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• Jenks Picks Riggs As New Head Football Coach

  04-05-2018 23:31
  
  The Jenks School Board is set to name a new head football coach to replace Allan Trimble. 
  
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• Man Arrested For Indecent Exposure In Broken Arrow

  04-05-2018 23:21
  
  Broken Arrow Police says a man is in custody for after he exposed himself in a gas station parking lot. Police say around 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday the suspect named as Mario Lopez-Castillo was sitting in his vehicle in the QuikTrip parking lot near West Houston. Castillo called a female over to his car saying he needed directions.
  
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• Broken Arrow Opens New Dog Park

  04-05-2018 22:12
  
  Broken Arrow dogs and their owners have new place to play: the Rose West Dog Park near 101st and Garnett.  
  
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• Toddler Hurt Falling Off Tractor In Mayes County

  04-05-2018 21:51
  
  A 2-year-old boy was hurt Friday after he fell from a tractor in Mayes County late Friday morning. 
  
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• Now hiring for one day: The gig economy hits retail

  04-05-2018 21:00
  
  As more workers clock in to on-call temp jobs, low-wage employees could feel a squeeze.
  
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• Iowa governor says she'll sign 6-week abortion ban into law

  04-05-2018 20:45
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said she plans to sign a six-week abortion ban into law on Friday that would mark the strictest abortion restrictions in the nation, setting the state up for a lengthy court…
  
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• Arizona wildfire evacuation orders lifted for 100s of homes

  04-05-2018 20:45
  CLINTS WELL, Ariz. (AP) — Evacuation orders have been lifted for hundreds of homes in north-central Arizona that were threatened by a wildfire that destroyed about 35 residences.
  
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• US poised to end Hondurans' special immigration status

  04-05-2018 20:41
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration is expected to end special immigration status granted to nearly 60,000 Hondurans after a devastating hurricane two decades ago.
  
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• Pope extends mandate of Malta envoy, sidelining critic

  04-05-2018 20:40
  
  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has extended the mandate of his envoy to the Knights of Malta lay religious order to oversee reforms, further sidelining Francis' conservative critic, Cardinal Raymond Burke.
  
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• Possible Drowning Reported In Far NE OKC

  04-05-2018 20:38
  
  A possible drowning was reported Friday afternoon in far northeast Oklahoma City. 
  
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• Dozens of Palestinians wounded in 6th weekly Gaza protest

  04-05-2018 20:37
  
  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Black smoke from burning tires mixed with streaks of tear gas fired by Israeli forces Friday as several thousand Palestinians staged a sixth weekly protest on the Gaza-Israel border. At least 70 Palestinians were…
  
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• The Latest: Pence defends gun rights in speech to NRA

  04-05-2018 20:35
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the annual meeting in Dallas of the National Rifle Association (all times local):
  
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• Italy recovers 3 paintings stolen from Bologna-area museums

  04-05-2018 20:35
  
  ROME (AP) — Italy's art police say they've recovered three paintings stolen in recent months from three small Bologna-area museums after identifying the thief from surveillance videos.
  
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• Manhunt for gunman after federal agent shot in Chicago

  04-05-2018 20:31
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A federal agent working on a task force in Chicago designed to stem the flow of illegal guns into the city was shot in the face early Friday, prompting a massive manhunt for the gunman.
  
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• The Latest: Giuliani tries to clarify hush money comments

  04-05-2018 20:30
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels (all times local):
  
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• The Latest: Pence speaks at NRA convention in Dallas

  04-05-2018 20:25
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association (all times local):
  
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• Correction: Zodiac Killer-DNA story

  04-05-2018 20:20
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a story May 3 about the Zodiac Killer investigation, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the killer was dubbed Zodiac because of astrological symbols he included in letters sent to police and media. The killer…
  
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• Judge suggests Mueller's prosecution of Manafort is designed to squeeze him for Trump dirt

  04-05-2018 20:17
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday asked pointed questions about special counsel Robert Mueller's authority to bring charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and suggested that prosecutors' true motive is getting Manafort to "sing" against…
  
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• State superintendent: Governor 'wrong' to veto measure needed to streamline third-grade reading tests

  04-05-2018 20:15
  
  Hofmeister said Fallin’s claim that the proposed bill language would establish a simple pass-fail standard was an “inaccurate interpretation” of Senate Bill 1190.
  
