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• Some residents couldn't hear alarms in deadly Honolulu blaze

  16-07-2017 23:58
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — As flames raged through a Honolulu high-rise building, killing three people and injuring a dozen others, some residents didn't even realize a blaze had broken out until they opened their doors or saw firefighters racing to battle…
  
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• Woman Found Dead At Scene Of OKC Crash

  16-07-2017 23:52
  
  A woman was found dead Sunday at the scene of a single-vehicle crash in southeast Oklahoma County. 
  
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• Flash flood at swimming hole kills 7; more people missing

  16-07-2017 23:50
  
  TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. (AP) — A flash flood barreled through a popular Arizona swimming hole where more than a hundred people were taking refuge from summer heat, killing at least seven people, leaving many more missing and forcing survivors…
  
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• Pastor: Worshippers afraid after sex assault nearby

  16-07-2017 23:44
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The pastor of a church where a congregant was attacked last week at gunpoint says people are afraid to come worship.
  
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• Egypt says 1 killed, 50 injured in clashes on Nile island

  16-07-2017 23:44
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian police on Sunday fired tear gas to disperse a rock-pelting crowd of residents defending their homes on a Nile River island against bulldozers sent by the government to demolish their illegally-built dwellings. The clashes left one…
  
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• Domestic incident leads to stand-off outside Tulsa home

  16-07-2017 23:43
  
  Tulsa Police are in a standoff with a man who reportedly refused to come out of a north Tulsa home after a report of a domestic incident, a 911 dispatcher said.
  
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• Thousands in Poland protest government judicial reform plans

  16-07-2017 23:34
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of government opponents protested in Warsaw and other cities in Poland on Sunday against new judicial reforms and future plans to change the Supreme Court.
  
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• Woman killed, 3 wounded as tensions rise with Venezuela vote

  16-07-2017 23:14
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans lined up across the country and in expatriate communities around the world Sunday to vote in a symbolic rejection of President Nicolas Maduro's plan to rewrite the constitution, a proposal that's…
  
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• FBI's liaison to Congress cited for misconduct in Nevada

  16-07-2017 23:09
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — The former top federal prosecutor in Nevada has been cited for misconduct in an 8-year-old sex discrimination case.
  
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• Eufaula Man Dies After Crashing Motorcycle In June

  16-07-2017 23:09
  
  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a 54-year-old man died after a motorcycle crash in June.
  
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• The Latest: No alarms, warnings during deadly Honolulu fire

  16-07-2017 23:03
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a deadly high-rise apartment building fire in Honolulu (all times local):
  
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• Arizona sheriff's office says at least 7 dead in flash flooding; search for missing continues.

  16-07-2017 23:03
  
  TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona sheriff's office says at least 7 dead in flash flooding; search for missing continues.
  
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• The Latest: 1 dead, 3 wounded in Venezuela voting violence

  16-07-2017 22:50
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on Venezuela's political crisis and an opposition referendum on government plans to rewrite the constitution. (all times local):
  
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• 4 beach-goers sent to hospital after nearby lightning strike

  16-07-2017 22:30
  
  ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (AP) — Three adults and a small child are getting emergency treatment after lightning struck near their getaway on the South Carolina coast.
  
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• Tulsa Cooling Stations Open As EMSA Issues Heat Alert

  16-07-2017 22:29
  
  EMSA issued a medical heat alert Sunday afternoon after it responded to five suspected heat-related calls, an EMSA spokesperson said.
  
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• The Latest: Muslim worshippers visit Jerusalem holy site

  16-07-2017 22:23
  
  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on Israeli-Palestinian tensions following last week's attack at a Jerusalem holy site, in which three Arab Israelis shot dead two police officers before being killed (all times local):
  
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• EMSA issues medical heat alert for Tulsa on Sunday

  16-07-2017 22:19
  
  EMSA issued a medical heat alert Sunday afternoon as temperatures in Tulsa soared to the mid-90s.
  
