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• Charges dismissed against Illinois man accused of assault by Rep. Nancy Mace

  03-04-2025 00:06 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (WCBD) – Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss charges Tuesday against a man U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) accused of assaulting her during an event at the Capitol last year. Mace accused James McIntyre of Illinois, a national foster care advocate, of accosting her during a Dec. 10 reception celebrating the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999.She claimed the assault came in response to her efforts to bar transgender women from using wo
  
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• Lincoln County fire chiefs demand clarity about former forestry director's firing

  08-04-2025 01:34 via kfor.com
  
  LINCOLN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) — A group of fire chiefs in Lincoln County are signing on to a letter to Governor Kevin Stitt, demanding clarification as to why he fired the former director of the state Forestry Department."Why do I even have a Department of Forestry? Let's just get rid of the whole thing," said Governor Kevin Stitt last week during a press conference. LOCAL NEWS: Oklahoma Forestry employees face uncertainty after Stitt calls for cutting department"I feel like the governor is
  
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• Body camera video shows UCO head football coach arrested for alleged DUI

  08-04-2025 01:30 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — Recently released body camera footage shows Edmond Police arresting the University of Central Oklahoma head football coach on a DUI complaint.A 911 call from a concerned driver alerted police of a suspected drunk driver.Dispatcher: "Edmond 911 what's the address of your emergency?"
  Concerned driver: "I'm calling for a car with erratic driving."Officers soon learned that it was UCO Head Football Coach Adam Dorrell behind the wheel.Officer: "Some people have called in
  
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• 168 Days to remember those lost in the OKC bombing: Michael D. Weaver

  08-04-2025 01:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — 2025 will mark the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.We remember and honor those 168 who lost their lives on April 19, 1995, when a bomb went off in front of the Murrah building in downtown Oklahoma City.168 Days to remember those lost in the OKC bombing: Michael D. Weaver. Image courtesy Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum.
  We want to remember Michael D. Weaver, while honoring those who survived and thanking those changed forever.
  
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• Epic Universe opens a portal to the future of theme parks

  08-04-2025 00:34 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – As Universal Orlando Resort gears up for the highly anticipated May 22 opening of Epic Universe, it’s clear the resort is entering a new era - one that could redefine what a theme park can offer families. Currently operating in soft-opening test phases, Epic Universe will be the first major theme park to debut in Central Florida since Disney’s Animal Kingdom opened in 1998.Epic Universe is a collection of five distinct, immersive worlds – each designed to
  
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• 'Absolutely ludicrous': More veterans frustrated over broken elevator at OKC VA hospital

  08-04-2025 00:12 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — There's been more frustrations with the Oklahoma City VA on a story we brought you first a couple weeks ago.More disabled veterans are coming forward with concerns over a broken elevator that's limiting their access to the building."We shouldn't have to be dealing with this. This is absolutely ludicrous," said Alan Anderson, Air Force veteran.For veterans like Alan Anderson, just getting inside the VA has become a challenge."We're supposed to have access to this care
  
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• April Wilkens' lawyers request release, call her incarceration "unlawful"

  08-04-2025 00:06 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Lawyers for April Wilkens are asking a Tulsa County judge to let her out of prison.They call her incarceration "unlawful" because of unreasonable court delays. CRIMINAL INJUSTICE: A domestic abuse survivor imprisoned for life for the murder of her abuserShe was the first Oklahoma inmate to file for a re-sentencing hearing under the new Oklahoma Survivor's Act, which allows leniency in sentencing for survivors of domestic abuse.
  News 4's Ali Meyer has been report
  
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• Authorities need help identifying man

  07-04-2025 23:58 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Authorities say they now have one in custody in connection to a stolen property investigation.According to police, the investigation is ongoing regarding property stolen from a vehicle in northeast OKC.Police seek to identify male in theft investigation, Image Oklahoma Police DepartmentPolice seek to identify male in theft investigation, Image Oklahoma Police DepartmentIf you recognize the individual (shown above), contact Crime Stoppers at 405.235.7300.
  
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• Free shred event hosted in Enid April 19

  07-04-2025 23:56 via kfor.com
  
  ENID, Okla. (KFOR) - Several organizations are teaming up in Enid to host a free shred event for residents in proper disposal of financial data, or healthcare records.According to AARP Oklahoma, The Enid News & Eagle and Security National Bank of Enid the shredding is set to happen at Security National Bank providing a easy accessible way to dispose of sensitive documents.DETAILS:DATE: April 19
  TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon
  LOCATION: Security National Bank, 201 W. Maine, in the parking lot sout
  
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• Bill limiting virtual school days in Oklahoma advances

