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• Former Cushing teacher accused of rape after previous conviction

  22-08-2024 01:15 via kfor.com
  
  STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) — A former Cushing teacher sent to jail for sexting an underage girl is back in jail after police said he raped a 16-year-old girl.On August 1, Stillwater Police were called to Wings of Hope."Wings of Hope, it's our local crisis center here in Stillwater," said T.J Low with Stillwater Police Department.That's where a mother turned for help after her 16-year-old daughter said she was assaulted in July by former Cushing Middle School teacher Seth Swaim.Court document
  
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• Some states could see northern lights on Thursday amid geomagnetic storm

  12-09-2024 17:52 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — The sun is deep in its solar cycle, sparking a strong solar flare and geomagnetic storming that could bring the northern lights to parts of the U.S.NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center warned earlier this week about geomagnetic storming sparked by a coronal mass ejection. That lingered into Wednesday, when the SWPC again issued a geomagnetic storm watch for Thursday (technically, SWPC said Friday, but the agency uses UTC time, which is five hours ahead of Eastern time).Early
  
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• Paycom Center hosts 2024 OU & OSU Bedlam men's basketball rivalry

  12-09-2024 17:42 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Paycom announced on Thursday that the 2024 Bedlam Men's basketball game will be held at the Paycom Center between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys on December 14.According to Paycom, the OU and OSU rivalry that began in 1999-2000 is expected to mark the first since OU's move to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and 250th meeting between both schools.Other Headlines
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• VIDEO: Police trying to identify woman after fire set in SW OKC

  12-09-2024 17:14 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Police say they're trying to identify a woman in connection to an arson investigation.A video released by the Oklahoma City Police Department shows an incident that happened on August 31 near the 3500 block of SW 29th Place. In the video, a woman can be seen pouring a liquid by a door before lighting it on fire. LOCAL NEWS: Three arrested in Midwest City homicide
  Police trying to identify woman after fire set. Image courtesy OKCPD.Police trying to identify woman after fire
  
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• 17-year-old shot in the face looking for spot to take homecoming photos

  12-09-2024 17:11 via kfor.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) — A 17-year-old boy was shot in the face by a town council member in Mountain View, Colorado, on Tuesday, after the council member's girlfriend reported trespassers at his home, according to the sheriff's office.Brent Metz, 38, was arrested on counts of first-degree assault and illegal discharge of a firearm and two counts each of felony menacing and reckless endangerment. Metz has been a town council member since at least 2021.Brent Metz, 38, was arrested on Sept. 10, 2024,
  
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• Earthquake strikes southern California

  12-09-2024 17:10 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 jolted the Los Angeles area on Thursday morning, and their impacts were felt by millions of people across the region.According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck at 7:28 a.m. with an epicenter 4.3 miles north of Malibu. It was nearly 7 miles deep.The quake initially reported as a magnitude 5.1, before being downgraded to 4.6 then changed to 4.7. Several KTLA viewers reported that they felt the quake in t
  
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• What to look forward to at the 2024 Oklahoma State Fair

  12-09-2024 15:47 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The 2024 Oklahoma State Fair opens on Thursday, September 12, and here's what you can expect.What's new?New foodsBacon Wrapped Oreos – The Bacon HabitFruity Pebbles Korean Corn Dog – Chan’s EateryDeep-Fried Doritos Pickle – Diventuri ConcessionsWatermelon Bubble Tea with Tamarind Candy Stick – Diventuri ConcessionsThe Young Grasshopper – Wondervan PopsNatural Fruit Popsicles & Homemade Ice Cream Bars – Wondervan PopsSpicy Pickl
  
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• Billionaire takes first private spacewalk after stepping out of SpaceX capsule

  12-09-2024 15:34 via kfor.com
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A billionaire stepped out for the first private spacewalk Thursday, teaming up with SpaceX on the daring endeavor hundreds of miles above Earth.Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and his crew waited until their capsule was depressurized before popping open the hatch. Isaacman emerged first, joining a small elite group of spacewalkers who until now had included only professional astronauts from a dozen countries.“Back at home, we
  
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• Major grocery store chain raising starting pay to $23 an hour 

  12-09-2024 15:24 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) - Major grocery retailer Aldi has announced it will be hiring 13,000 new workers while bumping their starting pay up. The move comes ahead of the busy holiday season and as the chain adds more stores across the country. Since opening its first American location in 1976 in Iowa, Aldi has opened over 2,300 new locations. “We welcome applicants during National Hiring Week with competitive starting wages, industry-leading benefits and opportunities to build long-term careers,&
  
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• TSA weighs in on TikTok's 'airport tray aesthetic' trend

  12-09-2024 15:20 via kfor.com
  
  Related video: Will TSA stop you for marijuana?(NEXSTAR) – For most people, removing items of clothing, frantically pulling out laptops and wondering what might set off TSA's screening devices is the most anxiety-producing part of flying. For others, it's a social media opportunity.A trend on TikTok dubbed "airport tray aesthetic" consists of passengers removing various items and arranging them just so for a photo, with the gray, plastic TSA tub as the background.A spokesperson confirmed t
  
