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• Woman burned to death in NYC subway identified by police

  31-12-2024 19:36 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (WPIX) – The NYPD has identified the woman who was burned to death on an F train in Brooklyn as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam of Toms River, New Jersey.Kawam was set on fire and killed while likely asleep on a stationary train at the Stillwell Avenue subway station on Dec. 22, according to police. Her body was so badly burned that authorities said they would likely need to use dental records to identify her.Sebastian Zapeta, 33, was indicted on state charges on Friday in connection wi
  
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• Tinker AFB suspends Trusted Traveler Program, 100% ID checks begin

  04-01-2025 00:24 via kfor.com
  
  MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — Tinker Air Force Base (TAFB) officials suspended its Trusted Traveler Program on Friday citing by order of the U.S. Northern Command commander,
  during the suspension period, a 100% ID check will be enforced at all gates for individuals 18-years-old and over.According to TAFB, individuals without a DoD-issued ID card are required to visit the Tinker Visitor Center during business hours to get a visitor’s pass. The Tinker Visitor Center is located at the Ti
  
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• Choctaw community still cleaning debris months after November tornadoes

  04-01-2025 00:19 via kfor.com
  
  CHOCTAW, Okla. (KFOR) — Friday marks two months to the day since the November 3 tornadoes tore across southeastern Oklahoma County.The storms left mass devastation across Choctaw and other towns.Storm debris in Choctaw as of 1/3,Image courtesy KFORMelissa Pearson lives in Choctaw. She said tree branches and other debris outside of her home doubled over time."It is extraordinarily mentally fatiguing and frustrating to still see devastation," Pearson said.She also said the piles were getting
  
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• Edmond Public Schools Superintendent Angela Grunewald announces retirement

  03-01-2025 23:26 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — On Friday, Edmond Public Schools Superintendent Angela Grunewald announced her retirement.In a message on Edmond Public Schools website Grunewald says she used the time to reflect over Winter Break, saying:
  Edmond Families,As we prepare to return to school next week, I am writing today to share some personal news. After deep, personal reflection over Winter Break, I have decided to retire at the end of this school year.I love this district, our students and staff mem
  
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• Why are US flags being flown at half-staff on Inauguration Day?

  03-01-2025 23:19 via kfor.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office later this month.It's an action put in place by President Joe Biden to honor the late President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at 100. And while Trump will be the first president sworn in with U.S. flags lowered to half-staff, it's not a timeline that he can do anything about — until after he takes office.Here's what to know about why flags are lowered when a president dies, w
  
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• Stock market today: S&P 500 rallies to its first gain since Christmas

  03-01-2025 22:25 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street snapped out of its holiday-season funk on Friday.
  The S&P 500 rallied 1.3% for its first gain since Christmas and its best day in nearly two months. Strength for Big Tech stocks helped it break a five-day losing streak, its longest since April, and trim its loss for the week to 0.5%.
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 339 points, or 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite leaped 1.8%.Nvidia was the strongest force lifting the market after dashing 4.5% higher. Othe
  
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• Judge sets Trump's sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10, but signals no jail time

  03-01-2025 22:17 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — little over a week before he's due to return to the White House — but indicated he wouldn't be jailed.The development nevertheless leaves Trump on course to be the first president to take office convicted of felony crimes.Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s trial, signaled in a written decision that he'd sentence the form
  
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• Soldier who died in Cybertruck explosion left note: 'a wakeup call'

  03-01-2025 21:51 via kfor.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (KLAS/AP) -- A soldier who died in an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left a note saying it was stunt to serve as “wakeup call” for the country’s ills, investigators said in a press conference Friday.Police officially identified Matthew Livelsberger, 37, as the driver of a Tesla Cybertruck filled with firework mortars and fuel canisters. Livelsberger died from a gunshot wound to the head just before the explosion.The suspect apparently
  
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• Police to release more details in Las Vegas New Year's Day explosion

  03-01-2025 21:51 via kfor.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Las Vegas Metropolitan police said there will be a news conference at 1 p.m. Pacific Time to release additional details on the explosion that occurred on New Year's Day at the entrance doors to the Las Vegas International Trump Hotel.Police officially identified Matthew Livelsberger as the driver of a Tesla Cybertruck filled with firework mortars and fuel canisters. Livelsberger died from a gunshot wound to the head just before the explosion.Authorities say there are still qu
  
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• LIVE: Police release more details in Las Vegas New Year's Day explosion, suspect's possible motive

  03-01-2025 21:51 via kfor.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Las Vegas Metropolitan police said there will be a news conference at 1 p.m. Pacific Time to release additional details on the explosion that occurred on New Year's Day at the entrance doors to the Las Vegas International Trump Hotel.Police officially identified Matthew Livelsberger as the driver of a Tesla Cybertruck filled with firework mortars and fuel canisters. Livelsberger died from a gunshot wound to the head just before the explosion.Authorities say there are still qu
  
