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• Comedian Paul Rodriguez arrested on drug charge in California, police say 

  29-03-2025 23:38 via kfor.com
  
  BURBANK, Calif. (KTLA) — Comedian Paul Rodriguez was arrested on a drug charge in Burbank on Friday night.  According to Burbank Police Department Sgt. Stephen Turner, Rodriguez was a passenger in a car that was stopped for vehicle code violations around 7:30 p.m.; the exact location of the traffic stop was not disclosed.  During the investigation, officers discovered narcotics in the car, Sgt. Turner said, which led to Rodriguez’s arrest.  Rodriguez, 70, was booked at
  
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• Top vaccine official at FDA resigns citing RFK Jr., 'misinformation'

  29-03-2025 22:07 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) — A top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) resigned, citing Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “misinformation” and apparent lack of desire for “truth and transparency.” Dr. Peter Marks, who has led the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), stepped down on Friday after earlier in the day he was given a choice to either resign or be terminated, according to multiple outl
  
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• Severe weather likely Saturday night

  29-03-2025 21:55 via kfor.com
  
  Strong and severe storms will impact northern and central Oklahoma including OKC.A dryline and cold front will intersect in northern Oklahoma prompting explosive storm development after 7PM Saturday. The highest chance of seeing severe weather will be from the north OKC metro to the Kansas state line.Very large hail is the main risk along with a couple of tornadoes.Winds may exceed 70mph with the strongest storms.
  The storms will move into eastern Oklahoma after 1AM leaving a much cooler and cal
  
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• VIDEO: Small plane crashes in Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park

  29-03-2025 21:54 via kfor.com
  
  BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — A small plane traveling from Iowa to Minnesota crashed Saturday in a residential area of a Minneapolis suburb, the Federal Aviation Administration said.Officials did not immediately provide any information about possible deaths or injuries related to the crash in Brooklyn Park.Nor was it immediately known how many people were on board, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.The agency said the single-engine SOCATA TBM7 plane departed from t
  
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• 37-year-old woman dies in fiery crash Friday night near Ponca City

  29-03-2025 20:53 via kfor.com
  
  PONCA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — A 37-year-old woman died late Friday night following a fiery crash near Ponca City.Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) officials say the crash happened around 11:45 p.m. Friday near U.S. 77 and Coleman Road, one mile north of Ponca City.Shannon Laird, who was traveling east in a 2009 Pontiac on Coleman Road, did not yield at a stop sign and proceeded to cross in front of another car, which was traveling south on U.S. 77, before being hit by a driver in a 2023 Hyundai,
  
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• Myanmar's earthquake death toll jumps to 1,644 as more bodies are recovered from the rubble

  29-03-2025 18:53 via kfor.com
  
  BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s ruling military said Saturday on state television that the confirmed death toll from a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake rose to 1,644, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city.The new total is a sharp rise compared to the 1,002 total announced just hours earlier, underlining the difficulty of confirming casualties over a widespread region and
  
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• Army Strykers deployed along Mexican border

  29-03-2025 16:45 via kfor.com
  
  SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (Border Report) – Miles of Mexican border can be seen with the naked eye in daytime from atop a hill in the southern tip of Sunland Park.With an array of electronic sensors, radar and infrared equipment, the crew of a newly deployed M1126 Stryker vehicle can detect movement even farther day or night and instantly communicate it to other Army units or U.S. Border Patrol agents.Pentagon sending about 3,000 more active-duty troops to US-Mexico borderThe 19-ton, eight-
  
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• Texas reaches 400 measles cases as US deals with outbreaks in 5 states

  29-03-2025 16:44 via kfor.com
  
  (AP) – At least five states have active measles outbreaks as of Friday, and Texas' is the largest with 400 cases.Already, the U.S. has more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Other states with outbreaks — defined as three or more cases — include New Mexico, Kansas, Ohio and Oklahoma. Since February, two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes.The new outb
  
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• UPS launching online tool to show tariff costs to customers

  29-03-2025 15:01 via kfor.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Amid continued threats of international tariffs by President Donald Trump, the United Parcel Service is launching an online tool that allows customers to see the added cost of those tariffs."Recent U.S. tariff changes may impact your global shipping," UPS states on its website. "We’ve provided the latest updates as well as some solutions that may help you streamline cross-border shipping."UPS Global Checkout guarantees upfront the amount online shoppers will pay in dut
  
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• Oklahoma County Commissioners approve property purchase

  29-03-2025 12:15 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — County commissioners approved a $6 million land swap today with a local school district.The two have been at odds over plans for a new county jail.Commissioner Myles Davidson says this will benefit both Crooked Oak Schools and the county, but Commissioner Brian Maughan says this purchase only puts the county into more debt for a jail that they already cannot afford to build."We already don't have enough money to build the jail as it is now, and then to go $6 million
  
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• Two dead following collision in Custer County

  29-03-2025 04:58 via kfor.com
  
  CUSTER COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) — Two people are dead following a collision on Friday in Custer County.According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the collision happened just two miles west of Custer City on State Highway 33 and east 920 Road, just before 4 p.m. Friday. Three-alarm fire in NW Oklahoma City destroys building, forces evacuations next doorOfficials say 42-year-old Monica N. Martinez, of Clinton, was traveling south when her car left the center and collided head-on with a pickup tru
  
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• OKC leaders, Olympians react to city hosting 2028 Olympic river, softball events

  29-03-2025 03:56 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — It's official, Oklahoma City will officially host the canoe slalom and softball events for the LA28 Olympics.Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt announced Friday that the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously in favor of venue change plans proposed by the LA28 organizing committee in June 2024 that will see the events moved to Oklahoma City. WATCH: OKC Mayor Holt makes announcement regarding 2028 Olympics"I think approving these venues today is a big step forward and
  
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• Man arrested, another wanted for allegedly dumping sewage in metro creek

  29-03-2025 00:31 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - Two men face felony charges for allegedly dumping raw sewage into a north Edmond creek for years and lying about it.Reports were allegedly made to officials by the men who lied about how much fecal matter was being dumped into the water."The treatment plant was in very much disrepair," said Shellie Chard, Water Quality Division Director at the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).| READ PAST STORY HERE > Metro waste water plant allegedly spewing u
  
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• What you need to know: Travelers must have valid Real ID driver's license before May 7

  29-03-2025 00:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Starting on May 7, travelers nationwide must have a valid driver's license with Real ID to clear TSA and get on a flight, in order to travel within the country.If you're wondering what makes your driver's license valid, there will be a yellow star in the top right corner. ‘Going to have to have it’: Real ID deadline is two months outPhoto of the Real ID deadline. (KFOR)Stacey Hamm, the Public Information Officer for the Will Rogers International Airport,
  
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• Three-alarm fire in NW Oklahoma City destroys building, forces evacuations next door

  29-03-2025 00:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A three-alarm fire late Thursday night resulted in a total loss for a northwest Oklahoma City apartment event center. The flames got so bad, they even had to evacuate residents of an apartment complex next door out of caution.Video sent to KFOR by a viewer on Friday morning showed what looked like a sea of flames at the Grand Occasions Event Center near Portland Avenue and NW 23rd Street."I went outside, and my neighbor was like, ‘get out, get out,&rs
  
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