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• Milwaukee cop suspended after violent arrest caught on video

  04-05-2018 20:11
  
  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Four Milwaukee police officers are under investigation for kicking and punching an African American man while he was restrained on the ground during a confrontational arrest that was captured in several videos.
  
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• APNewsBreak: Report says Iowa prison officers in danger

  04-05-2018 20:11
  
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Officers at Iowa's maximum-security prison use radios with alarms that do not work well during emergencies and poorly trained dogs that can attack staff rather than inmates, according to a regulatory agency that recently warned…
  
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• Trump: NK summit plans set; US troop drawdown not on table

  04-05-2018 20:09
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump offered his latest teaser Friday for a historic U.S. summit with North Korea: The time and place have been set but he's not saying when and where.
  
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• Man who tricked woman into blindfolded sex loses appeal

  04-05-2018 20:09
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the felony conviction of a man who tricked a woman into having sex with him by claiming he was an old high school classmate.
  
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• Trump says he'd 'love to' talk to Mueller, wants fairness

  04-05-2018 20:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he would "love to speak" to special counsel Robert Mueller as part of the Russia investigation but cautioned he would only do so if he's "treated fairly," and he again labeled the…
  
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• Illinois coroner to poor: Pay $1000 or county keeps remains

  04-05-2018 20:07
  
  A coroner in western Illinois is facing sharp criticism for how he handles poor people who can't afford to bury their loved ones: He has them sign over their rights to the deceased, leaving them without the death certificate, then…
  
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• Air France CEO resigns after employees reject wage offer

  04-05-2018 20:04
  
  PARIS (AP) — Air France-KLM CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac announced his decision to resign Friday as Air France crews and ground staff held their 13th day of strikes over pay and rejected the company's wage proposal.
  
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• Governor wants probe into incident with black women golfers

  04-05-2018 20:01
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is calling for the state's human relations commission to investigate what happened at a golf course last month when police were called on a group of black women who were told they…
  
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• The 24 movies you've got to see this summer

  04-05-2018 20:00
  
  We’ve got a “Purge” prequel. We’ve got a Gabrielle Union home-invasion thriller. We’ve got a new scariest movie of all time. We've! Got! A! Jason! Statham! Shark! Movie!
  
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• Robert Bever Takes Stand In Younger Brother's Murder Trial

  04-05-2018 19:22
  
  Michael Bever's attorneys begin to present their case Friday - in the third week of the murder trial. Bever is accused of murdering his parents and three siblings.
  
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• Woman Arrested In Connection To Tulsa's First Murder Of 2018

  04-05-2018 19:00
  
  A Tulsa woman was arrested Friday on a complaint of accessory to murder. 
  
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• Robert Bever breaks down in tears on the witness stand in his younger brother's murder trial

  04-05-2018 19:00
  
  A bloody photo prompted a meltdown from the elder Bever brother Friday, a day after the jury in his younger brother's murder trial heard Michael Bever tell an investigator about the slayings of their five family members, "we did what…
  
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• 'I was always hiding my face': The bizarre life of Virginia's redeemed school shooter

  04-05-2018 19:00
  
  Thirty-six years after he held 10 people hostage for 21 hours at a Virginia high school, onetime school shooter James Quentin Stevens is sitting at a restaurant in Winchester, Virginia. He orders a Mandarin salad, says grace when it arrives,…
  
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• Bill seeks park status for New Mexico's stunning white dunes

  04-05-2018 18:47
  
  A vast expanse of shifting white sand dunes in southern New Mexico would be elevated from a national monument to a national park under legislation proposed Friday by one of the state's senators.
  
