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• May Closes Out with a Wide Range in Weather

  22-05-2017 23:36
  
  After a series of severe weather days and widespread flooding, our weekend reprieve was just what the doctor ordered.
  
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• Tulsa Mother Avoids Prison In Abuse Death Of Baby Daughter

  22-05-2017 22:45
  
  A Tulsa woman pleaded guilty to permitting child abuse in the death of her baby daughter in 2015. 
  
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• Tulsa Police Chief: Shelby Trial Won't Change Relationship With D.A.'s Office

  22-05-2017 22:41
  
  Tulsa Police Chief Chuck Jordan said the police department and the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office will continue to have a good working relationship.
  
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• DA Asks To Delay Murder Trial Of Michael Bever

  22-05-2017 22:11
  
  The Tulsa County District Attorney asked a judge to delay the murder trial of Michael Bever on Monday. 
  
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• Tulsa African American Affairs Commission almost up and running

  22-05-2017 21:55
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• TCSO Seeks Man In Armed Robbery Of Family Dollar

  22-05-2017 21:28
  
  The Tulsa County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man who they said pointed a gun at a clerk at a Family Dollar on May 18.  
  
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• Watch live: Oklahoma's budget woes are pummeling state education, so where do legislators' kids go to school?

  22-05-2017 21:00
  
  Ginnie Graham and FOX23 News' Janna Clark will answer questions on Facebook live at 4 p.m. today about a recent FOX23 News investigation into Oklahoma legislators' stakes in public education.Take a look at how some legislators answered when they were…
  
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• Trump admin to extend protections for Haitians 6 months

  22-05-2017 20:56
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it will extend until January a humanitarian program that has allowed roughly 58,000 Haitians to live in the United States, but it is hinting that further extensions are unlikely.
  
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• Cosby jury pool: 1/3 say they've formed opinion on his guilt

  22-05-2017 20:54
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — One-third of the potential jurors questioned in Bill Cosby's sex assault case Monday said they've formed opinions about his guilt or innocence while the majority said it would be difficult to spend several weeks sequestered across the…
  
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• US, Turkey dispute fighting in DC as ambassador summoned

  22-05-2017 20:52
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey summoned the American ambassador on Monday to protest what it called "aggressive and unprofessional actions" by American security personnel against Turkish bodyguards during a violent incident last week in Washington. The U.S. ambassador told Turkey's…
  
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• Report: Over 31 million people internally displaced in 2016

  22-05-2017 20:52
  
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new report says over 31 million people were displaced in their own countries last year — over 75 percent due to disasters including floods and wildfires and the rest from conflicts, with Congo and Syria…
  
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• 7 Tornadoes Hit Oklahoma Last Thursday, NWS Says

  22-05-2017 20:52
  
  Seven tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma Thursday, May 18, according to the National Weather Service in Tulsa.  
  
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• Letter: Flynn cites 'public frenzy,' invokes 5th Amendment

  22-05-2017 20:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination on Monday and declined to hand over documents sought under subpoena by a Senate panel investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.
  
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• Stepmother of slain boy: 'pain compliance does not work'

  22-05-2017 20:49
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Records show that the stepmother of a Kansas boy whose father killed him and fed his remains to the family's pigs talked on a private Facebook group about restraining the child with handcuffs, ace bandages…
  
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• The Latest: DHS to extend protections for Haitians 6 months

  22-05-2017 20:41
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration's decision to extend Temporary Protected Status of Haitian immigrants (all times local):
  
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• Small sinkhole opens outside Trump's Florida getaway club

  22-05-2017 20:40
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A small sinkhole has opened on the road just outside President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
  
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• Police: Mom killed 2 kids to save them from evil in world

  22-05-2017 20:39
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a woman told them she fatally shot her two children to save them from the world's evils.
  
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• The Latest: Stabbing suspect to be held without bond

  22-05-2017 20:38
  
  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The Latest on the stabbing death of a visiting student at the University of Maryland (all times local):
  
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• Haley wants UN to shift aid focus to nations hosting Syrians

  22-05-2017 20:36
  
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — President Donald Trump's U.N. ambassador called Monday for the U.N. and aid agencies to shift focus in how they support Syrians in need by boosting support for roads, schools and hospitals in neighboring countries that have…
  
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• New Jersey police allege gun company sold defective guns

  22-05-2017 20:35
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey claims in a lawsuit that gun manufacturer Sig Sauer for $2.5 million sold defective handguns to state police.
  
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• Mustang Times Editor Arrested On Child Porn Charges

  22-05-2017 20:33
  
  Canadian County sheriff's deputies arrested Jonathan Edward Watje, 34, Friday on two counts of lewd acts with a child after investigators say he sent a sexually explicit video to who he thought was a 14-year-old girl.
  
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• Massachusetts school backs off ban of hair braid extensions

  22-05-2017 20:32
  
  MALDEN, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts charter school that came under fire for what some students and parents considered a racist policy of banning hair braid extensions has suspended the rule.
  
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• APNewsBreak: 2 more leaks found along Dakota Access pipeline

  22-05-2017 20:31
  
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Dakota Access pipeline system leaked more than 100 gallons of oil in North Dakota in two separate incidents in March — the second and third known leaks discovered as crews prepared the disputed $3.8 billion…
  
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• Eventful Yale commencement includes protest, interruption

  22-05-2017 20:28
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An eventful graduation day at Yale University on Monday featured the awarding of degrees, dancing from Stevie Wonder, a union demonstration and a man who unexpectedly took the podium and was tackled.
  
