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• Tulsa Police Arrest Man, Girlfriend For Roles In May Homicide

  17-10-2017 23:59
  Tulsa police have arrested a 25-year-old man and his girlfriend for their roles in the May shooting death of Tulsa man Odean Johnson. Police arrested Javonta Williams on a murder complaint stemming from the May 11 fatal shooting of Johnson, whose body was found in the road at 1500 E. 60th Street.
  
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• Cars burn in Tulsa, some under arson investigation

  17-10-2017 23:59
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• Dallas Based Company Buys Tulsa Apartment Complex

  17-10-2017 23:55
  
  A Dallas company just bought an apartment complex in Tulsa. 
  
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• Driver Speeds From One Crash And Causes Another, BAPD Says

  17-10-2017 23:39
  
  A multi-vehicle crash at 81st and Garnett stemmed from a hit-and-run crash a mile away, police say.
  
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• Woman Arrested After Fatal Cherokee County Shooting

  17-10-2017 23:14
  
  One woman was arrested in Cherokee County after deputies say she shot and killed the man she was living with.
  
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• Confederate monuments vandalized in 2 Virginia cities

  17-10-2017 23:08
  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two Confederate monuments in two Virginia cities have been vandalized this week.
  
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• Want to raise an empowered girl? Then let her be funny

  17-10-2017 23:00
  
  Laurie Menser was a 7- or 8-year-old in Rockville, Maryland, when she wandered over to a neighbor's house one day, slipped a glass eye in her mouth and got the attention of the grown-ups in the room. Then she smacked…
  
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• 'Praying to have business': Workers hit hard by wildfires

  17-10-2017 22:56
  
  SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Outside one of the first shops to reopen for business on an empty central square in California wine country, clerk Rhiannon Lorenzini swept the sidewalks as the sky cleared of ash more than a week after…
  
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• Bankruptcy lawyer gets prison for cheating clients of $3.4M

  17-10-2017 22:56
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut bankruptcy attorney who swindled millions of dollars from his clients has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison.
  
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• Tulsa's Oktoberfest Adds Axe-Throwing Booth

  17-10-2017 22:53
  
  Tulsa's Oktoberfest opens to the public on Thursday.  There will be German music and plenty of German food, and something new this year: axe throwing. Axe throwing and beer — sounds like a party. It's that time of year again. Folks are putting the finishing touches on their exhibits. There'll be a new sound around Oktoberfest this year with the Angry Axe Throwing Club's booth. "There's a lot of people that come to Oktoberfest, hopefully everybody wh...
  
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• Man already in Tulsa Jail on shooting charge now faces murder accusation in separate south Tulsa shooting

  17-10-2017 22:45
  
  Javonta Williams is accused of fatally shooting 21-year-old Odean Johnson. Williams already was behind bars in connection with a shooting near Helmerich Park that left a victim critically wounded.
  
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• The Latest: White House slams decision to block travel ban

  17-10-2017 22:38
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — The Latest on a judge in Hawaii blocking the latest version of President Donald Trump's travel ban (all times local):
  
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• Senate moves ahead on GOP budget that's key to taxes

  17-10-2017 22:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is moving ahead on a Republican budget plan, a critical step in President Donald Trump and the party's politically imperative drive to cut taxes and simplify the IRS code.
  
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• Ex-Chicago detective refuses to answer murder case questions

  17-10-2017 22:38
  CHICAGO (AP) — A former Chicago police detective who was ordered by a judge to testify in a decades-old homicide investigation is refusing to answer questions.
  
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• Judge: 'Breathtaking' lack of leadership on Flint water

  17-10-2017 22:33
  DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered Flint, Michigan, to choose a long-term source of drinking water by next week, saying the City Council so far is showing a "breathtaking" lack of leadership.
  
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• Police arrest teen in killing of young siblings in Colorado

  17-10-2017 22:30
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police arrested a 19-year-old man Tuesday in the stabbing deaths of his young brother and sister and an attack on his father in their Colorado home.
  
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• Court extends house arrest for Russian theater director

  17-10-2017 22:30
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia's capital ruled Tuesday to extend the house arrest of a widely revered theater and film director.
  
