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• Ethiopia's ruling coalition names new chairman, set to be PM

  27-03-2018 23:44
  ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia's ruling coalition named a chairman set to become the country's new prime minister late Tuesday amid the latest state of emergency in Africa's second most populous nation.
  
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• Decade-long makeover of King Tut's tomb nearly completed

  27-03-2018 23:44
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A nearly decade-long makeover of King Tut's tomb aimed at preserving one of Egypt's most important archaeological sites and also one of its most popular tourist attractions is close to complete, the Getty Conservation Institute of…
  
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• Decision to add citizenship question to census draws protest

  27-03-2018 23:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's decision to ask people about their citizenship in the 2020 census set off worries among Democrats on Tuesday that immigrants will dodge the survey altogether, diluting political representation for states that tend to vote…
  
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• The Latest: California county to join US 'sanctuary' lawsuit

  27-03-2018 23:40
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a proposal for Orange County to join a lawsuit over California's so-called sanctuary law (all times local):
  
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• Trump to end deportation protection for Liberians

  27-03-2018 23:37
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is ending a program that allows citizens of Liberia living in the U.S. to avoid deportation. But it's allowing a one-year "wind-down" period to ease their return.
  
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• Former Michigan State dean charged in Larry Nassar scandal

  27-03-2018 23:37
  
  EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The sexual abuse scandal at Michigan State University widened Tuesday when authorities charged a former dean not only with failing to keep sports doctor Larry Nassar in line but with sexually harassing female students and…
  
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• APNewsBreak: American Samoans sue for birthright citizenship

  27-03-2018 23:36
  HONOLULU (AP) — American Samoa residents living in Utah filed a lawsuit Tuesday in a second attempt to gain citizenship status for residents of the U.S. territory in the South Pacific.
  
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• 5 killed as car plunges off California's coastal highway

  27-03-2018 23:33
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities say five people were killed when a vehicle plunged about 100 feet (30 meters) off a cliff along Northern California's scenic Pacific Coast Highway near Mendocino.
  
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• Leaders of Orange County, California, vote to join Trump administration lawsuit against state's immigrant sanctuary law

  27-03-2018 23:30
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Leaders of Orange County, California, vote to join Trump administration lawsuit against state's immigrant sanctuary law.
  
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• Senator asks NRA to detail foreign donors, spending

  27-03-2018 23:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. senator wants the National Rifle Association to turn over information about funding it receives from foreign sources and how it spends that money.
  
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• Neighbor convicted in Ohio college student's killing

  27-03-2018 23:26
  TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man has been convicted of killing a university student who disappeared while bicycling.
  
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• Lawsuit: Mississippi 'harsh' in denying ex-con voting rights

  27-03-2018 23:23
  
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has enacted unfair barriers that stop former convicts from regaining their right to vote, a new federal lawsuit says.
  
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• Tulsa Organization Helping At-Risk Youths Seeking Donations

  27-03-2018 23:21
  
  A Tulsa organization that helps at-risk youth and families is looking for donations for an annual event.
  
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• Airplane strikes man during Navy's polar ice exercise

  27-03-2018 23:16
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by an airplane taking off from ice in Alaska's Beaufort Sea during Navy exercises.
  
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• The Latest: Girlfriend of French supermarket shooter charged

  27-03-2018 23:12
  
  PARIS (AP) — The latest on the Islamic extremist attack in southern France (all times local):
  
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• Wagoner County road caves after extensive rainfall

  27-03-2018 23:09
  Crews are working to repair a stretch of road in Wagoner County that caved after extensive rainfall drenched the area in Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Lawmaker withdraws anti-porn bill, citing 'dubious origins'

  27-03-2018 23:09
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A proposal that would have required a filter for online pornography that could be lifted with a $20 fee was withdrawn Tuesday by a lawmaker who cited its "dubious origins."
  