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• Francine moves inland after causing flooding, blackouts

  12-09-2024 13:33 via kfor.com
  
  MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) — Francine weakened to a tropical storm late Wednesday after striking Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane that blacked out more than 275,000 homes and businesses, sent storm surge rushing into coastal communities and raised flood fears in New Orleans and beyond as drenching rains spread over the northern Gulf Coast.Tree falls on house with 11 people inside as Tropical Storm Francine moves near Baton Rouge
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• 'He has a precedent': Supporters of raising minimum wage in OK question vote timeline

  12-09-2024 13:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Supporters of a State Question to approve or deny on gradually raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2029 say there was a precedent for Governor Kevin Stitt to set an earlier election date.A proclamation filed by the Governor to the Oklahoma Secretary of State's office sets an election date for June 16, 2026 for State Question 832. The Secretary of State's office announced in August supporters of the initiative had raised more than double the amount of required signatur
  
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• Teen once charged for killing father in Oklahoma now charged for killing mother in Florida

  12-09-2024 13:22 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A Florida sheriff is raising questions after a teen who once faced charges for killing his father in Oklahoma last year was able to move to Florida, where he is now charged with murdering his mother.Authorities in Polk County, Florida arrested 17-tear-old Collin Griffith after they say he brutally stabbed his mom, Catherine, to death inside her Florida home on September 8.He is charged with first-degree murder for her death. 17-year-old murders mom in Polk County aft
  
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• One injured in stabbing in Oklahoma City, police say

  12-09-2024 13:20 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Police say one person was stabbed following a break-in Thursday morning.According to the Oklahoma Police Department, officers responded to an apartment near NW 122nd St. and Western Ave. around 3 a.m. LOCAL NEWS: Fiery pipeline explosion in Maysville injures three workersOfficials say a woman knocked on the door and asked to come in. When the resident refused, two more women arrived and entered the apartment with a knife.During the confrontation, police say one of the susp
  
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• Kasey Alert issued for missing 49-year-old Oklahoma City man

  12-09-2024 03:25 via kfor.com
  
  Oklahoma City (KFOR) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued a Kasey Alert for a missing 49-year-old man last seen in South Oklahoma City.According to OHP, Kelly Ray Rushton was last seen on Tuesday walking near South Shield Boulevard wearing a tan or gray shirt, shorts, and army green New Balance shoes. Kasey Alert for Kelly Ray Rushton, image courtesy Oklahoma Highway Patrol.Rushton is 5 feet 5 inches, 130 pounds, and has gray hair and brown eyes.
  Authorities say Rushton is diabeti
  
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• The MTV Video Music Awards are back. Will Taylor Swift make history?

  12-09-2024 02:59 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards return Wednesday night with a whole lot of Taylor Swift. Will she become the most-awarded musician in VMAs history?The pop star leads the nominations with 12 — eight for her “Fortnight” music video, two social categories and nods in the best pop and artist of the year categories. She’s followed by her “Fortnight” collaborator Post Malone, who has 11. He is nominated along with Swift 10 times
  
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• Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter win at MTV Video Music Awards

  12-09-2024 02:59 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Few artists are having a bigger year than Sabrina Carpenter, who won the MTV Video Music Award for song of the year for “Espresso.”“This is really special,” she said in her speech, dedicated to her fans. “And thank you to that me-espresso.”Earlier in the night, she brought her summery-pop to the award show, powering through her hit singles “Please Please Please,” “Taste” and “Espresso” while d
  
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• One person dead after SW OKC motorcycle crash

  12-09-2024 01:48 via kfor.com
  
  UPDATE @ 7:00 P.M.According to police, the motorcyclist was traveling at a high rate of speed after a traffic light turned green. A vehicle then struck the motorcyclist.Officials say the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene and cooperated with police.
  ORIGINAL STORYOKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — At least one person has been killed after a deadly motorcycle crash near SW 59th Street and S Walker Avenue on Wednesday evening.News 4 has a crew headed to the scene and will provide updates as mor
  
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• At least one person killed after SW OKC motorcycle crash

  12-09-2024 01:48 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — At least one person has been killed after a deadly motorcycle crash near SW 59th Street and S Walker Avenue on Wednesday evening.News 4 has a crew headed to the scene and will provide updates as more information becomes available.This is a developing story.
  
