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• Walmart seeks new products amid online battle with Amazon

  28-06-2017 23:58
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Hundreds of inventors have flocked to Walmart's headquarters in Bentonville to find out if the country needs a few more secret sauces, prettier mouse pads or "instant hair gel" packets for the on-the-go clubber.
  
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• Colorado announces largest pot bust since drug was legalized

  28-06-2017 23:56
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado officials announced Wednesday that they have busted a mammoth marijuana trafficking ring that pretended to be growing weed for sick people but was instead illegally shipping the drug to a half-dozen other states and bilking investors,…
  
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• Ex-pharmaceutical CEO accused at trial of cheating investors

  28-06-2017 23:53
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal prosecutor has told jurors in opening statements at the securities fraud trial of a former pharmaceutical company CEO that he built a bogus hedge fund empire on "lies upon lies."
  
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• With 40 months to go, Trump holds re-election fundraiser

  28-06-2017 23:51
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — First-time candidate Donald Trump got a late start on fundraising in 2016, holding his first big-ticket donor event only five months before Election Day. That won't be the case next time.
  
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• The Latest: Reporters barred from Trump fundraiser after all

  28-06-2017 23:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's first re-election fundraiser (all times local):
  
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• Michigan sues Flint after council refuses to OK water deal

  28-06-2017 23:48
  
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan sued Flint Wednesday, alleging that the city council's refusal to approve a broadly backed deal to buy water long term from a Detroit-area system is endangering public health in the wake of…
  
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• Tulsa School Faces Urgent Renovation

  28-06-2017 23:47
  
  The consolidation of some West Tulsa schools forced an urgent renovation at Webster High School.
  
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• Three members of Bixby family killed in Texas crash

  28-06-2017 23:46
  
  Killed in the crash were Sonia Perez, 17; Maria Alvarado, 27; and Maria Revera De Alvarado, 58.
  
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• Charity website sued over hate group labels on nonprofits

  28-06-2017 23:45
  
  NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A Florida-based legal advocacy organization is suing over a "hate group" label that it and other nonprofits received on a website that maintains a database of information about U.S. charities.
  
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• Lawsuit: Mississippi political scandal pushed man to suicide

  28-06-2017 23:42
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Relatives of a Mississippi man who killed himself are suing a mayor, police officers and a law firm, saying they are part of a political network that pushed him to suicide during a bitterly-fought U.S. Senate…
  
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• Officials finalizing details of Trump's revived travel ban

  28-06-2017 23:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior officials from the departments of State, Justice and Homeland Security labored Wednesday to finalize rules for visitors from six mostly Muslim nations who hope to avoid the Trump administration's revived travel ban and come to the…
  
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• Gorilla at Philadelphia Zoo picks name for baby

  28-06-2017 23:38
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A new baby gorilla at the Philadelphia Zoo finally has a name and his mother picked it out.
  
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• GOP touts lower premiums, but other insurance costs to rise

  28-06-2017 23:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are touting lower premiums under their health care legislation, but that reflects insurance that would cover a smaller share of the cost of medical bills.
  
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• Rogers County Woman Creates Sunny Works Of Art

  28-06-2017 23:28
  
  Rogers County Woman Creates Sunny Works Of Art
  
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• Kids Enjoy Tulsa Water Line Break

  28-06-2017 23:19
  
  Kids took advantage of a water break on a hot day in Tulsa. Tulsa city crews are working to get the issue resolved.  
  
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• Broken Arrow Woman Arrested For DUI With 5 Year Old In Car

  28-06-2017 23:15
  
  Broken Arrow Police said Karen Michelle Harris's blood alcohol content was so high they took her to the hospital to be checked out. 
  
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• Dog Blamed For Pickup Crashing Into Tulsa Business

  28-06-2017 22:40
  
  A pickup driver left the truck in drive and a dog stepped on the gas, crashing into a grocery store, News On 6 was told.
  
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• Commemorative Bench Stolen From Route 66 Bridge In Chelsea

  28-06-2017 22:13
  
  The Chelsea Lion Club said someone stole a commemorative bench from the Historic Route 66 bridge near Chelsea.
  
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• OSBI Investigates Suspicious Death Of Creek County Inmate

  28-06-2017 22:11
  
  Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents are investigating a suspicious in-custody death of a Creek County inmate named Ronald Garland. 
  
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• Overturned Garbage Truck Causes Slowdown On Tulsa's IDL

  28-06-2017 21:57
  
  An overturned garbage truck caused traffic to back up on the southwest corner of the IDL on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• South Korean leader aims to reconcile differences with Trump

  28-06-2017 21:17
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — South Korea's new leader, on a four-day visit to Washington, was aiming to reconcile differences with President Donald Trump after advocating a softer approach to North Korea and delaying U.S. plans for the full deployment of a…
  
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• Pastor to face trial in granddaughter's faith healing death

  28-06-2017 21:14
  
  WERNERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The pastor of a fundamentalist congregation that eschews modern medicine will stand trial on a charge he should have alerted authorities when his 2-year-old granddaughter was dying of pneumonia last year, a Pennsylvania judge ruled Wednesday.
  
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• Florida Supreme Court hears death penalty-prosecutor dispute

  28-06-2017 21:13
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court scrutinized a prosecutor over her refusal to seek the death penalty in two dozen murder cases, and a justice suggested during arguments Wednesday that Gov. Rick Scott had the power to suspend…
  
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• Latest: New Ten Commandments ordered for Arkansas Capitol

  28-06-2017 21:10
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Latest on the destruction of Arkansas' Ten Commandments monument outside the state Capitol (all times local):
  
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• Intel report: Kremlin sees US urging regime change in Russia

  28-06-2017 21:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kremlin leaders are convinced America is intent on regime change in Russia, a fear that is feeding rising tension and military competition between the former Cold War foes, the Pentagon's intelligence arm has assessed.
  
