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• Oklahoma Representative Challenges Lawmakers To Deliver Paper To Schools

  14-08-2017 23:12
  
  Newly elected District 75 House Representative issued a challenge to all other Oklahoma lawmakers to help public schools.
  
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• Family Of Slain Tulsa Teen Seeks Justice

  14-08-2017 23:06
  
  A grieving family says whoever killed 16-year-old Darrin Wilson is a coward for not stepping up and taking responsibility. 
  
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• The Latest: Charlottesville chief "regrets" rally's deaths

  14-08-2017 22:54
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on violent protests connected to a white nationalist rally in Virginia (all times local):
  
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• Mayor Urges Oklahomans To Shop Businesses Damaged By Tornado

  14-08-2017 22:51
  
  Mayor G.T. Bynum is urging Oklahomans to spend their dollars at the businesses damaged in the city's recent EF2 tornado. 
  
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• The Latest: Officials describe French driver as suicidal

  14-08-2017 22:44
  PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the car that drove into the sidewalk outside a pizza restaurant in France (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: US senator calls bomb plot "domestic terrorism"

  14-08-2017 22:41
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on the Oklahoma bomb plot (all times local):
  
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• Americans sentenced in Panama for 5 murders

  14-08-2017 22:34
  
  PANAMA CITY (AP) — U.S. citizen William Dathan Holbert was sentenced to 47 years in prison by a court in Panama for robbing and killing five other Americans in a Caribbean tourist destination, authorities said Monday.
  
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• The Latest: Trump condemns KKK, neo-Nazis as 'thugs'

  14-08-2017 22:21
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the weekend's violence and death in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local):
  
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• Jurors weighing case over Taylor Swift's groping allegation

  14-08-2017 22:20
  
  DENVER (AP) — Jurors on Monday began weighing dueling lawsuits over Taylor Swift's accusation that a former radio host groped her during a 2013 meet-and-greet after attorneys for both sides pointed to a photo as proof that the alleged assault…
  
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• Connecticut honors aviator reputed to fly before Wrights

  14-08-2017 22:20
  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — An aviator who Connecticut officials say beat the Wright brothers in being the first in flight by two years has been honored.
  
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• Watch live: TPS Superintendent Deb Gist responds to petition to change name of Lee Elementary

  14-08-2017 22:12
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff IDs 3 men slain at Wisconsin race track

  14-08-2017 22:12
  
  PARIS, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at a southern Wisconsin race track that left three men dead (all times local):
  
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• EPA moves to rewrite limits for coal power plant wastewater

  14-08-2017 22:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to scrap an Obama-era measure limiting water pollution from coal-fired power plants.
  
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• The Latest: Texas lawmakers want A&M to block 'racist' rally

  14-08-2017 22:07
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a planned white nationalist rally scheduled to be held next month at Texas A&M University (all times local):
  
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• Jenks police seek suspect in convenience store robbery

  14-08-2017 22:07
  
  JENKS — Police are looking for a man who robbed a convenience store with a knife early Monday.
  
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• Texas lawmakers want A&M to block white nationalist rally

  14-08-2017 22:06
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University has criticized the views of a white nationalist who is planning a "white lives matter" rally on campus next month, but lawmakers in the state Legislature are calling on the school to…
  
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• Police: Girl, 8, killed as car plows into French pizzeria

  14-08-2017 22:01
  PARIS (AP) — French police say an 8-year-old girl was killed and at least five people were injured when a driver slammed his car into the sidewalk cafe of a pizza restaurant in a small town east of Paris.
  
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• Trump seeks probe by his trade office of China's practices

  14-08-2017 21:57
  
  BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — Even as he seeks Beijing's help on North Korea, President Donald Trump asked his trade office on Monday to consider investigating China for the alleged theft of American technology and intellectual property.
  
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• Florida Supreme Court says yes to first execution in months

  14-08-2017 21:57
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Supreme Court is refusing to block the state's first execution after a hiatus of more than 18 months.
  
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• Police: 1 girl dead, at least 5 people injured after driver rams into patrons at pizza restaurant east of Paris

  14-08-2017 21:56
  The official said it is unclear whether the act was deliberate. The official was not authorized to be publicly named according to police policy.
  
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• Contractor finds purple heart in rubble of Wisconsin house

  14-08-2017 21:45
  RACINE, Wis. (AP) — A contractor demolishing a house in southeastern Wisconsin has retrieved a Purple Heart from the rubble.
  
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• White nationalists: Charlottesville just a beginning

  14-08-2017 21:33
  
  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Emboldened and proclaiming victory after a bloody weekend in Virginia, white nationalists are planning more demonstrations to promote their agenda following the violence that left a woman dead and dozens injured.
  
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• The Latest: Trump signs executive action on trade with China

  14-08-2017 21:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and U.S. relations with China (all times local):
  
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• State water official Tom Buchanan inadvertently violated federal law with Inhofe fundraiser, feds say

  14-08-2017 21:26
  
  On July 17, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel ruled Tom Buchanan, who is also president of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau, inadvertently violated the Hatch Act. The 1939 law prohibits the use of public funds for electoral purposes.
  
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• Walter Cronkite Reports On 1979 Total Solar Eclipse

  14-08-2017 21:25
  
  For the first time since 1979, the continental United States will get a glimpse of a total solar eclipse. Walter Cronkite was on the anchor desk of the CBS Evening News the last time the rare celestial event moved its way across the country.
  
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• Firefighters Respond To Tulsa House Fire

  14-08-2017 20:55
  
  Firefighters are responding to a fire at a Tulsa home.
  
