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After 48 Years, Wrongfully Convicted US Man Cleared Of Murder Charges
Glynn Simmons was exonerated after a 1975 conviction for a murder he did not commit.
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US Court Overturns Historic Opioid Ruling Against Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson
The Oklahoma State Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a historic decision to fine US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson $465 million for its role in the opioid crisis.
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Tesla Negotiating Incentives For Possible Texas Vehicle Assembly Plant: Report
Electric carmaker Tesla Inc is negotiating possible incentives with a Texas county that could bring a new auto assembly plant to the area near Austin, the state capital, the Austin American-Statesman reported on Monday. Travis County Commissioners Court is scheduled to discuss terms of the deal on Tuesday, the paper reported, citing people with kno...
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Judge Suggests Drug-Addicted Woman To Get Sterilized Before Sentencing, And She Does
In her 34 years, Summer Thyme Creel has passed a lot of bad checks, taken a lot of drugs and borne a lot of children (seven). After her sentencing Thursday in federal court in Oklahoma, her involvement with checks and drugs will stop at least temporarily, but she will never have another baby. That's because the judge in her case suggested, in writi...
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US Environmental Chief Scott Pruitt To Recuse Himself From Court Cases
US Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt has recused himself from several court cases that he pursued against the agency when he was Oklahoma attorney general, according to a recusal statement.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Restrictive Abortion Law
Oklahoma's highest court on Tuesday struck down a law imposing restrictions on abortion providers, including a requirement that they take samples of fetal tissue from patients younger than 14 and preserve them for state investigators.
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Meet Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's Nominee For The Supreme Court
On April 19, 1995, as the first reports came in about a bombing in Oklahoma City, some of the federal government's top prosecutors gathered in the office of Merrick Garland - who at the time was the second-in-command to the Justice Department's second-in-command.
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US Judge Halts Arkansas Executions
A US judge halted the scheduled executions of eight inmates in Arkansas on Friday, preventing what would have been the state's first lethal injections in a decade amid controversy over the drugs used.
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US Man Set for Execution After Supreme Court Denies Stay
The US state of Oklahoma was set to execute a man Wednesday over the fatal beating of a motel owner after the Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch appeal by his lawyers.
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US Court Grants Last-Minute Stay of Oklahoma Execution
An Oklahoma court granted a last-minute reprieve to death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has long proclaimed his innocence, by granting a brief stay of execution on Wednesday.
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After 48 Years, Wrongfully Convicted US Man Cleared Of Murder Charges
Glynn Simmons was exonerated after a 1975 conviction for a murder he did not commit.
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US Court Overturns Historic Opioid Ruling Against Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson
The Oklahoma State Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a historic decision to fine US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson $465 million for its role in the opioid crisis.
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Tesla Negotiating Incentives For Possible Texas Vehicle Assembly Plant: Report
Electric carmaker Tesla Inc is negotiating possible incentives with a Texas county that could bring a new auto assembly plant to the area near Austin, the state capital, the Austin American-Statesman reported on Monday. Travis County Commissioners Court is scheduled to discuss terms of the deal on Tuesday, the paper reported, citing people with kno...
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Judge Suggests Drug-Addicted Woman To Get Sterilized Before Sentencing, And She Does
In her 34 years, Summer Thyme Creel has passed a lot of bad checks, taken a lot of drugs and borne a lot of children (seven). After her sentencing Thursday in federal court in Oklahoma, her involvement with checks and drugs will stop at least temporarily, but she will never have another baby. That's because the judge in her case suggested, in writi...
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US Environmental Chief Scott Pruitt To Recuse Himself From Court Cases
US Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt has recused himself from several court cases that he pursued against the agency when he was Oklahoma attorney general, according to a recusal statement.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Restrictive Abortion Law
Oklahoma's highest court on Tuesday struck down a law imposing restrictions on abortion providers, including a requirement that they take samples of fetal tissue from patients younger than 14 and preserve them for state investigators.
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Meet Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's Nominee For The Supreme Court
On April 19, 1995, as the first reports came in about a bombing in Oklahoma City, some of the federal government's top prosecutors gathered in the office of Merrick Garland - who at the time was the second-in-command to the Justice Department's second-in-command.
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US Judge Halts Arkansas Executions
A US judge halted the scheduled executions of eight inmates in Arkansas on Friday, preventing what would have been the state's first lethal injections in a decade amid controversy over the drugs used.
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US Man Set for Execution After Supreme Court Denies Stay
The US state of Oklahoma was set to execute a man Wednesday over the fatal beating of a motel owner after the Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch appeal by his lawyers.
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US Court Grants Last-Minute Stay of Oklahoma Execution
An Oklahoma court granted a last-minute reprieve to death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has long proclaimed his innocence, by granting a brief stay of execution on Wednesday.
