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Ricky Dority poses for a photo with his 1969 GMC pickup and his family dog "Boots" outside his family's home in Greenwood, Ark., on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Dority was freed from prison this summer with the help of students from Oklahoma City University's Innocence Project. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy)

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An Oklahoma man used pandemic relief funds to have his name cleared of murder
By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press
Wed,10/11/23-11:27PM , 111 Reads
GREENWOOD, Ark. (AP) — Ricky Dority spends most of his days playing with his grandchildren, feeding chickens and working in the yard where he lives with his son's family.
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Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond speaks during an interview, Feb. 1, 2023, in Oklahoma City. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board, a state school board in Oklahoma, voted Monday, June 5, to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state's attorney general that the decision was unconstitutional. Drummond had previously warned the board that such a decision clearly violated the Oklahoma Constitution. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

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Oklahoma school board approves what would be the 1st taxpayer-funded religious school in US
By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press
Mon,06/05/23-3:50PM , 57 Reads
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state school board in Oklahoma voted Monday to approve what would be the first publicly funded religious school in the nation, despite a warning from the state's attorney general that the decision was unconstitutional.
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Trans-rights activists protest outside the House chamber at the Oklahoma Capitol before the State of the State address, Feb. 6, 2023, in Oklahoma City. On Monday, May 1, Oklahoma became the latest state to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors as Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill that makes it a felony for health care workers to provide children with treatments that can include puberty-blocking drugs and hormones. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

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Oklahoma governor signs gender-affirming care ban for kids
By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press
Mon,05/01/23-7:50PM , 132 Reads
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma on Monday became the latest state to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors as Republican Gov.
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Ashleigh Webster hugs family friend Shannon Dillon at her home in Henryetta, Okla., Tuesday, May 2, 2023. (Nathan J. Fish/The Oklahoman via AP)

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Oklahoma woman: Sex offender controlled my daughter's family
By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press
Mon,05/01/23-5:20PM , 124 Reads
HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — As law enforcement officials went silent Tuesday while piecing together what led to the killing of seven people in rural Oklahoma, family members of those slain recalled the controlling nature of one of the dead, who was a registered sex offender.
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