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• OKC County Health Dept. launches free health kiosk program at select locations

  11-09-2024 20:53 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The OKC County Health Department (OCCHD) on Wednesday, announced the launch of a public Health Kiosk Program deemed to provide free health items across select locations in Oklahoma County.Oklahoma City-County Health DepartmentAccording to Health officials, the new public health kiosks will be located at nine convenient locations throughout Oklahoma City, Midwest City and Spencer.The kiosks will provide freeitems that are considered critical resources for the public when ne
  
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• I-40 WB lanes at Country Club Road open again following crash

  19-09-2024 04:34 via kfor.com
  
  EL RENO, Okla. (KFOR) — The westbound lanes of I-40 at Country Club Road are open again following a crash Wednesday night.Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the crash first involved a car colliding with a semi-truck. The collision resulted in the ramp of the semi-truck to come off and hit a motorcycle.
  Officials say one person was injured and transported to a local hospital. Their condition is unknown at this time.
  All lanes of westbound I-40 were closed during the time of the crash.
  
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• Emergency crews respond to semi truck on fire on I-40

  19-09-2024 04:05 via kfor.com
  
  SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) — Emergency crews responded to a semi truck fire on I-40 Wednesday night.Officials say the incident happened on I-40 and North Kickapoo Ave. near the Exit 186 mile marker.The semi truck fire resulted in a grass fire.Shawnee Fire Department says there are no injuries.
  The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
  
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• 71-year-old woman scrambles after business cancels days before wedding

  19-09-2024 02:04 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Oklahoma City woman wants her money back after having to scramble when a part supplier canceled on her days before her wedding.Darlene Wilson (now Asbery) at 71 met the love of her life, Eugene.They dated for several months after meeting online, then they decided to get married. LOCAL NEWS: Oklahoma City community awarded $500K grant"He's a kind, loving, great man. He is helpful, honest, and caring," said Wilson.
  They set the date for September 7 at the Ignite Glo
  
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• Ada rape victim speaking out after 12 years, says her rape kit was never processed

  19-09-2024 01:36 via kfor.com
  
  ADA, Okla. (KFOR) — An Ada mother is now searching for answers after she says her rape kit was never turned in. She says the suspect who sexually assaulted her is still out there.News 4 does not usually identify sexual assault victims, but this woman wanted her identity revealed to share her story.Arron VanBuskirk is now reflecting back to a night in November 2012 when she was raped by a man she considered a friend."....Took advantage of me and had sex with me while I was sleeping. We were
  
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• Stillwater PD say there have been over 100 car burglaries just this year

  19-09-2024 01:33 via kfor.com
  
  STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) — The Stillwater Police Department are investigating more than 100 car burglaries in just this year.Karastein Kirkpatrick and her boyfriend had just finished playing disc golf when they were returning to their van and found it surrounded by police. LOCAL NEWS: Still no charges in possible hate crime on Campus Corner"We came back and there was three officers standing up at our car. They had let us know then that we had been the victim of a break in," said Kirkpatric
  
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• Sean 'Diddy' Combs will stay in jail after bail is denied for a second time

  19-09-2024 00:38 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is staying locked up after a judge Wednesday rejected the hip-hop mogul’s proposal that he await his sex trafficking trial in the luxury of his Florida mansion instead of a grim Brooklyn federal jail.
  U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter ruled that Combs' plan — which included a $50 million bail offer, GPS monitoring and strict limitations on visitors — was “insufficient” to ensure the safety of the community and
  
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• Still no charges in possible hate crime on Campus Corner

  19-09-2024 00:30 via kfor.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) — A Jewish man is demanding justice after he says he was nearly killed in a fight on Campus Corner.News 4 first brought you this story on Monday. Since then, the victim Harrison Hipp is still waiting to see if there will be any charges filed.Hipp says on Tuesday, Norman Police told him the case was closed because the fight was 'mutual combat'. LOCAL NEWS: Man knocks on, kicks in doors to save residents from apartment fireHowever, Wednesday morning he received another c
  
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• 23andMe board quits over plans to take DNA testing company private

  19-09-2024 00:26 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) — All seven independent directors of 23andMe’s board resigned on Tuesday, citing disagreements over the chief executive’s plan to take the company private.  The departures leave just one sitting member of the board, its chair, Anne Wojcicki, who co-founded the genetics-testing company in 2006 and serves as its chief executive officer.Wojcicki submitted a proposal in late July to take the company private, after earlier expressing interest in acquiring the company
  
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• YouTube live streamers locate body near site of Kentucky interstate shooting

  19-09-2024 00:25 via kfor.com
  
  LONDON, Ky. (WDKY) — A body has been found near where Kentucky authorities spent days searching for a suspected gunman accused of injuring several people traveling on an interstate.Wednesday evening, Kentucky State Police said on X that troopers located a body near Exit 49 on I-75, just outside of the small town of London, and were working with authorities to confirm the identity of the body.The body appears to have been found by a group from Hatfield McCoy Museum Adventures who were track
  
