March 17, 2017 5-year-old wins Oklahoma spelling bee, heading for nationals A 5-year-old girl is bound for the Scripps National Spelling Bee after becoming the youngest winner of a regional competition in Oklahoma.
March 16, 2017 Oklahoma lawmaker asks Muslims: 'Do you beat your wife?' An Oklahoma lawmaker who once likened Islam to a cancer has handed out a form asking Muslims to answer questions that include, "Do you beat your wife?" Republican state Rep. John Bennett's office distributed the questionnaire this past week as the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations organized its annual Muslim Day at the Capitol.
March 16, 2017 Federal 2017 quake forecast highlights Oklahoma, California Federal scientists forecast that Oklahoma will continue to have the nation's biggest man-made earthquake problem this year but it probably won't be as shaky as recent years.
March 16, 2017 Oklahoma wildfires bring evacuations; no reports of injuries About 100 residents were allowed to return to their homes Friday after a wildfire burned in Oklahoma.
March 16, 2017 Forecast predicts Midwest tornadoes, wildfires in Texas Forecasters say parts of the central United States could see strong tornadoes and damaging winds in a late-winter storm system, while areas of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico could be beset by wildfires.
March 16, 2017 AP Exclusive: Ex-congregants reveal years of ungodly abuse From all over the world, they flocked to this tiny town in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, lured by promises of inner peace and eternal life.
March 16, 2017 Crews battling wildfires in Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma Crews are working to contain a wildfire that's burning in a rural area of the Texas Panhandle while firefighters in Oklahoma fought back several blazes that popped up on an unseasonably warm and windy day.
March 16, 2017 Storm system that hit California moving into the Midwest More than 50 million people are being warned to watch for high winds and possibly tornadoes as a storm system that pummeled California this week moves into the Midwest.
March 16, 2017 'Extremely critical' wildfire alert issued for 3 states Firefighters in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas are bracing for a busy day as unseasonably warm temperatures, gusty winds and low humidity are expected to create dangerous wildfire conditions.
March 16, 2017 Oklahoma court favors church in Syrian torture lawsuit A court has ruled that a man from Syria who says he was tortured in his home country after converting to Christianity has no legal recourse against an Oklahoma church that published his name and baptism online.