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• Body Found In Wooded Area West Of Downtown Tulsa

  30-07-2017 23:32
  
  A body was found Sunday around noon in a wooded area near 1000 W. 7th St. in Tulsa, Tulsa Police Capt. Brian Carlisle confirmed to News On 6.  
  
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• Russia demands U.S. cut hundreds of diplomatic staff after sanctions stemming from conflict over election

  30-07-2017 22:57
  
  Russian's Foreign Ministry on Friday ordered a reduction of 755 U.S. diplomatic personnel by Sept. 1 in response to the U.S. Senate's approval of a new package of sanctions.
  
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• Chinese president oversees military parade in show of might

  30-07-2017 22:56
  
  BEIJING (AP) — China's military has the "confidence and capability" to bolster the country's rise into a world power, President Xi Jinping said Sunday as he oversaw a large-scale military parade meant to show off the forces at his command…
  
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• Putin says US will have to shed 755 from diplomatic staff

  30-07-2017 22:55
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday the United States would have to cut its embassy and consulate staff in Russia by 755 under new sanctions from Moscow.
  
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• British, Belgian royals mark WWI battle centenary in Ypres

  30-07-2017 22:45
  
  YPRES, Belgium (AP) — Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, on Sunday joined Belgian royals and relatives of soldiers who fought in the Battle of Passchendaele to mark 100 years since the offensive that became a symbol of war's…
  
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• Ex-NASA agent fears gold lunar module will be melted down

  30-07-2017 22:44
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Whoever broke into an Ohio museum late Friday and stole a solid-gold replica of the Apollo 11 lunar module likely intends to melt it down for the value of the gold instead of trying to sell what…
  
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• TPD: 1 Injured In Crash After Car Runs Stop Sign

  30-07-2017 22:33
  
  A woman had to be freed from her vehicle Sunday afternoon at 6st after her car was hit by another vehicle that ran a stop sign, Tulsa police said.  
  
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• The Latest: Prosecutors report 3 deaths amid Venezuela vote

  30-07-2017 21:39
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on Venezuela's political crisis and the vote for a constitutional assembly (all times local):
  
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• Deputy White House chief of staff is a 'good ol' boy from Oklahoma' within the Trump administration

  30-07-2017 21:39
  
  Rick Dearborn worked for Jeff Sessions for 20 years, a dozen of those as chief of staff. The head of governmental affairs at the University of Alabama once referred to Dearborn as “the hand of the king.”
  
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• Man gets prison for tossing dogs from top of parking garage

  30-07-2017 21:12
  OAK LAWN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who posed as the owner of two small dogs, paid a reward to the person who found them and then threw them off the top of a five-story parking garage has…
  
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• Tulsa Police investigating reported shooting in west Tulsa

  30-07-2017 21:01
  This is a developing story. It will be updated with new information as it becomes available.
  
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• Police respond to accidental shooting in west Tulsa

  30-07-2017 21:01
  About 2 p.m., police received a shooting call in the area of 5800 S. 33rd West Ave. Once on scene, officers learned a woman had been shot when she reached for something on a shelf and a gun fell on…
  
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• Pakistan: Ahead of PM vote, Islamabad crowds root for Khan

  30-07-2017 20:51
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's parliament will meet Tuesday to elect a new prime minister after the disqualification of three-term prime minister Nawaz Sharif, as thousands gathered in the capital Islamabad Sunday to voice support for opposition leader Imran Khan.
  
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• Interior head to stop in Nevada hometown of standoff family

  30-07-2017 20:50
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was expected to make a stop Sunday in the hometown of Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher accused of organizing an armed standoff three years ago that forced federal agents to end…
  
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• Trump has new chief of staff, old health care fight

  30-07-2017 20:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is looking for a fresh start with a new White House chief of staff. But he's still clinging to an old battle, refusing to give up on health care.
  
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• PBS CEO warns that federal cuts will sink some stations

  30-07-2017 20:46
  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The chief executive for PBS is sounding the alarm about public broadcasting's future if federal funding is axed.
  
