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• Thousands remain without power and A/C after storm

  28-06-2024 00:24 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — It's another day without electricity and air conditioning for thousands of Oklahomans. Crews are remaining busy as they work to restore power knocked out from Tuesday night's storms.
  Many people are coming up with other ways to stay cool in the summer heat, including using cold towels.OKC-based nonprofit Pivot asking for dry goods after power outages"I really had the shirt, just to make me a fan," said Crystal Burris, who lives in SE OKC.
  "We had to buy ice constantl
  
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• 'Very serious situation': Hurricane Beryl forecast to become Category 4 storm

  30-06-2024 16:18 via kfor.com
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl is forecast to strengthen into a powerful Category 4 storm as it approaches the southeast Caribbean, which began shutting down Sunday amid urgent pleas from government officials for people to take shelter.Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Beryl's center is expected to pass about 70 miles south of Barbados on Monday morning, said Sabu Best, director of Barbados’ meteorolo
  
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• Hurricane Beryl becomes 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 storm

  30-06-2024 16:18 via kfor.com
  
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl strengthened into what experts called an "extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm as it approaches the southeast Caribbean, which began shutting down Sunday amid urgent pleas from government officials for people to take shelter.Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Beryl's center is expected to pass about 70 miles south of Barbados on Monday morning, said Sabu Best, director o
  
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• Why some ice creams are sold by the 'squround' and some aren’t

  30-06-2024 16:08 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Ice cream is frequently sold by the pint, the cone, the sandwich or — somewhat less often — the taco. But if you’re looking to satiate a really big craving for the frosty stuff, you might be reaching for a squround.A squround (sometimes spelled “sqround” or “scround”) is the name for the rectangular-yet-rounded container often used by ice cream manufacturers to package larger volumes of ice cream, typically between 48 and 56 ounces. Fir
  
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• Heads up, drivers: 7 states will pump up gas taxes on July 1

  30-06-2024 15:30 via kfor.com
  
  (NerdWallet) - The price drivers pay at the gas pump — averaging $3.45 in June — includes a federal tax of 18.4 cents per gallon, plus state taxes that vary widely.In seven places, those state taxes are set to increase at the height of the summer driving season. The list below shows the total state taxes for those spots, effective July 1:
  California: 69.8 cents per gallon — the highest of all states.Colorado: 27.9 cents per gallon.Illinois: 67.1 cents per gallon.Indiana: 56.1 c
  
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• Which burger chain has the most expensive prices?

  30-06-2024 15:20 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - Inflation is causing prices to rise on just about everything in the U.S. right now. Homes, cars, gas – it's all becoming more expensive. But what about the quickest, easiest meal to grab in America: a burger, fries, and a soda?Unfortunately for the casual fast food fan, prices have risen by a tremendous amount over the last two years.MoneyGeek, a personal finance site, took a deep dive into rising meal prices in their latest report. They looked at how much prices changed betwee
  
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• 11 injured after escalator accelerates at Milwaukee Brewers ballpark

  30-06-2024 15:18 via kfor.com
  
  MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WFRV) — Eleven people were injured Saturday after an escalator malfunction at American Family Field in Milwaukee.
  Six people were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries while five others were treated at the ballpark, according to Tyler Barnes, the senior vice president of communications and affiliate operations for the Milwaukee Brewers.A statement released from the team on Sunday said the escalator malfunctioned while fans were exiting following the Brewers' loss
  
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• Is there a right way to exit an airplane?

  30-06-2024 15:00 via kfor.com
  
  (NerdWallet) - Airlines devote a lot of energy and strategy to how passengers board an aircraft. Passengers are separated into different groups — like preboarding, priority boarding, family boarding, zones 1-7, A 1-60 and so on — and embark accordingly. Some airlines have up to 10 different boarding groups.You’d think airlines would make the exit process more structured, too, but in reality, neither experts nor passengers can agree on the right way to do it.Imagine this: Upon a
  
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• Local company steps in and helps elderly man left without power

  30-06-2024 05:23 via kfor.com
  
  MARSHALL, Okla. (KFOR) — A Logan County man was left in the dark for days after losing his power during an overnight storm.You may remember Bill Cardin, an 88-year-old man located in Marshall, Oklahoma.He lost his power and was told by OG&E that he would need to move his meter and electric pole closer to his home before they would turn his power back on."It was hard. I never got any sleep at all," said Cardin. "I'd have to try to figure it out and try to find the finances to do it."Aft
  
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• OKCPD Sgt. arrested on rape charges in McClain County

  30-06-2024 04:36 via kfor.com
  
  MCCLAIN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - An Oklahoma City Police sergeant was arrested Saturday in McClain County on several charges, including kidnapping and rape.
  Records show OKCPD Sgt. Ryan Stark was arrested just after noon in Blanchard for domestic assault and battery, first-degree rape, threatening to perform an act of violence, kidnapping, use of a firearm while committing a felony, and disrupting, preventing, or interrupting an emergency telephone call.
  OKCPD Sgt. Ryan Stark arrested on rape char
  
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• Alumni Jazz Fest to feature 'Dinner under the Stars'

