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• Ryan says Foxconn could locate in his district

  07-07-2017 23:59
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday he met with officials from the Taiwanese company Foxconn as it considers building a plant in Wisconsin that could employ up to 10,000 people.
  
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• Ryan says delay on health care doesn't jeopardize tax reform

  07-07-2017 23:57
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday he doesn't think the failure of Congress to agree on a way to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act puts tax reform in jeopardy.
  
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• Man claiming to have bomb in bank killed in police standoff

  07-07-2017 23:51
  
  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A man who claimed to have a bomb that could "take out the room" barricaded himself inside a suburban Atlanta bank Friday, sparking an hours-long standoff that forced police to bust through a brick wall of…
  
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• Where is neo-Nazi site's publisher? Lawyers can't find him

  07-07-2017 23:49
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In April, a Montana woman sued the publisher of a leading neo-Nazi website for orchestrating an anti-Semitic online trolling campaign against her family. Nearly three months later, her attorneys are still trying to find him.
  
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• Town near Colorado ski resort welcomes visitors despite fire

  07-07-2017 23:49
  
  DENVER (AP) — The historic mountain town near Breckenridge Ski Resort welcomed visitors who help drive its economy despite a nearby wildfire Friday that forced residents to be ready to flee in case it blows up.
  
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• Construction Continues On New Jenks Elementary School

  07-07-2017 23:44
  
  The clock is ticking to finish construction on Jenks Public Schools' fourth elementary school before the first day of classes.
  
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• The Latest: Bottle broken on suspect in assault on flight

  07-07-2017 23:41
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on a passenger being accused of assaulting a flight attendant on a Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to Beijing (all times local):
  
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• US, Russia announce Syria cease-fire after Trump-Putin talks

  07-07-2017 23:39
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The United States and Russia struck an agreement Friday on a cease-fire in southwest Syria, crowning President Donald Trump's first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is the first U.S.-Russian effort under Trump's presidency to…
  
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• Testimony on fake Indian art highlights international threat

  07-07-2017 23:38
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The recent spread of fake Native American art and jewelry has shown the need to update how the federal government protects tribal artists from fraud that undercuts the value of their work, according to two…
  
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• Nebraska man accused of threatening Iowa US Sen. Joni Ernst

  07-07-2017 23:37
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been arrested on suspicion of making threats against Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, including that he could kill her.
  
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• The Latest: Crews containing hot spots at Oakland fire site

  07-07-2017 23:31
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a fire at an Oakland construction site (all times local):
  
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• For Trump and Putin, a warm handshake and a long meeting

  07-07-2017 23:30
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — It began with one of the most closely watched diplomatic handshakes in decades and ended way later than expected.
  
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• Illinois Gov. Rauner dug in and lost. Can he be re-elected?

  07-07-2017 23:29
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner lost an unprecedented battle with the "Springfield insiders" he once campaigned to dethrone when lawmakers approved a budget deal and $5 billion tax hike over his objections, and without the pro-business reforms the…
  
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• Images of Newark, in 1967 and 2017

  07-07-2017 23:28
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Fifty years ago, Newark erupted.
  
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• Newark riots recall an era echoed by Black Lives Matter

  07-07-2017 23:23
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The rumor spread quickly: A man had been beaten to death by police. For blacks — frustrated by high unemployment, inadequate schools, substandard housing — yet another abuse by police was too much to bear, and…
  
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• Angry Driver Shoots Out Truck's Window On Tulsa Highway

  07-07-2017 23:01
  
  Police are looking for a man they say shot at a pickup truck headed south on Tulsa Highway 169 near 21st Street Friday morning.
  
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• Tulsa Police Arrest Mother For Child Abuse Murder Of 3-Month-Old

  07-07-2017 22:54
  
  Tulsa police arrested the mother of a 3-month-old baby that died after being taken to the hospital in critical condition Thursday.
  
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• OK Democratic Party Responds To Sexual Assault Accusation Against Republican Senator

  07-07-2017 22:53
  
  After a complaint of sexual wrongdoing against an Oklahoma Republican leader, the Democratic Party says it's fed up. 
  
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• IS attack underscores fragility of Iraqi security forces

  07-07-2017 22:27
  
  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Despite clinging to only a sliver of territory in Mosul, Islamic State militants managed to launch a counterattack Friday that reversed days of Iraqi army territorial gains in just a matter of hours — a setback…
  
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• Hawaii wants appeals court to weigh in on travel ban rules

  07-07-2017 22:23
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The state of Hawaii on Friday appealed a federal judge's decision to leave Trump administration rules in place for a travel ban on citizens from six majority-Muslim countries.
  
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• 2 survive small plane crash in western South Carolina

  07-07-2017 22:23
  
  GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — A small plane has crashed in western South Carolina and authorities say the two people on board escaped without serious injuries.
  
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• Apartment building collapses in Italy; 3 confirmed dead

  07-07-2017 22:21
  
  MILAN (AP) — Rescue workers found the bodies of three people in the rubble of a five-story apartment building that partially collapsed south of Naples early Friday, firefighters said.
  
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• Court: Constitution grants right to record police in public

  07-07-2017 22:20
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has joined five other circuits in finding that citizens have a First Amendment right to videotape police in public.
  
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• New bill would allow public to rent Christie beach house

  07-07-2017 22:17
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's trip to the beach during a state government shutdown has inspired new legislation.
  
