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Jan 07 2021
News
U.S. counts record of almost 4,000 COVID-19 deaths in a day as virus continues to wreak havoc
As the political drama unfolded in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, COVID-19 continued to wreak havoc in the U.S., claiming a record of almost 4,000 American lives, the most in a single day since the start of the outbreak.
There were at least 3,963 COVID-19 deaths, according to a New York Times tracker, and another 255,730 cases were diagnosed. The U.S. has averaged 230,610 cases a day
MarketWatchOct 07 2021
News
Rand Paul bedevils fellow Republicans again with Israel aid holdup
After spending much of the summer portraying Democrats as anti-Israel, Republicans are now in the awkward position of an intraparty feud that’s holding up military assistance to the U.S. ally.
The GOP isn’t divided over whether to fund protection for Israel — all of them, and most Democrats, want to send Israel a $1 billion replenishment for its Iron Dome missile defense system. The
PoliticoAug 04 2015
Opinion
OPINION: Why so many climate change deniers here?
CNN's John D. Sutter visits Woodward County, Oklahoma which has one of the highest rates of skepticism about climate change in the United States.
Guest WriterSep 22 2016
News
Shooting of Terence Crutcher
On September 16, 2016, Terence Crutcher, a 40-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot by a white police officer Betty Shelby in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was unarmed during the encounter.
WikipediaJul 08 2020
News
Tulsa sees Covid-19 surge in the wake of Trump's June rally
(CNN) - The city of Tulsa is experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases, a little over 2 weeks after President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in an indoor arena there.
Dr. Bruce Dart, Executive Director of the Tulsa Health Department, said in a press conference on Wednesday there are high numbers being reported this week, with nearly 500 new cases in two days and trends are showing
CNN (Online News)Dec 08 2016
News
Scott Pruitt, Trump's pick to head the EPA, has sued the EPA
Donald Trump tapped Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, as environmental groups and Democratic lawmakers denounced the selection of a state official who has sued the agency he is now slated to lead.
USA TODAYFeb 19 2019
News
‘He just picks up’: Trump and the lawmakers he loves to talk to on the phone
One surprise call came from Air Force One as President Trump was leaving Iraq, startling Sen. James M. Inhofe (R) as he was chopping wood back home in rural Oklahoma with his grandson. When Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) recently stepped off a plane, a White House voice mail was waiting for him, saying Trump was “available for the rest of the evening” for another round of their regular phone
Washington PostMay 29 2020
News
For cops who kill, special Supreme Court protection
So Aldaba took the only other route open to people in her situation: She sued. Her lawsuit in federal district court in Muskogee, Oklahoma, alleged that the three officers used excessive force, violating her son’s civil rights under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
But almost immediately, her case hit a formidable
ReutersAug 22 2013
News
Conservative Pundits Manufacture Racial Firestorm Over Killing
Some conservative pundits are enraged this week by what they view as a racial double-standard in media coverage of a high-profile killing in Oklahoma.
HuffPostAug 30 2021
News
State mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries
The Education Department on Monday opened civil rights investigations into five Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions.
The department’s Office for Civil Rights announced the investigations in letters to education chiefs in Iowa, Oklahoma,
Associated Press