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• Muslims skeptical about 'road rage' in Virginia girl's death

  19-06-2017 23:58
  
  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Police in Virginia on Monday blamed road rage for the killing of a teenage Muslim girl who was allegedly attacked by a driver while walking with friends to her mosque between Ramadan prayers this weekend.
  
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• The Latest: Police seek tips request on Ohio slayings of 8

  19-06-2017 23:57
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Latest on authorities seeking information about four people in relation to last year's massacre of a family of eight (all times local):
  
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• Uber driver cited $250 in Miami for not speaking English

  19-06-2017 23:56
  
  MIAMI (AP) — An Uber driver has been cited $250 in Miami for not speaking English.
  
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• The Latest: Investigation begins in Montana deck collapse

  19-06-2017 23:56
  
  LAKESIDE, Mont. (AP) — The Latest on a deck collapse in Montana that injured more than 50 people (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Trump offers condolences to Warmbier family

  19-06-2017 23:55
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on White House reaction to Otto Warmbier's death (all times EDT):
  
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• The Latest: Governor, senator mourn death of freed student

  19-06-2017 23:54
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on the death of an American college student days after he was freed from North Korea in a coma (all times local):
  
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• Trump calls North Korea 'brutal' after US student's death

  19-06-2017 23:53
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling North Korea a "brutal regime" following the death of American college student Otto Warmbier (WARM'-beer).
  
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• INSIDE WASHINGTON: Secrecy in lawmaking hardly new

  19-06-2017 23:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican effort to secretly craft a health care bill and whisk it through the Senate is drawing fire from members of both parties. But it's not uncommon for either party to draft bills or resolve stubborn…
  
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• Trump welcomes president of Panama to White House

  19-06-2017 23:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump welcomed the president of Panama to the White House on Monday, pointing to the United States' role in the construction of the Panama Canal at the start of his first face-to-face meeting with the…
  
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• Hawaii lawmaker switches to Democrat after criticizing Trump

  19-06-2017 23:46
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii lawmaker who was ousted from her leadership post in the Republican Party after criticizing President Donald Trump has been accepted by the state's Democrats.
  
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• Trump's legal plan quite simple so far: Fight, fight, fight

  19-06-2017 23:45
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has given his legal team a clear direction: Fight, fight, fight.
  
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• Jared Kushner speaks in public. And Washington takes notice.

  19-06-2017 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jared Kushner spoke in public on Monday. And that alone counted as news.
  
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• Sand Springs Woman Enters Blind Guilty Plea In Child Sex Abuse Case

  19-06-2017 23:40
  
  A Sand Springs woman accused of child sexual abuse entered a blind guilty plea Monday. Dana Langley, 44, was supposed to have a jury trial on June 19 on the sex abuse charges, as well as enabling abuse and lewd molestation. She'll be sentenced in August. 5/18/2017 Related Story: Sand Springs Couple Claims Child Abuse Was Sex Education, Affidavit States Langley's boyfriend, 26-year-old James Booker, is also charged in the case. He was charged with four counts of sexual abuse of a mi...
  
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• Dems fear slow walking of Russia sanctions bill in House

  19-06-2017 23:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation that would hit Russia with economic sanctions and limit President Donald Trump's authority to lift the penalties faces an uncertain future in the House despite the bill's heavily bipartisan backing in the Senate.
  
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• Man held in Kansas after Georgia death, Missouri abduction

  19-06-2017 23:38
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Georgia man is accused of killing a neighbor, stealing his car and later kidnapping a Missouri woman before he was finally apprehended in Kansas, authorities said Monday.
  