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• Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to remain in jail after second judge denies bail

  19-09-2024 00:25 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is staying locked up after a judge Wednesday rejected the hip-hop mogul’s proposal that he await his sex trafficking trial in the luxury of his Florida mansion instead of a grim Brooklyn federal jail.U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter ruled that Combs' plan — which included a $50 million bail offer, GPS monitoring and strict limitations on visitors — was “insufficient” to ensure the safety of
  
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• Body found near site of Kentucky highway shooting believed to be suspect: authorities

  19-09-2024 00:25 via kfor.com
  
  LONDON, Ky. (WDKY) — The body of a man suspected of shooting and wounding five people on a Kentucky interstate highway has been found, according to authorities.Col. Phillip “PJ” Burnett said that the body found Wednesday is believed to be Joseph Couch, of Woodbine, Kentucky.Burnett said accessories found with the body have led them to conclude it is him. Who is Joseph Couch? Alleged I-75 shooter warned he was going to ‘kill a lot of people’Kentucky State Police said
  
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• Iranian hackers tried but failed to interest Biden's campaign in stolen Trump info, FBI says

  19-09-2024 00:24 via kfor.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Iranian hackers sought to interest President Joe Biden's campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump's campaign, sending unsolicited emails to people connected to the Democratic president in an effort to interfere in the 2024 election, the FBI and other federal agencies said Wednesday.
  There's no evidence that any of the recipients responded, officials said, preventing the hacked information from surfacing in the final months of the closely contested election.
  
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• Veteran CIA officer who drugged and sexually assaulted dozens of women gets 30 years in prison

  19-09-2024 00:20 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A longtime CIA officer who drugged, photographed and sexually assaulted more than two dozen women in postings around the world was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday after an emotional hearing in which victims described being deceived by a man who appeared kind, educated and part of an agency “that is supposed to protect the world from evil.”
  Brian Jeffrey Raymond, with a graying beard and orange prison jumpsuit, sat dejectedly as he heard his p
  
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• Sean 'Diddy' Combs will stay in jail after second judge denies bail over witness tampering concerns

  18-09-2024 23:55 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is staying locked up after a judge Wednesday rejected the hip-hop mogul’s proposal that he await his sex trafficking trial in the luxury of his Florida mansion instead of a grim Brooklyn federal jail.
  U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter ruled that Combs' plan — which included a $50 million bail offer, GPS monitoring and strict limitations on visitors — was “insufficient” to ensure the safety of the community and
  
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• Norman City Council approves entertainment district project plan

  18-09-2024 23:37 via kfor.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) - Wednesday morning, the Norman City Council narrowly approved a plan to bring an entertainment district and new arena to the city. It’s a process that’s been ongoing publicly for over a year and the vote came after an hours long public hearing."This agenda item is incredibly simple. Norman is not a fiduciary for OU. OU is not a financial client of Norman,” Norman citizen Mark Campbell said at the hearing. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: City of Norman set to vote on ar
  
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• Man knocks on, kicks in doors to save residents from apartment fire

  18-09-2024 23:32 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Several people are displaced after a third alarm fire roared through a Northwest Oklahoma City apartment complex. One man said he saw the flames, ran over and started working to get people out."I called the fire department and started kicking doors in and banging on doors and everybody ran out," said Ethan Holloway. ORIGINAL STORY: Firefighters battle 3-alarm apartment fire in NW Oklahoma CityHolloway was at the right place at the right time, near Wilshire and Lyrewood Lan
  
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• Midwest City PD respond to store shooting, one person injured

  18-09-2024 23:28 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Authorities in Midwest City are responding to a shooting at a local OnCue store in Northeast Oklahoma City.One person is reported to have been injured, no word on the condition, according to police.KFOR has a ground team headed to the scene to gather the latest details.No further information has been released.This story is developing.
  
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• Trump gifted handcuffs used to arrest 'would-be assassin' by sheriff's office

  18-09-2024 23:22 via kfor.com
  
  MAR-A-LAGO, Fla. (WFLA) — Former president Donald Trump met with the Martin County deputies who arrested the suspect in an apparent assassination attempt over the weekend in Florida.The Martin County Sheriff's Office said Trump contacted their agency to meet the deputies involved in arresting "would-be assassin" Ryan Wesley Routh. Trump Florida assassination attempt suspect: What we knowRouth was arrested Sunday after Secret Service agents noticed a rifle poking out of the bushes at a golf
  
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• Second judge refuses to grant home release to Sean 'Diddy' Combs

  18-09-2024 23:21 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A second judge refused to grant bail to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs on Wednesday, saying the government had proved “by clear and convincing evidence" that no amount of bail could guarantee the hip-hop mogul won’t tamper with witnesses.
  U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter handed down the ruling after prosecutors and defense lawyers presented strenuous arguments for and against a $50 million bail package that would allow Combs to be released to home detention
  