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• Alleged drug trafficker charged in smuggling from Mexico

  27-03-2018 23:09
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An alleged drug trafficker was accused Tuesday of flooding the New York City area with large quantities of fentanyl from Mexico at a time when overdoses related to the powerful opioid have skyrocketed.
  
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• Mormon church to allow parents in youth bishop meetings

  27-03-2018 23:08
  
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Mormon church is changing its guidelines for how local leaders handle sexual abuse reports and one-on-one meetings with youth a week after a former prominent missionary leader was accused of sexually assaulting two women…
  
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• Lawmakers: Let 18- to 21-year-olds drive 18-wheelers across the country

  27-03-2018 23:00
  
  Safety groups have slammed the plan, saying that long-haul rides are riskier for drivers with less experience.
  
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• Man sentenced in 'Puppy Doe' animal cruelty case

  27-03-2018 22:57
  
  DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Polish national convicted of abusing a dog so severely that it had to be euthanized was sentenced Tuesday in Massachusetts, nearly five years after the dog known as "Puppy Doe" was found abandoned.
  
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• Federal charges against man accused in child porn video case

  27-03-2018 22:54
  MILLBROOK, Ala. (AP) — A man arrested in Alabama and accused of producing a viral child porn video has been charged in federal court.
  
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• 2 officers in black man's fatal shooting won't be charged

  27-03-2018 22:53
  
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's attorney general ruled out criminal charges Tuesday against two white Baton Rouge police officers in the shooting of a black man whose death led to widespread protests nearly two years ago.
  
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• Pope visits retired pontiff after doctored letter scandal

  27-03-2018 22:50
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis met Tuesday with Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI in the first known contact between the two, following a major gaffe by Francis' communications chief over his misrepresentation of a letter from the retired pontiff.
  
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• Expert says Brexit campaign used data mined from Facebook

  27-03-2018 22:49
  
  LONDON (AP) — The computer expert who alleges a trove of Facebook data was improperly used to help Donald Trump's White House bid said Tuesday that he strongly believes the information was also used by the Brexit movement that persuaded…
  
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• Ex-Weinstein assistant says she tried to stop him in 1998

  27-03-2018 22:46
  
  LONDON (AP) — Harvey Weinstein's former assistant says she tried to stop him abusing women two decades ago, making him sign a legal agreement that required him to seek therapy and mend his ways.
  
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• Elderly Driver Causes Wrong-Way Tulsa Wreck, Police Say

  27-03-2018 22:03
  
  The westbound lanes of Highway 11 near the Tulsa International Airport have been reopened following a wreck involving a wrong-way driver.
  
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• Bomb Threats Prompt Evacuations At Claremore Schools

  27-03-2018 20:43
  
  According to the Claremore Police Department Facebook page, they are “in the early stages of investigating bomb threats at various public schools in Claremore.”
  
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• Woman Escapes High Water In Wagoner County

  27-03-2018 20:40
  
  Emergency crews responded to Wagoner County after a motorist became stranded in high water on Ben Lumpkin Road.
  
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• Trae Young Makes AP All-American Team

  27-03-2018 18:33
  
  University of Oklahoma freshman basketball player Trae Young has been named to the AP All-American Team.  
  
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• Potholes Flatten Tires On Highway 169 In Tulsa

  27-03-2018 16:09
  
  Potholes bent rims and flattened tires on Highway 169 in Tulsa Tuesday morning.
  
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• Narcotics Suspect Captured After Escaping Custody In Cleveland

  27-03-2018 16:05
  
  Cleveland Police have re-captured a man who escaped custody from a patrol car Tuesday morning.
  
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• Pot Holes Flatten Tires On Highway 169 In Tulsa

  27-03-2018 15:30
  
  Several vehicles on northbound Highway 169 were on the shoulder with front flat tires between the BA Expressway and 31st Street Tuesday morning. 
  
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• Burglar Steals Cigarettes From Tulsa Drug Store

  27-03-2018 15:09
  
  Police are looking for the person who broke into a Tulsa drug store early Tuesday and stole cigarettes.  
  
