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• Tulsa Man Charged In OHP Patrol Car Theft Case

  01-03-2018 23:17
  A 32-year-old Tulsa man is facing a dozen charges after he was accused of stealing an Oklahoma Highway Patrol car February 18. Troopers said Cody Carrigan was pulled over for driving without a seatbelt on the Creek Turnpike, but then learned the car Carrigan was in was stolen. The trooper arrested Carrigan and placed him in the front seat of the patrol car, but when the trooper looked away, Carrigan slipped out of his handcuffs and got behind the wheel of the car and drove away, dragging the tro
  
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• Tulsa Police Search For Man Charged With Child Sexual Abuse

  01-03-2018 20:58
  The Tulsa Police Department is on the lookout for a Tulsa man who they said has been charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a minor. Police issued a warrant February 23 for Anthony Miller Jr. after an 11-year-old victim came forward and told her teacher that she'd been molested by Miller.
  
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• Wind group denies involvement in Oklahoma lawmaker tracking

  01-03-2018 17:00
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Wind Coalition denies that it hired a Texas political consultant to follow an Oklahoma legislator.
  
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• 194 flu deaths recorded as second strain sends new wave of illness across Oklahoma

  01-03-2018 17:00
  
  Tulsa County had 38 deaths and 1,055 hospitalizations as of Tuesday, the state health department said. The figures are the highest of any county or region in the state.
  
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• Trump says some lawmakers too fearful of NRA to act on guns

  01-03-2018 16:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Putting fellow Republicans in the hot seat, President Donald Trump is calling for quick and substantial changes to the nation's gun laws even as he criticizes lawmakers for being too fearful of the National Rifle Association to…
  
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• The Latest: Teachers' pay raise bill heads to Senate panel

  01-03-2018 16:58
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Latest on a statewide walkout by teachers in West Virginia over pay and benefits (all times local):
  
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• White House to highlight administration anti-opioid efforts

  01-03-2018 16:57
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is hosting a summit to highlight Trump administration efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
  
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• Person robbed while trying to make bank deposit

  01-03-2018 16:56
  Tulsa police are investigating after a person was reportedly robbed while trying to deposit money at a Bank of Oklahoma branch in north Tulsa.
  
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• Slovak police raid houses owned by alleged Italian mafia

  01-03-2018 16:55
  
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovak police conducted raids Thursday on houses linked to alleged members of the Italian mafia in connection with the recent slaying of an investigative journalist.
  
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• Scott Pruitt to sit in coach on his 'very next flight' after first-class travel scrutinized

  01-03-2018 16:53
  
  The news of Pruitt's flight plans came after a Republican-led congressional committee demanded records related to Pruitt's premium-class flights. Pruitt defended his use of premium-class airfare in media interviews in the past few weeks, saying security concerns were raised after…
  
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• Inquiry: UK must compensate child migrant program survivors

  01-03-2018 16:47
  LONDON (AP) — The British government must pay compensation to 2,000 people who were sent overseas as children to countries where many met harsh conditions, neglect and abuse, a major inquiry into child abuse said Thursday.
  
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• AP-NORC Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say Trump a racist

  01-03-2018 16:44
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of Americans, including large majorities of blacks and Hispanics, think President Donald Trump is a racist. More than half think his policies have made things worse for Hispanics and Muslims, and nearly half say…
  
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• New York airports set passenger record for 6th straight year

  01-03-2018 16:43
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New York-area airports have set a record for passenger traffic for a sixth straight year.
  
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• Jury selection to begin in trial of Pulse shooter's widow

  01-03-2018 16:39
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection began Thursday in the federal trial of Noor Salman, the widow of the man who shot and killed 49 people in a nightclub in 2016.
  
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• The Latest: FBI helping Slovakia over slaying of journalist

  01-03-2018 16:31
  
  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The Latest on the killing of a Slovak investigative journalist (all times local):
  
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• Tulsa-based CommunityCare terminates contract with Hillcrest, alleging $400,000 overbilled to 34 patients

  01-03-2018 16:30
  
  The insurer's CEO said Hillcrest is practicing "prohibited balance billing," which is a violation of state law for charging patients more than their annual HMO rates for health services.
  
