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• TCC Expands Student Access To Free Or Low-Cost Textbooks

  22-08-2017 23:45
  
  About 2,500 students starting classes at Tulsa Community College have access to free textbooks, which could collectively save them about $500,000 dollars.
  
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• Storms, A Cool-Down and Tropical Trouble in the Gulf

  22-08-2017 23:00
  
  A cold front is pushing into Green Country this afternoon and evening, triggering widespread showers and storms. Following that, we’ll resume our unseasonably cool August pattern.   
  
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• Riverwalk Businesses To Donate Portion Of Sales To Jenks Public Schools

  22-08-2017 22:59
  
  The Jenks Public School Foundation is thinking outside the box when it comes to raising money for schools. 
  
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• Muskogee Man Throws Infant Into Ceiling Fan, Police Say

  22-08-2017 22:53
  
  A Muskogee 1-month-old baby is in critical condition with two skull fractures, a bleeding brain, bruises on his eye and ear and fingerprint bruises on his throat.   
  
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• The Latest: US investigators inspect scene of train crash

  22-08-2017 22:27
  
  UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the crash of a commuter train in suburban Philadelphia (all times local):
  
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• US delays nearly $200 million in military aid to Egypt

  22-08-2017 22:25
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is delaying nearly $200 million in military aid payments to Egypt pending human rights improvements.
  
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• Tulsa Drivers Reminded To Stop For The School Bus

  22-08-2017 22:25
  
  The union that represents Tulsa Public Schools bus drivers and other support personnel held a news conference to promote safe driving around the big yellow buses that carry students each day.
  
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• Los Angeles wants in on suit over Trump sanctuary conditions

  22-08-2017 22:25
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Los Angeles is seeking to join a lawsuit by San Francisco over immigration restrictions placed on a major federal grant by the Trump administration.
  
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• Latest: Protesters thank Gov. Greitens for halting execution

  22-08-2017 22:19
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Latest on Missouri's planned execution of inmate Marcellus Williams (all times local):
  
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• Wisconsin governor touts Foxconn plant at Wisconsin hospital

  22-08-2017 22:17
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker's top aides offered legislators another round of assurances Tuesday that a Foxconn Technology Group plant in southeastern Wisconsin would transform the state's economy but promised the company would lose out on state incentives…
  
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• Historians: Confederate emblem 'symbol of racial terror'

  22-08-2017 22:10
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Historians in Mississippi say the Confederate battle emblem is a "symbol of racial terror" that needs to be stripped from the state flag.
  
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• The Latest: Christian sect raid plan to avoid violence

  22-08-2017 22:09
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on a New Mexico military-style Christian sect facing child abuse charges (all times local):
  
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• Latest: Mayor says angry meeting the start of 'catharsis'

  22-08-2017 22:03
  
  The Latest on efforts to remove Confederate monuments and the nationwide fallout from a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local):
  
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• FBI offers reward for help solving 25-year-old murder case

  22-08-2017 22:02
  
  LA SALLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities sought the public's help Tuesday in solving the slaying of an Iowa college student who was abducted 25 years ago in Illinois and found dead in Missouri.
  
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• US notes NKorea 'restraint,' points to possible dialogue

  22-08-2017 22:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday commended North Korea for recent restraint in its provocations and said it could point the way to a possible dialogue with the U.S.
  
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• The Latest: Idaho firefighters burned after rig catches fire

  22-08-2017 22:01
  ARIMO, Idaho (AP) — The Latest on Idaho firefighters injured after truck catches fire (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: 2 attack suspects held without bail, 1 freed

  22-08-2017 22:01
  
  MADRID (AP) — The Latest on news relating to the Spanish attacks (all times local):
  
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• Security firm says it had nothing to do with Pulse gunman

  22-08-2017 22:00
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A British conglomerate being sued by survivors of the Florida nightclub shooting says it had nothing to do with the gunman's "terrible actions."
  
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• Missouri governor halts man's execution after DNA questions

  22-08-2017 22:00
  
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday halted the scheduled execution of condemned killer Marcellus Williams after DNA testing raised questions about whether he actually committed the crime.
  
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• DNA issues raised amid secret hearings in ex-cop rape case

  22-08-2017 22:00
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The high-profile case of a former Oklahoma City police officer convicted of raping women while on duty focused the public's attention on the problem of sexual misconduct on the force, but his appeal raising questions about…
  
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• Governor claims 7,600 Maine residents fought for Confederacy

  22-08-2017 21:53
  LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage says 7,600 residents of Maine fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, a claim that is drawing consternation among historians.
  
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• 9 reputed gang members charged in New York City crackdown

  22-08-2017 21:45
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City prosecutors have charged nine reputed gang members with murder, weapons and other charges in seven shootings that left one person dead and 13 injured.
  
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• Kansas congressman in district Trump lost faces town hall

  22-08-2017 21:43
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican congressman in a Kansas district that President Donald Trump narrowly lost last year was expected to face tough questions about health care and other issues Tuesday night during a town hall meeting, with national…
  
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• Advocates balk at stay-on-street rule to qualify for shelter

  22-08-2017 21:36
  BOSTON (AP) — Advocates for homeless families in Massachusetts are pushing legislation that would remove a state requirement that they spend at least one night on the streets before being eligible for emergency shelter.
  
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• The Latest: Greenpeace says pipeline lawsuit is meritless

  22-08-2017 21:33
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Latest on the Dakota Access oil pipeline developer's lawsuit against environmental groups (all times local):
  
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• Top U.S. Commander Says First New Forces Will Arrive In Afghanistan Soon

  22-08-2017 21:12
  
  The top U.S commander for the Middle East says the first deployments of new U.S. forces will arrive in Afghanistan "pretty quickly.'" 
  
