Oklahoma

Tulsa’s first Black mayor has a bold pitch: A $100 million reparations package for descendants of the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre
Finance

Tulsa’s first Black mayor has a bold pitch: A $100 million reparations package for descendants of the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre

By Sean Murphy and The Associated Press
June 3, 2025
A snowy scene at the Atlanta airport
Lifestyle

Four passengers injured after Delta Air Lines flight aborts takeoff in Atlanta 

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January 10, 2025
A woman sits at a long table on her computer.
Success

Remote workers are taking $10,000 incentives to move to Tulsa—and helping to solve its brain drain

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October 24, 2024
Donald Trump stands at podium
Politics

Oklahoma’s unusual requirements for school Bibles match Trump-endorsed version

By Ken Miller and The Associated Press
October 5, 2024
Air traffic controllers are so overworked, the FAA created a shortcut for new college grads
Success

Air traffic controllers are so overworked, the FAA created a shortcut for new college grads

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October 4, 2024
A silhouetted person next to an exhibit of bones
Politics

Half a year after museums closed Native American exhibits, tribes are still waiting for the return of sacred items

By Philip Marcelo and The Associated Press
July 29, 2024
Dazed Texas county sifts through homes mangled by tornado in powerful storms that killed over 15 across the South: ‘It was horrific. Hellish’
Environment

Dazed Texas county sifts through homes mangled by tornado in powerful storms that killed over 15 across the South: ‘It was horrific. Hellish’

By Sean Murphy, Julio Cortez and The Associated Press
May 27, 2024
Only about 18% of the 148 largest school districts in the U.S. offer paid parental leave for teachers—and of the 27 districts that do offer paid leave, variations are plenty.
Health

Paid parental leave at schools is so dire that teachers must hoard their sick days and time their pregnancies around summer vacation

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April 19, 2024
Ryan Walters
Success

Oklahoma sent bonuses to elementary and special education teachers of up to $50,000. Then it asked for them back

By Sean Murphy and The Associated Press
January 30, 2024
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) prepares to pass the ball away from Los Angeles Lakers center Colin Castleton (14) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Nov. 30, 2023, in Oklahoma City.
Lifestyle

Oklahoma City voters approve hiking sales tax to pay for new $1 billion arena for NBA’s Thunder, despite economists’ warnings

By Sean Murphy and The Associated Press
December 13, 2023
Ricky Dority
Success

Oklahoma inmate used stimulus check to hire a private investigator and prove his innocence

By Sean Murphy and The Associated Press
October 12, 2023
Traci Soderstrom
Leadership

Judge who sent over 500 texts during a murder trial, including mockery of the prosecutor, could get stripped of her job

By Ken Miller and The Associated Press
October 12, 2023
How an unusually diverse team of VCs is putting $100M to work in Oklahoma
Finance

How an unusually diverse team of VCs is putting $100M to work in Oklahoma

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April 27, 2023
Craig Young
Politics

The ‘Dallas-Fort Worth Hamptons’ rocked by ‘gut-wrenching’ tapes of sheriffs joking about killing journalists and lynching Black people

By Sean Murphy and The Associated Press
April 23, 2023
Idabel, Oklahoma residents
Politics

A newspaper published a sheriff’s threats to kill journalists and hang Black people. The sheriff says it’s ‘illegal to secretly record a conversation.’

By Ken Miller, Sean Murphy and The Associated Press
April 18, 2023

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