Oklahoma man sentenced to 3 life sentences for deadly crash
NORMAN, Okla. — An Oklahoma man convicted of crashing his pickup truck into members of a high school cross country team, killing three and...
States banning mask mandates could face civil rights probes
In an escalating battle with Republican governors, President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered his Education secretary to explore possible legal action against states that...
Biden admin to appeal order blocking oil, gas lease pause
NEW ORLEANS — President Joe Biden's administration filed notice Monday that it is appealing a federal judge’s order that blocked Biden’s suspension of new...
Global sizzling: July was hottest month on record, NOAA says
Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced.
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Oklahoma court: Supreme Court McGirt ruling not retroactive
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday found a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting state jurisdiction for crimes committed on...
New census data expected to reveal a more diverse America
Almost 120 years ago, African American domestic workers settled in the Como neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, where they held Fourth of July parades,...
US turns to social media influencers to boost vaccine rates
DENVER — As a police sergeant in a rural town, Carlos Cornejo isn’t the prototypical social media influencer. But his Spanish-language Facebook page with...
‘Reservation Dogs’ smashes stereotypes of Indigenous people
TULSA, Okla. — Two Indigenous filmmakers are smashing the caricatures and stereotypes of Native Americans, who since the earliest days of film and TV...
19 bodies reburied amid protests in search for Tulsa victims
TULSA, Okla. — The bodies of 19 people exhumed from a Tulsa cemetery during a search for victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre...
As Biden’s infrastructure plan advances, can GOP get to yes?
WASHINGTON — For President Joe Biden and the senators laboring over a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure package, there’s just one question left: Can enough...