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• DOJ Report: Tulsa Race Massacre barbaric, evidence of officer involvement in murders

  11-01-2025 13:15 via kfor.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (KFOR) – The United States Department of Justice has released an anticipated and first-ever formal federal review on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.The review, announced at the end of September, was undertaken by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. A synopsis in the report notes that it serves as a way to officially acknowledge, illuminate, and preserve for history the horrible ordeals of the massacre's victims. It also notes that it is the first full accountin
  
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• Death toll rises as Los Angeles wildfires continue to spread

  12-01-2025 18:33 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — More than one dozen people have died as a result of the still-spreading wildfires burning in Los Angeles. Crews — some from as far away as Texas and Mexico — are now preparing for potentially strong winds to return to the area.
  In an update Saturday, officials with the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner confirmed five new deaths related to the Eaton Fire, Nexstar's KTLA reports. In total, 11 deaths have been connected to the Eaton Fire while five o
  
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• Former British child star dies in Los Angeles wildfire, mother says

  12-01-2025 17:50 via kfor.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (NEXSTAR) — More than a dozen people have died as a result of the wildfires burning in Los Angeles, authorities have confirmed. Among them is a former child actor, his mother has confirmed.Shelley Sykes, the mother of Rory Sykes, said in a post on X that the child actor turned philanthropist and professional speaker, died on January 8.
  Sykes, born blind and with cerebral palsy, had been living at his family's home in Malibu, California where he had his own cottage. According to
  
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• Vance says Jan. 6 participants who committed violence 'obviously' shouldn't be pardoned

  12-01-2025 17:35 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President-elect JD Vance says people responsible for the violence during the Capitol riot “obviously” should not be pardoned, as President-elect Donald Trump is promising to use his clemency power on behalf of many of those who tried on Jan. 6, 2021, to overturn the results of the election that Trump lost.
  Vance insisted in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” that the pardon question is “very simple," saying those who “protested peac
  
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• Several people displaced after early Sunday apartment fire

  12-01-2025 16:41 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY, Ok (KFOR) — An apartment fire affected several residents around two Sunday morning at the Mason Manor apartments near Northwest 23rd and MacArthur. Fire crews said eight apartment units were involved.
  "We arrived on scene, there was heavy fire in the breezeway between the two apartments behind me," said District Chief, DJ Harris, with the Oklahoma City Fire Department.Apartment fire under investigation in NW Oklahoma CityFire crews said several people evacuated and some even
  
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• Apartment fire under investigation in NW Oklahoma City

  12-01-2025 11:18 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY(KFOR)- OKCFD responded to an apartment fire at 6018 NW 23rd St at Mason Manor Apartments early Sunday morning.OKCFD received multiple calls to a fully engulfed fire that spread to multiple units.Firefighters arrived at the scene to heavy fire in the breezeway.OKCFD District Chief confirmed the fire had spread to eight units.Four residents in an upstairs unit escaped through a window.One person in another upstairs unit was evacuated by OKCFD.The fire was reportedly knocked down quic
  
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• Proposed senate bill could impact Oklahoma hunters and deer population

  12-01-2025 05:08 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Senator Grant Green has drafted Senate Bill 338, which if passed, would drop the current antlered deer bag limit from two to one.Senator Green hasn't provided much information about why he's proposing the bill.Rick Nolan, President of the Oklahoma Hunters and Anglers, said years ago, hunters could harvest three bucks. Oklahoma aims to ban all but two cities from providing homeless shelters, homeless outreach"I would like to know what his goals are and what the motiva
  
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• UPDATE: Eastbound, westbound lanes of Turner Turnpike reopened near Wellston

  12-01-2025 01:11 via kfor.com
  
  UPDATED @ 6:30 P.M.Both eastbound and westbound lanes of Turner Turnpike near Wellston have reopened, according to ODOT.ORIGINAL STORYWELLSTON, Okla. (KFOR) - Oklahoma Department of Transportation says as of 5:30 p.m. Saturday, the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-44/ Turner Turnpike have been narrowed to one lane in each direction due to multiple crashes.According to ODOT the crashes have impacted a construction barrier wall.Motorist are advised to use caution in the area and to expect delays
  
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• Eastbound, westbound lanes of Turner Turnpike narrowed to one lane near Wellston

  12-01-2025 01:11 via kfor.com
  
  WELLSTON, Okla. (KFOR) - Oklahoma Department of Transportation says as of 5:30 p.m. Saturday, the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-44/ Turner Turnpike have been narrowed to one lane in each direction due to multiple crashes.According to ODOT the crashes have impacted a construction barrier wall.Motorist are advised to use caution in the area and to expect delays at this time.
  