  07-04-2025 23:54 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A bill limiting the amount of virtual days Oklahoma school districts can use during the school year advanced through a House subcommittee on Monday.Senate Bill 758, authored by Senator Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond, passed through the Senate side earlier in session and now it has made its way through a House Appropriations and Budget Education subcommittee.House Pro Tempore Anthony Moore, R-Clinton has backed the measure for the House."The main goal behind this is to ge
  
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• Tire fire burning in creek causes health concerns for neighbors

  07-04-2025 23:52 via kfor.com
  
  PINK, Okla. (KFOR) — It's been nearly a month since wildfires impacted the state. One area that was hit was Pink, near Lake Thunderbird. A neighbor there said part of the fire is still burning in the creek behind her house, and she needs help."Why is this still here? Why is somebody not doing something about it?" said Juenita Clements, who's concerned.Final damage estimates for March fires in Oklahoma CountyThose are the questions Juenita Clements has after her neighborhood was impacted by
  
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• Gov. Stitt issues statement after firing head forester, backlash from lawmakers

  07-04-2025 23:37 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — On Monday, Governor Kevin Stitt issued a statement addressing the recent firing of former Oklahoma Forestry Services director Mark Goeller.Last week, Stitt criticized the forestry department's response during the large wildfire outbreak in March and accused the department of failing to deploy all of the necessary resources to help fire departments across the state.Stitt later suggested eliminating the entire forestry department during a press conference on Wednesday.
  
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• What is a bear market?

  07-04-2025 23:26 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — U.S. stocks were swinging Monday following a manic morning — and significant losses last week — as a result of President Donald Trump’s implementation of tariffs on imported goods, which economists expect will raise prices for American consumers.Trump has said he isn’t concerned about a sell-off, saying “sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something.” However, investors and everyday Americans are expressing fears of a recession —
  
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• Oklahoma Senator says he was joking about using violence against journalists

  07-04-2025 23:23 via kfor.com
  
  (NewsNation) — U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., suggested in a video posted this weekend that a lot "less false stories" would be written by journalists if they got into physical altercations with politicians.Mullin later said he was joking after The Oklahoman wrote a story about his remarks.
  "Thanks for watching my videos. Imagine being a newspaper *this* out of touch with Oklahoma," he wrote on X, sharing a picture of a map of the state with every county shaded red.In the video, whic
  
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• Democrats reject Johnson-Luna deal to kill proxy voting 

  07-04-2025 23:05 via kfor.com
  
  The Democratic sponsors of legislation empowering new parents to vote remotely are rejecting a recent alternative from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) designed to block the proxy vote legislation from reaching the floor.Over the weekend, Johnson cut a deal with GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.), who was leading the charge to force floor action on proxy voting. Their compromise would create a system of “vote pairing,” designed to empower pregnant lawmakers and young mothers with som
  
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• Thune: Bill to curb Trump’s tariff power doesn’t have a future

  07-04-2025 22:32 via kfor.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says that a bipartisan bill to curb President Trump’s tariff power backed by seven Republican senators doesn’t have a future in Congress because Trump has already threatened to veto it.Thune dismissed the possibility of bringing the legislation sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), which would require Congress to approve new tariffs within 60 days, to the Senate floor for a vote.“I don’t thi
  
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• RFK Jr. says MMR vaccine 'most effective' way to stop spread of measles after Texas child's death

  07-04-2025 22:32 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) – Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine as the “most effective” way to prevent the spread of measles during a visit to Texas with the family of an 8-year-old girl who died from the disease.“I came to­ Gaines County, Texas, today to comfort the Hildebrand family after the loss of their 8-year-old daughter Daisy,” Kennedy said in a post on the social platform X. “My intention
  
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• Chief Justice Roberts pauses order to return Maryland dad mistakenly deported to El Salvador

  07-04-2025 22:31 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts agreed Monday to pause a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.The temporary order comes hours after a Justice Department emergency appeal to the Supreme Court arguing U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis overstepped her authority when she ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned to the United States.The administration has conceded that Abrego Garcia sho
  
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• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries bashes tariffs

  07-04-2025 22:30 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) held a press conference Monday afternoon where he blasted President Donald Trump’s policies.Jeffries said, “This year Republicans have done nothing, not a single thing, to lower the high cost of living in America. The cost of living is too high.”House Democrats are planning a number of events across the country over the next couple of weeks to highlight the policies they say are hurting the American people.Jeff
  
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• Second measles death in Texas prompts federal response

  07-04-2025 22:21 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the Trump administration is stepping up its response to a growing measles outbreak in Texas after the death of a second unvaccinated child last week.Kennedy, who attended the child’s funeral over the weekend, posted on X that the federal government is bolstering support to help contain the outbreak in Texas, the epicenter of the surge.President Donald Trump, however, downplayed the outbreak during remarks
  
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• Trump honors Dodgers' 2024 World Series championship team

