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  • Officials: 5 arrested, 2 on the run for prison-gang killing

    TULSA, Okla. (AP/KFOR) – Authorities in Tulsa County say they have arrested a fifth suspect in connection to the death of an Oklahoma man. Last month, Tulsa County deputies were called to an area north of Tulsa following a reported assault. However, they were unable to find a victim or a suspect. One day later, the victim was found at a home and rushed to the hospital in critical condition. Ultimately, 23-year-old Jared Langworthy died from his injuries. Tulsa County […]

  • Astros manager, general manager banned for season for sign-stealing

    NEW YORK (AP) – Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were suspended for the entire season Monday and the team was fined $5 million for sign-stealing in 2017 and 2018 season. Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the discipline and strongly hinted that current Boston manager Alex Cora – the Astros bench coach in 2017 – will face punishment later. Manfred said Cora developed the sign-stealing system used by the Astros. Houston also will forfeit its next two […]

  • Norman woman pleads guilty to charges from racist graffiti cases

    NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR/AP) – A woman charged with spray-painting racist, anti-gay and anti-Semitic graffiti on Democratic Party’s offices, an art center and an elementary school in Norman has pleaded guilty to the crimes. In April, officials in Norman discovered that McKinley Elementary School, the Firehouse Arts Center and the Cleveland County Democratic Headquarters were all covered in racial slurs and hate-filled messages. According to a probable cause affidavit, authorities say that Johnson turned herself in and admitted to committing the […]

  • Former Arkansas sheriff dies after Oklahoma vehicle crash

    SPAVINAW, Okla. (AP) – Authorities say a former Arkansas sheriff has died following a single-vehicle crash in northeastern Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 49-year-old Kelley Cradduck of Rogers, Arkansas, was found dead Sunday afternoon after the wreck on State Highway 82 in rural Mayes County. According to a preliminary report, Cradduck’s pickup truck crashed into a sign and several small trees before flipping over several times. Cradduck had served as Benton County sheriff from 2013 to 2016 when he […]

  • American family attacked in Mexico, child killed

    CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) – An American family returning to the US after a holiday visit to Mexico came under attack just south of Texas on Saturday night, with armed gunmen killing a 13-year-old and wounding three other people. The attorney general’s office in the state of Tamaulipas said the child was a U.S. citizen and that the parents were permanent residents of the U.S. They did not release the victims’ names. The family was traveling in a Chevrolet SUV […]

  • Oklahoma County judge removed from criminal cases

    OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR/AP) – An Oklahoma County judge who is facing charges for failing to pay state taxes will no longer be able to preside over criminal trials. In September, it came to light that Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater was demanding that Oklahoma County District Judge Kendra Coleman step back from ruling on criminal cases. According to a motion filed by Prater, he claimed that Coleman “intentionally violated” ethics rules by failing to report final campaign contributions. However, […]

  • Iran abandons nuclear deal limits after US kills general

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iranian state television reports that the country will no longer abide by any of the limits of its 2015 nuclear deal. The announcement came Sunday night after another Iranian official said it would consider taking even-harsher steps over the U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Friday in Baghdad. State TV cited a statement by Iranian presidents administration saying the country will not observe limitations on its enrichment, the amount of stockpiled enriched uranium as […]

  • Former NBA Commissioner, David Stern dies

    NEW YORK (AP)  – David Stern, who spent 30 years as the NBA’s longest-serving commissioner and oversaw its growth into a global power, has died. He was 77. The league says Stern died Wednesday after suffering a brain hemorrhage Dec. 12. Stern had been involved with the NBA for nearly two decades before becoming commissioner in 1984. By the time he left, a league that had struggled for a foothold had grown into a more than $5 billion a year […]

  • Vigil held 20 years after abduction of Welch girls

    VINITA, Okla. (AP/KOKI) – A community in northeastern Oklahoma held a candlelight vigil to remember the lives of two girls who went missing more than two decades ago. Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman were 16 years old when they disappeared. The two best friends were staying at Ashley’s home in Craig County when it was set on fire in the early hours of Dec. 30, 1999. Ashley’s parents were killed. Ashley and Lauria weren’t found. The Tulsa World reports that […]

  • Lawmakers pledge ERA will pass in Virginia. Then what?

    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment are so confident Virginia is on the verge of becoming the critical 38th state to ratify the gender equality measure they are already making plans for how they’ll celebrate. Their jubilation could be largely symbolic, however: Gaining final passage at the national level is likely to be substantially more complicated. The drive faces a host of likely legal challenges and vehement opposition from conservative activists who depict the ERA as […]

  • 2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at church in White Settlement, Texas

    WHITE SETTLEMENT, Texas (AP) – Two people were killed in a shooting at a church near Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday morning and a third person has been taken to a hospital in critical condition, officials said. MedStar Mobile Healthcare, an ambulance service, spokeswoman Macara Trusty told the Associated Press that two people were fatally shot at the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement. A third person in critical condition is being treated at a hospital and all […]

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