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• Schumer wants investigation into fast food packaging

  30-07-2017 20:28
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer says the Food and Drug Administration should launch a formal investigation into the health consequences of chemicals used in fast food packaging.
  
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• One Dead, One Injured In Motorcycle Crash Near Purcell

  30-07-2017 20:26
  
  Emergency crews are responding to a fatal motorcycle crash in McClain County Sunday morning. 
  
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• Congressman to fulfill assault sentence with nonprofit

  30-07-2017 20:21
  BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana0 U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte will work off his sentence for assaulting a reporter by volunteering for an organization that builds custom wheelchairs for children.
  
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• Miners return to site of July 2002 Quecreek rescue

  30-07-2017 20:20
  SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — Robert Pugh says he doesn't like coming back to the area of Pennsylvania that still gives him "goosebumps" 15 years after he and eight other miners were rescued after spending more than three days trapped in…
  
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• Pilot's uncle says plane in Hawaii crash had engine troubles

  30-07-2017 20:17
  WAIPAHU, Hawaii (AP) — The uncle of a pilot who died in a plane crash with three others says the plane previously had engine troubles.
  
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• Venezuelans appear to abstain from government vote

  30-07-2017 20:16
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans appeared to be abstaining in massive numbers on Sunday in a show of silent protest against a vote to select a constitutional assembly giving the government virtually unlimited powers.
  
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• Son of Nashville mayor dies of apparent drug overdose

  30-07-2017 20:10
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The office of Nashville Mayor Megan Barry said Sunday that her only child has died of an apparent drug overdose.
  
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• Suspect caught writing fraud 'to-do' list

  30-07-2017 20:06
  MIAMI (AP) — Detectives investigating fraud in Florida hit the jackpot when they executed a search warrant on a suspect's home: he was writing a fraud "to-do" list.
  
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• Dispute at German club leaves worker, gunman dead

  30-07-2017 19:57
  
  VIENNA (AP) — A disagreement in a German discotheque turned deadly Sunday after the disco operator's son-in-law left the club, returned with an assault rifle and started shooting, law enforcement officials said.
  
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• Update: Father allegedly shoots son during altercation in north Tulsa

  30-07-2017 19:53
  The shooting occurred about 10:20 a.m. in the area of 46th Street North and Lewis Avenue, the dispatcher said.
  
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• Officials: Flight in Vegas delayed by naked passenger

  30-07-2017 19:51
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Officials say a Spirit Airlines flight leaving Las Vegas was briefly delayed after a passenger removed all their clothes while boarding and approached a flight attendant.
  
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• Egypt officials say resort knife attacker tasked by IS

  30-07-2017 19:51
  CAIRO (AP) — Security officials said on Sunday that the Egyptian man who stabbed to death three tourists and wounded three others earlier this month in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada was tasked by the Islamic State group to…
  
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• The Latest: Al-Qaida in Syria nabs 3 Hezbollah fighters

  30-07-2017 19:29
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the developments in the Syrian civil war (all times local):
  
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• Al-Shabab attack on African Union convoy kills 8 in Somalia

  30-07-2017 19:24
  
  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Fighters with the al-Shabab extremist group ambushed an African Union convoy in southern Somalia and killed at least eight soldiers on Sunday, a Somali military officer said. The attack came hours after a car bomb in…
  
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• The Latest: Turnout appears low in Venezuelan assembly vote

  30-07-2017 19:15
  
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on Venezuela's political crisis and the vote for a constitutional assembly (all times local):
  
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• Many Kids Misdiagnosed With Penicillin Allergy, Study Warns

  30-07-2017 18:38
  
  A recent study found 100 percent of children with a reported penicillin allergy weren't allergic to the antibiotic once they were tested.
  
