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• Tulsa Firefighters Give Chief 'No Confidence' Vote

  11-07-2017 23:50
  
  Tulsa's firefighters say they've lost confidence in their chief, Ray Driskell.
  
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• Arson investigators search for motive of California fires

  11-07-2017 23:43
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area developers are on edge and boosting security at building sites in the region after four recent fires destroyed under-construction apartments in a region often divided by affordable housing politics.
  
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• 9 charged in Florida with helping murder suspect with alibi

  11-07-2017 23:42
  
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Nine people were charged Tuesday with agreeing to help concoct alibis for a Florida murder suspect who last year staged a brazen escape from a crowded courtroom and is accused of killing a woman whose…
  
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• Long his father's attack dog, Trump Jr. now is eye of storm

  11-07-2017 23:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. has long been his father's id, the brawler who has helped fuel the president's pugilistic instincts and stood firm as one of his fiercest defenders.
  
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• Some Nevada pot retailers 'running on fumes'

  11-07-2017 23:40
  
  RENO, Nev. (AP) — Most of Nevada's recreational marijuana retailers are optimistic an emergency regulation that state officials are expected to approve will help keep them from running out of pot supplies, but some are "running on fumes," an industry…
  
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• Tulsa Teachers Learn To Build Drones

  11-07-2017 23:39
  
  Teachers from 72 schools are in Tulsa this week to learn how to teach students ways to design and build drones. 
  
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• The Latest: Trump says US committed to total defeat of IS

  11-07-2017 23:39
  
  BAGHDAD (AP) — The latest on developments in Mosul after Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State group in its second largest city (all times local).
  
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• FBI: Explosion not being called act of domestic terrorism

  11-07-2017 23:37
  
  BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — Federal authorities said Tuesday that they are no longer investigating a pipe bomb explosion that damaged a northeast Oklahoma Air Force recruiting station as a possible act of domestic terrorism, adding that the blast could be…
  
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• Immigrant sues Chicago police alleging gang database error

  11-07-2017 23:36
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Mexican immigrant ordered to leave the U.S. this month filed a lawsuit against Chicago police Tuesday, alleging he was wrongly listed in a gang database and that it cost him the chance to get protection through…
  
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• Florida boy, 3, in body cast for jumping on trampoline

  11-07-2017 23:36
  
  MIAMI (AP) — A 3-year-old Florida boy is in a cast from the waist down for an injury suffered while jumping at a trampoline park, his family said Tuesday, in a case that has circulated nationally on social media and…
  
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• McConnell nixes part of Senate vacation to deal with backlog

  11-07-2017 23:34
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday canceled the first two weeks of the usually sacrosanct August recess to give lawmakers time to catch up on a roster of unfinished legislation and a backlog of Trump administration nominees.
  
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• Founder of retreat for wounded veterans meets president

  11-07-2017 23:34
  
  ROME, Maine (AP) — An Army veteran who lost all four limbs in an explosion in Afghanistan and opened a retreat in Maine for other injured veterans says he had an impromptu meeting with President Donald Trump at the White…
  
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• Wisconsin parents charged with starving, abusing 5-year-old

  11-07-2017 23:33
  
  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A northeastern Wisconsin husband and wife starved and abused their adopted 5-year-old son and accused him of manipulating a trip to the hospital so he could "vacation" there, according to criminal complaints.
  
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• The Latest: Person in custody in Oklahoma pipe bomb blast

  11-07-2017 23:31
  
  BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on a pipe bomb explosion that damaged an Air Force recruiting station in northeast Oklahoma (all times local):
  
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• House panel unveils $1.6B plan for building US-Mexico wall

  11-07-2017 23:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A House panel Tuesday unveiled legislation to begin building President Donald Trump's long-promised wall along the U.S-Mexico border. Mexico, however, will not be footing the bill.
  
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• Rally opens union push at Nissan Motor plant in Mississippi

  11-07-2017 23:27
  
  CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Pro-union workers at Nissan Motor Co.'s Mississippi plant cast themselves as underdogs Tuesday, but encouraged workers to believe supporters of the United Auto Workers could triumph in a vote on union representation.
  
