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• The Latest: Lawmaker says group doesn't want to deport kids

  11-05-2017 23:57
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on an Republican Oklahoma House member suggesting the state could save money by having the citizenship status checked for non-English-speaking schoolchildren (all times local):
  
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• Illness, legal tangles slow Salvadoran massacre extradition

  11-05-2017 23:56
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The once-feared man who commanded the National Police in El Salvador when a 12-year civil war killed 75,000 people was wheeled into a federal courtroom Thursday, hunched over and pale.
  
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• Vermont awaits decision from governor on legalization of pot

  11-05-2017 23:51
  
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The future of legalized recreational marijuana use in Vermont hinged Thursday on a decision by Republican Gov. Phil Scott a day after the state Legislature became the first in the country to vote to legalize it.
  
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• Shooter who killed 9 parishioners at church gets new lawyers

  11-05-2017 23:51
  
  CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A judge is granting a request for new lawyers from a man who fatally shot nine black parishioners during a church Bible study in South Carolina.
  
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• Acting FBI head undercuts White House claims on Comey, probe

  11-05-2017 23:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In ways both overt and subtle, the acting director of the FBI on Thursday undermined White House explanations for the firing of former Director James Comey and contradicted the administration's characterizations of an investigation into potential coordination…
  
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• Judge: No bond for Missouri man amid terrorism probe

  11-05-2017 23:49
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City, Missouri, man born in Somalia has been ordered detained on a passport-fraud charge while the FBI investigates whether he has terrorism links.
  
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• Not just a new president, new faces for France's parliament

  11-05-2017 23:48
  
  PARIS (AP) — A female fighter pilot, a farmer, a teacher, people out of work. They all applied for the job — and got it, among more than 19,000 people hoping to become candidates in June elections for the French…
  
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• Man surrenders peacefully after 35-hour standoff with police

  11-05-2017 23:48
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man surrendered to police Thursday after barricading himself in a house for 35 hours and getting into a shootout with law enforcement the day before that left a bystander dead, police said.
  
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• Lawyers cite troubled past in plea to spare inmate's life

  11-05-2017 23:48
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for a Georgia inmate scheduled for execution next week are asking the state parole board to spare his life, citing a rough childhood, substance abuse from an early age and his intellectual disability.
  
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• Broken Arrow, Holland Hall students named 2017 U.S. Presidential Scholars

  11-05-2017 23:45
  
  Jada Holliday of Broken Arrow High School and Grant Gebetsberger of Holland Hall School, along with Madelyn Haden of Moore High School, are the Oklahoma winners announced May 5 by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.
  
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• The Latest: Schumer seeks briefing from Justice official

  11-05-2017 23:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the FBI (all times local):
  
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• Police: Angry woman follows congressman down highway

  11-05-2017 23:36
  
  MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — A woman followed a congressman down a Tennessee highway, jumped out of her own vehicle, then screamed at him while pounding on the windows of his car, authorities said.
  
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• Man accused in deaths of 2 firefighters gets 20 years

  11-05-2017 23:34
  
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio building owner accused of arson that led to the deaths of two Toledo firefighters was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison.
  
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• Top Texas official out over 'unacceptable' Iraq consulting

  11-05-2017 23:28
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The former watchdog over U.S. reconstruction efforts in Iraq has been forced out of a powerful Texas job after he moonlighted as a consultant for the Iraqi government.
  
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• Severe Storms Develop Across Eastern Oklahoma

  11-05-2017 20:59
  
  Stay weather aware, Green Country!  Severe storms will continue to develop across much of eastern Oklahoma through the afternoon and early evening hours.
  
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• 'Color of somebody's skin' was a concern after Betty Shelby shot Terence Crutcher, officer testifies

  11-05-2017 20:30
  
  Cpl. Wyett Poth said he knew the race of Crutcher, who was black, would be controversial because of the "tone" of national discussions about law enforcement's use of force against people of color.The Rev. Al Sharpton returns to Tulsa for…
  
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• California governor: More spending for schools, child care

  11-05-2017 20:16
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown sought more spending on schools and child care Thursday as he revised his spending plan for the fiscal year that starts in July.
  
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• Report paints harrowing picture of Central America migration

  11-05-2017 20:14
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — A report from the international medical group Doctors Without Borders paints a harrowing picture of migration from Central America's violence-plagued Northern Triangle region through Mexico and toward the United States.
  
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• Federal judge in DC delays ruling in Trump travel ban case

  11-05-2017 20:13
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in the nation's capital says she won't act on a request to block President Donald Trump's revised travel ban because two other judges have already stopped his order from going into effect.
  
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• Survey: Internal watchdogs worried about Trump hiring freeze

  11-05-2017 20:10
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Internal watchdogs at federal agencies worry that a hiring freeze imposed by the Trump administration could put their oversight mission at risk, threatening their ability to detect and prevent waste, fraud and abuse, a new survey says.
  
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• Is free speech fading at colleges? Some defenders think so

  11-05-2017 20:07
  
  In campus clashes from California to Vermont, many defenders of the First Amendment say they see signs that free speech, once a bedrock value in academia, is losing ground as a priority at U.S. colleges.
  
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• Tulsa Teen Convicted Of Raping Former High School Classmate

  11-05-2017 20:06
  
  A jury found a 19-year-old Tulsa teen guilty Wednesday of two counts of first-degree rape in the assault of a former classmate at Nathan Hale High School.  
  