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• St. Louis Confederate memorial removal temporarily halted

  19-06-2017 23:31
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The city of St. Louis will be temporarily prevented from removing a Confederate monument from a city park after a circuit court judge issued an injunction until a hearing is held next month to determine who…
  
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• House Dems question Flynn disclosures of Middle East travel

  19-06-2017 23:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two top House Democrats are questioning whether Michael Flynn failed to report a 2015 trip to the Middle East to federal security clearance investigators, a potential omission that could add to the legal jeopardy President Donald Trump's…
  
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• 2 deputies injured in courthouse shooting in Tennessee

  19-06-2017 23:26
  
  MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — Two deputies were injured Monday in Tennessee, where a shooting was reported at a county courthouse.
  
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• Supreme Court ruling results in talc lawsuit mistrial

  19-06-2017 23:24
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge has declared a mistrial in a talcum powder trial after the U.S. Supreme Court placed limits on where injury lawsuits could be filed.
  
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• Russia Threatens United States After Fighter Jet Being Shot Down

  19-06-2017 23:19
  
  Russia made a very direct threat to the United States after the U.S. military shot down a Syrian fighter jet Sunday. 
  
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• Openings slated Tuesday in district attorney's bribery trial

  19-06-2017 23:15
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Opening statements are scheduled Tuesday morning in the federal bribery trial of Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams.
  
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• Oklahoma City's Frontier City Roller Coaster Stuck Again

  19-06-2017 22:54
  
  Rescuers are once again responding to get passengers off of the Silver Bullet roller coaster at Frontier City. The roller coaster got stuck on the tracks Monday afternoon.
  
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• Frontier City's Silver Bullet Roller Coaster Stuck Again

  19-06-2017 22:41
  
  Rescuers were once again called out to a stalled out Silver Bullet roller coaster at Frontier City, Monday afternoon.
  
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• OU Quarterback Baker Mayfield Reaches Plea Deal

  19-06-2017 22:38
  
  Sooner quarterback Baker Mayfield has accepted a plea deal for his February arrest in Fayetteville, Arkansas.  
  
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• Cousin: Pregnant woman killed by police wasn't violent

  19-06-2017 22:10
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — A cousin of a mother who was shot and killed by Seattle police questioned Monday why officers didn't use a Taser or other non-lethal options during the encounter with the woman who he said had been struggling…
  
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• Top court to hear case that could reshape US political map

  19-06-2017 21:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will take up a momentous fight over parties manipulating electoral districts to gain partisan advantage in a case that could affect the balance of power between Democrats and Republicans across the United States.
  
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• Cosby alternate juror 'probably' would have voted to convict

  19-06-2017 21:57
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An alternate juror in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case said Monday he "probably" would have voted to convict and was "ridiculously sick" when he found out the main jury couldn't reach a verdict.
  
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• What's next for woman convicted of manslaughter in suicide

  19-06-2017 21:55
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The unprecedented manslaughter conviction of a young woman who as a teenager sent text messages encouraging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself seems destined to be appealed after it sparked intense debate over free speech, virtual presence…
  
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• The Latest: Police cite "road rage" in Muslim girl's death

  19-06-2017 21:55
  
  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the killing of a teenage girl after she and her friends left a mosque in northern Virginia (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Nevada still plans to issue pot licenses July 1

  19-06-2017 21:50
  
  CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Latest on the legal battle of the launch of Nevada's recreational pot sales (all times local):
  
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• When Muslims are attacked, Trump often slow to speak out

  19-06-2017 21:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has yet to condemn an attack on Muslim worshippers in London, the latest instance in which he has appeared slower to speak out about violence when Muslims are the victims.
  
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• Groom arrested at wedding reception, charged with assault

  19-06-2017 21:48
  
  NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) — Police in Rhode Island say a groom was arrested at his wedding reception for assaulting restaurant employees.
  
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• The Latest: Man rams explosives-laden car into French police

  19-06-2017 21:47
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on Paris security operation on Champs-Elysees (all times local):
  
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• Investigators name 4 in tips request on Ohio slaying of 8

  19-06-2017 21:42
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Investigators are asking for information about four former Ohio residents as part of their investigation into the unsolved slaying of eight family members last year.
  
