Teacher turnover hit its highest point since the pandemic last school year, when more than 6,000 Oklahoma public school teachers left the classroom.
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Hamas has released a video showing two captives, one of them an American, as part of an effort to prove that the two men are still alive. It was the second video of a U.S. citizen released this week.
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The militant group says it's examining the latest Israeli suggestions for a cease-fire in Gaza, seven months into the conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.
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Missouri Republicans are campaigning to make sure voters know they don't have to split their conscience on the abortion issue this November.
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New Mexico is the twelfth state to require a waiting period for gun purchases. Safety experts say waiting periods can help reduce gun related suicides, but advocates say more needs to be done.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt vetoed a bill that would have added two invasive weeds to Oklahoma's Noxious Weed Law.
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The Oklahoma Senate on Wednesday overrode Gov. Kevin Stitt’s veto of a bill that could have benefited criminal defendants who were also victims.
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In the upcoming elections, the German Anti-Immigrant Party seeks votes from Turkish-German Voters.
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Former president Donald Trump's trial in New York city proceeds as the Supreme Court appears poised to give him more delay in the federal case over Jan. 6th.
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Widad Kawar, 94, started collecting Palestinian dresses when she was a child in Jerusalem and founded a museum dedicated to Palestinian embroidery. She talks about what has been lost and what endures.
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NPR's Scott Simon muses about the passage of parental time, now that his eldest daughter has turned 21.
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The Oklahoma Legislature passed a bill that would allow local law enforcement to arrest undocumented immigrants — joining other states attempting to take on what's been a federal role.
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On this week's StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, Marine Staff Sergeant Nick Bennett talks about his desire to be deployed to the field after running the internet cafe on base.
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The heat bore down on Palestinians living in tents and aid groups working in the sun. UNRWA reported several heat injuries among its staff, and at least one 18-year-old Palestinian died from the heat.
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May 3
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Oklahoma City