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• Mourners in packed church celebrate life of road-rage victim

  07-07-2017 22:11
  
  WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — The parents of a high school graduate killed during a road rage confrontation stood teary-eyed Friday as mourners held two folded tapestries in front of them at the end of their daughter's funeral.
  
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• Florida man sentenced to 4 months in Inauguration Day riots

  07-07-2017 22:05
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man has been sentenced to four months in prison for Inauguration Day rioting in Washington.
  
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• When US and Russian leaders meet, rest of the world watches

  07-07-2017 22:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When U.S. and Russian presidents meet, the rest of the world stops to watch.
  
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• The Latest: Nearly 200 German officers hurt in G-20 clashes

  07-07-2017 22:03
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The Latest on the Group of 20 summit in Germany (all times local):
  
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• Homeland security head to Mexico: US drug use fuels violence

  07-07-2017 22:00
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Friday that he told his Mexican counterpart the United States' demand for drugs was responsible for much of the violence on both sides of the border.
  
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• Man claiming to have bomb in bank dies after police standoff

  07-07-2017 21:57
  
  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A man who claimed to have a bomb that could "take out the room" barricaded himself inside a suburban Atlanta bank Friday, sparking an hours-long standoff that forced police to bust through a brick wall of…
  
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• Iowa woman charged with voting twice for Trump pleads guilty

  07-07-2017 21:56
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman charged with voting twice for Donald Trump last fall pleaded guilty to election misconduct and is scheduled to be sentenced next month.
  
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• Court upholds $28M verdict in Connecticut smoker case

  07-07-2017 21:55
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a $28 million judgment against cigarette maker R.J. Reynolds in a lawsuit filed by a Connecticut smoker who got cancer.
  
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• Justin Trudeau to give keynote at US governors' summit

  07-07-2017 21:50
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that he'll meet with U.S. governors at a summer summit in Rhode Island.
  
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• Michigan doctor in mutilation case seeks release from jail

  07-07-2017 21:49
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area doctor at the center of a female genital mutilation investigation is asking a judge to release her from jail while she awaits trial.
  
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• Convictions for 3 rabbis for forced divorces upheld by court

  07-07-2017 21:49
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday upheld the convictions of three Orthodox rabbis for their roles in a ring that used brutal tactics to force unwilling Jewish men to divorce their wives.
  
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• NJ Transit service back to normal after train derailment

  07-07-2017 21:48
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Transit says trains are operating on or close to schedule after a train derailment at New York's Penn Station.
  
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• Islamic militant attack in Egypt's Sinai kills 23 troops

  07-07-2017 21:47
  
  EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Islamic militants in Egypt's Sinai unleashed a suicide car bomb and dozens of masked and heavily armed gunmen who descended in multiple SUVs on a remote security outpost in the desert peninsula on Friday, killing at…
  
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• Dewey, Pawnee and Rogers counties added to disaster request from storms

  07-07-2017 21:46
  
  Funds will be used to help cities, counties and rural electric cooperatives with infrastructure repairs and costs associated with debris removal and damage.
  
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• The Latest: US strongly condemns attack in Egypt's Sinai

  07-07-2017 21:43
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The Latest on the situation in Egypt and the deadly militant attack in the Sinai Peninsula (all times local):
  
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• Jenks Man Charged With Making Lewd Proposals To Underage Teen

  07-07-2017 20:52
  
  Prosecutors charged a 40-year-old Jenks man with four counts of lewd or indecent proposal to a child.   
  
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• Bartlesville’s Kmart Store To Close

  07-07-2017 20:44
  
  The Kmart store in Bartlesville is one of 35 Kmart and eight Sears stores nationwide that will close by early October.  
  
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• Tulsa Murder Suspect Booked Into County Jail

  07-07-2017 20:04
  
  The man being sought in the shooting death of another man outside a convenience store on the north side of Tulsa last month is in jail. 
  
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• Police smash bank wall; free 2 trapped inside with suspect

  07-07-2017 19:44
  
  MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Police smashed through a bank wall Friday afternoon and freed two people trapped inside with a man who claimed to have a bomb powerful enough to "take out the room."
  
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• The Latest: Tillerson says no long-term role for Assad

  07-07-2017 19:42
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's second official visit to Europe (all times local):
  
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• Crews work to protect pricey homes near Colorado ski resort

  07-07-2017 19:35
  
  DENVER (AP) — Hundreds of people spent another night away from their homes as firefighters scrambled to beat back a small wildfire near Colorado's Breckenridge Ski Resort and the nearby historic town.
  
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• AP sources: US, Russia reach deal on Syria cease-fire

  07-07-2017 19:35
  
  HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The United States and Russia have reached agreement on a cease-fire in southwest Syria, three U.S. officials said Friday as President Donald Trump held his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Jurors To Consider 1st Degree Manslaughter In Former TPD Officer's Trial

  07-07-2017 19:33
  
  A judge ruled Friday, the jury in the murder trial of a former Tulsa Police officer can consider a lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter.
  
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• Georgia health commissioner named CDC director in Atlanta

  07-07-2017 19:30
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Georgia's health commissioner was named Friday to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal government's top public health agency.
  
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• Crane in danger of collapse at Oakland construction fire

  07-07-2017 19:28
  
  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A large crane swinging amid flames is in danger of collapsing at a blaze at a construction site north of downtown Oakland, officials said Friday.
  
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• Court: Profanity-laced tirade was protected free speech

  07-07-2017 19:24
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman who hurled a variety of insults at a grocery store manager was protected by constitutional free speech rights and will be acquitted of a misdemeanor charge, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.
  
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