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• Investigation Underway After Death Of Oklahoma County Inmate

  17-04-2018 23:57
  
  An investigating is underway following the death of an Oklahoma County Jail inmate. 
  
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• 1 Dead After Southwest Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Philly

  17-04-2018 23:56
  
  A Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing at Philadelphia's airport Tuesday with part of the covering from its left engine ripped off and a window damaged. Passengers walked off the plane onto the tarmac at the airport.
  
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• Volunteers Do Their Part To Help Tulsa Hospital Run Smoothly

  17-04-2018 23:48
  
  Often, retired couples find the hospital auxiliary is the perfect place to give back together - a simple thing, but so important to making that visit to unfamiliar territory an easier experience.
  
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• Judge Will Not Disqualify Rogers County DA In Bixby Rape Case

  17-04-2018 23:25
  
  Attorneys for four Bixby football players are asking, yet again, for the district attorney to be removed from their sexual assault case.
  
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• The Pences: At home with history and a cat, a dog, a bunny and the bees

  17-04-2018 23:00
  
  Vice President Mike Pence, wife Karen and adult children Michael, Charlotte and Audrey are the seventh family to inhabit the 33-room house on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory. A year in, they have put their own spin on…
  
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• Oklahoma House fends of Senate attempt to outlaw parking under overpasses during storms

  17-04-2018 22:45
  
  The House defeated Senate Bill 1474, which would have outlawed parking under overpasses, despite the assurances of Rep. Chris Kannady, R-Oklahoma City, that overpasses are more dangerous places to wait out a storm.
  
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• The Latest: Jurors hear from lurid Cosby deposition

  17-04-2018 22:43
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on the Bill Cosby's sexual-assault retrial (all times local):
  
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• Fox News: Sean Hannity has our full support

  17-04-2018 22:43
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel said Tuesday that it was as surprised as anyone to learn that Sean Hannity shared a lawyer with President Donald Trump but that its popular prime-time host "continues to have our full support."
  
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• 1 dead after jetliner apparently blows an engine in flight

  17-04-2018 22:43
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Southwest Airlines jet apparently blew an engine at about 30,000 feet and got hit by shrapnel that smashed a window and damaged the fuselage Tuesday, killing a passenger and injuring seven others, authorities said.
  
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• Trump says US and NKorea talking at 'extremely high levels'

  17-04-2018 22:42
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. and North Korea are holding direct talks at "extremely high levels" in preparation for a potential summit with dictator Kim Jong Un.
  
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• Kudlow says Haley 'got ahead of the curve' on sanctions

  17-04-2018 22:41
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump's chief economic adviser said Tuesday that U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley "got ahead of the curve" when she said new sanctions against Russia were imminent.
  
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• The Latest: Company that made jet engine helps investigators

  17-04-2018 22:39
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on a plane making an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local):
  
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• No charges for officers who shot robbery suspect near school

  17-04-2018 22:39
  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont prosecutors say no criminal charges will be filed against police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a bank robbery suspect on the grounds of a high school.
  
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• Chicago body armor ban criticized as too restrictive

  17-04-2018 22:38
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's City Council is expected to water down its ban on most residents wearing body armor after criticism that it could put in danger people such as 7-Eleven store clerks in crime-ridden neighborhoods.
  
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• High court worries about abandoning online sales tax rule

  17-04-2018 22:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sounded concerned Tuesday about doing away with a rule that has meant shoppers don't always get charged sales tax when they hit "checkout" online.
  
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• North Carolina city councilwoman expresses doubt about 9/11

  17-04-2018 22:35
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina city councilwoman is questioning the reality of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed about 3,000 people.
  
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• Judge faults Oklahoma for slow release of execution records

  17-04-2018 22:35
  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma judge has ruled that the governor's office and a public safety agency violated the state Open Records Act when they didn't respond to a newspaper's request for records in a timely manner.
  
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• Massachusetts court strikes down ban on stun guns

  17-04-2018 22:33
  BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts' highest court ruled Tuesday that the state's ban on civilian possession of stun guns violates the U.S. Constitution's right to bear arms.
  
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• Cambridge Analytica ex-CEO refuses to testify in UK

  17-04-2018 22:31
  
  LONDON (AP) — Cambridge Analytica's ex-CEO, Alexander Nix, has refused to testify before the U.K. Parliament's media committee, citing British authorities' investigation into his former company's alleged misuse of data from millions of Facebook accounts in political campaigns.
  
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• Lawsuit alleges discrimination by pregnant prison officer

  17-04-2018 22:29
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California correction officer is suing the state prison system after she says she lost her baby while responding to a fight between inmates when she was pregnant.
  
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• Jury deliberates in case of border agent charged with murder

  17-04-2018 22:29
  
  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Jurors were deliberating Tuesday at the trial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent charged with second-degree murder in the cross-border shooting of a teenager who was throwing rocks at authorities during a drug-smuggling attempt.
  
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• The Latest: Trump cites high-level talks between US, NKorea

  17-04-2018 22:27
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump hosting Japan's Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Police release call from Starbucks employee

  17-04-2018 22:27
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks (all times local):
  
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• Suspect in Iceland's 'Big Bitcoin Heist' escapes prison

  17-04-2018 22:24
  REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A prisoner in Iceland suspected of masterminding the theft of about 600 computers used to mine bitcoin has managed to escape custody and flee the remote North Atlantic nation on a passenger plane.
  