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• Jordanian in Ohio accused of trying to join terrorist group

  11-05-2017 20:05
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A Jordanian citizen living in Ohio has been indicted on a charge of attempting to travel to Syria and fight with the Islamic State group against the Syrian leadership.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Tulsa, surrounding counties

  11-05-2017 20:01
  
  The watch includes 33 counties in eastern and north-central Oklahoma. The Tulsa area has an "enhanced" risk of severe weather on Thursday.
  
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• 20 attorneys general call for independent probe into Russia

  11-05-2017 20:01
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A group of 20 attorneys general, all Democrats, is calling for the appointment of an independent special counsel to continue the investigation into Russian interference in last year's presidential election.
  
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• The Latest: Acting FBI chief promises to loop in Congress

  11-05-2017 19:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the FBI (all times local):
  
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• AG Sessions avoids talks of FBI director in West Virginia

  11-05-2017 19:59
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions sidestepped talk about the open FBI director's post in an appearance Thursday in West Virginia at a conference on stopping drug addiction.
  
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• Trump: I was going to fire Comey even without recommendation

  11-05-2017 19:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he would have fired FBI Director James Comey even without the recommendation from his top political appointees at the Justice Department, contradicting earlier White House accounts.
  
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• State police: 3 dead, including deputy, in rural Arkansas

  11-05-2017 19:58
  
  DARDANELLE, Ark. (AP) — Authorities were working to negotiate a suspect's surrender Thursday after a sheriff's deputy and two other people were found dead in rural Arkansas.
  
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• Official: Motorists in crash that killed 5 driving illegally

  11-05-2017 19:57
  
  BRIGHTON, Mich. (AP) — Both drivers in a Michigan crash that killed five people were operating vehicles illegally, according to a state official.
  
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• Attorneys say 8-year-old was bullied before killing himself

  11-05-2017 19:55
  
  School officials never told the mother of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who killed himself that another student had thrown him against the wall two days earlier and knocked him unconscious in an attack recorded by a surveillance video, attorneys for…
  
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• Duke Energy spars with Civil Rights museum over power bills

  11-05-2017 19:51
  
  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The nation's largest utility already turned off the lights during Black History Month at a museum honoring the lunch-counter sit-in that sparked the 1960s civil rights movement.
  
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• Person Of Interest Sought In Owasso Retail Thefts

  11-05-2017 19:50
  
  Owasso Police are asking for help to identify a person of interest in two incidents involving the theft of merchandise from a local retailer earlier this month.  
  
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• Ukraine soldiers bombarded by 'pinpoint propaganda' texts

  11-05-2017 19:49
  
  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Television journalist Julia Kirienko was sheltering with Ukrainian soldiers and medics two miles (three kilometers) from the front when their cellphones began buzzing over the noise of the shelling. Everyone got the same text message at…
  
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• Philadelphia top prosecutor's bribery trial may be delayed

  11-05-2017 19:48
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A lawyer for Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams expects his fast-track bribery trial set for this month to be delayed for several weeks.
  
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• Coalition: Capture of IS-held town undermines militant group

  11-05-2017 19:48
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The capture of a key Syrian town and a nearby dam from Islamic State group militants undermines the extremist group's ability to defend its de facto capital, Raqqa and disrupts its ability to plan attacks in Western…
  
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• Trump environmental chief to prioritize toxic sites' cleanup

  11-05-2017 19:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — As the head of the Environmental Protection Agency rolls back regulations aimed at preventing future pollution, he also is pledging to focus on cleaning up decades-old contamination.
  
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• Nigeria negotiating with Boko Haram for more Chibok releases

  11-05-2017 19:46
  
  DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Nigeria's government is negotiating "seriously" for the release of more than 110 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls still held by Boko Haram and will exchange more detained members of the extremist group for them if needed, an official…
  
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• Pentagon intelligence chief warns of Afghan gains being lost

  11-05-2017 19:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. must "do something very different" in Afghanistan, such as placing American military advisers closer to the front lines of battle, or risk squandering all that has been invested there in recent years, the head of…
  
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• New Mexico Supreme Court won't restore funds to Legislature

  11-05-2017 19:43
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request to override budget vetoes, leaving negotiations about how to solve the state's budget crisis — and restore funding to the Legislature — in the hands…
  
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• Crime Scene Photos Shown On Day 4 Of Betty Shelby Trial

  11-05-2017 19:35
  
  The district attorney called three police officers to the witness stand Thursday on day four of the TPD Officer Betty Shelby first-degree manslaughter trial.  
  
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• Killer Involved In 1983 Interstate Crime Spree Brought Back To Oklahoma

  11-05-2017 18:37
  
  A man convicted of kidnapping and killing a Tulsa postal worker in 1983 is back in Oklahoma after serving time in a federal prison.
  
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• Bond Set For Four Accused In Killing Of OU Student

  11-05-2017 17:50
  
  The four men arrested in connection in the deadly shooting of a University of Oklahoma student last month will return to the Cleveland County Courthouse today.
  
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• Police to search landfill in death of Colorado woman

  11-05-2017 17:34
  Police continue to look for evidence in the death of a Colorado woman whose partial remains were found in Oklahoma in February. Police in Boulder, Colorado said Wednesday that they plan to search an out-of-state landfill for evidence related to the killing of 25-year-old Ashley Mead.
  
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• Owner Charged In Fatal NW OKC Dog Mauling Turns Self In

  11-05-2017 17:29
  
  The owner of the dogs that fatally mauled an elderly woman back in April, was booked into the Oklahoma County Jail, Thursday morning.
  
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• Broken Arrow Park Remains Closed Due To Sewage Leak

  11-05-2017 17:14
  
  A Broken Arrow park remains closed, while the city works to clean up after a sewage leak contaminated a creek in the park. 
  
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