58 stories · Across Oklahoma

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House passes Russia sanctions, sending bill named for Lindsey Graham to Trump's desk KOSU

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The war in Iran costs $250 million per day. How can the U.S. afford it? KOSU

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Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, dies at 81 KOSU

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Since 2021, Oklahoma sheriff turnover audits have identified more than 3,000 unaccounted-for items across county departments statewide — including guns, vehicles, Tasers and, in some cases, refrigerators and meat slicers. Some items were clerical errors. Others, including firearms, are genuinely missing with no record of where they went.

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The Frontier requested travel logs for all of the mine-resistant vehicles in use by Oklahoma law enforcement, but many do not keep such records.

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Phase 1 of Tulsa Bike Share was supposed to launch in the spring. The starting date has been pushed back to the fall to allow time for the bikes to be built.

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Somehow, out of all the people at the Tulsa World that I now think of as friends, Jay was the first person to make me feel like I really belonged.

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The role of former Attorney General Scott Pruitt in a botched execution nearly three years ago has become newly relevant, now that he has assumed control of one of the most important federal agencies.

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I initially scrolled past the video. But then I began to question myself. Is it wrong of me to do that? By ignoring the video am I ignoring its reality? Am I ignoring the pain incidents like that cause and the people they hurt?

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I informed Councilor Ewing that the plaintiff did not agree that the lawsuit had been settled. Nevertheless, I received numerous angry texts from Ewing Saturday night and since he said that I should share them with readers, feel free to read them.

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My first year as a dad has been a whirlwind of trying to unlock the mysteries of fatherhood while trying to also find my own place in the world.

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Reaction to AG Scott Pruitt as Trump's choice to lead the EPA ranged from apoplectic to gleeful.

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Gov. Mary Fallin handles most of her state-related email on her personal email address and two former top staff members also used personal email addresses for official business. It's not clear whether the governor's office is abiding by requirements to preserve, archive and search these accounts when Open Records Act requests are made.

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House departed Wednesday for a seven-week campaign break after spending less than two weeks in session during August and September. The extended “district work period” is intended to give incumbents from both political parties time to meet with constituents and fundraise back home before voting in this year’s midterm elections ends […]

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WASHINGTON — Voters are much more likely to support U.S. Senate candidates in the November midterm elections if they have a plan to avoid an automatic cut to Social Security benefits in 2032, according to a poll released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Peter G. Peterson Foundation. “Senators elected this fall will be in office in […]

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday moved forward on a sweeping bipartisan bill that would set national standards for college athletes’ compensation. The measure breezed through its first procedural vote that needed 60 senators to advance, 74-24. The legislation is the latest congressional push to overhaul the college sports landscape, which continues to wrestle with […]

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WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that also featured a tense exchange between GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. With the November midterm elections fast approaching and the parties […]

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Residents of a drying up waterfront community expressed outrage Tuesday after a state agency allowed an unpermitted dam to remain upstream of their lake. After the meeting, one of the dam’s owners, former state Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee, offered the residents $100,000 if they could raise $300,000 for seed money […]