A forensic anthropologist believes investigators are a step closer to identifying victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre with the discovery of 19 surnames possibly connected to remains excavated …
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By KEN MILLER
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4/12/23
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The management of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has drawn criticism from a prominent archbishop -- and some members of Congress. The reason: Its decision not to renew a contract for …
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By DAVID CRARY
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4/12/23
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A human rights group says the father of a a Russian girl sent to an orphanage after drawing an antiwar sketch at school has been extradited from Belarus back to Russia. He faces two years in prison …
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4/12/23
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If you're expecting a tax refund, it could be smaller than last year. And with inflation still high, that money won’t go as far as it did a year ago. The 90 million taxpayers who have filed as of …
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By CORA LEWIS
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4/12/23
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A massive 3,800-acre forest fire in Ocean County, New Jersey is about half contained as officials continue to battle flames. Authorities said Wednesday the fire started Tuesday and led to the …
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4/12/23
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Authorities say an evacuation order is expected to remain in place through Wednesday around a large industrial fire in an Indiana city near the Ohio border where crews worked through the night to …
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4/12/23
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Angie Dickinson has quite a few stories about her star-making role in Howard Hawks’ “Rio Bravo,” that she is ready to regale audiences with at the TCM Classic Film Festival on Thursday in …
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By LINDSEY BAHR
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4/12/23
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Billionaire Warren Buffett assured investors Wednesday that Berkshire Hathaway will be fine when he's no longer around to lead the conglomerate because Vice Chairman Greg Abel will do a great job and …
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By JOSH FUNK
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4/12/23
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The U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy is designating the tranquilizer xylazine when mixed with fentanyl as an emerging threat. The drug was approved for veterinary uses more than 50 years …
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL
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4/12/23
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Commissioners in Memphis are scheduled to decide whether to return a Black Democrat to the Republican-led Tennessee House. He and a colleague were kicked out of the Legislature last Thursday …
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By ADRIAN SAINZ
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4/12/23
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CARNEY, Okla. (AP) — A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was among a series of six tremors that struck central Oklahoma on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No injuries or serious …
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4/12/23
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Texas case that could cut off access to the most commonly used abortion medication has started on a path through the legal system that could quickly lead to the Supreme Court. …
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By JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
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4/12/23
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is on his way out as Gov. Kevin Stitt's secretary of education. Stitt on Tuesday announced in a press release that …
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4/12/23
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma man convicted of murder for stabbing another man to death in 2018 could get a new trial after the district attorney acknowledged two of his former prosecutors …
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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press
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4/12/23
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A Missouri town will pay $3.25 million to settle a so-called debtors' prison lawsuit over allegations that thousands of people were unconstitutionally jailed and forced to pay fines and fees that …
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press
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4/12/23
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People have been urged to evacuate if they live near a large industrial fire in Richmond, Indiana, near the Ohio border. The order went out Tuesday after a major fire at a site where plastics are …
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4/11/23
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California lawmakers are considering a proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom to increase funding for schools with a large share of low-income students. The proposal reworks a bill last year that aimed at …
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By SOPHIE AUSTIN
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4/11/23
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Five Louisiana law enforcement officers have pleaded not guilty to state crimes in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. Tuesday's arraignment came nearly five months after the officers were …
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4/11/23
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A Montana judge says a bill to restrict abortions in Montana will become law — at least temporarily — if the governor signs it. The judge denied a request by Planned Parenthood of Montana to …
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4/11/23
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Many in Louisville turned to their faith for impromptu church services hours after a gunman killed five of his coworkers at Old National Bank downtown and injured eight others. It was the day after …
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By CLAIRE GALOFARO, BRUCE SCHREINER and BEATRICE DUPUY
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4/11/23
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