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• Tulsa Couple Arrested For Child Neglect

  16-07-2017 22:05
  
  Tulsa police arrested a man and woman early Sunday morning on complaints of child neglect after officers responded to a family dispute at the home and found a child living among dog feces on the floors, trash covering the floors and no running water.
  
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• Investigator found in 1984 Seattle mayor abused foster son

  16-07-2017 21:56
  
  SEATTLE (AP) — Three decades before Ed Murray was elected Seattle's mayor, an Oregon child-welfare investigator found that he had sexually abused his foster son, prompting state officials to conclude that "under no circumstances" should Murray serve as a foster…
  
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• Dems still strive to tell voters what their party stands for

  16-07-2017 21:50
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley hesitated when asked about his party's core message to voters.
  
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• At least 4 dead in flash floods at Arizona swimming hole

  16-07-2017 21:21
  
  PAYSON, Ariz. (AP) — A rural fire chief says at least four people were found dead and about a dozen more are missing after flash flooding poured over a popular swimming area inside the Tonto National Forest in central Arizona.
  
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• Broken Arrow City Council to consider resolution opposing gaming at Red Creek facility

  16-07-2017 21:08
  
  The resolution comes amid rumors about the facility, which was first proposed in August 2016 as a dance hall and restaurant, to be located on a Muscogee (Creek) land allotment south of the Creek Turnpike and west of South 129th…
  
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• The Latest: CBO delays analysis of latest health care bill

  16-07-2017 21:06
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the health care bill in the Senate (all times local):
  
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• Chicago community activist killed in weekend shooting

  16-07-2017 20:59
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago community activist who worked to fight violence was fatally shot less than a block from the offices of his nonprofit, according to police and the man's relatives.
  
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• Tulsa Woman Arrested After 5-Year-Old Daughter Found Alone

  16-07-2017 20:53
  
  A 43-year-old Tulsa woman was arrested on complaints of child neglect and public intoxication after her 5-year-old daughter wandered into a QuikTrip store alone Saturday night. 
  
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• Arizona sheriff says at least 4 people have died and others are missing in flash flooding at swimming hole

  16-07-2017 20:42
  
  PAYSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona sheriff says at least 4 people have died and others are missing in flash flooding at swimming hole.
  
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• More hurdles as Senate again delays vote on GOP health bill

  16-07-2017 20:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate delayed a highly anticipated vote this coming week to repeal and replace the nation's health care law after Sen. John McCain's announced absence due to surgery, an enormous setback as time dwindles for Republicans to…
  
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• Texas 'bathroom bill' may shape 2018 GOP primary campaigns

  16-07-2017 19:24
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Though "bathroom bills" targeting transgender people fizzled in deep-red states across the U.S., the issue is still white hot in Texas, where the Legislature is heading into special session prepared to revive it and conservative groups…
  
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• Deputies find unsanitary living conditions at home where father reportedly put daughter in 'choke hold'

  16-07-2017 19:21
  
  Both parents were arrested and booked into Tulsa Jail.
  
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• Woman arrested after 5-year-old child found wandering store alone

  16-07-2017 19:19
  
  The child told police she needed to "go to the doctor" because her mother had hit her, according to the report.
  
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• Egypt says 1 killed, 50 injured in clashes on Nile islands

  16-07-2017 19:09
  
  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian police on Sunday fired tear gas to disperse a rock-pelting crowd of residents on a River Nile island in Cairo, clashes that left one person dead and 50 others injured, according to authorities.
  
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• Europe horse meat scam: At least 66 people arrested

  16-07-2017 19:07
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Authorities have arrested at least 66 people in a European food scam which sold horse meat unfit for human consumption.
  
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• Who's next: Jodie Whittaker 1st female star of 'Doctor Who'

  16-07-2017 18:56
  
  LONDON (AP) — British actress Jodie Whittaker was announced Sunday as the next star of the long-running science fiction series "Doctor Who" — the first woman to take a role that has been played by a dozen men over six…
  
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• Flood topples statue at iconic Fallingwater house

  16-07-2017 18:55
  
  MILL RUN, Pa. (AP) — Officials say an overflowing stream following heavy rain toppled a large bronze statue at architect Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic Fallingwater house in Pennsylvania.
  