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• Lawmaker: Higher-up told me sexual favors would help bill

  17-10-2017 22:29
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island lawmaker says a higher-ranking legislator told her sexual favors would allow her bills to go further.
  
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• Man admits fatally shooting daughter over lack of 'respect'

  17-10-2017 22:28
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — A suburban Cleveland man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his daughter while she slept, saying he believed she disrespected his rules by coming home late and not cleaning her room.
  
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• States sue DeVos to get for-profit college rule restored

  17-10-2017 22:24
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventeen states and the District of Columbia are suing the U.S. Department of Education over its decision to block an Obama-era rule designed to protect students from being defrauded by for-profit colleges.
  
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• NY sets new rules for solitary confinement in local jails

  17-10-2017 22:23
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is adopting new standards for the treatment of prisoners held in solitary confinement in local jails.
  
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• Grassley threatens Trump EPA nominees over biofuels mandate

  17-10-2017 22:23
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator said Tuesday he may seek to block President Donald Trump's nominees for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency unless the administration backs off a proposed reduction in the volume of biofuels blended into…
  
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• VA seeks 'narrow' exemption to for-profit college ethics law

  17-10-2017 21:55
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs said Tuesday it would proceed with a narrow waiver to a federal ethics law banning employees from receiving benefits from for-profit colleges after dropping plans for a broader exemption.
  
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• Bipartisan Deal Reached On Obamacare Payments, Says GOP Senator

  17-10-2017 21:55
  
  A leading Republican senator says he and a top Democrat have reached an agreement on a plan to extend federal payments to health insurers that President Trump has blocked.
  
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• DA who dropped Weinstein case rethinking campaign donations

  17-10-2017 21:54
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A furor over the Manhattan district attorney's decision to shut down a groping investigation of Harvey Weinstein two years ago is putting a spotlight on the DA's practice of taking campaign contributions from defense attorneys.
  
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• Judge tells Flint, Michigan, to pick long-term water source

  17-10-2017 21:52
  DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ordered Flint, Michigan, to choose a long-term source of drinking water by next week, saying the City Council so far is showing a "breathtaking" lack of leadership.
  
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• Daughter Of Former Tulsa Police Officer Testifies In Fourth Murder Trial

  17-10-2017 21:52
  
  The daughter of former Tulsa Police Officer Shannon Kepler’s daughter took the stand Tuesday in her father’s fourth murder trial.
  
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• Chicago fires 2 officers in United passenger dragging case

  17-10-2017 21:49
  CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Department of Aviation has fired two security officers who were involved in an incident in which a passenger was dragged off a United Airlines flight after refusing to give up his seat.
  
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• Stabbing, dismemberment conviction stands in Louisiana

  17-10-2017 21:40
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Supreme Court says it won't hear an appeal from a man convicted of killing a French Quarter dancer and dismembering her body.
  
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• Menendez defense testimony continues as Pence weighs in

  17-10-2017 21:36
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Testimony from defense witnesses in the bribery trial of Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez on Tuesday included a curious story involving the former governor of Florida and a zinger by a prosecutor that left jurors chuckling…
  
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• Silver Alert Canceled; Sapulpa Man With Alzheimer's Found

  17-10-2017 21:34
  
  Tulsa Police have canceled a Silver Alert for an elderly man with Alzheimer's Disease. Robert Lively is safe and will be returning to Oklahoma.
  
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• Minnesota judge allows 'necessity defense' in pipeline case

  17-10-2017 21:33
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has taken the unusual step of allowing four protesters to use a "necessity defense," enabling them to present evidence that the threat of climate change from Canadian tar sands crude is so imminent that…
  
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• 4 Tulsa Men Apprehended For Poaching Illinois River Fish

  17-10-2017 21:33
  
   Four men from Tulsa were ticketed with a dozen citations totaling more than $3,000 after a Cherokee County game warden busted them illegally netting the river for fish.  
  
