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Oklahoma hits record high of 821 virus hospitalizations
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and state health officials on Tuesday announced a new plan to handle a surge in the number of people hospitalized due to the coronavirus. The plan, announced as the number of hospitalizations in the state reached a record one-day high of 821, includes...
Panel votes to keep ICE agents in Oklahoma County Jail
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A panel decided for a second time to keep federal immigration enforcement officers in the Oklahoma County Jail, bringing heated clashes between people for and against the ban. The Oklahoma County Jail Trust voted at a Monday meeting to continue providing U.S. Immigration and Customs...
Oklahoma judge rules triple killing occurred on tribal land
PURCELL, Okla. (AP) — A death row inmate in Oklahoma is likely to get a new trial in federal court after a judge determined that the victims in the case were tribal citizens and the killings happened on Indian land, as determined by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. McLain County District Judge Leah...
Attorney for Oklahoma death row inmate claims new evidence
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An attorney for an Oklahoma death row inmate testified Wednesday that he has found new potential witnesses who might be able to help his client's case but who would be prevented from testifying by a state law because his client's appeals have been exhausted. Attorney Don Knight, who...
The Latest: China carries out 4.2 million tests in Qingdao
BEIJING — China says it has carried out more than 4.2 million tests in the northern port city of Qingdao, with no new cases of coronavirus found among the almost 2 million sets of results received. The city has reported a total of 12 cases, six with symptoms and six without, since the new outbreak was...
Oklahoma City City Council extends mask mandate until Dec. 7
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A requirement to wear masks in Oklahoma City in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus was extended to Dec. 7 on Tuesday by the City Council. “I think it's important that we know again that masking reduces the transmission of infection in the community by...
Oklahoma County prosecutor reduces charges in protest case
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater agreed Monday to reduce criminal charges against five young people accused of inciting a riot following a confrontation with police in June. Court records show five defendants initially charged with felony inciting a riot each received a...
Families seek new investigations into old police killings
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — One man died a decade ago after a police officer in New York state told him to move his illegally parked car. Another, in the midst of a mental health crisis on a Virginia highway, was fatally shot by an officer in 2018. A third man died in Oklahoma the next year after a foot chase...
Anti-government groups shift focus from Washington to states
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The alleged foiled plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor is a jarring example of how the anti-government movement in the U.S. has become an internet-driven hodgepodge of conspiracy theorists who have redirected their rage from Washington toward state capitols. That's in...
Oklahoma hospitalizations due to COVID surge above 700
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number hospitalizations in Oklahoma due to the illness caused by the coronavirus surged above 700 on Wednesday to a new record one-day high. The number of people hospitalized, either confirmed with COVID-19 or under investigation for infection, reached 738, according to Oklahoma...
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