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NBA Calls Off Season After Player Tests Positive For Coronavirus

The NBA announced Wednesday night that it is suspending its entire season. That decision came after a Utah Jazz player preliminarily tested positive for COVID-19.

NBA Teams Take A Break For The All-Star Game

The NBA is approaching mid-season. We catch up on how teams are doing and which players stand out. The annual All-Star game is on Sunday.

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., addresses supporters and volunteers at his runoff election victory party Tuesday at the Mississippi Children's Museum in Jackson.

Sen. Thad Cochran Beats Back Tea Party Challenge

The 76-year-old Mississippi Republican managed to hang on after a runoff that likely represented the Tea Party's best remaining chance to knock off a Senate incumbent.

Families In Houston Begin Cleaning Up After Devastating Floods

Texas and Oklahoma are recovering from storms, with more bodies being discovered as floodwaters recede. In Houston, one of the most damaged areas, thousands are working on flooded homes and cars.

'Mary On The Move': Fallin Visits Small Towns Before Election Day

With midterm elections just around the corner, candidates are doing everything they can to earn the votes of any last-minute undecided…

The Chimp That Learned Sign Language

Project Nim was a research study conducted in the 1970s meant to find out if a chimpanzee could learn to sign. The study's chimp –- named Nim Chimpsky -– lived in a Manhattan brownstone with a family who could teach him sign language.

'How To Be Famous' Says: Don't Hide Your Love Away

Caitlin Moran's new novel, the second installment in the adventures of teen rock critic Dolly Wilde, is a dirty, jolly, book-length defense of teenage enthusiasm — for music, sex and life in general.

Crews responding to a main break that left an apartment complex without water Tuesday. The clamp repair to this 1980s line will take several hours. A proposition to replace such aging infrastructure was approved by voters on the same day.

Norman voters approve water rate hike in special election, Minco results show tie

Voters in Norman approved a proposition to hike water rates in order to fund infrastructure upgrades, Tuesday. Most customers' bills will increase by about $5 a month.

Obama, UN Commit To Fighting Growing Ebola Threat

On Tuesday President Obama warned of the growing global threat posed by the deadly Ebola epidemic sweeping across Africa and announced a new plan to…

White marks show where Aubrey McClendon's vehicle crossed the road and crashed into an overpass wall in Oklahoma City. Police say they haven't found any reason to suspect the fatal crash was not an accident.

Accused Energy Executive's Fatal Car Crash Was Likely An Accident, Police Say

The police findings stand in stark contrast to the thinking of many observers, who had speculated Aubrey McClendon, 56, had ended his own life rather than face the federal charge against him.

Sara Hill, Cherokee Nation secretary of the environment and natural resources, stands outside the Cherokee Nation Courthouse in Tahlequah.

Federal Recordkeeping The Subject Of A New Lawsuit By Cherokees

The Cherokee Nation has sued the federal government, and wants to know details about how it has managed its property throughout history.Washington has…

UPDATE: Ricketts Says She Wasn't Ready For Long-Term USA Deal

Former University of Oklahoma standout pitcher KeilaniRicketts says USA Softball pressured her into signing a long-term contract before she was…

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