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• OU's Jordan Bowers Named SEC Gymnast of the Year

  26-03-2025 21:30 via kfor.com
  
  Norman, OK - OU senior Jordan Bowers was named the 2025 SEC Gymnast of the Year, the conference announced Wednesday.This is the second time in as many years Bowers has earned Gymnast of the Year honors. She claimed the same award from the Big 12 in 2024. Bowers is currently ranked second in the nation in the all-around. She's also ranked in the top ten in floor and beam.Bowers earned three SEC Gymnast of the Week awards this season. She had 38 scores this season of 9.9 or higher.Bowers earned Al
  
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• Iran rejects direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump's letter

  30-03-2025 16:38 via kfor.com
  
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's president said Sunday that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, offering Tehran's first response to a letter President Donald Trump sent to the country's supreme leader.President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran's response, delivered via the sultanate of Oman, left open the possibility of indirect negotiations with Washington. However, such talks have mad
  
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• US at risk of losing health designation it's had for 25 years

  30-03-2025 15:57 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Measles was officially declared "eliminated" in the United States in 2000. If things keep going the way they've been going in 2025, that designation could soon change.
  "Measles elimination status" is achieved in a country or region when there hasn't been sustained transmission of the virus for a period of 12 months or longer, explained Dr. William Moss, an epidemiology professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the school's International Va
  
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• Richard Chamberlain of 'Dr. Kildare,' 'Shogun' dies: reports

  30-03-2025 15:04 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Richard Chamberlain, well-known for his roles in "Dr. Kildare" and "Shogun," among other titles, has died, according to multiple reports. He was 90.
  Chamberlain, who would have turned 91 on Monday, died late Saturday in Waimanalo, Hawaii, publicist Harlan Boll told The Washington Post and Variety. He had experienced complications following a stroke, Boll noted.Richard Chamberlain and Geraldine Chaplin attend 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in
  
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• 'One of the most impactful Oklahomans ever': Public service held for David Boren

  30-03-2025 13:45 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A public service for former Oklahoma Governor and OU President David Boren was held at an Oklahoma City church Saturday.The service, held at St. Luke's Methodist Church, saw hundreds of Oklahomans showing up to honor the legacy Boren left behind. Boren died February 20 at 83-years-old.‘Slap in the face’: Firefighters react to Gov. Stitt firing state forester“There is a great hole in the heart and soul of Oklahoma today… We would have wanted t
  
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• RECALL: Thousands of pounds of Our Family coffee mislabeled

  30-03-2025 13:37 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is recalling several thousands of pounds of ground coffee that were distributed across the U.S. — after it was discovered the caffeinated grounds were mislabeled as decaffeinated.
  Some bags of Our Family Traverse City Cherry Artificially Flavored Decaf Light Roast ground coffee are being recalled due to mislabeling (Courtesy of Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA)
  The recall, issued by Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA, affects 12-ounce bags of O
  
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• Dry and Cool Sunday

  30-03-2025 13:26 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – After a stormy night across much of the state, conditions will quiet down today.Expect a mix of sun and clouds with cooler temperatures topping out in the low 60s. North winds will remain steady at 5 to 15 mph.Monday is shaping up to be another pleasant day, featuring partly cloudy skies and continued highs in the low 60s.
  
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• Democrats ramp up town halls in GOP districts

  30-03-2025 12:00 via kfor.com
  
  House Democrats are ramping up their aggressive strategy of conducting town halls in Republican-held districts, vying to exploit the GOP’s advised moratorium on the events to make inroads with frustrated voters, pick up battleground seats, and flip control of the House in next year’s midterms.A number of Democrats who ventured this month into GOP territory said they liked what they saw: anxious voters who are up in arms over both President Trump's dismantling of the federal governmen
  
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• SGA's 33 leads OKC to ninth-straight win

  30-03-2025 05:17 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Indiana Pacers 132-111 on Saturday night for their ninth straight win.Gilgeous-Alexander, the league's leading scorer, made 10 of 23 field goals and 10 of 12 free throws.Lu Dort scored 22 points and made 6 of 7 3-pointers while Jalen Williams added 18 points for the Thunder.Tyrese Haliburton had 18 points and Andrew Nembhard added 16 for the Pacers, who had won six of their previous seven games
  
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• Sooners tournament run comes to an end with loss to UConn in Sweet 16

  30-03-2025 05:14 via kfor.com
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Paige Bueckers scored a career-high 40 points, rescuing UConn from its first-half doldrums and single-handedly turning a tight game against Oklahoma into an 82-59 rout on Saturday that sent the Huskies to the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament.Bueckers had 29 points after halftime for the Huskies, who trailed 36-32 at the break. The likely No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft eclipsed her previous career best of 34 points, set Monday in UConn's second-round victory
  
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• Musk says xAI buys social media platform X for $45 billion

  30-03-2025 03:59 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) – Elon Musk said on Friday his artificial intelligence firm xAI has bought his social media platform X."xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent," Musk wrote in a post on X. "This combination will unlock immense potential by blending xAI’s advanced AI capability and expertise with X’s massive reach."The $45 billion deal values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, mo
  
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• Suspect arrested after Saturday Guthrie shooting

  30-03-2025 03:43 via kfor.com
  
  GUTHRIE, Okla. (KFOR) - A suspect was arrested after a shooting Saturday evening near central Guthrie.The Logan County Sheriff's Office said they have very few details but do know that there was a shooting reportedly in the neighborhood near East Springer and South Elm Street.
  After shots went off a person was arrested.
  The seriousness of the injuries, if any, is unknown.
  The article will be updated as new information comes into the newsroom.
  
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• White House may change how journalists can ask Trump questions

  30-03-2025 00:03 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) — "Mr. President! You talked about some of the violence that’s been going on at dealerships,” a reporter yelled to President Trump as he stood next to Elon Musk and a Tesla parked near the White House lawn earlier this month. “Some say they should be labeled domestic terrorists.” 
   
  “I’ll do that,” Trump interjected. “We’re going to stop it if we catch anybody doing it because they’re harming a great American
  
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• Edmond Public Schools rolling out first phase of 'transportation tracker'

  30-03-2025 00:00 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — Edmond Public Schools is set to roll out the first phase of its “Transportation Tracker” system on Monday. The system was approved in last February’s bond election. "We know that our parents love their babies and they entrust us to take care of them, and we don't take that lightly,” said Curtis Thompson, of the Edmond Public Schools Transportation Department. "What happens is sometimes the bus breaks down, and the child is either pla
  
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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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• Victims warn other users of Facebook scam

  28-03-2025 23:30 via kfor.com
  
  MOORE, Okla. (KFOR) — A Facebook scam is going around on the platform. Victims want you to be aware and not fall for it.If you type in the search bar on Facebook "We are conducting a sale," you will likely see numerous posts of people selling items after a tragedy."They honestly thought I was in a predicament," said Heather Grive.Grive is back on Facebook after fighting hackers for over a month.She said she rarely gets on social media and believes that may be why she was a target.Grive sus
  
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