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• Rally For Teachers: Sand Springs Families Show Their Support

  27-03-2018 15:05
  
  Parents at a Sand Springs elementary school held a rally Tuesday in support of teachers, with a potential walkout just six days away.
  
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• Oklahoma Teaching Students May Not Graduate If Schools Shut Down

  27-03-2018 14:55
  
  Due to the possible school shutdown, the graduation of future Oklahoma teachers may be in jeopardy.
  
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• OK Company Works To Develop Armor For Students

  27-03-2018 13:44
  
  In the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and the March for Our Lives movement, one Oklahoma company is working to keep students safe in school.
  
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• 'Left Lane' Law Nets 60 Citations After 3 Months

  27-03-2018 13:22
  
  Since going into effect in November, Oklahoma's "left lane" law has netted dozens of citations across the state. 
  
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• Cigarettes Stolen During Tulsa Drug Store Burglary

  27-03-2018 12:47
  
  Police are looking for the person who they say broke into a Tulsa drug store early Tuesday and stole some cigarettes.   Officers say the alarm inside the Walgreens store at 51st and Sheridan started going off around 1:20 a.m.
  
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• Greenpeace leaves sustainable wood certification group

  27-03-2018 12:27
  
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Greenpeace is withdrawing from the main global group for certifying sustainable wood, saying the organization it helped found more than two decades ago is failing to protect natural forests from exploitation.
  
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• Flood Watch Continues Tuesday For Eastern Oklahoma

  27-03-2018 12:24
  
  Pockets of moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall will continue to move across the eastern Oklahoma region this morning through the midday period before shifting southward by afternoon and evening.
  
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• Train's visit to Beijing raises speculation of Kim visit

  27-03-2018 12:23
  
  BEIJING (AP) — Speculation about a visit to Beijing by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un or another high-level Pyongyang official was running high Tuesday amid talk of preparations for a meeting between the North's reclusive leader and U.S. President…
  
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• Parent-Teacher Group To Show Their Support For Sand Springs Teachers

  27-03-2018 12:21
  
  Parents at a Sand Springs elementary school will host a rally Tuesday in support of teachers.
  
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• Thousands in Russian city rally after shopping mall fire

  27-03-2018 12:14
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of angry and distraught Russians rallied Tuesday in a Siberian city to demand a full probe into a shopping mall fire that killed at least 64 people, many of them children.
  
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• Four Finalists In Tulsa Gathering Place March Reading Madness Challenge

  27-03-2018 11:57
  
  The Gathering Place is challenging kids to read even before it opens.  The March Reading Madness Challenge is winding down and four schools have come out on top. 
  
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• Fight fire with fire: opponents borrow from Trump's playbook

  27-03-2018 11:49
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Looking to get ahead in President Donald Trump's Washington? Borrow his media playbook.
  
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• Man Rescued From Arkansas River Sandbar Near Bixby

  27-03-2018 11:20
  
  Tulsa firefighters and deputies rescued a man who got himself trapped in rising waters on the Arkansas River late Monday in the Bixby area.
  
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• How Facebook was able to siphon off phone call and text logs

  27-03-2018 11:14
  
  The news that Facebook's Android app has been collecting call and text histories is yet another black eye for the social media giant. But just why was Facebook able to siphon off records of who its users were contacting —…
  
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• Bahrain, UAE say Qatari jets interfering with their flights

  27-03-2018 11:14
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Authorities in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates are again accusing Qatari military jets of interfering with their flights, the latest accusations amid the Arab countries' boycott of Doha over a diplomatic dispute.
  
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• Whistleblower at center of privacy scandal to testify in UK

  27-03-2018 10:59
  
  LONDON (AP) — The whistleblower at the heart of the Facebook privacy scandal is set to testify before British lawmakers investigating the increasing rise of fake news.
  
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