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A Southwest flight dropped to just 525 feet above an Oklahoma town, prompting an altitude warning and FAA investigation
A Southwest Airlines flight dropped dangerously low over an Oklahoma town while preparing to land o…
Erin Snodgrass
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Killings show ISIS remains a threat in Syria's desert 5 years after losing its caliphate
The Islamic State has lost its territory, but its fighters recently carried out the deadliest month…
Paul Iddon
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Memorial Day weekend marred by severe weather and it's not over
More than 20 people died, and tornado warnings are in effect for Maryland, Texas, and other states.
Kaja Whitehouse
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Extreme weather blunts the US military's technological edge
More extreme weather due to climate change is scrambling the high-tech systems that have given the …
Michael Peck
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The tallest building in the US could be in... Oklahoma
The planned skyscraper would be 1,907 feet tall, trumping NYC's One World Trade Center. It would ne…
Hana R. Alberts
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Oklahoma considers banning consensual nudes before marriage
An Oklahoma bill, set to be proposed by a GOP state senator, would make it illegal to send explicit…
Joshua Zitser
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Oklahoma's lax marijuana laws made it a green utopia for the cannabis industry. Then came the mass murder.
Oklahoma's lax pot laws made it a utopia for the cannabis industry. A mass murder on a weed farm in…
Matt Stroud
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An Oklahoma judge is being accused of sending over 500 inappropriate texts during a murder trial, including a wild one about a 'pretty' police officer
"He's pretty. I could look at him all day," Lincoln County District Judge Traci Soderstrom said of …
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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An Oklahoma tourist says he faces 12 years in prison in the Caribbean after he mistakenly left 4 bullets from a hunting trip in his carry-on duffel bag
Ryan Watson and his wife were arrested on vacation in Turks and Caicos, and he now faces 12 years i…
Matthew Loh
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Inside the US Army's 'Stinger Dome,' scoring a kill with the weapons Ukraine got to shoot down Russian helicopters is harder than it looks
Business Insider recently traveled to Fort Sill, where our reporter got to train on two short-range…
Jake Epstein
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I witnessed the full power of an M777 howitzer, and the piercing 'boom' of the artillery cannon shook me to my core
This reporter saw firsthand how US Army gun crews handle one of the most powerful towed artillery s…
Jake Epstein
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US Army instructors say Ukrainian soldiers were 'amazing' at mastering the Patriots they've used to shoot down Putin's overhyped missiles
Ukraine said it has used its Patriots to down more than two dozen of Russia's Kinzhal ballistic mis…
Jake Epstein
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Drones are watching 'at all times' and show just how 'scary' future wars will be, says a US Army officer focused on defeating them
Small drones are a major threat to soldiers on the battlefield, but there's no "silver bullet" to d…
Jake Epstein
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US troops are shooting at balloons to figure out how to beat one of the Ukraine war's most 'dangerous' and unpredictable weapons
The US military is training service members to counter the rising threat of small drones, which hav…
Jake Epstein
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The head of Oklahoma's Board of Education rejoices after a local elementary school principal resigned following hate-induced bomb threats
Ryan Walters, superintendent of public instruction, rejoiced when a principal resigned after receiv…
Madison Hall
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A future theme park in Oklahoma that 'celebrates America' and could rival Disney's Magic Kingdom in size will include a gigantic RV park with 750 spaces
The American Heartland Theme Park and Resort is expected to open near Route 66 in Oklahoma in 2026,…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Oklahoma teachers who mistakenly received $15,000 to $50,000 in bonuses are now being told to give it all back
At least nine teachers were erroneously given bonuses or were overpaid, and some say they'll be fin…
Matthew Loh
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The Oklahoma wildlife department is livid that someone dumped a piranha-like fish into a neighborhood pond and an 11-year-old found it: 'How dare you'
The pacu, once erroneously rumored to enjoy biting human testicles, is typically found in the Amazo…
Matthew Loh
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An 11-year-old boy told his mom he caught a piranha in an Oklahoma pond. She thought he was being dramatic — and then she saw its teeth.
The fish turned out to be a pacu, which is native to South America and a cousin of the piranha.
Talia Lakritz
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Oklahoma's wildlife department wants people to stop DMing it at 1 a.m. and asking questions like whether there are 'continent size whales' out in the ocean
"Please stop dming the government at 1am," the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation tweeted…