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• Stock market today: S&P 500 rallies toward its first gain since Christmas

  03-01-2025 21:17 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rallying out of its holiday-season funk on Friday, and its best day in nearly two months is helping to trim U.S. stock indexes’ losses for the week.
  The S&P 500 climbed 1.2% toward its first gain since Christmas. It's on track to break a five-day losing streak, its longest since April, and cut its loss for the week to 0.5% thanks in large part to Big Tech stocks.
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 313 points, or 0.7%, with an hour remaining in
  
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• Mike Johnson clinches Speakership in stunning first ballot

  03-01-2025 20:37 via kfor.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was reelected to the top post in the House in a stunning floor vote on the opening day of Congress on Friday, securing the gavel on the first ballot.But the vote did not come without drama. Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Keith Self (R-Texas) had initially voted for candidates other than Johnson — Norman voted for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Self voted for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.).The Clerk, though, held open the vote. And after negotiations with Johnson, N
  
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• Ex-employee charged after babies found with 'unexplainable fractures' at Virginia hospital

  03-01-2025 19:54 via kfor.com
  
  HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) – A former employee of a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Henrico Doctors' Hospital’s in Virginia has been charged with malicious wounding and child abuse after an investigation into babies being found with "unexplainable fractures" at the NICU.Twenty-six-year-old Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, of Chesterfield County, has been charged with malicious wounding and felony child abuse in connection to an incident that occurred in November of 2024, according
  
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• Former 'Home Improvement' star Zachery Ty Bryan jailed

  03-01-2025 19:44 via kfor.com
  
  MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) -- Former "Home Improvement" star Zachery Ty Bryan was arrested this week on a domestic violence charge in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, online jail records show.Bryan, 43, was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center just after 2 p.m. on Thursday. He was charged with second-degree domestic violence and was being held on a $10,000 bond.Bryan has had multiple run-ins with the law in the past year. He was arrested in October on suspicion of DUI for the second time
  
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• Winter blast for all, here's the latest snowfall forecast

  03-01-2025 19:41 via kfor.com
  
  Dangerous cold will overspread the state Sunday, and some blowing snow will become a problem for some parts of Oklahoma.
  Saturday will be drizzly and mild ahead of Sunday's big storm.Winter Storm Warnings are out for much of Kansas where the heaviest snow will fall.Beginning early Sunday morning, Arctic air will slam into the state with wind chills in the single digits Sunday afternoon.Snow will fall during the day, primarily in northern Oklahoma with an inch or two of blowing snow likely. New g
  
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• Family searching for owner of missing urn after finding it in an Uber

  03-01-2025 19:19 via kfor.com
  
  OLATHE, Kan. (WDAF) -- It's not uncommon for a phone or wallet to be left behind in a ride-share service, but one man getting out of an Uber in Kansas City, Kansas, found an urn.“Glad we were able to find it,” Ty Hayden said.“I hopped out of the Uber, just to make sure we didn't leave anything, so we wouldn't have to have the Uber come back, I flipped on the flashlight and found a couple of items,” Hayden said.“I asked the Uber (driver), I was like, ‘Hey, just
  
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• DOJ finds State of Oklahoma, OKC and OKCPD discriminate against people with behavioral disabilities

  03-01-2025 19:15 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON - On Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its investigation findings showing the State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City and Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD) discriminated against people with behavioral health disabilities based on reasonable cause.The DOJ highlighted specifically the following:
  Oklahoma unnecessarily institutionalizes, or puts at serious risk of unnecessary institutionalization, adults with behavioral health disabilities in the Oklahoma County area, in v
  
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• Ruidoso elk entangled with stool was freed

  03-01-2025 18:36 via kfor.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — An elk in Ruidoso, who got tangled with a chair stuck on its head, has been freed, according to the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish on Thursday, Jan. 2. Orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing it againAs KTSM previously reported, a cow elk with a metal stool hanging from her neck was found in Ruidoso, but the department said the animal was able to move around, eat and drink.Elk with a chair on its head near Ruidoso. Photo courtesy of Ruidos
  
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• Spotify's most-streamed song of 2024 is 'about dying,' artist says: Are you a fan?