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• The Latest: For some at NRA meeting, Trump is main draw

  04-05-2018 18:39
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The Latest on the annual meeting in Dallas of the National Rifle Association (all times local):
  
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• Judge poses pointed questions on Manafort charges at hearing

  04-05-2018 18:37
  
  ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday asked skeptical questions about special counsel Robert Mueller's authority to bring charges against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on tax and bank fraud charges.
  
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• University reviewing grant funds for Greitens' book

  04-05-2018 18:36
  
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A private university says it is looking into whether grant money was misused after a former political aide for embattled Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said he got paid from grant funds to promote one of…
  
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• NASA spacecraft will have company all the way to Mars

  04-05-2018 18:36
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's next Mars explorer is going to have company all the way to the red planet: a couple of puny yet groundbreaking sidekicks.
  
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• Ex-US Rep. Patrick Kennedy, wife, Amy, expecting 5th child

  04-05-2018 18:36
  WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) — Former Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy and his wife are expecting a fifth child.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner to deliver diversity lecture

  04-05-2018 18:30
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain's Channel 4 says that Caitlyn Jenner will deliver its annual diversity lecture at the House of Commons.
  
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• OPCW chemical inspectors conclude probe in Syria's Douma

  04-05-2018 18:28
  MOSCOW (AP) — The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Friday that its fact-finding mission to Douma brought back samples for analysis at OPCW-designated laboratories — a process that could take at least three-to-four weeks.
  
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• Ex-coal baron takes swipe at "China people" in political ad

  04-05-2018 18:28
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An ex-coal executive who's running for U.S. Senate after serving a one-year prison sentence has unleashed a political ad that takes swipes at "China people" and calls the Senate majority leader "Cocaine Mitch."
  
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• Garvin County Jail Escapee Arrested

  04-05-2018 18:27
  
  A Garvin County jail inmate escapee has been arrested, according to the sheriff’s office. 
  
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• Arizona students back in class after 6-day teacher walkout

  04-05-2018 18:23
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Arizona schoolchildren returned to classes Friday a day after state lawmakers approved 20 percent raises for teachers and they ended a six-day walkout that shuttered most classrooms around the state.
  
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• In rematch, North Carolina race as much about Trump as faith

  04-05-2018 18:18
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The rematch of an extremely close 2016 North Carolina congressional primary may hinge as much on which Republican candidate seems to more vigorously support President Donald Trump as who more successfully mobilizes Christian conservatives.
  
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• More arrests expected in case against 'Smallville' actress

  04-05-2018 18:17
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor says that more people will be charged in the criminal investigation of a cult-like group that included former "Smallville" actress Allison Mack.
  
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• Trump says date, venue set for North Korea summit

  04-05-2018 18:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the time and place have been set for his landmark meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un — but kept the world guessing for now about the when and where.
  
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• South Carolina abortion ban bill dies in late-night vote

  04-05-2018 18:13
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Senate has effectively killed a ban on almost all abortions in the state, voting early Friday morning to return the bill to committee.
  
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• Trump backs WH chief, says Kelly 'doing a fantastic job'

  04-05-2018 18:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pushed back Friday against reports of a growing rift between himself and his chief of staff, declaring that John Kelly is "doing a fantastic job" and dismissing rumblings that the ex-Marine may soon leave…
  
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• A timeline of key moments in Trump-Stormy Daniels saga

  04-05-2018 18:10
  
  After months of denials, President Donald Trump has acknowledged paying off porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump's story about the $130,000 payment — what he knew about it and when — has evolved over time.
  
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• U2 Kicks Off eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour With Debuts & Rarities In Tulsa

  04-05-2018 17:47
  Irish rockers U2 began the North American leg of their eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE Tour on Wednesday night with a performance at BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The setlist for the first show of the tour in support of their 2017 album Songs Of Experience and its companion 2015 LP Songs Of Innocence included several rarities and live debuts throughout.
  
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