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movement two years after the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19th, 1995. Members are as angry as ever and remain convinced that American citizens are in danger from the U.S. government and `the New World Order.' But they also are more secretive than ever, and it's hard to determine whether they've gained or lost members.

NPR's Mark Roberts reports on this week's pre-trial hearings for the upcoming trial of Timothy McVeigh. McVeigh and Terry Nichols are charged in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City in April 1995, which killed 168 people. The judge denied a defense request to have key eyewitness testimony excluded from the trial. The judge also heard prosecutors claim that explosive residue on Timothy McVeigh's clothing connect him to the crime.

The Senate's No. 2 Republican leader calls for a new election for majority leader. Oklahoma Sen. Don Nickles' recommendation comes just two days after Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) publicly apologizes for comments he made on segregation at a birthday party for Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC). Hear NPR's David Welna.

DNA is revolutionizing the criminal justice system by clearing dozens of people who were wrongly convicted. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on two convictions in Ada, Oklahoma. In one case, two men were convicted and twelve years later were exonerated by DNA. In the other case, two men were convicted but there was no DNA to test. As Barbara Bradley reports, DNA not only exonerates the innocent, but shows the flaws in our traditional legal system.

DNA is revolutionizing the criminal justice system by clearing dozens of people who were wrongly convicted. NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on two convictions in Ada, Oklahoma. In one case, two men were convicted and twelve years later were exonerated by DNA evidence. In the other case, two men were convicted but there was no DNA to test. As Barbara Bradley reports, DNA not only exonerates the innocent, but shows the flaws in our traditional legal system.

In 1990 Robert Wesley Knighton was sentenced to death for murdering Richard and Virginia Denney in rural Oklahoma. On Tuesday night he is scheduled to be executed for the crime. Independent producers David Isay and Karen Callahan have the story of Knighton's recent clemency hearing, where one of the witnesses urging mercy for him was the daughter of the man he murdered.

Both President George W. Bush and Democratic contender Sen. John Kerry took classes with the same oratory professor at Yale University, the late Rollin Osterweis. NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to former Oklahoma Sen. David Boren, who also studied under Osterweis, and says that he can see the professor's mark on both candidates.

The death of Nex Benedict was ruled as a suicide by a medical examiner in Oklahoma.

The U.S. Postal Service will purchase six electric vehicles from Canoo, which has a manufacturing plant in Oklahoma, as part of its plans to electrify its fleet of vehicles.

The University of Oklahoma made its intentions to leave the Big 12 Conference official Monday morning via a joint statement the school sent out with the University of Texas.

A school board meeting in Tulsa ended with three members walking out and ending a quorum Monday night.

The town of Seminole — about 50 miles southeast Oklahoma City — was hit by tornadoes for the second time this week.