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Despite Jewish charter school win, Oklahoma archdiocese says it has ‘no plan’ to advance St. Isidore
As an Oklahoma Jewish charter school continues forward to becoming the nation’s first state-funded religious school, a Catholic institution that started the fight says it has "no plan" to try again.
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Prosecutors have reopened an investigation into the alleged rape of a former Cornell University student in 2024. Now the governor of New York is calling for an independent investigation into Cornell.
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A judge heard statements on several motions, including one to dismiss the case of Lindsay Clancy, after her recent trial ended in mistrial.
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The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries that are not identified in their removal orders. It also plans to hear full arguments on the case.
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Lindsay Clancy's lawyer is arguing that there wasn't enough evidence to prove she killed her three children. It's a striking turn after a lengthy trial that focused more on her mental state than on whether she took their lives.
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A partnership between OKC Arts, the Oklahoma Oral History Research Project at Oklahoma State University Libraries and the Oklahoma Black Museum and Performing Arts Center works to tell the stories of dispersed all-Black towns and settlements.
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In 1909, two Oklahoma brothers aged just five and nine set off on horseback from near Frederick to Santa Fe—and back—alone. How Curious explores the extraordinary adventures of Bud and Temple Abernathy, and asks what their story reveals about childhood, independence and the American West of a very different era.
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Sen. Julia Kirt held a September interim study on land banks, quasi-governmental entities that acquire vacant and blighted properties for development, after her land bank bill died in committee this spring.
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Leaders of one of the nation's only junior military colleges say they are under legal "siege" at their Pennsylvania campus. The threat is existential, so a state Senator has offered Oklahoma as a new home to save the school and held a study to discuss.
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Even among ATLiens, Kenny Mason is an outlier. As he faced a creative crisis — and commercial pressures — the rap-rock iconoclast realized that he feels most comfortable on the fringes.
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Origin Genomics aims to prove that the potential benefits of its technology for editing disease-causing genes in human embryos outweigh the risks.
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The MacArthur Foundation has just announced its latest batch of 20 fellows. Among the recipients of the $800,000 "no-strings-attached" fellowships are researchers who were recognized for their work at the intersection of science and justice.
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A historian who studies wage gaps between races and a saxophonist whose live performances include a chef are among the latest recipients of the philanthropic group's annual, no-strings-attached $800,000 grants.
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The Trump administration has weakened fuel efficiency standards for new cars. And, prosecutors have reopened a Cornell University fraternity rape case.