  30-06-2024 04:07 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Alumni Jazz Fest will be featuring 'Dinner under the Stars' on July 27 at 7 p.m. at Scissortail Park.
  The Alumni Jazz festival is a fundraising event which benefits Guardian Kare Residential suite, a non-profit organization that provides transitional housing for homeless veterans.The event will headline Loose Ends featuring Jane Eugene, a quadruple award-winning band from London, England. The band, a trio that formed in London during 1980, consisted of vocalist a
  
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• Skip Johnson Staying at OU, Won't Take Texas A&M Job

  30-06-2024 02:07 via kfor.com
  
  Norman, OK - Skip Johnson is staying at Oklahoma. After a tense 24 hours, the Sooners skip decided Norman is home.Johnson met with Texas A&M on Friday about their head baseball coaching vacancy, but also met with OU AD Joe Castiglione in their annual post season meeting.Johnson announced he was staying at Oklahoma via X with his patented "Lookie Here" tweet along with a home emoji and the words, "Boomer Sooner."Castiglione announced Saturday that Johnson had agreed to a contract extension th
  
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• Thunder Unveil 2024 Draft Class

  30-06-2024 01:46 via kfor.com
  
  Oklahoma City, OK - A new era of Thunder basketball was officially introduced Saturday. Nikola Topić, Dillon Jones, and Ajay Mitchell all met the media to discuss making it to the next level and being members of the Thunder.Topić will miss the upcoming season with a knee injury. Many draft boards had him listed as a top four talent in the draft, but the knee injury did scare some teams off.As for Jones, he said his time at Weber State as "the guy" prepared him for what he needs to do t
  
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• OKCPD respond to possible drowning in Oklahoma City

  29-06-2024 22:22 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma City Police Department responded to a possible drowning in Oklahoma City Saturday afternoon.
  Authorities say they pulled a man from the water around 2:30 p.m. near 6000 West Reno Avenue and South Rockwell Avenue.
  The victim's condition is currently unknown and there is no further information at this time.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• OKCPD respond to car crashing into NW OKC business

  29-06-2024 21:58 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma City Police Department and Oklahoma City Fire Department are responding to a car that crashed into an adult entertainment store on Saturday afternoon.
  Authorities say an elderly woman crashed into the building near 16000 North May Avenue and Northwest 164th Street.
  There are no reports of injuries at this time.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• Fourth of July travel planning? How to beat the rush

  29-06-2024 19:52 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Fourth of July is right around the corner, and the travel rush is already heating up.Millions of Americans are preparing to get out of town sometime in the coming holiday week. That will likely mean busy roads, as well as packed airports and train stations.Motor club AAA projects that some 70.9 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from their homes over a nine-day Independence Day travel period — surpassing pre-pandemic numbers for the U.S. holiday. And the
  
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• Martin Mull, actor known for 'Clue,' 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch,' dies at 80

  29-06-2024 16:21 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Martin Mull, an actor known for various TV and film roles, including "Clue," "Roseanne," and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," has died at 80. The actor's daughter confirmed the news via Instagram on Friday night."I am heartbroken to share that my father passed away at home on June 27th, after a valiant fight against a long illness," wrote daughter Maggie Mull. "... He was never not funny. My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow
  
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• Too many passwords to remember? Here's what you can do

  29-06-2024 15:00 via kfor.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Everyone has too many passwords. The credentials we need to remember to navigate online life keep multiplying, not just for frequently used email, banking, social media, Netflix and Spotify logins, but also, say, the little-known e-commerce site you're not sure you'll buy from again.According to some unscientific studies, the average person has hundreds of passwords. That's a lot to keep track of. You might be tempted to recycle them, but it's one of the bad password habits t
  
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• Oklahoma County Jail fails another health inspection

  29-06-2024 13:28 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma County Jail has failed another health inspection, now totaling eight straight inspections the jail has failed dating back to 2019.During the latest inspection, the jail staff wouldn't even let inspectors through the doors and told them it is unsafe, due to not having enough staff to accommodate them around the jail, which has many in the community worried."They said, we don't have enough people, that's what it said there on the official report," Christop
  
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• Innocent man opens Free Man's Food Truck in northeast OKC

  29-06-2024 13:15 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - There's a new food truck in town, and a famous face funding the enterprise.Glynn Simmons, 71, holds an international distinction as the man who has served the longest prison sentence in history for a crime he did not commit. GLYNN SIMMONS: ‘Justice was done today, finally’: Judge declares wrongfully incarcerated man innocent 48 years after convictionNews 4 has featured Simmons dozens of times since we started covering his case in detail back in 2003.Simmons was
  
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• Pornhub 'ban' in Indiana blocked by judge

  29-06-2024 02:39 via kfor.com
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) — A judge has blocked a new Indiana law from going into effect which would have effectively cut off Hoosiers from accessing adult content websites, such as Pornhub. In his decision, the judge called the law "likely facially unconstitutional."
  Previously, Indiana lawmakers passed Senate Bill 17 which was signed into law by Governor Eric Holcomb and set to go into effect on July 1. Under the restrictive bill, websites hosting "material harmful to minors" would have requir
  
