At Courthouse

  06-03-2017 23:06
  
  Deputies provide security at the courthouse, but the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office thought getting another company to do the work could save money.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Audit: NY agency for the disabled stonewalled

  06-03-2017 23:01
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the agency that investigates mistreatment of disabled people in state care refused to hand over thousands of records needed to compl
  
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• 97-year-old twins leave world as they entered it: together

  06-03-2017 23:01
  
  BARRINGTON, R.I. (AP) — Ninety-seven-year-old twins Jean Young Haley and Martha Young Williams left the world as they entered it: together.
  
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• Lawyer seeks mental review for NY terror suspect

  06-03-2017 23:00
  
  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man facing charges he twice tried to join the Islamic State or another extremist group in Syria needs medical and mental health evaluations, his attorney said Mon
  
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• NKorea: US-SKorea exercises leading to 'nuclear disaster'

  06-03-2017 22:58
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea warned Monday that U.S.-South Korean military exercises, which it called "the most undisguised nuclear war maneuvers," are driving the Korean Peninsula and northeast
  
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• Ohio man convicted in ex's death kills himself on death row

  06-03-2017 22:54
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man who had no criminal record before he fatally shot his former girlfriend has killed himself on death row, the state prisons agency said Monday.
  
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• New travel ban eases some legal questions, ignores others

  06-03-2017 22:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's revised travel ban eases some of the legal questions surrounding the previous order, but critics said it does not answer all of them, including accusations t
  
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• GM sheds money drain, gains cash with sale of European unit

  06-03-2017 22:46
  
  DETROIT (AP) — By shedding the bulk of its European operations, General Motors is getting rid of a perennial money drain and gaining essential cash that it can use to reward shareholders and invest in
  
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• Trump travel ban will temporarily halt Tulsa refugee resettlement

  06-03-2017 22:45
  
  Catholic Charities of Tulsa will bring in eight refugees on March 14, two days before President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban takes effect, and then will halt all refugee work for the duration of the 120-day ban, said Deacon Kevin Sartorius, executive director.
  
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• Forecasters: Tornadoes possible tonight in Oklahoma, including Tulsa area

  06-03-2017 22:45
  
  The area at the greatest risk Monday runs from near Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Joplin, Missouri, into eastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois. Storms should begin late Monday afternoon and continue into the night. Some tornadoes could be strong, with winds above 111 mph.
  
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• Juice order at Chinese buffet causes children throat burns

  06-03-2017 22:44
  
  Two children suffered burn-type injuries to their mouths and throats after drinking what they believed to be apple juice at a Chinese buffet in Pennsylvania, and authorities said Monday they are inves
  
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• Lawyer says Afghan family detained in LA will be released

  06-03-2017 22:41
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — An Afghan family of five who traveled to the United States on special visas and were detained by immigration officials at the Los Angeles airport will be released Monday, one
  
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• Libya militias who seized oil terminals aim to take Benghazi

  06-03-2017 22:40
  
  BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — Libyan militias that occupied two key oil terminals last week said Monday they intend to take the eastern city of Benghazi and unseat Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, who controls
  
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• Firefighters Battle Wildfires In Okmulgee County

  06-03-2017 21:35
  
  Fire officials say a tree fell on a power line Monday afternoon and sparked a wildfire southwest of Okmulgee.  
  
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• Woman Hurt When Wind Knocks Tree Onto Car In Osage County

  06-03-2017 21:33
  
  A woman received minor injuries when the wind blew a large tree onto her car Monday afternoon. 
  
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• Warrants Issued For Suspects In Deadly Stillwater Shooting

  06-03-2017 21:18
  
  Stillwater police have issued two arrest warrants for felony first-degree murder in a weekend shooting that left one man dead and two other injured. 
  
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• Fire Destroys Storage Building Near Tulsa International Airport

  06-03-2017 21:16
  
  The Tulsa Fire Department responded to a fire at a storage unit near the airport. 
  
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• Stillwater Police Issue Two First-Degree Murder Arrest Warrants In Shooting That Killed One

  06-03-2017 21:11
  Stillwater police have issued two arrest warrants for felony first-degree murder in a weekend shooting that left one man dead and two other injured. Officers are looking for Shakeem Rachid Carter, 23, a black man, weighing about 160 pounds and 5 feet 8 inches tall as well as Rodriguez Cortez Johnson, 20, a black man, weighing about 180 pounds and 6 feet tall.
  
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• The Latest: Virginia AG says new ban is 'horrible message'

  06-03-2017 20:27
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's new travel ban order (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Trump, Israeli leader, confer on security

  06-03-2017 20:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
  
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• Tech CEO gets prison for hiding camera in neighbor's home

  06-03-2017 20:13
  
  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man will serve time behind bars for filming himself naked inside his neighbor's home after secretly installing a video camera in a bedroom.
  
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• OSBI Investigating Burned Body Discovered In Car Near Cordell

  06-03-2017 20:11
  
  The Washita County Sheriff’s Office said it has requested the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to investigate a suspicious death on Friday afternoon.
  
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• What if there's no affordable insurance to buy?

  06-03-2017 20:03
  
  Leslie Kurtz needed three plates, eight screws and a big assist from her insurer after breaking every bone in her ankle while white water rafting.
  
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• Scalia family donates justice's papers to Harvard Law School

  06-03-2017 20:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of the late Justice Antonin Scalia will donate his personal papers to Harvard Law School's library, the school announced Monday, but it could be years before the public ca
  
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• Bar shooting suspect asked victims if 'status was legal'

  06-03-2017 20:02
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An Indian man wounded in an apparently racially motivated shooting that killed his friend at a suburban Kansas City bar told detectives that the gunman asked if their "status w
  
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• Woman who called 911 asking for phone numbers faces misdemeanor charge

  06-03-2017 20:00
  
  Deanna Rae Hames, 48, of rural West Siloam Springs is charged with misuse of 911. She called 911 on at least eight occasions seeking the telephone number for “Tax Fraud” and “the IRS." The dispatcher told investigators that Hames had "slurred speech" when she called.
  
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• White House aides defend Trump's wiretapping claim

  06-03-2017 20:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials on Monday defended President Donald Trump's explosive claim that Barack Obama tapped Trump's telephones during last year's election, although they won't say exa
  
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• Officials from Mexico and Texas urge state to defend NAFTA

  06-03-2017 20:00
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Officials from Mexico and Texas are urging the state's lawmakers to defend the North American Free Trade Agreement against Donald Trump's administration, which has been wary of it
  
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• New travel ban signed; Iraq not included this time

  06-03-2017 19:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a reworked version of his controversial travel ban Monday, aiming to withstand court challenges while still barring new visas for citizens fro
  
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• CopLand Classic Bicycle Ride Set For May 20

  06-03-2017 19:53
  
  The largest fundraiser for the Tulsa Police Officers' Memorial - the CopLand Classic Bicycle Ride - is set for May 20, 2017. 
  
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• Amazon to collect sales tax in New Mexico starting in April

  06-03-2017 19:51
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Online retail giant Amazon will soon begin collecting taxes on purchases being sent to New Mexico addresses.
  
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• World's 1st woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, turns 80

  06-03-2017 19:50
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Monday honored the world's first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, who recalled tense moments of her pioneering mission on her 80th birthday.
  
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• State says condemned Ohio man kills himself on death row

  06-03-2017 19:46
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man who had no criminal record before he fatally shot his former girlfriend has killed himself on death row, the state prisons agency said Monday.
  
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