  07-04-2025 22:12 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) -- The 2024 World Series Champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, were honored by President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday before opening a series with the Washington Nationals."That is a very good-looking group of people," Trump said as he began his remarks. "I want to congratulate you on a legendary season."The president took time specifically honoring several members of the 2024 championship club, including National League Championship Series MVP Tommy Edman; World Series MVP Fre
  
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• Seven GOP senators sign onto bill to check Trump's trade authority

  07-04-2025 20:47 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) – Seven Republican senators, including Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Senate’s president pro tempore, and Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the former Senate Republican leader, have signed onto a bipartisan bill that would require Congress to approve President Trump’s steep tariffs on trading partners.Grassley and McConnell have joined five other Republicans, Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Susan Collins (R-Ma
  
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• Two arrested in connection with southeast Oklahoma homicide

  07-04-2025 20:46 via kfor.com
  
  STIGLER, Okla. (KNWA/KFTA) — Two men have been arrested in connection with the death of an Oklahoma woman, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.OSBI said on April 5, the Haskell County Sheriff's Office asked for assistance with a homicide investigation in Stigler.Authorities said around 6 p.m., deputies responded to a shooting call on Cass Road in rural Stigler.Once on the scene, deputies found Tina Mitchell, 56, who had suffered multiple gunshot and stab wounds. She was
  
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• Public comments open on FCC's 'Delete, Delete, Delete' proposal

  07-04-2025 19:05 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The FCC wants to hear from you on one of its new initiatives.
  The measure is called "Delete, Delete, Delete," and by that, they mean getting rid of, or deleting, some of the laws and regulations that currently govern the communications industry nationally.
  The new chairman of the FCC, Brendan Carr says his agency is “…. committed to ending all of the rules and regulations that are no longer necessary. And we welcome the public’s participation and f
  
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• Idaho mom who killed 2 of her kids goes on trial over husband's death

  07-04-2025 18:52 via kfor.com
  
  PHOENIX (AP) — Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho mother with doomsday religious beliefs who was convicted of killing her two youngest children and conspiring to murder a romantic rival, is on trial again. This time, she's accused in Arizona of conspiring to murder her estranged husband.The case has drawn public attention in part because Vallow Daybell, 51, has doomsday-focused religious beliefs. She isn't a lawyer but has chosen to represent herself in the six-week trial. Opening statements a
  
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• 2025 Healthy Kids Day kicks off April 13, says YMCA

  07-04-2025 18:43 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Oklahomans looking to get involved with events that impact kids you don't want to miss out on the Annual Healthy Kids DayLate season freeze heading to OklahomaHealthy Kids Day includes:
  Family-friendly activitiesInformation from our community partnersInformation about YMCA programming and membershipCamp Classen registration
  DETAILS:
  DATE: Sunday, April 13
  TIME: 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 p.m. at Scissortail ParkACTIVITIES & ENTERTAINMENT
  Coloring stationsSpin and win gamesDisc
  
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• 'Honest mistake': Pirates exec says MLB park will restore outfield sign after Hall of Famer's family is angered

  07-04-2025 17:26 via kfor.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have reversed course after angering the family of the late Roberto Clemente by removing a sign honoring the franchise icon on the right-field wall at PNC Park.The sign featured Clemente’s name and his No. 21. Replacing it was an advertisement for Surfside, an alcoholic drink.However, the Clemente sign will be restored before Monday night’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals, according to Pirates president Travis Williams. MLB players b
  
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• One arrested after fatal overdose in SW Oklahoma City

  07-04-2025 17:15 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - One person has been arrested after a woman died of an overdose in February, police say.According to the Oklahoma City Police Department, on February 8, 2025, officers responded to a home in southwest Oklahoma City where they found 19-year-old Karsyn Clifton unresponsive.LOCAL NEWS: Two arrested following homicide investigation in Haskell CountyOfficials say she later died from an overdose.
  On April 4, 2025, 25-year-old Christian Roe was arrested in Moore. Investigators bel
  
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• Texas investigating cereal giant Kellogg over food dye use

  07-04-2025 17:09 via kfor.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating cereal giant Kellogg for potential violation of the state's consumer protection laws.The state claims many of the cereals Kellogg promotes as "healthy" may lead to obesity, cancer, attention difficulties and other issues.Paxton points to products such as Kellogg's Apple Jacks and Frosted Flakes, which contain petroleum-based artificial food colorings. VIDEO: 6-year-old found wandering alone with dog in Florida; mo
  
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• US stocks dip after careening through a manic day following Trump's latest tariff threat

  07-04-2025 16:27 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks careened through a manic Monday after President Donald Trump threatened to crank his tariffs higher, despite a stunning display showing how dearly Wall Street wants him to do the opposite.The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% at the end of a day full of heart-racing reversals as battered financial markets try to figure out what Trump’s ultimate goal is for his trade war. If it’s to get other countries to agree to trade deals, he could
  
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