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• Pipeline protesters are sitting in trees along its route in West Virginia in an effort to stop construction

  01-03-2018 16:30
  
  Chainsaw crews are cutting trees in Giles County, clearing a path for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. On a ridgetop high above them, protestors are waiting.
  
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• Gunshot at Georgia school ignites debate on arming teachers

  01-03-2018 16:29
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Police say they don't know why a popular teacher allegedly fired a handgun inside his classroom, causing a chaotic lockdown and evacuation of his Georgia high school. But it immediately pierced the national debate over whether educators…
  
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• Gas service stops for thousands of Dallas homes due to leaks

  01-03-2018 16:29
  DALLAS (AP) — Natural gas service will be shut down to thousands of Dallas homes following a series of leaks that has brought repeated evacuations in the wake of a house explosion that killed a 12-year-old girl.
  
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• California's Bay Area sees rain, snow predicted elsewhere

  01-03-2018 16:25
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A major winter storm moved across Northern California on Thursday, bringing heavy snow and strong winds to the Sierra Nevada and steady rain through the region that disrupted the morning commute.
  
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• Elementary Students Perform With Tulsa Symphony In Link Up Program

  01-03-2018 16:22
  The Tulsa Performing Arts Center is overflowing with elementary aged kids this week playing concerts with the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra. The Tulsa Symphony is hosting a PAC-full of third, fourth and fifth graders for some serious music and some interactive fun.
  
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• Health of world's last male northern white rhino in decline

  01-03-2018 16:21
  
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The health of the world's last male northern white rhino has deteriorated, bringing the rhino subspecies a step closer to extinction caused by poaching.
  
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• Jurors deliberate for 2nd day in Pennsylvania mayor trial

  01-03-2018 16:18
  ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors have resumed deliberating in the trial of a Pennsylvania mayor who's charged with trading city contracts for campaign contributions.
  
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• The Latest: Winter storm halts all flights in Dublin

  01-03-2018 16:17
  
  GENEVA (AP) — The Latest on the wintry weather hitting Europe (all times local):
  
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• Georgia Senate to vote on tax bill, Delta benefit dropped

  01-03-2018 16:15
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are expected to vote on a sweeping tax bill that no longer includes a proposed jet fuel tax break which had been in Republicans' crosshairs ever since Delta Air Lines severed ties with the National…
  
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• White House: Trump to announce on steel, aluminum imports

  01-03-2018 16:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump planned to announce Thursday whether he'll impose tariffs or quotas on steel and aluminum imports, a White House official said.
  
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• UN official: Pauses in Syria suburb unilateral, 'not enough'

  01-03-2018 16:07
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — The five-hour daily pauses in fighting in Syria's embattled eastern suburbs of the capital Damascus laid out under a "unilateral" plan by Russia are not enough to take in aid or evacuate civilians, a top U.N. aid…
  
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• German top court overturns murder verdict in drag-race case

  01-03-2018 16:07
  BERLIN (AP) — A German federal appeals court has reversed the murder conviction of two men whose midnight drag race along a Berlin boulevard ended in the death of another motorist.
  
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• Escuelas de Tulsa, envueltas en el temor por atentados Tulsa...

  01-03-2018 11:39
  Tulsa, OK.- La Policia de Bixby se encuentra realizando una investigacion por una amenaza mas que salio a la luz en contra de la escuela de esa primaria de esa zona. Por su parte la superintendente Lydia Wilson, dio un comunicado tanto a padres como alumnos del distrito por medio de la pagina oficial de facebook de la misma escuela, en donde dijo que ese mensaje amenazador hablaba especificamente de un tiroteo, pero no se tiene certeza si en concreto el mensaje esta dirigido a las escuela primar
  
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• Car Stolen From Tulsa Couple 3 Times In 3 Months

  01-03-2018 07:01
  Reaves was face-to-face with a gun Wednesday morning as a guy took off in his girlfriend's 2004 red Monte Carlo. "He stopped real fast, he opened the door," said Reaves.
  
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• Former Tulsa Soccer Coach Takes Stand In Sexting Case

  01-03-2018 02:24
  Testimony began Wednesday in the trial of former Tulsa soccer coach Blake Lewis, who is accused of sexting a 14-year-old girl. Lewis took the stand in his own defense Wednesday afternoon.
  
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