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• Alaska hiker recovering after bison attack in North Dakota

  11-07-2017 23:23
  
  WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — An Alaska man is recovering after being attacked by a bison while hiking in western North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
  
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• Tulsa Winery Moving To California

  11-07-2017 23:22
  
  Tulsa's downtown winery, Girouard Vines, is moving to California.
  
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• GOP Senate leader charts plan for moving on new health bill

  11-07-2017 23:20
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans will introduce their reworked health care bill Thursday and begin trying to muscle it through the Senate next week, the chamber's GOP leader said Tuesday as the party tried healing divisions threatening to mortally wound the…
  
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• Police called to Wisconsin mall area; man reportedly shot

  11-07-2017 23:18
  
  JOHNSON CREEK, Wis. (AP) — Police in Wisconsin responded to a disturbance near an outlet mall in suburban Milwaukee, and a witness said officers shot a man armed with a gun after he tried to enter a restaurant.
  
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• Federal authorities end probe of Wal-Mart police shooting

  11-07-2017 23:17
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An attorney says the family of a black man fatally shot by a police officer in an Ohio Wal-Mart is extremely disappointed that federal authorities have decided against charging the officer.
  
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• FBI Confirms Arrest In Explosion At Bixby Air Force Recruiting Center

  11-07-2017 23:17
  
  The FBI has been called into investigate a pipe bomb explosion outside an Air Force recruiting center near 101st and Memorial in Bixby.  
  
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• Harvard-grad financier gets 3 years in prison for $23M fraud

  11-07-2017 23:09
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A Harvard-educated financier whose friends and family invested millions of dollars with her firm has been sentenced to three years in prison after squandering over $23 million.
  
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• Michigan sports doctor pleads guilty in child porn case

  11-07-2017 23:08
  
  DETROIT (AP) — A former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics doctor accused of molesting dozens of female athletes pleaded guilty Tuesday in a separate case that was a slam-dunk for prosecutors: thousands of images of child pornography discovered in…
  
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• Cadaver dogs used, dirt sifted in search for 4 missing men

  11-07-2017 23:03
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police used cadaver dogs, a backhoe and other construction equipment Tuesday to help search a sprawling farm for four missing men believed to be victims of foul play. A prosecutor, meanwhile, described a man held on an…
  
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• State House District 76 And City of Glenpool To Hold Special Elections

  11-07-2017 22:29
  
  State House District 76 will hold a Special Primary Election on August 8. 
  
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• Motorcyclist Found Shot, Dead On Highway 99 In Osage County

  11-07-2017 21:48
  
  A motorcyclist was found dead on Highway 99 south of Highway 11 in Osage County Tuesday morning.
  
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• Trump sued for blocking some of his critics on Twitter

  11-07-2017 20:56
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — First Amendment advocates are suing President Donald Trump, saying some of his critics have been unconstitutionally blocked from following him on Twitter.
  
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• Russia's Lavrov threatens counter actions over Dacha row

  11-07-2017 20:56
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is threatening "counter actions" against the United States over the lingering dispute centering on a pair of Russian diplomatic compounds that the United States seized last year.
  
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• The Latest: US looks to ease Gulf crisis with Qatar deal

  11-07-2017 20:55
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The Latest on the diplomatic crisis between Qatar and its Arab neighbors (all times local):
  
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• US inks anti-terror deal with Qatar in press to end dispute

  11-07-2017 20:50
  
  DOHA, Qatar (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sealed a deal Tuesday to intensify Qatar's counterterrorism efforts, tackling a central issue in the spat pitting the besieged Gulf nation against four other American allies lined up against it.
  
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• Vandalized, repaired Boston Holocaust memorial rededicated

  11-07-2017 20:49
  
  BOSTON (AP) — A Boston Holocaust memorial that was vandalized and then repaired has been rededicated.
  
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• Emails: Trump Jr. embraced help said to be from Kremlin

  11-07-2017 20:39
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. eagerly accepted help from what was described to him as a Russian government effort to aid his father's campaign with damaging information about Hillary Clinton, according to emails he released publicly on Tuesday.
  
