Staff Writer
Oklahoma’s top prosecutor is asking the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer an inmate to state custody so that he can be executed for killing a 77-year-old woman in 1999
A man convicted of the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student has been executed
A judge for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation in Oklahoma has ruled in favor of two descendants of Black slaves once owned by tribal members
A federal judge in Oklahoma has declined to stop a new law from taking effect that makes it a felony crime for health care workers to provide gender-affirming care to young transgender people
An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent 30 years in prison for a 1987 rape and burglary in Ada
An Oklahoma man who was freed after being imprisoned for decades on a murder conviction says there are more cases like his
The Oklahoma Supreme Court is reiterating its position that the state constitution guarantees a woman’s right to an abortion when necessary to preserve her life
Oklahoma has executed a man who claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed two men in Oklahoma City in 2001
Toy maker Mattel is honoring the late, legendary Cherokee leader Wilma Mankiller with a Barbie doll as part of its "Inspiring Women" series
Oklahoma City voters will decide whether to approve a 1% sales tax to fund a new downtown arena for the NBA's Thunder
Oklahoma City voters have approved a 1% sales tax for six years to help fund a new downtown arena for the NBA’s Thunder that is estimated to cost a minimum of $900 million
An Alabama execution this week would be the first in the nation to use nitrogen gas
Experts on capital punishment say Alabama's first-ever use of nitrogen gas to execute a man could could gain traction among other states and change how the death penalty is carried out in the United States
The death of a 16-year-old nonbinary high school student in Oklahoma whose family says was bullied has renewed scrutiny of anti-trans polices and political rhetoric over gender identity
The small town of Fritch is again picking through the rubble of a Texas wildfire, a decade after another destructive blaze burned hundreds of homes and left deep scars in the Panhandle community
A cluster of wildfires is scorching the Texas Panhandle
The largest wildfire in Texas history has killed two people and left behind a desolate landscape of scorched prairie, dead cattle and burned-out homes in the Texas Panhandle
Ranchers in the fire-scarred Texas Panhandle are facing a grim task of disposing possibly thousands of dead cattle killed by smoke and flames
Firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Texas history face increasingly difficult weather conditions
The City of Uvalde has released an independent report into a deadly 2022 school shooting that suggested none of the city’s officers violated department policy
The nine hours that Texas was allowed to arrest and deport migrants who illegally enter the U.S. provided a glimpse at what sort of obstacles law enforcement agencies in the state face
Kansas is poised to require internet pornography sites to verify that visitors are adults
Voters in the northwest Oklahoma city of Enid will decide whether to recall a city councilor with ties to white supremacist groups
Oklahoma's attorney general is urging the state's highest court to stop the creation of what would be the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school
There have been numerous developments this week concerning avian flu that have raised concerns among experts
BofA plans to engage with White House, Congress on debanking - spokesperson
Ivy League won't join $2.8 billion NCAA antitrust settlement, clings to academics and amateurism
Supreme Court to weigh bid to create first US religious charter school
Trump administration says 'Gulf of America' name change now official
UN rights chief says diversity should be celebrated, in jab at Trump
Felon arrested in one day due to law enforcement teamwork
Elon Musk's DOGE sets its sights on the penny to cut federal spending
Trump pumps coal as answer to AI power needs but any boost could be short-lived
Stride of seven continents: Birmingham man to run around the world in 7 days
Jalen Hurts practices on injured left knee for Eagles, ready for NFC championship game