  03-01-2025 18:33 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Sorry, Sabrina Carpenter: Despite earlier indications that her hit song “Espresso” was Spotify’s top-streamed track of the last year, the final figures show Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” has usurped Carpenter’s hit to become most-played song on the platform in 2024.The news, touted Wednesday by Interscope Records, was confirmed by Variety the following day.As reported by Variety, “Birds of a Feather” had racked up 1,7
  
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• Authorities seek to identify man in NE OKC armed robbery

  03-01-2025 18:11 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Police are asking the public to help identify a man in connection to an armed robbery in Northeast Oklahoma City.
  Authorities seek to identify man in connection to armed robbery in NE OKC, Image courtesy OKCPDAuthorities seek to identify man in connection to armed robbery in NE OKC, Image courtesy OKCPD
  Authorities say the armed robbery occurred near Northeast 36th and Martin Luther King Avenue. Police investigating after body found in SW Oklahoma CityIf you recognize him,
  
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• Stock market today: S&P 500 climbs toward its first gain since Christmas

  03-01-2025 17:55 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The S&P 500 is climbing toward its first gain since Christmas on Friday.The main gauge of Wall Street’s health was 1% higher in midday trading and on track to break a five-day losing streak, its longest since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 263 points, or 0.6%, as of 11:45 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.4% higher.Nvidia helped drive the market higher, despite criticism that prices for it and other tech companies have vaulted too h
  
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• Nearly 700 Party City store leases heading to auction

  03-01-2025 17:14 via kfor.com
  
  CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) - Nearly 700 Party City store leases will be heading to auction next month, according to an announcement Friday.A&G Real Estate Partners, which is a real estate advisor to Party City Holdco Inc. (PCHI), announced plans to auction off 695 Party City store leases, a move that comes as the nearly 40-year-old retailer begins to wind down its operations.PCHI filed Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on Dec. 21, citi
  
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• OSBI offering reward for more information in 2019 murder

  03-01-2025 16:37 via kfor.com
  
  BINGER, Okla. (KFOR) - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigating is looking for more information regarding a 2019 murder.Officials say in February 2019, the body of 57-year-old Randy Gathers was found in his home in Binger, Oklahoma.LOCAL NEWS: Man arrested after December Oklahoma City homicide
  Randy Gathers. Image courtesy OSBI.Randy Gathers. Image courtesy OSBI.
  According to the OSBI, the investigation is still ongoing. The bureau is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the ar
  
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• Federal courts won't refer Clarence Thomas to attorney general over ethics

  03-01-2025 16:37 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal courts will not refer allegations that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have violated ethics laws to the Justice Department, the judiciary's policymaking body said Thursday.Thomas has agreed to follow updated requirements on reporting trips and gifts, including clearer guidelines on hospitality from friends, the U.S. Judicial Conference wrote to Democratic senators who had called for an investigation into undisclosed acceptance of
  
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• Orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing it again

  03-01-2025 16:34 via kfor.com
  
  An endangered Pacific Northwest orca that made global headlines in 2018 for carrying her dead calf for over two weeks is doing so once again following the death of her new calf, in another sign of grief over lost offspring, researchers said.The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.“The entire team at the Center for Whale Rese
  
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• Biden says he will block US Steel sale to Nippon Steel

  03-01-2025 16:33 via kfor.com
  
  President Biden announced Friday he would block the sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese-owned Nippon Steel following a yearlong review of the potential acquisition.“We need major U.S. companies representing the major share of US steelmaking capacity to keep leading the fight on behalf of America’s national interests,” Biden said in a statement. “As a committee of national security and trade experts across the executive branch determined, this acquisition would place one of Ame
  
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• Police investigating New Year's Day officer-involved shooting

  03-01-2025 15:55 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Oklahoma City Police have released more information regarding an officer-involved shooting on New Year's Day.According to the Oklahoma City Police Department, officers responded to a domestic call involving a gun around 1:30 a.m. at a home in the 1400 block of SW 30th St. The person who called said the suspect, Miguel Hernandez, had broken a window and was outside firing shots. LOCAL NEWS: Man arrested after December Oklahoma City homicideOfficials say when officers arrive
  
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• Air quality in Tijuana remains "extremely bad," says environmental agency

  03-01-2025 15:24 via kfor.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- For the last three weeks of 2024, Tijuana registered poor air quality, something that is carrying into the new year, according to the secretary of the environment in Baja California.The agency reported that on New Year's Day, in the morning, the levels of contamination "were extremely high" due in part to the large amount of fireworks set off the prior night.City officials are now asking residents to avoid using their cars, to report outdoor fires immediately and not
  
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• Surgeon general calls for cancer warnings on alcohol

  03-01-2025 15:00 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Alcoholic beverages should carry a prominent warning label about the link between alcohol and cancer, according to the U.S. surgeon general.Alcohol consumption is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S. after tobacco and obesity, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Friday in a press release, but most individuals are unaware of the connection. It can increase the risk for at least seven types of cancer.“Given the conclusive evidence on the cancer risk from alco
  
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• Police investigating after body found in SW Oklahoma City

  03-01-2025 14:25 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - According to police, a body was found in southwest Oklahoma City Friday morning.Officials say officers responded to the area of SW 14th St. and Agnew Ave. sometime around 7 a.m.It is unclear how the person died as the investigation continues.No more information is available at this time.
  
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