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• Fiery pipeline explosion in Maysville injures three workers

  12-09-2024 01:40 via kfor.com
  
  MAYSVILLE, Okla. (KFOR) – Three people were hurt in an explosion at a pipeline west of the town of Maysville, Oklahoma Wednesday morning.Fire crews and emergency officials from more than four neighboring towns responded to the scene around 8:45 a.m. at the Enerfin Resources pipeline substation. ORIGINAL STORY: Three injured in Maysville explosion“This (substation) basically takes gas from the field and separates the liquids out, and then the gas goes on to sale,” said Brent War
  
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• Norman mom without car for weeks, she says a local business is to blame

  12-09-2024 01:30 via kfor.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) — What was supposed to be a routine oil change at a Take 5 in Norman, has now turned into bigger issues for a Norman mom of two.Underside of Inkenman's car"We went on that Wednesday to get our oil changed, everything seemed like normal," says Inkenman. "I went through a couple days of work, on Saturday evening, I wasn't able to make it out of the parking lot. Immediately I could smell the oil and after that I realized my car was not going to keep running." Oklahoma min
  
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• 'Disappointed, but not shocked': Minimum wage vote delayed nearly two years

  12-09-2024 01:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Oklahomans will be able to vote on raising the minimum wage, but it won't happen for nearly two years.More than 157,000 Oklahomans signed their names in support of State Question 832, which would raise the minimum wage in Oklahoma if passed by voters.The signatures were well over the 92,000 minimum that were required to bring the question to the ballots."This is 320,000 Oklahomans who could have been given a pay raise through the passage of state," said Amber England
  
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• VIDEO: Jon Bon Jovi helps persuade woman off ledge of Nashville bridge

  12-09-2024 00:12 via kfor.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Police in Nashville, Tennessee, are crediting rock artist Jon Bon Jovi with helping to persuade a woman to "come off the ledge" of a bridge on Tuesday.
  The Metro Nashville Police Department released video of the encounter on Wednesday, which happened on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge over the Cumberland River. You can see the video in the player above.In the surveillance video, a woman can be seen standing on the outside of the guardrail as people walk by in b
  
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• Rides checked for safety ahead of Oklahoma State Fair

  11-09-2024 23:57 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - For some, the rides are arguably the best part of the Oklahoma State Fair. “I would say the rides are 70 to 80 percent of the reason why people come,” said Allen McElyea, the Chief Amusement Ride Inspector for the Oklahoma Department Of Labor.  2024 OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR: New foods coming to the 2024 Oklahoma State Fair2024 Oklahoma State Fair ride inspections. Image KFOR.
  According to McElyea, inspectors have been hard at work since Saturday. As of Wed
  
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• Family offers $10,000 in double murder cold case

  11-09-2024 23:55 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — There's a new effort to solve a cold case dating back four years when Dominique Knight and Madison Carter were found dead in a car parked in front of a home in Spencer.To this day, there have been no arrests made. RELATED COVERAGE: Man who found Spencer double homicide victims speaks outInvestigators hoped surveillance video would provide them with clues, but it never happened.Now, the family of Madison Carter is offering a $10,000 reward.
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• Narcan to be distributed at Shawnee HS football games

  11-09-2024 23:29 via kfor.com
  
  SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) — In Oklahoma, fentanyl deaths are increasing every year.According to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, in 2018 there were 39 deaths, last year that number jumped to over 700.Families in Shawnee who lost their children to this deadly drug are now trying to raise awareness.Kristy Reynolds-Oshell lost her daughter Jacee in August to fentanyl."It's literally one pill can kill. It can be your child out with friends and they're just experimenting and everyone, I think, wan
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street storms back from an early slide thanks to Nvidia and Big Tech

  11-09-2024 22:37 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes stormed back from big early drops on Wednesday to finish higher, led by a handful of influential Big Tech companies.
  The S&P 500 rallied 1.1% after erasing a morning wipeout of 1.6%, one where almost every stock within the index had been falling. A majority of the index’s stocks still finished lower for the day, but the performances by Nvidia and other tech stocks were enough to drive it to a third straight gain and back within 2% of its all-tim
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street shakes off a morning wipeout to end higher

  11-09-2024 22:06 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes stormed back from big early drops to finish higher, led by a handful of highly influential Big Tech companies. The S&P 500 gained 1.1% Wednesday after erasing a morning wipeout of 1.6%. A majority of the index’s stocks still finished lower for the day, but gains for Nvidia and other tech stocks were enough to drive it to a third straight gain and back within 2% of its all-time high set in July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 124 points
  
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• Stock market today: Most of Wall Street falls, but Nvidia and other tech stars keep indexes higher

  11-09-2024 21:01 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks are falling Wednesday as traders scale back their expectations for how much relief the Federal Reserve will deliver next week when it begins cutting interest rates.Seven out of every 10 stocks were sinking within the S&P 500, but the index was nevertheless 0.4% higher in afternoon trading after erasing a sharp slide from earlier in the morning. The gain was due almost entirely to the performance of just one highly influential stock: Nvidia.The Dow Jones
  
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• Wanted fugitive arrested in Holdenville, authorities say

  11-09-2024 20:53 via kfor.com
  
  HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (KFOR) - Holdenville Police Department's Facebook page says a wanted fugitive has been arrested after a foot pursuit and fight with officers.According to Holdenville Police Department, Keith Bear was arrested for a $20,000 Felony Warrant for Domestic Assault and Battery by strangulation and aggravated burglary.Keith Bear was arrested Tuesday night by Holdenville Police, Image courtesy Holdenville Police Department Facebook pagePolice say Bear, faces additional charges of Assau
  
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