The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 2-3 Wednesday against recommending clemency for a man convicted of murdering the husband of a woman he was having an affair with.
The Latest from NPR News
-
Katie Zacharia's first White House press briefing was short and often halting. The new press secretary chosen by President Trump left a lot of unanswered questions, including some uncertainties about her own qualifications.
-
The president of Cornell University, Michael Kotlikoff, is under fire over the university's handling of a gang rape at a fraternity party in 2024.
-
As polar ice melts in the Arctic, shipping lanes are opening up, making the region a new zone of superpower competition. Writer Rana Foroohar explains the stakes in Sea Change.
-
The Two Saddest Kitchens is a comic conversation between Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein. Book critic Maureen Corrigan says it made her laugh and feel better about her own (lack of) cooking.
More Oklahoma News
-
Oklahoma Watch, Oct. 14, 2026
-
Oklahoma lawmakers considered a tax credit that incentivises businesses to donate money they would otherwise pay in state taxes to nonprofits supporting families.
-
Kratom and its synthetic compounds will likely be a focus at the Oklahoma State Capitol next session, as lawmakers wrestle with how to regulate the addictive "gas station drug."
-
The Pentagon said it plans to livestream the military execution of the Fort Hood shooter. Despite bipartisan concern, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin is defending the decision.
More from NPR
-
Hundreds of thousands of people in Ukraine are without power on Wednesday after Russia attacked the country’s energy infrastructure overnight.
-
Consumer prices in September jumped 3.7% from a year ago. The Social Security Administration said benefits will increase next year to help keep pace with the rising cost of living.
-
We got to play The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time early. Here are our impressions of the remake and its elaborate new style.
-
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has a sit-down interview with NPR as Russia's full-scale invasion nears the 5-year mark. And, Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
-
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with veteran diplomat Richard Haass about the Russia-Ukraine war and the role President Trump is playing.
-
Factory workers in India are being asked to wear GoPro cameras to record the way they do their jobs. The ultimate goal is to train robots to take over. Will it work?