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A new report shows Oklahoma has one of the highest rates of homegrown college-educated workforces. That means workers who graduated high school and college in Oklahoma.
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New federal rules mean Arizona will be getting a lot less water from the Colorado river. City leaders say they've been planning for years and no one will run out, but keeping taps flowing is expensive.
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Argentina has produced some of the world's greatest soccer players. Could its youth system offer lessons for the United States?
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Four days after catastrophic floods wiped out villages along the Nepal-China border, thousands are still missing. Families look for answers but hear nothing.
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NASA launched a telescope named after Nancy Grace Roman, the pioneering astronomer whose work helped make Hubble and generations of space telescopes possible.
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With the runoff primary over, the field is established for this November's Oklahoma General Election, including races for governor and U.S. Senate.
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A TSET board member challenged a new investment policy that weighs “Oklahoma values” and ESG factors in hiring money managers. A former attorney general said the policy could create legal risks, but the board moved ahead with hiring a new manager while an AG opinion remains pending.
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The update comes as Oklahoma prepares to enter the second budget period of a five-year federal funding opportunity meant to transform rural health.
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The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association changed a controversial rule regarding student athletes.
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A corn dog may look like lunch. But to an economist, the price is a bigger story about food prices and inflation.
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The U.S. has pledged 3.5 million in flood aid for Tibet and Nepal, with the first $500,000 distributed by Catholic Relief Services. An aid worker with the group explains what flood survivors need now.
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Insanity defenses are notoriously difficult to win. But Massachusetts law could give Lindsay Clancy a better chance.
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For more than 50 years, Noel Godin went after famous and powerful people with cream pies. His targets included politicians, philosophers, filmmakers and, famously, Bill Gates.
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Researchers are looking at new ways to use psychedelics to treat depression. Science journalist Marcelo Leite says there's also a lot to learn from indigenous people who have used them for generations.
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What happens when Russia arrests civilians in the Ukrainian territories it occupies? New Yorker writer Joshua Yaffa followed a group of women through the Russian prison system.