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• Airstrike kills at least 15 in eastern Syria

  28-06-2017 21:08
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — At least 15 people were killed in an airstrike in eastern Syria on Wednesday, activists said, in the second attack in three days reported to kill civilians in the Islamic State-held Euphrates River valley.
  
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• California sheriff's deputy shot in face out of surgery

  28-06-2017 21:01
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy who was shot in the face with his own service weapon at a light-rail station is out of surgery to repair his jaw and is in stable condition Wednesday, officials said.
  
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• LGBT group at Justice Department honors transgender teen

  28-06-2017 21:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A transgender teen who sued to be able to use the boys' bathroom has been honored by an organization of LGBT Justice Department employees.
  
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• Character evidence debated in Kepler trial after former officer's daughter arrested on drug complaint

  28-06-2017 21:00
  
  Prosecutors moved to bar Shannon Kepler's defense from discussing "impermissible character evidence" about the teenager he's charged with killing and about Kepler's daughter, who was just arrested on misdemeanor drug complaints.
  
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• Lawyer: Suspected Holocaust memorial vandal is mentally ill

  28-06-2017 20:57
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A man suspected of using a rock to shatter a glass panel on the New England Holocaust Memorial is mentally ill, his lawyer said Wednesday, as elected officials and religious groups came together to condemn the vandalism.
  
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• UN Ambassador Haley says she's 'not moving to Trump Tower'

  28-06-2017 20:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley closed the door Wednesday to the possibility of moving the ambassador's residence to Trump Tower, telling Congress she'll remain at a New York hotel "until it's time for me to…
  
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• The Latest: Plea in mannequin attack avoids murder charges

  28-06-2017 20:52
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on a guilty plea in Las Vegas by a man who admits trying to kill a mannequin that police posed as a sleeping homeless person (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Officials finalizing criteria for travel ban

  28-06-2017 20:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration's revived travel ban for visitors from six mostly Muslim countries (all times local):
  
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• 2 railroad workers struck, killed on tracks in Washington

  28-06-2017 20:50
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two conductors who got out of their freight train to follow up on an alert that there was a problem with one or more of the train's wheels were struck and killed by a passenger train near…
  
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• The Latest: Trump promises 'big surprise' on health care

  28-06-2017 20:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Republican legislation to repeal and replace the Obama health care law (all times local):
  
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• Experts encourage more public awareness of Russian meddling

  28-06-2017 20:47
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will get hit again by Russian cyberattacks if the country doesn't pay closer attention and work more closely with European allies who are also victims, international elections experts warned on Wednesday.
  
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• Missouri man cleared in 1997 sex case by DNA evidence

  28-06-2017 20:46
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who spent nearly two decades in mental hospitals after entering a disputed plea in the 1997 sexual assault of a teenager has been cleared after retesting of genetic evidence excluded him as…
  
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• UK's weakened government passes first vote since election

  28-06-2017 20:44
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain's Conservative minority government passed its first test in Parliament since an election wiped out its majority, with lawmakers Wednesday narrowly rejecting an opposition demand for an end to public spending cuts.
  
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• Oregon boy, 6, found in car trunk; critically injured

  28-06-2017 20:42
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized Wednesday in critical condition with severe heat exhaustion after he was found locked inside his family's car trunk on a hot day, police said.
  
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• Oklahoma Governor Candidate Challenges Revenue Bills

  28-06-2017 20:42
  
  A Republican candidate for Oklahoma governor filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking the state Supreme Court to overturn three revenue-raising measures passed by the legislature. 
  
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• Trump welcomes World Series champion Cubs to White House

  28-06-2017 20:40
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has welcomed the manager and several players from the World Series champion Chicago Cubs to the White House.
  
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• Italy threatens to close ports to NGO migrant rescue ships

  28-06-2017 20:37
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy threatened Wednesday to close its ports to aid groups rescuing migrants off Libya's coast as it struggles to cope with the highest rate of rescues this year, officials said.
  
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• Tulsa Homicide Victim's Girlfriend Says Family Is 'Devastated'

  28-06-2017 20:20
  
  Police and family have identified a 27-year-old Tulsa man as the city's latest homicide victim.
  
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• Overturned Garbage Truck Causes Slowdowns On Tulsa's IDL

  28-06-2017 20:06
  
  An overturned garbage truck caused traffic to back up on the southwest corner of the IDL on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Death Toll Climbs Two Weeks After London Apartment Building Fire

  28-06-2017 20:00
  
  British police increased the number of people killed or presumed dead in the London high-rise fire disaster to 80, saying Wednesday that a final death toll may not be known until the end of the year. 
  
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• Police Identify Man Struck, Killed Crossing Tulsa Street

  28-06-2017 19:58
  
  Police have released the name of the man who was struck and killed walking on a Tulsa street on Friday, June 23rd.  
  
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• The Latest: Cyberattackers made only $10,000

  28-06-2017 19:14
  
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on a widespread cyberattack that is affecting companies and government systems (all times local):
  
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• 7 couples from same town charged with public benefits fraud

  28-06-2017 19:07
  
  LAKEWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Seven married couples from the same New Jersey shore town, including a rabbi and his wife, now face charges that they misrepresented their income to get a combined $2 million in public welfare benefits they weren't…
  
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