Fla. man executed in boy's rape, murder
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — The father of a 9-year-old South Florida boy raped and murdered in 1995 says he hopes the killer's execution sends a strong signal to other would-be child molesters and...
View ArticleChina revives moon rover, but malfunction persists
BEIJING (AP) — China has restored communications with its space program's troubled "Jade Rabbit" moon rover, but engineers are still working to fix its mechanical problems, state media reported...
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View ArticleUPDATE: Northwest Oklahoma City fire halts some Edmond Public Schools bus...
4:10 p.m.: As a precaution, Edmond Public Schools did not bus children to La Sonata and Skyler’s Court neighborhoods because of the grass fire.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleArmed robber in standoff with police at northwest Oklahoma City apartment...
A man wanted on multiple armed robbery warrants was holed up Tuesday afternoon in an apartment in northwest Oklahoma City, police said.Police Capt.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleCity of Tulsa to cut health insurance subsidies to police, fire retirees
BY KEVIN CANFIELD, Tulsa WorldIn another effort to cut costs, the city of Tulsa has informed retired police and firefighters that it will no longer subsidize their health insurance effective July 1.The...
View ArticleQB backs bid to form college athletes union
CHICAGO (AP) — Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter testified Tuesday that he was essentially paid to play via his scholarship as the National Labor Relations Board opened a closely watched hearing on...
View ArticleSoldier guilty in rape, burning of Iraqi girl is found hanged
It was one of the most disturbing war crimes to emerge from the brutal conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: U.S. Army Pfc.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleNY's Schumer recuses from review of cable deal
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says he's recusing himself from any role Congress plays in Comcast's planned acquisition of Time Warner Cable after learning his brother was one of the...
View ArticleOklahoma Corporation Commissioner Patrice Douglas steps down as commission...
Oklahoma Corporation Commission Chairman Patrice Douglas will step down from a leadership post at the commission to focus on her campaign for Congress.Douglas will remain a commissioner but will become...
View ArticleDevice found in Colorado town not an explosive
BUENA VISTA, Colo. (AP) — A device that authorities feared might be a bomb in the bed of a pickup in a Colorado mountain town wasn't an explosive after all, the sheriff said Tuesday.The object was...
View ArticleSyria drives rebels from site of alleged killings
BEIRUT (AP) — Government troops have regained full control of a village in central Syria after ousting rebels accused of killing dozens of people there, state media said Tuesday as activists reported...
View Article'No verification' for Pa. wife's killing claims
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police haven't substantiated a newlywed woman's claims that she killed more than 20 people in four states before the killing she's now charged with committing with her husband, a...
View ArticleSenator declares Kan. anti-gay marriage bill dead
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An anti-gay marriage proposal that roiled Kansas politics is dead, the chairman of a state Senate committee assigned to review it said Tuesday.But the declaration from Senate...
View ArticleIdaho gov orders police to investigate CCA prison
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter has ordered the state police to conduct a criminal investigation of understaffing and falsified documents at a private prison operated by Corrections...
View ArticleAP sources: DOE to OK $6.5B for Georgia nuke plant
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department is poised to approve $6.5 billion in federal loan guarantees for the first nuclear power plant built from scratch in this country in more than three...
View ArticleUS Border Patrol agent kills man near San Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man Tuesday after the agent was struck in the head with a rock, authorities said, fueling debate over whether the agency overreacts to rock...
View ArticleNavy supercarrier arrives at scrapyard
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The Navy's first post-World War II supercarrier has arrived at its last port of call.The massive aircraft carrier USS Forrestal completed its final sail Tuesday when it...
View ArticleOklahoma City man says he saw angels during near-death experience
BY JACLYN COSGROVEDon Houston was standing in a large white room with arched windows, entirely at peace.He didn’t know he was clinically dead and that paramedics and doctors were working to save his...
View ArticleRestarting a heart: How emergency responders saved an OKC man's life
BY JACLYN COSGROVERita Houston awoke that December night to a sound she would later learn is called a “death rattle.”It’s the gurgling sound her husband, Don Houston, was making as he lie in bed next...
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