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• New Renderings Show What Downtown Development Project Could Be

  06-09-2017 23:54
  
  After months of conversation, Tulsans can finally see the first renderings of a big development proposed for downtown Tulsa.
  
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• Vandals Take Baseball Bat To Mannford Mother’s Minivan

  06-09-2017 23:27
  
  A Mannford mother is very frustrated after someone busted out the windows of her minivan. 
  
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• Former State Senator Shortey Federally Indicted

  06-09-2017 23:19
  
  The federal indictment against former Republican state Sen. Ralph Shortey comes five months after police found him in a hotel room with a 17-year-old boy. Shortey, 35, turned himself into federal authorities early Tuesday morning, according to a News 9 source. The indictment filed in U.S. District Court (District of Oklahoma) remained under seal Tuesday morning, making for a significantly more discreet surrender than he’d made in the past. “I have no comment at this time...
  
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• Green Country Couple Celebrates 75 Years Of Marriage

  06-09-2017 23:10
  
  When two people get married they, of course, hope to be happily ever-aftering for a long time. When the union lasts 75 years, the rest of us want to know the secret.
  
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• New Evidence Could Overturn Tulsa Man's Murder Conviction

  06-09-2017 22:50
  
  Kevin Warrior is serving a life sentence but a new development may set him free. 
  
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• 15 states, DC sue Trump administration over ending DACA

  06-09-2017 21:40
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fifteen states and the District of Columbia sued Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation — an act Washington state's attorney general called part of a "dark…
  
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• The Latest: Florida Keys under mandatory evacuation order

  06-09-2017 21:37
  
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest news related to Hurricane Irma in Florida (all times local):
  
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• Jenks officials break ground on long-anticipated project to widen Main Street

  06-09-2017 21:30
  
  The $10.5 million project will widen Main Street to four lanes from Elm Street to U.S. 75 and is expected to be completed in June 2018.
  
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• Houston cleanup has little crime and lots of helping hands

  06-09-2017 21:15
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — After riding out Hurricane Harvey in a motel and waiting an agonizing week for the waist-high waters to recede, 71-year-old Bob Janak returned to his wrecked home for the first time to find it swarming with people.
  
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• Federal utility: Coal ash removal would take 24 years

  06-09-2017 21:15
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal utility says it would take 24 years to excavate and move a Tennessee power plant's coal ash under court orders that it still might appeal.
  
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• Sphere sculpture has new home overlooking 9/11 memorial

  06-09-2017 21:12
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A bronze sphere damaged during the Sept. 11 attacks is now at its permanent home overlooking the rebuilt World Trade Center site.
  
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• Rains from monster Hurricane Irma begin hitting Puerto Rico

  06-09-2017 21:09
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Heavy rain and 185-mph winds lashed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico's northeast coast Wednesday as Hurricane Irma roared through Caribbean islands on its way to a possible hit on South Florida.
  
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• US cautiously welcomes Russia's call for UN force in Ukraine

  06-09-2017 21:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States cautiously welcomed a Russian proposal to send U.N. peacekeepers into eastern Ukraine, but insisted Wednesday the force should be deployed throughout embattled eastern Ukraine and not just on the line of conflict.
  
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• See inside the underground bank below popular Tulsa restaurant The Vault

  06-09-2017 21:00
  
  The building started out in the late 1950s as the ultra-modern First National Auto Bank, Tulsa's first drive-through.
  
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• NYC to offer free lunch to all public school students

  06-09-2017 21:00
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City public schools will offer free lunch to every student when the new school year starts.
  
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• Michigan county wins court challenge over Christian prayers

  06-09-2017 20:57
  DETROIT (AP) — Christian prayers publicly offered by elected officials in a Michigan county don't run afoul of the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court said Wednesday, rejecting a challenge by a local man who contends the practice violates the…
  
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• Judge dismisses sex assault lawsuit against Brown University

  06-09-2017 20:56
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought against Brown University by a student from another Providence college, who said her rights were violated when she was allegedly raped by three Brown football players.
  