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• The Latest: President Trump applauds son's 'transparency'

  11-07-2017 20:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the ongoing investigations into possible collusion between Trump campaign associates and Russia (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: FBI says blast not being called act of terrorism

  11-07-2017 20:36
  
  BIXBY, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on a pipe bomb explosion that damaged an Air Force recruiting station in northeast Oklahoma (all times local):
  
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• Skiatook High School principal resigns to take school association job

  11-07-2017 20:32
  
  SKIATOOK — Skiatook High School Principal Will Parker announced his resignation Monday, saying he has accepted a position with a state school association council.
  
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• Verdigris Woman Charged With Manslaughter In Fatal Motorcycle Crash

  11-07-2017 20:31
  
  A 31-year-old Verdigris woman was arrested Tuesday morning on a first-degree manslaughter complaint for the death of her 7-year-old niece, who died in a motorcycle crash in May.
  
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• Rally starts union push at Nissan Motor plant in Mississippi

  11-07-2017 20:31
  
  CANTON, Miss. (AP) — Union supporters at a Nissan Motor Co. plant in Mississippi say United Auto Workers representation would increase their voice in workplace matters.
  
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• President Trump calls son Donald Trump Jr. 'a high-quality person,' applauds 'his transparency'

  11-07-2017 20:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump calls son Donald Trump Jr. 'a high-quality person,' applauds 'his transparency'
  
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• Wagoner County Investigators Seek ID Of Man Who Used Stolen Money

  11-07-2017 20:28
  
  Wagoner County Investigators are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who they said used stolen money at a convenience store last month. 
  
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• The Latest: McConnell to unveil revised health bill Thursday

  11-07-2017 20:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Republican effort to repeal and replace the Obama health law (all times local):
  
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• Lab makes changes in wake of botched nuclear shipments

  11-07-2017 20:16
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Employees have been fired and other personnel actions have been taken at one of the premier nuclear weapons laboratories in the U.S. after small amounts of radioactive material were mistakenly shipped aboard a commercial cargo plane.
  
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• FBI: US soldier arrested after pledging loyalty to IS group

  11-07-2017 20:14
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — An active-duty U.S. soldier has been arrested on terrorism charges that accuse him of pleading allegiance to the Islamic State group and saying he wanted to "kill a bunch of people."
  
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• Autopsy: Man shot in back by North Carolina state trooper

  11-07-2017 20:13
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A black man killed by a North Carolina state trooper earlier this year was shot in the back and died after massive blood loss, according to an autopsy.
  
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• Iranian researcher traveling to Boston detained at airport

  11-07-2017 20:05
  
  BOSTON (AP) — An Iranian cancer researcher arriving in the U.S. to start work at a prominent Boston hospital has been detained at Logan International Airport.
  
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• Fire union declares no confidence in Tulsa fire chief after vote

  11-07-2017 20:00
  
  More than 75 percent of the Tulsa IAFF Local 176 union members, following a three-day vote, voted no confidence in Ray Driskell. Tension flared after a complaint against Driskell that revealed a profanity-laden tirade from the chief aimed at the…
  
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• 2 brothers changing tire on manure spreader die in explosion

  11-07-2017 19:59
  
  NEWVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A coroner says two teenage brothers who were changing a tire on a manure spreader were killed when the tire exploded on a Pennsylvania farm.
  
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• Facebook video prompts search for missing student's body

  11-07-2017 19:53
  
  CHESAPEAKE, Ohio (AP) — A search prompted by a Facebook video suggesting the body of a West Virginia college student last seen in 2002 is buried in Ohio has begun in a southeastern part of the state.
  
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• Alumni couple gives $40M to Minnesota liberal arts school

  11-07-2017 19:53
  
  ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — A southern Minnesota liberal arts school is receiving its largest ever donation — $40 million.
  
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• 14 boys hurt as bus from Tulsa en route to church camp overturns in Missouri

  11-07-2017 19:48
  
  They were on their way to a church camp in Missouri
  
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