Oklahoma

Oklahoma is only days away from enacting the toughest U.S. state ban on abortion and providers are preparing to stop terminating pregnancies while questions remained Friday about enforcement of the law’s limited exceptions.

Oklahoma’s Legislature gave final approval Thursday to another Texas-style anti-abortion bill that providers say will be the most restrictive in the nation once the governor signs it.

Severe storms moved across Oklahoma on Wednesday night spawning tornadoes in several areas.

Video shows a frightening scene in Oklahoma as drivers try to escape furious springtime storm.

Oklahoma’s abortion bill is very similar to a recent Texas abortion law: both laws allow for fines starting at $10,000 if someone is convicted of “aiding and abetting an illegal abortion.” NPR correspondent Sarah McCammon joined LX News to explain how the Oklahoma law will affect Texans, and looks ahead to Supreme Court decisions on abortion laws in other states.

A seemingly divided Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over Oklahoma’s authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American lands, following a 2020 high court decision

With violent crime increasing in much of the U.S., Republicans see a winning strategy in portraying Democrats as soft on crime ahead of this year’s elections.

The move is the latest in an aggressive push in Republican-led states across the country to scale back abortion rights.

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

The legislation bans all abortions in the state except in the case of medical emergencies.

She was charged in June with helping a New York man get a loan for close to $1 million with the Paycheck Protection Program, using faked payroll and other documents.

Severe storms and a possible tornado damaged buildings and downed power lines in northwest Arkansas early Wednesday as tornadoes and hurricane-force winds were forecast in much of the Deep South, a week after severe storms struck the New Orleans area.

The break in a decades-old cold case came from a lucky break by out-of-state police. Law enforcement officials will not discuss how they solved the case, but the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit has learned it started with Oklahoma police finding a private journal with a confession to a crime nearly 1,500 miles away.

Benj Mirman tells Philly Live’s Aunyea Lachelle what audiences can expect as he stars in a reimagined version of the Broadway classic “Oklahoma!”

A federal judge has resentenced “Tiger King” Joe Exotic to 21 years in prison

A federal judge has sentenced a former Oklahoma police officer to 25 years in prison for the 2014 killing of his daughter’s boyfriend

A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled against the state in its lawsuit challenging the vaccine mandates for members of the Oklahoma National Guard.

His school principal hailed Davyon Johnson as a “dual hero” for saving a choking fellow student and later helping a woman escape a burning house

The actor who played Kevin’s older brother in the classic Christmas movie “Home Alone” has been arrested in Oklahoma after he was accused of assaulting his girlfriend.

Attorneys for the former Oklahoma zookeeper known as “Tiger King” Joe Exotic say he is delaying cancer treatment until after his resentencing on convictions for a murder-for-hire plot and violating federal wildlife laws.