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• The Latest: Iraqi PM calls for dialogue after Kirkuk

  17-10-2017 21:32
  
  KIRKUK, Iraq (AP) — The Latest on developments in Iraq, day after Iraqi forces took back the disputed city of Kirkuk, forcing Kurdish fighters to leave (all times local):
  
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• Catalans protest sedition case, court declares vote illegal

  17-10-2017 21:30
  
  BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain's top court ruled Tuesday that an independence referendum in Catalonia was unconstitutional, adding weight to government efforts to block the region from breaking away from the rest of the country but not persuading demonstrators demanding…
  
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• 'Rosie The Riveter' To Be Grand Marshall Of Tulsa Christmas Parade

  17-10-2017 21:29
  
  Tulsa's own "Rosie the Riveter" will be the grand marshal of the 2017 Christmas Parade, the planning committee announced.  
  
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• Air Force Academy probes alleged cheating, misconduct

  17-10-2017 21:29
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Cheating by more than a dozen freshman cadets on a test and alleged misconduct by members of the lacrosse team are under separate investigations at the Air Force Academy.
  
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• After IS collapse in Raqqa, US faces other extremism threats

  17-10-2017 21:29
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The imminent fall of the Islamic State's de facto capital leaves America a multitude of tasks to restore stability in the Middle East, starting with pockets of remaining IS resistance in Syria and Iraq.
  
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• Senators reach deal on resuming payments to health insurers

  17-10-2017 21:28
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Key senators reached a breakthrough deal Tuesday on resuming federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked. Insurers had warned that unless the money is quickly restored, premiums will go up.
  
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• The Latest: Michigan judge rescinds order in custody case

  17-10-2017 21:26
  SANDUSKY, Mich. (AP) — The Latest on hearing over joint legal custody given to convicted sex offender (all times local):
  
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• Idaho wary of Obama 'leftovers' working on sage grouse plan

  17-10-2017 21:26
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter says the state has to be vigilant monitoring the federal government's creation of a new sage grouse conservation plan because of federal employees who worked on the previous plan that caused…
  
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• US-backed forces celebrate fall of IS 'capital' of Raqqa

  17-10-2017 21:24
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian forces celebrated in the devastated streets of Raqqa on Tuesday after gaining control of the northern city that once was the heart of the Islamic State's self-styled caliphate, dealing a major defeat to the extremist…
  
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• Judge in Hawaii blocks latest version of Trump's travel ban

  17-10-2017 21:24
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge in Hawaii blocked the Trump administration Tuesday from enforcing its latest travel ban, just hours before it was set to take effect.
  
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• Video of teen girls shouting racial slur under investigation

  17-10-2017 21:20
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A video that appears to show five teenagers shouting a racial slur and expletive while laughing is under investigation by Utah school officials, a school district said Tuesday, and the NAACP has called for harsh…
  
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• Trump hails Greece's economic revival at White House meeting

  17-10-2017 21:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump reaffirmed the United States' commitment to Greece's economic recovery at the White House on Tuesday, a meeting that allowed the country's prime minister to brush aside rough comments he made about Trump during the…
  
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• Key state witness asked about his tearful testimony during Shannon Kepler's fourth murder trial

  17-10-2017 21:15
  
  Josh Mills faced cross-examination along the same lines as what brought him to tears on the stand the day before, even being asked about why he cried and his recent stay at a mental health facility.
  
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• 2 admit roles in $24M benefits scheme that targeted veterans

  17-10-2017 21:11
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former official at a New Jersey university and another woman have admitted their roles in a scheme that stole more than $24 million from a federal education benefits program designed to help veterans.
  
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• Nebraska man accused of helping Florida girlfriend kill self

  17-10-2017 21:09
  
  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man accused of helping his Florida girlfriend kill herself after she told him she had cancer appears to have taken her story at face value and didn't push her to seek medical treatment or…
  
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• Jurors begin deliberating in blogger beheading plot trial

  17-10-2017 21:09
  
  BOSTON (AP) — Is a man charged with plotting to behead conservative blogger Pamela Geller a dangerous Islamic State supporter who sought to wage war on the U.S.? Or is he a lost young man who never meant any harm?
  
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• Tulsa Police Arrest Man, Girlfriend In May Homicide

  17-10-2017 21:08
  
   Police arrested Javonta Williams on a murder complaint stemming from the May 11 fatal shooting of Odean Johnson, whose body was found in the road at 1500 E. 60th Street. 
  
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