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• Safety Concerns Keep Tulsa Business Owners Out of Tornado-Damaged Building

  14-08-2017 20:48
  A Tulsa, Okla., building that suffered millions of dollars in damage when it was struck by a tornado recently is being assessed to determine whether it may collapse. The 20-story Remington Tower was damaged during a storm on Aug. 6. Business owners and other tenants of the building still haven't been able to retrieve their belongings because of safety concerns.
  
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• Republican lawmakers weighing special session options after cigarette 'fee' tossed by court

  14-08-2017 20:45
  
  House Republicans met Monday behind closed doors. Senate Republicans met Friday. Gov. Mary Fallin said a special session was likely needed to address the situation. She has yet to issue the call for lawmakers to return to the Capitol.
  
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• Clean-Up Ongoing In Sequoyah County Train Derailment

  14-08-2017 20:45
  
  Clean-up is still going on in Sequoyah County Monday afternoon from a train derailment near Sallisaw.  
  
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• 'Out for blood': Man arrested in plan to bomb Oklahoma bank

  14-08-2017 20:34
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A 23-year-old man who was "out for blood" when attempted to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma bank in a plot similar to the deadly 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City…
  
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• Lawyer: Taylor Swift testimony inconsistent in groping trial

  14-08-2017 20:34
  
  DENVER (AP) — A lawyer for the former radio DJ accused of groping Taylor Swift told jurors Monday that the pop star's account is inconsistent with the testimony of every other member of her team. As the pop star cried…
  
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• Santa Fe Indian Market fuses tradition with contemporary art

  14-08-2017 20:29
  For nearly a century, American Indian jewelers, potters and other artists have been gathering in the heart of northern New Mexico to show off their creations as part of one of the nation's most prestigious art markets.
  
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• Questions about lawyers' fees put El Chapo defense in limbo

  14-08-2017 20:28
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Private lawyers seeking to represent Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in his U.S. drug-trafficking case failed to get assurances Monday that they'll get paid, leaving the Mexican drug lord's defense in limbo.
  
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• Activists plead not guilty in Trump Tower banner hanging

  14-08-2017 20:27
  CHICAGO (AP) — Four Greenpeace activists accused of unfurling a banner from Trump Tower in Chicago last month to protest the president's stance on global warming have pleaded not guilty to felony charges.
  
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• Suspect Arrested After Foiled Car Bombing Plot In Downtown OKC

  14-08-2017 20:25
  
  A Sayre man was arrested over the weekend, accused of plotting to detonate a car bomb at a downtown Oklahoma City bank.
  
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• TPS To Review School Names Following Petition To Change Lee Elementary

  14-08-2017 20:21
  
  Tulsa Public Schools plans to review school names following the launch of a petition to change the name of Lee Elementary.
  
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• Classmate: Fields referred to Germany as "the Fatherland"

  14-08-2017 20:21
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A man accused of ramming his car into a crowd of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia was denied bond Monday after the public defender's office said it couldn't represent him and the judge…
  
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• Texas A&M criticizes white nationalist planning campus rally

  14-08-2017 20:19
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University has criticized the views of a white nationalist who is planning a "white lives matter" rally on campus next month.
  
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• The Latest: Campaign says Trump records robocall for Strange

  14-08-2017 20:18
  
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the Alabama Senate race (all times local):
  
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• Green Waste Pickup Starts In Tornado-Damaged Tulsa

  14-08-2017 20:17
  
  City of Tulsa crews started picking up green waste that was left behind after last weekend's tornado.  
  
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• 18 dead in suspected jihadist attack on Burkina Faso eatery

  14-08-2017 20:12
  
  OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Hours after suspected Islamic extremists opened fire as patrons dined at the popular restaurant where she worked as a waitress, Amy Sawadogo was still wandering around barefoot at a crisis center asking about her colleagues.
  
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• 1 Florida Confederate memorial removed, another vandalized

  14-08-2017 20:12
  
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Crews on Monday removed one Confederate statue in a Florida city and authorities said someone had splashed red paint around a Confederate memorial park in another city.
  
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• Army turns over remains of 2 boys who died at Indian school

  14-08-2017 20:11
  CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Two boys who died while attending the government-run Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania about 130 years ago are on their way home to be reburied at a Wyoming reservation.
  
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• Trump attacks exec for quitting council over Charlottesville

  14-08-2017 20:01
  
  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out at the CEO of the nation's third-largest pharmaceutical company after he resigned from a federal advisory council, citing the president's failure to explicitly rebuke the white nationalists who marched in Charlottesville,…
  
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• Vietnam War vet receives medals after a 45-year wait

  14-08-2017 20:00
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Vietnam War veteran in Pennsylvania has finally received medals for his service after 45 years of waiting.
  
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• President Donald Trump's remarks on Charlottesville violence

  14-08-2017 19:58
  
  The text of President Donald Trump's statement Monday on the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, as transcribed and provided by the White House:
  
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• Little Rock's 42nd homicide already matches last year's mark

  14-08-2017 19:58
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock matched its homicide total from all of last year when the body of a man was found near a highway hours after shots were reported nearby.
  
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• Paul Ryan holding CNN town hall in Wisconsin district

  14-08-2017 19:54
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan is planning to hold a town hall meeting Aug. 21, his first open to the general public in his congressional district in nearly two years.
  
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• Trump names hate groups, denouncing Charlottesville violence

  14-08-2017 19:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Under relentless pressure, President Donald Trump on Monday named and condemned "repugnant" hate groups and declared that "racism is evil" in a far more forceful statement than he'd made earlier after deadly, race-fueled weekend clashes in Charlottesville,…
  
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• Police: Florida man wrecks liquor shop, blames "caterpillar"

  14-08-2017 19:47
  CRESTVIEW, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man arrested for destroying a liquor store under construction told police he was Alice in Wonderland and that a "hookah-smoking caterpillar" ordered him to attack the site.
  
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