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• Three injured after overnight house fire in Edmond

  11-01-2025 23:00 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — Three people were hospitalized following an overnight house fire in Edmond Saturday morning.According to authorities, fire crews responded to the house fire near S Coltrane Road and Brownwood Lane just after midnight on Saturday.
  Multiple fire departments assisted with the fire, including Edmond Fire Department, Guthrie Fire Department, and Oak Cliff Fire Department.
  Overnight fire in Edmond leaves three injured. (KFOR)Overnight fire in Edmond leaves three injured. (
  
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• Fires continue into the weekend in Los Angeles

  11-01-2025 20:39 via kfor.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many watched their homes burn on television in a state of shock.Since the flames erupted in and around Los Angeles, scores of residents have returned to their still smoldering neighborhoods even as the threat of new fires persisted and the nation's second-largest city remained unsettled. For some, it was a first look at the staggering reality of what was lost as the region of 13 million people grapples with the gargantuan challenge of overcoming the disast
  
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• Purcell train derailment; No immediate threat to public

  11-01-2025 16:00 via kfor.com
  
  PURCELL, OKLA (KFOR) -- The Purcell Police Department responded to a train derailment early Saturday morning around 2:45. Officers said four train cars overturned and the train was transporting "hazardous materials (N.O.S.) and alcohol".
  The derailment happened on the tracks near Jefferson Street, East of Canadian.
  Police said BNSF Railway has assessed the situation and confirmed that the containers remain intact. They also want the public to know there is no immediate risk.Specialized hazardous
  
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• Oklahoma aims to ban all but two cities from providing homeless shelters, homeless outreach

  11-01-2025 13:25 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma bill would make it illegal for all cities in the state, except Oklahoma City and Tulsa, to provide shelters or outreach for homeless citizens—and would also require them to immediately end any existing programs.Oklahoma Senate Bill 484, introduced and authored by newly-elected Senator Lisa Standridge (R-Norman), would ban all cities in Oklahoma with fewer than 300,000 residents from using city resources to operate homeless shelters or perform homele
  
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• One person critically injured after motorcycle crash in NE OKC

  11-01-2025 05:03 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - One person was critically injured following a motorcycle crash Friday night in northeast Oklahoma City.According to authorities, police responded to the crash near NE 36th Street and N Air Depot Boulevard just after 8:50 p.m. Friday.Officials said the motorcycle slid on a patch of ice which caused the crash. The motorcyclist was not wearing a helmet when the crash happened.The motorcyclist was transported to a local hospital in critical condition.
  
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• Walters brings $3 million bible-in-the-classroom ask to Senate hearing

  11-01-2025 01:54 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - During a Thursday Senate hearing, Superintendent Ryan Walters introduced his $3 million Bible-in-the-classroom ask for next year's budget.Included, and what was relatively not known, was a $5 million pot that he asked to be set aside in part for legal battles surrounding Bibles being in the classroom."That's the pot of money that will pay for those legal responsibilities," Senator Mary Boren (D-Norman) asked Superintendent Walters Thursday. "Yes," replied Walters.For month
  
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• Stitt exec. order allowing schools to directly pay NIL to players

  11-01-2025 01:32 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Name, Image, Likeness has become the biggest thing in college athletics. Now, there’s been a big step from the state capitol that allows post-secondary schools in the state to give direct payments to players for the use of their NIL, as it’s called."It gets universities, you know, who are chomping at the bit to get this going, to get going,” sports radio analyst Jerry Ramsey said. LOCAL NEWS: First applicant for Oklahoma Survivors’ Act relief still
  
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• Contractor not paid for months after completing jobs for assisted living community

  11-01-2025 01:30 via kfor.com
  
  EL RENO, Okla. (KFOR) — A contractor said he is owed over $1,000 for work he completed months ago for an assisted living community in El Reno.Travis Simpson said he was hired for several jobs at Ridgeview Heights senior living community back in October."It's been too long. I would just like to be paid and move on," said Simpson.He said he worked on everything from the roof to window issues and completed any job he was asked to do."So far, everything that she's asked me to do, I've had to c
  
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• Contractor not paid for months after completing jobs for assistant living community

  11-01-2025 01:30 via kfor.com
  
  EL RENO, Okla. (KFOR) — A contractor said he is owed over $1,000 for work he completed months ago for an assistant living community in El Reno.Travis Simpson said he was hired for several jobs at Ridgeview Heights senior living community back in October."It's been too long. I would just like to be paid and move on," said Simpson.He said he worked on everything from the roof to window issues and completed any job he was asked to do."So far, everything that she's asked me to do, I've had to
  
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• Snow impacting drivers, residents in Oklahoma City

  11-01-2025 00:38 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - As the snowfall came to an end Friday morning, there was still the threat of slick spots on the roadways. “Still a little slick, slushy,” said Stephen Green, an OKC driver. “So you want to be careful.”  LOCAL NEWS: EMSA releases safety tips for Oklahoma’s cold temperaturesSide streets that aren’t part of the city’s snow route are where most Oklahomans had trouble. “The ice trucks haven’t hit the neighborh
  
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• Oklahomans face long wait times for SoonerCare Helpline

  11-01-2025 00:25 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Some Oklahoma families with SoonerCare say navigating the system has become increasingly difficult with hours spent on hold."My son just had surgery and so we have follow up appointments and I know we're going to be doing physical therapy for at least three months, so I don't want to have a gap in my coverage at that point," said MarNee Altebaumer, SoonerCare member.Altebaumer was trying to keep her son's benefits active after receiving a letter in the mail stating i
  
