2 ex-Oklahoma County jail employees charged with felonies
OKLAHOMA CITY — Prosecutors charged two former employees of the Oklahoma County Jail in separate cases in which they are accused of allowing inmates...
11 U.S. mayors commit to develop reparations pilot projects
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eleven U.S. mayors — from Los Angeles to tiny Tullahassee, Oklahoma — have pledged to pay reparations for slavery to a...
US Mint to issue quarters honoring notable American women
Poet and author Maya Angelou, America’s first woman in space and a revered Cherokee Nation leader are among female trailblazers whose likenesses will appear...
Southern Baptists meet amid controversy over leaked letters
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As Southern Baptists prepare for their biggest annual meeting in more than a quarter-century, accusations that leaders have shielded churches from...
As virus cases wane, governors weigh ending emergency orders
New coronavirus infections and deaths in the U.S. are down dramatically from earlier highs, though more contagious variants are spreading. Most people are now...
Fight over Canadian oil rages on after pipeline’s demise
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Keystone XL is dead after a 12-year attempt to build the oil pipeline, yet the fight over Canadian crude rages...
Nominee to oversee Indigenous affairs has widespread support
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — President Joe Biden's nominee to oversee Indigenous affairs at the Interior Department said Wednesday he won't impede tribes as they seek...
Oklahoma prison inmates to begin receiving computer tablets
OKLAHOMA CITY — Inmates at an Oklahoma prison began receiving special computer tablets this week, as part of a Department of Corrections plan to...
Newspaper gunman weighed ‘Timothy McVeigh-style’ attack
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper told a state psychiatrist he wanted to destroy a building “Timothy...
Crews start excavating possible Tulsa Race Massacre victims
TULSA, Okla. — Workers on Tuesday began excavating remains of possible Tulsa Race Massacre victims, removing them from a cemetery where searchers so far...