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#1 Oklahoma Judge Arrested After Allegedly Firing Shots at Parked Cars and Crashing into Woman’s Vehicle
Sep 25 2023 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at least one of them, and intentionally crashed into a...
#2 Colorado Funeral Home Stored Bodies for 4 Years, Deceived Families, Prosecutors Say
Nov 14 2023 // The owners of a Colorado funeral home were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing...
#3 Water Damage Exclusions, on the Rise, May Frustrate Insureds but Are OK, Court Says
Jul 12 2023 // A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling that a Scottsdale Insurance commercial policy for a community center excludes almost all non-weather water damage. It’s the type of “infuriating”...
#4 Oklahoma Supreme Court to Consider Reparations Case for Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre
Aug 17 2023 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider a reparations case from survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre after a lower court judge dismissed it last month, giving hope to advocates for racial...
#5 Court: Tulsa Can’t Give a Choctaw Man Ticket Because City is on Reservation Land
Jul 6 2023 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Tulsa lacks the jurisdiction to prosecute a Native American man cited by police for speeding because the city is located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, a federal appeals court...
#6 Muscogee Nation Renews Lawsuit Over Alabama Casino on Sacred Site
Jul 24 2023 // The Muscogee (Creek) Nation has asked a federal appellate court to reinstate its lawsuit against the Poarch Creek Band of Indians and Auburn University for improperly removing graves from a sacred site in Alabama to build...
#7 Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Seeking Reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Jul 11 2023 // An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage. Judge Caroline Wall on...
#8 Two Rival Robotaxi Services OK’d to Operate Throughout San Francisco
Aug 14 2023 // California regulators approved an expansion that will allow two rival robotaxi services to operate throughout San Francisco at all hours, despite safety worries spurred by recurring problems with unexpected stops and other...
#9 Oklahoma Governor Signs Executive Order Narrowly Defining “Female” and “Male”
Aug 3 2023 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday directed state agencies to use narrow definitions of “female” and “male,” in the latest attack on transgender rights in a state that...
#10 Recent Earthquakes in Oklahoma Serve as a Reminder of Ongoing Risk
Feb 8 2024 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — After a dramatic spike in earthquakes in the early 2010s, state regulators in Oklahoma began taking steps to limit the injection of wastewater from oil and gas extraction deep into the ground. As a...
#11 California Regulators OK More Gas Storage Capacity at The Site of Massive Methane Leak
Sep 5 2023 // California regulators last week approved a controversial proposal to greatly increase storage capacity at the site of the nation’s largest known methane leak, which sickened thousands of families and forced them from...
#12 Court Clicks ‘OK’ on Uber’s Arbitration Agreement for Users’ Accident Claims
Sep 13 2023 // A notice in Uber’s digital registration process requiring ride-share customers to take any individual claims to arbitration is enforceable, a New Jersey appeals court has ruled in a case involving passengers injured...
#13 What’s So Great About a Career in an Insurance Agency?
Apr 15 2024 // What’s so great about a career in an insurance agency? Lots, actually. Like opportunity, flexibility, training, challenges, good pay, helping others, and job security. What’s more, it’s an opportunity...
#14 Attorneys for Last-Known Survivors of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Appeal Dismissed Reparations Case
Aug 10 2023 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Attorneys seeking reparations for three living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre filed an appeal in the case with the Oklahoma Supreme Court and said a district court judge erred in...
#15 Two Rival Robotaxi Services OK’d to Operate Throughout San Francisco
Sep 4 2023 // California regulators approved an expansion that will allow two rival robotaxi services to operate throughout San Francisco at all hours, despite safety worries spurred by recurring problems with unexpected stops and other...
#16 Tornadoes Kill 4 in Oklahoma, Leaving Trail of Destruction
Apr 30 2024 // SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — Tornadoes killed four people in Oklahoma, including an infant, and left thousands without power Sunday after a destructive outbreak of severe weather flattened buildings in the heart of one rural...
#17 Oklahoma Construction Contractor to Pay $370K Over Worker’s Fatal Fall
Oct 10 2023 // An Oklahoma construction contractor entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and agreed to pay $370,680 in criminal and civil penalties to avoid federal prosecution on one count of ignoring federal safety regulations...
#18 Storms Leave 15 Dead, Hundreds Injured in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas
May 28 2024 // VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) — Powerful storms killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop...
#19 After Deadly Oklahoma Tornado, Storms Bring Twisters to Midwest
May 9 2024 // DETROIT (AP) — Severe storms battered the Midwest on Tuesday, unleashing a curtain of heavy rain, gusty winds and tornadoes throughout the region a day after a deadly twister ripped through a small Oklahoma town and...
#20 Kansas Won’t Legalize Medical Marijuana for at Least a Year
May 1 2024 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will remain among the handful of states that haven’t legalized the medical use of marijuana or expanded their Medicaid programs for at least another year. Republican state senators on...