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• 27-year-old Cleveland County Detention Center inmate dies in cell

  11-01-2025 00:16 via kfor.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) — The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office says a 27-year-old inmate at the Cleveland County Detention Center died in his cell on Friday morning.According to the CCSO, Jacob Shane Dieball was declared dead in his bunk by medical staff at around 10:05 a.m. on Friday.A preliminary review of the incident reportedly shows Dieball was lying in his bunk, breathing and moving his head and hands at around 9:21 a.m., and that no issues were detected during in-person sight checks a
  
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• OKC street crews believe pre-treatment mixture helped roads during winter weather

  10-01-2025 23:56 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - If you've thought that Oklahoma City roads were easier to drive on than other winter storms in the past, you're not alone. City road crews agree and credit that to their pre-treatment mixture."I actually enjoy plowing the most," said Benjerman Baird, with OKC Public Works. "It's quite exciting." LOCAL NEWS: Oklahoma City trash, recycling postponed due to weatherBaird worked midnight to noon Friday.
  News 4, armed with a hand-cam, went along for the rough ride."It's not mean
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street recoils after good news on the economy raises inflation worries

  10-01-2025 22:06 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks dropped on worries that good news on the job market may prove to be bad for Wall Street by keeping inflation and interest rates high. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.6%, and the Nasdaq composite sank 1.6%. Stocks took their cue from the bond market, where yields rose to crank up the pressure after a report said U.S. employers hired many more workers last month than economists expected. The strong data could keep upward p
  
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• Oklahoma County Detention Center CEO announces resignation

  10-01-2025 21:54 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — On Friday, Brandi Garner announced her formal resignation as CEO of the Oklahoma County Detention Center.Garner's resignation is expected to take effect on February 7, according to a release sent by the OCDC.Garner served as the jail's director of security starting in January 2022 before being named interim CEO in December 2022 by the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority. She then became the permanent CEO following former CEO Greg Williams' resignation in Janua
  
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• Body cam video shows shootout between New Orleans police, Bourbon Street attacker

  10-01-2025 21:29 via kfor.com
  
  Editor's note: Video contains graphic images that some may find disturbing.NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Body camera footage of the Jan. 1 terror attack on Bourbon Street has been released.On Friday, Jan. 10, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick held a news conference to discuss the footage captured during the incident that left 14 dead and dozens other injured.“They killed the terrorist. … They are national heroes,” Kirkpatrick said of the officers at a
  
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• 2024 was Earth's hottest year ever, passing major climate threshold: 'Alarm bells have been ringing'

  10-01-2025 20:17 via kfor.com
  
  Above: Climate researchers discuss the potential for a "new normal" in terms of higher temperatures and destructive weather events at a NOAA/NASA briefing on Friday.
  (AP) – Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, weather monitoring agencies announced Friday.It's the first time in recorded history that the planet was above a hoped-for limit to warming for an entire year, according to measurements f
  
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• Pilot pleads guilty to flying from Mexico to Oklahoma with gun in plane

  10-01-2025 20:05 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — On Thursday, a 31-year-old pilot from Oklahoma City pleaded guilty to unlawfully entering the U.S. in plane while transporting a firearm under a previous criminal indictment.According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Aiman Sobhy Elkhatib was charged on June 17, 2024, with transportation of a firearm while under indictment and knowingly bringing migrants into the country.Aiman Sobhy Elkhatib. Photo courtesy Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
  Court records show agen
  
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• Rare gold coin found in red kettle donations for The Salvation Army

  10-01-2025 19:52 via kfor.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) — A rare South African Krugerrand gold coin worth thousands was found amid the spare change donated to a Salvation Army red kettle in Colorado.Salvation Army volunteers found the coin, valued at more than $2,700, in a red kettle at a King Soopers grocery store in Fort Collins on Dec. 23, according to a press release.
  This isn't the first time it's happened. In fact, the Krugerrand tradition is longstanding in Fort Collins. The first gold coin like this one was found in a
  
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• Can firefighters use ocean water to douse wildfire blazes?

  10-01-2025 19:52 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Footage of a firefighting plane picking up water from the Pacific Ocean to beat back the wildfires currently burning in Los Angeles has only added fuel to a debate taking place among onlookers on social media: Should we be using seawater to douse the flames?“I'm really confused. Can't they use ocean water to put out the fires?” one X user from Canada asked Thursday. “How is the ground so dry with that much water[?]”As demonstrated in the aforementioned f
  
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• NE OKC bus stop improvements complete, says City leaders

  10-01-2025 18:52 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - City leaders say the first MAPS 4 bus stop improvements are complete and open for service in northeast Oklahoma City.According to the City the completion of Phase 1 improved 140 bus stops deemed the highest priority based on daily ridership totaling $11.2 million to improve approximately 500 bus stops.
  Shelter upgrades: Many bus stops will be equipped with upgraded shelters to protect customers from weather and excessive sunlight, offering commuters a protected waiting are
  
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