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• Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new sex crime charge in New York

  18-09-2024 23:21 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new sex crime charge in New York, as he awaits retrial in his landmark #MeToo case.A new indictment charged the jailed ex-movie mogul with committing a criminal sex act, accusing him of forcing oral sex on a woman at some point between April 29, 2006, and May 6 of that year.Weinstein has long maintained that he never engaged in any sexual activity that wasn't consensual.No details about the accuser involved in the
  
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• Big Lots: 47 more stores across 19 states to close; total closures surpass 300

  18-09-2024 23:20 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Nearly 50 additional Big Lots stores are set to close as the company navigates through its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filings.The Ohio-based company announced earlier this month that it planned to sell assets and business operations to a private equity firm amid the bankruptcy filing.
  As part of the process, Big Lots said it plans to close roughly 250 stores by mid-January. That’s on top of the nearly 300 stores that are already on track to close in the coming month
  
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• 453,000 Oklahomans purged from voting registration rolls

  18-09-2024 23:15 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt alongside state election officials announced on Wednesday, the removal of over 453,500 voter registrations.
  Since January 1, 2021 officials say, Oklahoma election officials have removed 97,065 deceased voters, 143,682 voters who moved out-of-state, 5,607 felons, 14,993 duplicate registrations, and 194,962 inactive voters who were canceled during the address verification process.Oklahoma's electoral process is one of the strongest in the nation
  
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• Spirit Halloween criticized over bullet belt placed in prep school costume section

  18-09-2024 22:29 via kfor.com
  
  VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A pop-up Halloween store chain has been accused of being tone-deaf in light of recent school shootings across the U.S. after showcasing a bullet belt in a section apparently marketed to teens.Among Spirit Halloween's selection of costumes, often organized by themes or styles, some customers found what they described as a "prep school" display that included a "bullet belt."Nexstar's WAVY visited two Spirit Halloween locations in Virginia Beach and found that dis
  
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• Stock market today: Most of Wall Street edges lower after Fed delivers a big cut to rates

  18-09-2024 22:27 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes edged lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession with a bigger-than-usual cutto interest rates.
  The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% to pull 0.9% below its all-time high set in July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 103 points, or 0.2%, though it remains close to its record set on Monday. The Nasdaq composite lost 0.3%.
  The momentous move by the Fed helps financial markets in two big ways. It eases the brakes of
  
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• NASA's 'Hidden Figures' receive Congressional Gold Medals

  18-09-2024 22:25 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - House Speaker Mike Johnson hosted an event Wednesday recognizing several women who contributed to the space race.The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden at the U.S. Capitol. Darden watched the ceremony from her Connecticut home.The women are often referred to as the "Hidden Figures" of the space race, and were the subject of both a book and film of the same name.A medal was also
  
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• Trump quips he wishes Biden hadn’t called him: ‘He was so nice to me’

  18-09-2024 22:23 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) - Former President Trump said Tuesday that both President Biden and Vice President Harris were "so nice" in their calls following an apparent assassination attempt on Trump, hinting that it made it more difficult to attack them."He was so nice to me yesterday. In one way I sort of wish the call wasn’t made because I do feel a little — He’s so nice. 'I’m so sorry about what happened and all that,'" Trump said at a campaign town hall in Michigan, recounting his c
  
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• Employers say many Gen Z workers aren't prepared for the workplace: survey

  18-09-2024 22:20 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) -- Gen Z employees have some work ahead to earn their bosses' trust.A recent survey by Intelligent.com found that about one in six companies are hesitant to hire recent college graduates, citing concerns over their preparedness, communication skills, and professionalism.A stunning six in 10 businesses said they had fired college grads they hired in 2024, while one in seven said they may refrain from hiring recent college grads next year.Some hiring managers and business leaders believe Ge
  
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• 39-year-old Canadian County Jail inmate dies after being found unresponsive in cell

  18-09-2024 22:13 via kfor.com
  
  EL RENO, Okla. (KFOR) — An inmate in the Canadian County Jail has died after being found unresponsive in his cell on Wednesday.According to the Canadian County Sheriff's Office, 39-year-old Daryl Hediger was arrested by El Reno Police on Saturday after having two warrants out for his arrest in Canadian County and another in Oklahoma County.Hediger was found unresponsive in his cell by jailers on the following Wednesday, and later died after being take to the hospital. Former deputy pleads
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street wavered near its records after Fed delivers a big cut to rates

  18-09-2024 22:09 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street wavered near its records after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% Wednesday after a day of bobbing higher and lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite gave back 0.3%. Because the Fed’s first cut to interest rates in four years was so well telegraphed, and markets had already moved so much in anticipation of it, Wall
  
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