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• Suspect in killing of Navajo girl expected to change plea

  30-07-2017 18:19
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A suspect is expected to change his plea in the kidnapping, sexual assault and killing of an 11-year-old girl in a remote part of the largest American Indian reservation that prompted an effort to expand the…
  
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• White House to Senate: Pass health bill now or else

  30-07-2017 18:17
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House stepped up demands Sunday that the Senate resume efforts to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law, suggesting that lawmakers cancel their entire August recess, if needed, to pass legislation after…
  
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• Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in visit to Saudi Arabia

  30-07-2017 18:05
  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Iraq's influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is on a rare visit to Saudi Arabia.
  
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• Penn Station repairs not addressing this commuters' bane

  30-07-2017 17:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — It's a question that has weighed on the minds of countless commuters, usually as they sit in a stalled train in one of the tunnels heading into the nation's busiest train station: Why does help seem…
  
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• The Latest: Russia Today says its reporter killed in Syria

  30-07-2017 17:48
  BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on the developments in the Syrian civil war (all times local):
  
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• Bob Brady runs Philadelphia Democrats amid run of corruption

  30-07-2017 17:33
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Union carpenter Bob Brady has spent 30 years running Philadelphia's Democratic machine, and 20 years in Congress, watching a string of local party leaders go to prison.
  
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• Arab states open to dialogue with Qatar if demands are met

  30-07-2017 17:16
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Four Arab states that cut ties with Qatar met Sunday to discuss the diplomatic crisis, insisting on compliance with a list of sweeping demands while refraining for now from imposing more punitive measures against…
  
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• Pence begins 3-nation European tour in NATO member Estonia

  30-07-2017 17:05
  
  TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has arrived in Estonia for meetings with the presidents of northern Europe's three Baltic nations.
  
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• Trump's travel ban keeps orphan kids from US foster families

  30-07-2017 17:03
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tianna Rooney has already bought the poster board for the sign she'll wave when the 16-year-old refugee boy her family is taking in arrives in the United States. Rooney knows the exact words of welcome she'll…
  
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• Jordan terminates leniency option for honor crimes

  30-07-2017 16:20
  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The lower house of Jordan's parliament has closed a legal loophole that gave judges the discretion to impose light sentences for so-called "honor crimes."
  
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• Cellphone service could be spotty for rural eclipse-watchers

  30-07-2017 16:19
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — If you plan to livestream next month's solar eclipse from one of the prime viewing spots, here's a thought: Keep your phone in your pocket, put on your paper shades and just enjoy the celestial wonder.
  
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• Ohio fair officials say rides to reopen after fatal accident

  30-07-2017 16:18
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Officials say rides shut down at the Ohio State Fair after a thrill ride broke apart and killed a man are open after being re-inspected.
  
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• Libya committee votes in favor of constitutional draft

  30-07-2017 16:00
  BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — A committee tasked with writing a constitution for Libya voted on Saturday in favor of a draft, paving the way for parliament to approve a referendum and causing uproar among opponents.
  
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• New Study Claims Drinking Alcohol 3 To 4 Days A Week 'Reduces Risk Of Diabetes'

  30-07-2017 15:56
  
  That glass of wine or pint of beer you enjoy with dinner every night might come with an added benefit, a lower risk of type 2 diabetes, a new Danish study contends.
  
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• White House pushes to pursue GOP health care bill

  30-07-2017 15:54
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is pushing back against the Senate's Republican leader for saying "it's time to move on" from health care.
  
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• Telegram denies Iran's claim it installed servers there

  30-07-2017 15:49
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's communications and information technology minister was quoted Sunday as saying the widely used Telegram messenger service has transferred some of its servers into the country, but the encrypted application's founder swiftly denied the claim.
  
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• Kenya: Intruder killed at VP's home after 18-hour siege

  30-07-2017 15:43
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's police chief says an intruder killed a police guard at the home of the deputy president and armed himself with a rifle before he was shot dead more than 18 hours later.
  
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• British TV to air Diana's recordings on her failed marriage

  30-07-2017 15:39
  
  LONDON (AP) — A British television channel is broadcasting a new documentary on Princess Diana using controversial videotapes in which she candidly discussed her marital problems and her strained relationship with the royal family.
  
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