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• Tulsa Man Jailed Following Police Pursuit

  07-05-2017 23:52
  
  Tulsa police say they used stop sticks to end a chase and arrest Tommy Hallmark.
  
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• Woman burned by bible camp heater awarded $1.4 million

  07-05-2017 23:49
  
  NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — A woman who was severely burned by a propane heater at a Connecticut bible camp has been awarded $1.4 million in a negligence lawsuit.
  
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• Trump praises Macron for 'big win' in France's election

  07-05-2017 23:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is offering praise and congratulations to centrist Emmanuel Macron, who was elected as France's youngest president ever.
  
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• Small Earthquake Reported In NW OK

  07-05-2017 23:33
  
  A small earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon in Alfalfa County in northwest Oklahoma, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
  
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• Pro-EU Emmanuel Macron becomes France's youngest president

  07-05-2017 23:03
  
  PARIS (AP) — Ripping up France's political map, French voters elected independent centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country's youngest president Sunday, delivering a resounding victory to the unabashedly pro-European former investment banker and strengthening France's place as a central pillar…
  
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• Fire continues to spread in Georgia wildlife refuge

  07-05-2017 22:45
  
  FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — Firefighters were battling Sunday to prevent a fire in a southern Georgia wildlife refuge from spreading, authorities said.
  
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• Emmanuel Macron Becomes France's Youngest President

  07-05-2017 22:45
  
  French voters elected Emmanuel Macron as the country's youngest president ever on Sunday, delivering a resounding victory to the unabashedly pro-European former investment banker and strengthening France's place as a central pillar of the European Union. 
  
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• The Latest: Buhari leaves for London amid health fears

  07-05-2017 22:43
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Latest on the release of Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped three years ago by Boko Haram extremists in Nigeria (all times local):
  
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• Nigerian president 'delighted' to meet freed schoolgirls

  07-05-2017 22:41
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari expressed joy at meeting Sunday with the 82 Chibok schoolgirls newly freed after being held captive for three years by Boko Haram Islamic extremists.
  
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• Family sues Texas officer, department in 15-year-old's death

  07-05-2017 22:34
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The family of a black 15-year-old is suing the white police officer who shot and killed him, as well as the officer's suburban Dallas police department.
  
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• The Latest: Spain: Macron will strengthen EU at key time

  07-05-2017 22:24
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on France's presidential runoff Sunday between centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen (all times local):
  
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• Police: 2 doctors found dead in penthouse likely knew killer

  07-05-2017 22:08
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Two engaged Boston doctors found dead this weekend inside the penthouse of a luxury condominium building most likely knew their killer, police say.
  
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• Israel says Palestinian hunger strike leader ate in secret

  07-05-2017 21:59
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's Prison Service released footage on Sunday that it says shows the leader of a mass Palestinian hunger strike breaking his fast, a claim dismissed by the Palestinians as an attempt to undermine the open-ended strike, now…
  
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• 'All clear' sounds in German city after WWII bombs defused

  07-05-2017 21:43
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — About 50,000 people are heading back to their homes in the northern German city of Hannover after bomb-disposal experts defused three World War II bombs discovered at a construction site.
  
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• No one injured after stolen car crashes into, heavily damages south Tulsa home

  07-05-2017 21:20
  
  About 11 a.m. a Toyota pickup slammed into the home, located in the 1600 block of East 49th Street South. A man inside the home when it happened told officers he narrowly escaped being struck, police said.
  
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• The Latest: Wildfire continues to spread in southern Georgia

  07-05-2017 21:17
  
  FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires spreading in the Okefenokee Swamp in southern Georgia (all times local):
  
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• Average US gas price drops 5 cents, as crude cost falls

  07-05-2017 21:12
  
  CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline dropped 5 cents nationally over the past two weeks, to $2.41.
  
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• Centrist Emmanuel Macron becomes France's youngest president

  07-05-2017 20:54
  
  PARIS — French voters elected centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country's youngest president ever on Sunday, delivering a resounding victory to the unabashedly pro-European former investment banker and strengthening France's place as a central pillar of the European Union.
  
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• Trump tries to pressure Senate Republicans on health care

  07-05-2017 20:51
  
  BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans on Sunday to "not let the American people down," as the contentious debate over overhauling the U.S. health care systems shifts to Congress' upper chamber, where a vote is potentially…
  
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• Egypt expects second installment of IMF loan in June

  07-05-2017 20:47
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt expects to receive a second installment, worth $1.2 billion, of a three-year International Monetary Fund loan in the second half of June.
  
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• IS kills 2 in attack on Iraqi Kurdish base

  07-05-2017 20:38
  
  KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) — Islamic State militants attacked a base near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday, killing two soldiers before U.S.-led forces launched a wave of airstrikes to repel the assault, officials said.
  
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• Merkel's conservative party does well in German local vote

  07-05-2017 20:32
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives came in first Sunday in a local election seen as a warm-up for her bid for a fourth term in a national election in the fall.
  
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• Holdenville Teen Crosses Graduation Stage, 8 Months After Injury

  07-05-2017 20:19
  
  Friday, May 5, 2017, marked a major milestone for Holdenville senior Oske Lowe. Lowe crossed the stage at the high school's graduation ceremony, eight months after a life-altering brain injury during Holdenville's second varsity football game of the season. 
  
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• Investigators seek two for questioning in death of Tulsa man found near Oklahoma border in Kansas

  07-05-2017 20:01
  
  Investigators are seeking two of the victim's acquaintances — Diana and Ty Bohlander — to question them about his death, according to a news release.
  