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• Oliver Stone to direct Guantanamo Bay TV series

  22-05-2017 20:25
  
  CANNES, France (AP) — Oliver Stone has agreed to direct his first scripted project for television, a TV series about the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
  
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• Backlash over plans to honor Puerto Rican militant at parade

  22-05-2017 20:25
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Organizers of New York City's Puerto Rican Day parade are sticking with their decision to honor a freed militant who once embraced armed resistance to U.S. rule of Puerto Rico, despite a promised boycott by Hispanic…
  
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• Not just 'Sgt. Pepper': Many 1967 musical firsts echo today

  22-05-2017 20:23
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — "Sgt. Pepper" was only the beginning. Half a century after the Beatles' psychedelic landmark, it stands as one of many musical astonishments of 1967 that shaped what we listen to now.
  
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• First lady Melania Trump visits leading Israeli hospital

  22-05-2017 20:23
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. first lady Melania Trump on Monday visited a leading Israeli hospital that is also known as a center of coexistence between Arabs and Jews.
  
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• The Latest: Flynn attorneys cite 'public frenzy against him'

  22-05-2017 20:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on ongoing investigations into Russia's alleged interference with the U.S. election (all times local):
  
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• Second lawsuit says Kentucky police framed person for murder

  22-05-2017 20:13
  
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Tennessee man says he spent five years in jail for a murder he did not commit because a State Police detective and a former Kentucky sheriff lied to protect a man who was related to…
  
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• Jury selection begins for man accused of killing Baby Doe

  22-05-2017 20:13
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the murder trial of a man charged in the killing of a 2-year-old girl whose image was shared by millions of social media users after her body washed up on a Boston…
  
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• Gore says Trump can't stop climate movement

  22-05-2017 20:09
  
  CANNES, France (AP) — Donald Trump cannot stop the climate movement despite the president's efforts to roll back environmental protections, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said Monday.
  
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• Ukrainian hacker sentenced in stolen news releases scheme

  22-05-2017 20:06
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A Ukrainian hacker involved in an international scheme that used stolen unpublished news releases to make about $30 million in profits has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.
  
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• No Fruit Juice For Babies, New Guidelines Say

  22-05-2017 19:26
  
  Kids love their juice, but new recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) advise parents to pull back on fruit juices of all kinds for children of all ages.
  
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• Read full letter from jury that acquitted Tulsa police officer in fatal shooting of Terence Crutcher

  22-05-2017 17:21
  A jury acquitted a white Tulsa police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man because there was no evidence the officer acted outside her training, the jury foreman said in a letter released Friday. I was a Juror and Jury Foreman who deliberated on the Betty Shelby Trial.
  
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• TPD Investigating After Man Shot Multiple Times

  22-05-2017 17:04
  
  A man was transported by EMSA Monday morning after being shot in the arm at a home near East 36th Street and South 121st East Ave. 
  
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• The Latest: EU official says decision on Greek bailout soon

  22-05-2017 16:29
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on European Union finance ministers' meeting on Greek debt (all times local):
  
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• Turkey slams US over 'aggressive' acts against bodyguards

  22-05-2017 16:27
  
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday to protest what it called "aggressive and unprofessional actions" by American security personnel against Turkish bodyguards in Washington during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit last week.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg says he's not running for public office

  22-05-2017 16:23
  
  NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his quest this year to visit every state he hadn't before is about building relationships, not politics.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Source says Flynn to invoke 5th Amendment

  22-05-2017 16:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will invoke his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as he notifies a Senate panel that he won't hand over documents in the probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, according…
  
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• The Latest: AP Source says Flynn will invoke Fifth Amendment

  22-05-2017 16:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on ongoing investigations into Russia's alleged interference with the U.S. election (all times local):
  
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• Stolen Van Recovered, TPD Searches For Driver

  22-05-2017 16:13
  
  A van that had been reported stolen has been recovered but the driver is still on the run, Tulsa police said.  
  
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• Michael Flynn to invoke Fifth Amendment in Senate probe over Russia election meddling, source says

  22-05-2017 16:10
  
  The notification will come in a letter to the Senate Intelligence committee expected later Monday. The former National Security adviser intends to tell a Senate panel that he won't hand over documents.
  
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• Food stamps, Medicaid on chopping block in Trump's budget

  22-05-2017 16:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will unveil a proposed budget this week that would drive millions of people off food stamps and cut Medicaid, targeting the social safety-net programs for the poor in a new wave of spending cuts.
  
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• With 4 projects at Cannes, Kidman is open to 'bold' material

  22-05-2017 16:02
  
  CANNES, France (AP) — Unveiling a new chapter in her already-considerable career, Nicole Kidman has brought four projects to Cannes this year, making her almost ubiquitous at the French Riviera festival.
  
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• The Latest: Cosby 'holding up' as jury pick gets underway

  22-05-2017 16:01
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on jury selection in Bill Cosby's sex assault case (all times local):
  
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• Justices rejects Florida appeal over death penalty

  22-05-2017 16:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has left in place a lower court ruling that said imposing a death sentence in Florida requires a unanimous jury.
  
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• Court upholds 'soft money' limits; Gorsuch, Thomas disagree

  22-05-2017 16:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is upholding federal limits on political parties' use of so-called soft money for federal elections.
  
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