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• Trump lawyer says nothing illegal in son's Russia meeting

  16-07-2017 18:54
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's attorney says there was nothing illegal in the meeting Trump's eldest son had with a Russian lawyer during last year's presidential campaign.
  
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• Thousands in Poland protest government moves on judiciary

  16-07-2017 18:48
  
  WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of government opponents gathered in Warsaw and other cities in Poland on Sunday to protest the latest changes in legislation that reorganized the judiciary.
  
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• Tennessee woman dies after crash on Will Rogers Turnpike

  16-07-2017 18:47
  
  Erika Solle, of Lebanon, Tennessee, was driving a 1997 Chevrolet van about 2:25 a.m. on May 15 on a stretch of turnpike about 3 miles west of Miami when a tractor trailer rig hit her from behind, according to the…
  
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• Filipino church feeds expansion by buying ghost town in US

  16-07-2017 18:47
  
  EAST HADDAM, Conn. (AP) — Over two decades, one prospective buyer after another passed over the abandoned village in the Connecticut countryside. There were requirements to preserve its historical character and problems with the septic system, not to mention rumors…
  
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• Cherokee Nation To Donate Tasers To Stilwell Police

  16-07-2017 18:38
  
  The Stilwell Police Department will be receiving 12 unused Tasers from the Cherokee Nation after the tribe's Tribal Council authorized the donation recently. 
  
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• Italy wildfires force evacuations, cause disruption

  16-07-2017 18:30
  
  MILAN (AP) — Italian authorities have evacuated two campgrounds in Tuscany as wildfires cause disruption across central and southern Italy.
  
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• Jordan court to rule Monday in killings of 3 US troops

  16-07-2017 18:29
  
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A military court is expected to rule Monday in the murder trial of a Jordanian soldier accused of killing three U.S. military trainers in a shooting spree at a Jordanian air base.
  
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• White House planning 'Made in America' week

  16-07-2017 18:28
  
  PISCATAWAY TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (AP) — Plagued by daily revelations related to the escalating Russia investigations, the White House is dubbing the coming week "Made in America week" as it tries to focus on issues that matter to the president's…
  
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• The Latest: Egypt: 1 killed in clashes with police in Cairo

  16-07-2017 18:28
  
  CAIRO (AP) — The Latest on events in Egypt (all times local):
  
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• Merkel seeks solution to new airbase dispute with Turkey

  16-07-2017 18:27
  
  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says a dispute with Turkey over a visit by lawmakers to air crews at a NATO base is "decidedly unfortunate" and Berlin will work with NATO to defuse it.
  
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• Should NYPD lawyers step in to prosecute? Protesters say no

  16-07-2017 18:21
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Arminta Jeffryes was arrested while protesting police brutality. Then the police department played an unusual role in her court case.
  
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• Bald eagle threat: Lead ammo left behind by hunters

  16-07-2017 18:19
  
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Bald eagles have made a remarkable recovery across the United States since the pesticide DDT was banned 45 years ago, but the majestic birds are still dying from another environmental poison: lead from bullets and shotgun…
  
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• Sword belonging to commander of black Civil War unit found

  16-07-2017 18:18
  
  BOSTON (AP) — The sword that belonged to the commanding officer of the first all-black regiment raised in the North during the U.S. Civil War has been recovered after being lost to history for more than 150 years.
  
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• Federal government pays Texas counties to track immigrants

  16-07-2017 18:18
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Several Texas counties have found a way to profit from working with federal immigration officials in tracking and detaining immigrants who are living in the country illegally.
  
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• Lawmakers: Public cut out of Christie's $300M renovation

  16-07-2017 18:16
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie's administration sought to borrow hundreds of millions of dollars to renovate New Jersey's deteriorating statehouse four months before the project was authorized, cutting out the public in a process a bipartisan group of…
  
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• The Latest: White House wishes McCain a speedy recovery

  16-07-2017 18:03
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the health care bill in the Senate (all times local):
  
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