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• GOP Rep. Reichert of Washington state retiring after 7 terms

  06-09-2017 20:55
  
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Republican Rep. Dave Reichert of Washington state said Wednesday that he is retiring from Congress after seven terms.
  
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• Walker taking applications for Clarke successor as sheriff

  06-09-2017 20:54
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is seeking applicants to succeed David Clarke as sheriff in Milwaukee County.
  
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• Kentucky abortion clinic's future at stake in federal trial

  06-09-2017 20:54
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Attorneys for Kentucky's last abortion clinic said as a federal trial opened Wednesday that state regulators are using "onerous" rules to try to shut it down, predicting some women would "take the matter into their own…
  
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• Labor Day kayaking trip for 3 on Lake Ontario turns deadly

  06-09-2017 20:52
  SOMERSET, N.Y. (AP) — Conditions on Lake Ontario began to get rough around the time twin brothers Jacob and Nathaniel McCormick and their friend Joseph Williams launched their kayak for a Labor Day outing in western New York.
  
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• France to ban oil, gas output on home soil in symbolic step

  06-09-2017 20:49
  
  PARIS (AP) — France's government has unveiled a law to ban all production and exploration of oil and natural gas by 2040 on the country's mainland and overseas territories.
  
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• 15 states sue Trump on rollback of immigrant protections

  06-09-2017 20:49
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a lawsuit filed by multiple states against President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation.(all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Authorities confirm identity of deceased kayaker

  06-09-2017 20:48
  SOMERSET, N.Y. (AP) — The Latest on the death of a Pennsylvania man while kayaking on Lake Ontario in New York with his twin brother and a friend (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Defense: No evidence that Menendez took bribes

  06-09-2017 20:45
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez's corruption trial (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Catalan lawmakers hold heated debate on vote

  06-09-2017 20:42
  
  MADRID (AP) — The Latest on the Catalan parliament's vote to pave the way for an independence referendum (all times local):
  
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• 7 live sharks, 3 dead ones found in home's basement pool

  06-09-2017 20:39
  LAGRANGEVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Seven live sharks and three dead ones have been seized from a pool in the basement of a home in New York's Hudson Valley.
  
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• The Latest: Trump thinks congress will come up with DACA fix

  06-09-2017 20:35
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Congress and DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (all times local):
  
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• Civil rights group wants Kid Rock Detroit concerts canceled

  06-09-2017 20:33
  DETROIT (AP) — A civil rights organization is demanding the cancellation of concerts by Kid Rock at a new sports arena in Detroit, saying his criticism of NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick was a "dog whistle" to white supremacist groups.
  
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• Oklahoma Woman Gets 30 Years For Enabling Child Sexual Abuse

  06-09-2017 20:26
  
  An Oklahoma woman charged with allowing a 7-year-old in her care to be sexually exploited was sentenced to 30 years in prison.  
  
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• Washington, Other States Will Sue Over Immigration Move

  06-09-2017 20:17
  
  Washington state's attorney general says he will file a lawsuit involving multiple states over President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation -- an act he said was "a dark time for our country."
  
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• Fallin Announces Plan To Call For Special Legislative Session

  06-09-2017 20:13
  
  Gov. Mary Fallin released a statement, Wednesday afternoon, in which she announced her plan to call for a special legislative session for Oklahoma lawmakers to address the ongoing budget problem.
  
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• Trump Agrees To Debt Limit Hike, Short-Term Spending Bill

  06-09-2017 20:05
  
  President Trump and congressional leaders have agreed to pass aid for the Hurricane Harvey relief effort, a three-month extension of the debt limit and a short-term government spending bill.
  
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• Morris Schools Reopen As Search For Escaped Inmate Continues

  06-09-2017 18:58
  
  The search for an escaped inmate forced one Okmulgee County school district to briefly go on lockdown Tuesday, but students returned to class Wednesday.
  