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• Ivanka Trump, treasury secretary talk taxes in New Hampshire

  17-04-2018 22:22
  
  DERRY, N.H. (AP) — Ivanka Trump says Tax Day is nothing to celebrate, but most Americans will be much happier the next time the filing day rolls around.
  
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• The Latest: Jurors deliberating in Kansas bomb plot case

  17-04-2018 22:16
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of three men accused of plotting to bomb a mosque and apartment complex housing Somali immigrants (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Daniels releases sketch of man in parking lot

  17-04-2018 22:15
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and adult film star Stormy Daniels (all times local):
  
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• 2 Indianapolis men charged in shooting that killed girl, 1

  17-04-2018 22:14
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors have charged two Indianapolis men in the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old girl and the wounding of her 19-year-old aunt.
  
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• President Trump says US, NKorea have begun speaking directly 'at very high levels' ahead of Kim Jong Un summit

  17-04-2018 22:13
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump says US, NKorea have begun speaking directly 'at very high levels' ahead of Kim Jong Un summit.
  
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• Trump, Abe to meet despite strain over North Korea, tariffs

  17-04-2018 20:26
  
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Top Trump administration officials say that major concessions, including a possible exemption from steel and aluminum tariffs, could be on the table for Japan as President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet in…
  
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• Distracted driver sentenced to 7 ½ years in fatal crash

  17-04-2018 20:16
  FLORENCE, Ky. (AP) — A driver who admitted using her cellphone when she struck and killed two toddlers and their grandfather in Kentucky has been sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison.
  
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• New sex abuse charges filed against Alabama evangelist

  17-04-2018 20:15
  GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say they've filed new charges against an Alabama youth evangelist accused of sexually abusing children.
  
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• Marijuana-based drug gets positive review from US agency

  17-04-2018 20:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A closely watched medicine made from the marijuana plant reduces seizures in children with severe forms of epilepsy and warrants approval in the United States, health officials said Tuesday.
  
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• Jet with engine, window damage makes emergency landing

  17-04-2018 20:12
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Southwest Airlines jet with part of an engine cover ripped off and a window damaged made an emergency landing at Philadelphia's airport Tuesday, and at least one passenger was taken to the hospital.
  
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• Missouri governor could face charge for charity donor list

  17-04-2018 20:10
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, already facing a felony charge related to an extramarital affair, could soon face another felony count after the state's top prosecutor cited evidence Tuesday suggesting that Greitens' use of a charity…
  
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• City panel OKs policy banning exchanges with Israeli police

  17-04-2018 20:06
  DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina city council is prohibiting its police department from engaging in international exchanges with agencies whose officers receive military-style training.
  
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• Iceland company to resume commercial hunting of fin whales

  17-04-2018 20:05
  
  REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A whaling company in Iceland said Tuesday it is preparing its fleet to bring commercial hunting of fin whales back to the Nordic island nation after a two-year freeze.
  
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• The Latest: Woman says fellow passenger taken to hospital

  17-04-2018 20:04
  
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on a plane making an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Starbucks to close stores for bias training

  17-04-2018 20:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks (all times local):
  
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• Starbucks to close thousands of stores to train employees on racial bias

  17-04-2018 20:03
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks (all times local):
  
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• Defense asks judge to lift house arrest for teen suspect

  17-04-2018 20:02
  
  LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — Defense attorneys are asking a judge to lift house arrest for a teen facing trial on charges she killed and buried her newborn baby near her family's southwestern Ohio home.
  
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• Bills to curtail LGBT rights are failing in US legislatures

  17-04-2018 20:02
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In a striking shift from recent years, major legislation curtailing LGBT rights has been completely stymied in state capitols around the country this year amid anxiety by Republican leaders over igniting economic backlash if they are…
  
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• The Latest: Court strikes down Massachusetts stun gun ban

  17-04-2018 20:01
  BOSTON (AP) — The Latest on the ruling by the supreme court of Massachusetts overturning the state's ban on stun guns. (all times local):
  
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• Jurors get case in nanny murder trial

  17-04-2018 20:01
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors must now decide whether a Manhattan nanny who slaughtered two children was too mentally ill to be held responsible for the killings.
  
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• Mudslide lost and found offers ray of hope amid heartache

  17-04-2018 20:00
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — When a torrent of mud crashed through Mari Mitchel's bedroom in Southern California three months ago, it carried away everything from massive pieces of antique family furniture to a tiny pouch that held her wedding and…
  
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• Forecasters warn of rare, life-threatening wildfire weather

  17-04-2018 20:00
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Forecasters warned of dangerous, life-threatening wildfire conditions in parts of the Southwest and Southern Plains on Tuesday, as a forestry official warned firefighters battling a terrifying deadly blaze in Oklahoma that it would be a "historically…
  
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• Republican Congressman Charlie Dent to resign from House

  17-04-2018 19:52
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, a leader of an influential caucus of GOP moderates and a critic of President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he will resign from Congress in May, after announcing last…
  
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• Authorities to operate DUI checkpoint in Tulsa area Friday evening

  17-04-2018 19:52
  The checkpoint will be at an undisclosed location in the Tulsa area from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
  
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• Prosecutor says lawyer who killed his wife coveted her money

  17-04-2018 19:51
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta attorney who fatally shot his wife coveted her money and killed her intentionally, a prosecutor argued Tuesday. A lawyer for Claud "Tex" McIver said that isn't true; McIver adored his spouse and the case against…
  
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• US regulators float ideas for boosting medical device safety

  17-04-2018 19:48
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday proposed steps to improve the government's system for overseeing medical devices, which has been criticized for years for failing to catch problems with risky implants and medical instruments.
  
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