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• Tulsa Police Make Arrest After Finding 76 Pounds Of Marijuana

  22-08-2017 20:50
  
  A Tulsa man is behind bars after police found over 70 pounds of marijuana inside a home.
  
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• Woodward Detective Charged With Child Sexual Abuse

  22-08-2017 20:28
  
  Authorities have charged a Woodward Police detective with two counts of child sexual abuse.
  
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• The Latest: Walker aide: Foxconn to hire Wisconsin residents

  22-08-2017 20:12
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn's plans to build a factory in southeastern Wisconsin (all times local):
  
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• Trump's Afghan plan: Up to 3,900 more troops with deployments starting this week, officials say

  22-08-2017 20:05
  
  U.S. officials said there was no fixed number, but they said the Pentagon has told Trump it needs that many fresh forces in addition to the roughly 8,400 Americans in the country to meet his goals.
  
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• Officials say Trump's Afghan plan involves 3,900 more troops

  22-08-2017 20:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's plan to end the stalemate in America's longest war and eliminate Afghanistan's rising extremist threat involves sending up to 3,900 additional U.S. forces, senior officials said Tuesday. The first deployments could take place within…
  
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• 32 letters filed in support of prof charged in Chicago death

  22-08-2017 19:53
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — More than 30 colleagues and friends of a former Northwestern University professor charged in the brutal stabbing death of a 26-year-old man wrote letters supporting him both as a friend and a scientist whose groundbreaking research might…
  
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• Remains Found In Search For U.S. Sailors Missing After Collision

  22-08-2017 19:48
  
  The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said divers had located bodies inside the stricken USS John S. McCain, a day after the American warship collided with a merchant vessel.
  
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• The Latest: Spain suspect says imam planned to self-immolate

  22-08-2017 19:45
  
  MADRID (AP) — The Latest on news relating to the Spanish attacks (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Officers found meat grinder, lye, bone fragments

  22-08-2017 19:42
  THEODOSIA, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on a girl whose burned remains were found in rural Missouri (all times local):
  
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• Family of Chinese scholar abducted in Illinois to speak

  22-08-2017 19:41
  
  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The parents of a Chinese woman who was abducted while studying at the University of Illinois plan to speak for the first time since an arrest was made.
  
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• Denver to start licensing first pot clubs, but few may apply

  22-08-2017 19:40
  
  DENVER (AP) — Colorado's largest city is on the brink of licensing some of the nation's first legal marijuana clubs.
  
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• US says some remains of sailors found on USS John McCain

  22-08-2017 19:37
  
  SINGAPORE (AP) — Navy divers searching a flooded compartment of the USS John S. McCain found remains of some of the 10 sailors missing in a collision between the warship and an oil tanker, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander said…
  
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• The Latest: University barricades Confederate statue

  22-08-2017 19:33
  
  The Latest on efforts to remove Confederate monuments and the nationwide fallout from a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia (all times local):
  
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• Former Tulsa Public Schools superintendent David Sawyer dies at 72

  22-08-2017 19:30
  
  Tulsa superintendent from 2000 to 2006 remembered by former school board president for "his focus on the kids.”
  
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• Afghanistan vets reassured by Trump reversing calls for exit

  22-08-2017 19:30
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Many veterans who have fought in America's longest war say it's reassuring that President Donald Trump reversed his past calls for a speedy exit from Afghanistan because they don't want the sacrifices they've made to be…
  
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• Burned bones found in rural Missouri identified as teen's

  22-08-2017 19:29
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The burned human bones found on a rural southwest Missouri property have been identified as those of a 16-year-old girl whose biological mother is jailed on a 24-hour investigative hold, authorities said Tuesday.
  
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• Treasury head's wife lambasts 'adorably out of touch' critic

  22-08-2017 19:26
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Louise Linton, the wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, blasted as "adorably out of touch" a person who criticized her Instagram post in which Linton depicted her designer-label outfit.
  
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• Confederate memorial removed from outside Maryland court

  22-08-2017 19:25
  
  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — A Confederate memorial has been removed from outside a Maryland courthouse.
  
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• Suspect in officers' killings made threats on Facebook Live

  22-08-2017 19:21
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in central Florida issued a warning last month about a man who appeared in a Facebook live video threatening to kill police officers — and that same man was arrested last week in the deaths…
  
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• Meth distribution complaint filed against Indian Brotherhood gang members

  22-08-2017 19:15
  Kody Bill Clark, 34, Daniel Wayne Strunk, 43, and Stephanie Renee Tyson, 30, are charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine.
  
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• Closed proceeding interrupts Menendez jury selection

  22-08-2017 19:12
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A closed court proceeding interrupted jury selection Tuesday in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, with attorneys for the New Jersey Democrat later saying he pleaded not guilty to a superseding indictment that was…
  
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• North Korea envoy: US pressure feeds our nuclear program

  22-08-2017 19:04
  GENEVA (AP) — North Korea's envoy to U.N. disarmament talks says "military threats and pressure" from the United States are only serving to drive his country to further develop a nuclear deterrence.
  
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• Iraqi troops push into IS-held town west of Mosul

  22-08-2017 19:03
  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi troops on Tuesday reached the first urban areas of the northern town of Tal Afar on the third day of a multi-pronged operation to retake it from the Islamic State group, a military commander said.
  
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• Barcelona suspect says he thought vans were for house move

  22-08-2017 18:56
  
  MADRID (AP) — A suspect told a Spanish court Tuesday that he had rented the vans used in in last week's attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils but thought they were going to be used for a house move, a person…
  
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