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• Man charged with murder after suspicious death in Ringwood

  29-06-2024 02:09 via kfor.com
  
  ENID, Okla. (KFOR) — OSBI agents arrested a man on Thursday in connection to a suspicious death of a Ringwood man back in early June.According to the OSBI, Major County deputies requested assistance with a suspicious death after 31-year-old Tyler Sladek was found dead in a Ringwood home. Sladek's death was ruled a homicide based on his injuries.Floyd Dean Cox. Photo courtesy OSBI.Information and evidence gathered during the investigation led OSBI agents to arrest Floyd Dean Cox, 42, in Eni
  
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• Several religious leaders tell Supt. Walters to keep religion out of classrooms

  29-06-2024 01:48 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Several religious leaders rejected Oklahoma School Superintendent Ryan Walters' demands Thursday that every classroom should have a bible and that it be taught."Public schools are not Sunday schools," posted Minister Lori Walke of Mayflower Congregational."We are concerned and worry about the religious parents and students throughout Oklahoma after that," said President and CEO of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State Rachel Laser. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Can
  
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• City of OKC seeking volunteers for Oklahoma River trash pick up

  29-06-2024 01:40 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Just after July 4, you can help keep Oklahoma City clean from the holiday trash build up. The city of Oklahoma City is looking for volunteers for their first ever Oklahoma River Clean Sweep.Oklahoma River trash pickup. Image KFOR.
  Trash and miscellaneous items could be seen filling the end of one of the 27 tributaries to the Oklahoma River Thursday. It’s the type of scene in multiple areas around the river that Oklahoma City Environmental Unit Supervisor Jordan Peebl
  
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• 'Don't have plans to ever go back': Oklahoma family details Turks & Caicos return

  29-06-2024 01:34 via kfor.com
  
  LUTHER, Okla. (KFOR) – After being trapped in Turks and Caicos for months, Ryan Watson said he's grateful to be back home.The Oklahoman and his wife, Valerie, visited Turks and Caicos in April and were detained by authorities for carrying ammunition in his luggage.Valerie Watson was allowed to return without Ryan after he admitted the duffle bag the ammunition was found in was his. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Oklahoma man held in Turks & Caicos returns home"Trying to like single parent bac
  
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• 88-year-old man left without power days after story

  29-06-2024 01:29 via kfor.com
  
  MARSHALL, Okla. (KFOR) — Days after a violent thunderstorm swept across central Oklahoma, many are still in the dark including an 88-year-old man.Bill Cardin is one of thousands of Oklahoman's who lost power during Tuesday night's storm."When you get my age, everything you do is a struggle. You know, it's just a struggle," said Cardin. "I finally looked out that window and seen the limb and the line was on the ground.” OKLAHOMA NEWS: Town of Cashion still without power after overnigh
  
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• 88-year-old man left without power days after storm

  29-06-2024 01:29 via kfor.com
  
  MARSHALL, Okla. (KFOR) — Days after a violent thunderstorm swept across central Oklahoma, many are still in the dark including an 88-year-old man.Bill Cardin is one of thousands of Oklahoman's who lost power during Tuesday night's storm."When you get my age, everything you do is a struggle. You know, it's just a struggle," said Cardin. "I finally looked out that window and seen the limb and the line was on the ground.” OKLAHOMA NEWS: Town of Cashion still without power after overnigh
  
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• Independence Day celebrations around Oklahoma

  29-06-2024 00:41 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA (KFOR) — Needing plans for the Fourth of July? There are plenty of upcoming events planned from June 28 through July 6, around the Oklahoma City metro and Oklahoma.Lawton-Fort Sill Freedom FestivalWHEN: June 28 and June 29WHERE: Elmer Thomas Park — 3rd and NW Ferris Avenue Lawton, OK.
  EVENTS: Face painting, pony rides, bounce house, hotdog eating contest, soapbox derby races, food vendors, fireworks show and more.Edmond LibertyFest
  WHEN: June 27 through July 4WHERE: Citywide
  
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• UPDATE: One person killed in NW Oklahoma City stabbing

  29-06-2024 00:35 via kfor.com
  
  UPDATE @ 6:00 P.M.OKCPD says the stabbing victim has now died as a result of his injuries.ORIGINAL STORYOKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Oklahoma City Police responded to the scene of a stabbing near NW 23rd Street and MacArthur late Friday afternoon.Police say one man was stabbed and has been taken to the hospital. No suspect information is available at this time.Drivers are advised to avoid the area or expect major delays. Police have reportedly closed off NW 23rd east of MacArthur in both directi
  
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• One person injured in NW Oklahoma City stabbing

  29-06-2024 00:35 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Oklahoma City Police responded to the scene of a stabbing near NW 23rd Street and MacArthur late Friday afternoon.Police say one man was stabbed and has been taken to the hospital. No suspect information is available at this time.Drivers are advised to avoid the area or expect major delays. Police have reportedly closed off NW 23rd east of MacArthur in both directions as they continue their investigation.This is a developing story.
  
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