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• Area public school employees can get discounted tuition at Langston, Mayor G.T. Bynum announces

  19-06-2017 21:38
  
  Bynum said the tuition-discount offering came out of his cabinet where local-education stakeholders have been looking at their own ways to help during Oklahoma's education-funding crisis.
  
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• Jury begins deliberations in Ohio officer's murder retrial

  19-06-2017 21:33
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Jurors began deliberations Monday in the murder retrial of a white University of Cincinnati police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black motorist after pulling him over for a missing front license plate.
  
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• The Latest: US 'strongly condemns' attack near London mosque

  19-06-2017 21:31
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on a van plowing into a crowd outside a London mosque (all times local):
  
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• Capitol building centennial celebrated in Oklahoma City

  19-06-2017 21:30
  
  The Capitol building turns 100 on June 30.
  
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• DHS Considering Freeze On Nursing-Home Level Care Program

  19-06-2017 21:29
  
  The Department of Human Services says it's considering a freeze on taking new patients for its ADvantage Waiver Program.   
  
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• Man charged in Georgia death, Missouri kidnapping

  19-06-2017 21:27
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Georgia man is accused of killing a neighbor, stealing his car and later kidnapping a Missouri woman before he was finally apprehended in Kansas, authorities said Monday.
  
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• Facts about retrial of Bill Cosby on sex assault charges

  19-06-2017 21:26
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Prosecutors in suburban Philadelphia plan to retry Bill Cosby after his two-week sexual assault trial ended Saturday in a mistrial, with the jury unable to reach a unanimous decision on any of the three counts. Cosby…
  
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• Al-Qaida-linked militants staged Mali resort attack; 5 dead

  19-06-2017 21:26
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — An al-Qaida-linked Islamic militant group said Monday it staged an attack the previous day on a resort area in Mali popular with foreigners, killing five people, including a Portuguese soldier who had been serving in the…
  
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• Hearing ordered for man serving life sentence for 1971 rape

  19-06-2017 21:25
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A man serving a life sentence for the 1971 rape of a nurse is getting a court-ordered hearing to determine if authorities withheld evidence that could exonerate him.
  
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• New Mexico man facing charges after hostages freed

  19-06-2017 21:22
  
  ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico man faced assault and other charges Monday after state police said he held more than a dozen people hostage inside a roadside pistachio store where he fled after exchanging gunfire with officers.
  
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• Muslims targeted by violence in wake of IS-claimed attacks

  19-06-2017 21:21
  
  LONDON (AP) — The attack on Muslim worshippers outside a London mosque on Monday follows a rising wave of violence and harassment directed against Muslims across Britain and around the world.
  
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• The Latest: Al-Qaida-linked group says it staged Mali attack

  19-06-2017 21:17
  
  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The Latest on the attack by Islamic extremists on a resort outside Mali's capital, Bamako. (all times local):
  
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• Tulsa Police Release Photo Of Missing Woman

  19-06-2017 20:55
  
  Tulsa Police released a photo of a woman who was last seen in January, 2017. Tara Yurkovitz is considered missing and possibly endangered, a release states.
  
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• Broken Arrow Road Construction Impacting Pedestrians

  19-06-2017 20:48
  
  A new construction project in Broken Arrow is shutting down a portion of the Rose District. It's having an impact not only on drivers but also pedestrians in the area, especially runners.
  
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• Tulsa County agrees to pay former sheriff's captain to settle wrongful termination claim

  19-06-2017 20:15
  
  Billy McKelvey, who was a captain in the Sheriff’s Office before being demoted amid the Robert Bates controversy, is the second personnel-related claimant that commissioners have agreed to pay that were tied to Stanley Glanz’s actions during his final months…
  
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• The Latest: Trump being updated on London mosque attack

  19-06-2017 20:09
  
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on a van plowing into a crowd outside a London mosque (all times local):
  
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