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• Prosecutors say uniformed police at trial could sway jury

  07-05-2017 19:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Federal prosecutors and an attorney representing a fired Pittsburgh police sergeant accused of punching a drunken man outside a football stadium are sparring over whether other officers should be allowed to wear uniforms while attending the trial.
  
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• Connecticut feels effect of drop in super-rich tax payments

  07-05-2017 19:47
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's coffers are feeling the pinch of the state's super-rich no longer paying what they used to in personal income taxes.
  
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• 2 small earthquakes recorded in northern Oklahoma

  07-05-2017 19:46
  
  HUNTER, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports two small earthquakes in northern Oklahoma.
  
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• Only 3 people tasked to check on Colorado pipeline safety

  07-05-2017 19:44
  
  DENVER (AP) — State records show Colorado has only three people assigned to check on the safety of pipelines running from about 54,000 active oil and gas wells, a task that came under scrutiny after a leaking pipeline was blamed…
  
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• Tornado Warning Time Could Be Improved By Drones

  07-05-2017 19:11
  
  When it comes to tornadoes, every second counts. Right now, Oklahoma State University researchers are working to give meteorologists more information so the rest of us have more time to get out of the way. 
  
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• Researchers seek better ways to farm popular Pacific fish

  07-05-2017 18:11
  
  PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — The dark gray fish prized for its buttery flavor live deep in the ocean, so researchers keep their lab cold and dark to simulate ideal conditions for sablefish larvae.
  
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• Price defends cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid

  07-05-2017 18:11
  
  BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — Cutting nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid will give states the freedom to tailor the program to suit their needs, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said Sunday, as he defended a narrowly passed House bill…
  
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• Royal relationship: Meghan Markle at Prince Harry polo match

  07-05-2017 18:10
  
  LONDON (AP) — American actress Meghan Markle has attended a celebrity polo match near London where Prince Harry was playing, increasing British press speculation about their relationship.
  
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• German president says Israel ties solid despite recent spat

  07-05-2017 18:09
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — Germany's president said Sunday that despite recent disagreement the foundation of his country's relations with Israel remains solid — a reference to a recent diplomatic spat over an Israeli anti-occupation group.
  
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• The Latest: Ryan says House health bill coverage sufficient

  07-05-2017 18:02
  
  BRANCHBURG, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on health care legislation (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Paris prosecutors probe hacking attack on Macron

  07-05-2017 18:01
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on France's presidential runoff Sunday between centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen (all times local):
  
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• 4 die in car that crashes into Chicago bus

  07-05-2017 17:57
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say four people in a car have been killed in a head-on collision with a city bus.
  
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• Experts meet in Egypt over moving King Tut artifacts

  07-05-2017 17:49
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Archaeologists and conservation experts met in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the safe transportation of King Tutankhamun's throne, chests and bed from the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo to a new one being built on the other…
  
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• US interior secretary starts Utah red rocks monuments review

  07-05-2017 17:48
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will start a four-day Utah trip Sunday to assess whether 3.2 million acres of national monuments in the state's southern red rock region should be scaled down or even rescinded.
  
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• The Latest: 5 Boko Haram leaders swapped for 82 Chibok girls

  07-05-2017 17:48
  
  ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Latest on the release of Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped three years ago by Boko Haram extremists in Nigeria (all times local):
  
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• Federal home heating assistance program is safe, for now

  07-05-2017 17:33
  
  MILTON, Vt. (AP) — The federal program that helps low-income people heat their homes in the winter and, in some areas, cool them in the summer has been saved from elimination in the just-passed federal budget.
  
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• Alligator bites girl in shallow lake waters at Florida park

  07-05-2017 17:28
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An alligator bit a 10-year-old girl on the leg as she sat in shallow lake waters at a Florida park, authorities said.
  
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• Wisconsin Republicans worry about crowded Senate primary

  07-05-2017 17:18
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are growing increasingly worried about the high number of candidates running in a primary to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, fearing a repeat of the crowded 2012 race that put her in…
  
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• Pilot, co-pilot killed at West Virginia airport identified

  07-05-2017 17:18
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Officials have identified the pilot and co-pilot killed in the crash of a propeller plane carrying UPS cargo at a West Virginia airport.
  
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• States brace for big decisions under GOP health care changes

  07-05-2017 17:16
  
  CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — Even as the Republican health care overhaul remains a work in progress, states are planning for big changes that could swell the ranks of the uninsured and hit them with higher costs.
  
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• Cuts put spotlight on student race questions on school forms

  07-05-2017 17:09
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — After volunteering at her children's Los Angeles middle school for nearly a decade, Carol Convey was told the number of teachers suddenly would be cut.
  
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• Vote in northern Germany a test for Merkel's challenger

  07-05-2017 17:05
  
  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Voters in northern Germany cast ballots Sunday in a local election that will test the strength of the country's Social Democrats as they try to deny Chancellor Angela Merkel a fourth term.
  
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• 2 Tulsa Bikers OK After Motorcycles Collide

  07-05-2017 17:04
  
  Two men are recovering after their motorcycles collided near 51st and Memorial at about 1 a.m. Sunday morning, Tulsa police said. 
  
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• N. Korea detains another American over alleged hostile acts

  07-05-2017 16:52
  
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday said it detained another American citizen over unspecified hostile acts against the country.
  
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• 2 doctors killed in penthouse of Boston luxury condo

  07-05-2017 16:47
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Two doctors found dead this weekend inside the penthouse of a Boston luxury condominium building have been identified.
  
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