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• Trump gets millions from golf members; CEOs and lobbyists get access to president

  06-09-2017 18:37
  
  Dozens of lobbyists, contractors and others who make their living influencing the government pay President Trump’s companies for membership in his private golf clubs, a status that can put them in close contact with the president, a USA TODAY investigation…
  
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• Manson disciple who was 19 during murders seeks parole again

  06-09-2017 18:30
  
  CHINO, Calif. (AP) — The youngest of Charles Mason's murderous followers will attempt once more to persuade a parole panel she has reformed and — at age 68 — deserves to be released from prison.
  
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• Top senator sees both parties blamed if no health compromise

  06-09-2017 18:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Both parties must give ground to craft a compromise bill shoring up the nation's individual health insurance markets or they'll be blamed for hurting millions of consumers, the chairman of the Senate health committee said Wednesday.
  
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• Flight attendant wins discrimination case against Aeroflot

  06-09-2017 18:23
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court on Wednesday ruled in favor of a flight attendant who said Russia's flagship airline stopped assigning her to work long-haul international flights because of her weight.
  
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• The Latest: NWS director 'very worried' about Florida Keys

  06-09-2017 18:21
  
  KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — The Latest news related to Hurricane Irma in Florida (all times local):
  
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• Trump rejects NKorea talks but key nations split on strategy

  06-09-2017 18:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a flurry of phone calls with world leaders, President Donald Trump took a tough line against negotiating with North Korea as the communist country's latest nuclear test exposed stark differences among international leaders for containing the…
  
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• GOP Rep. Reichert of Washington state retires after 7 terms

  06-09-2017 18:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Dave Reichert of Washington state says he is retiring from Congress after seven terms.
  
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• House passes bill to speed deployment of self-driving cars

  06-09-2017 18:13
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill to speed the introduction of self-driving cars by giving the federal government authority to exempt automakers from safety standards not applicable to the technology.
  
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• Dali foundation: DNA test disproves artist paternity suit

  06-09-2017 18:06
  MADRID (AP) — A paternity test has disproved a Spanish woman's claim that she is the daughter of surrealist artist Salvador Dali, the deceased painter's foundation announced Wednesday.
  
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• Trump to push Democrats on tax overhaul in North Dakota

  06-09-2017 18:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump aims to pitch tax reform as an opportunity for bipartisan cooperation during a speech Wednesday in North Dakota, where he'll be joined by the state's Democratic senator.
  
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• What his friend, his Facebook page and police say about the Owasso man arrested in fatal hit-and-run targeting homeless people

  06-09-2017 18:00
  
  Jeremy Thacker, 40, is being held without bond on a first-degree murder complaint in the Monday morning death of 46-year-old Shawn Birdo.VIDEO: Tulsa hit-and-run suspect whom police say targeted people who are homeless arrested for murder and assault
  
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• Before start of trial, Menendez says, 'I will be vindicated'

  06-09-2017 18:00
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez said, "Not once have I dishonored my public office," before he entered a courthouse for the start of his federal corruption trial Wednesday that could threaten his political career and potentially the…
  
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• $1.7 million in public investment proposed for 500-slot parking garage in downtown

  06-09-2017 18:00
  
  A rendering of a 500-slot garage and 3,000 feet of initial retail space is included in a mayor's recommendation to the Tulsa Development Authority to award First Place LLC, $1.67 million for the project at Fourth and Main streets.
  
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• Photos show Houston's devastation, recovery from Harvey

  06-09-2017 17:59
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Photos taken just a week apart show how the Houston area is starting to recover after the devastation of Harvey's catastrophic floods that left homes and roads under several feet of water.
  
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• The Latest: Kansas moves 90 inmates after prison disturbance

  06-09-2017 17:57
  NORTON, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on a disturbance at a state prison in northwestern Kansas (all times local):
  
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• Official says Texas gas supply recovering after Harvey

  06-09-2017 17:56
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas official says the state's gasoline supply is recovering quickly after shortages he blames on hoarding and panic buying due to Harvey.
  
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