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OKLAHOMA CITY, June 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE: CLR) ("Continental" or the "Company") today announced that its Founder and Executive Chairman, Harold Hamm, purchased 4,736,264 shares of Continental common stock on the...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Two police officers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, were shot and critically wounded on the city's east side Monday morning and police arrested the suspected gunman following a more than seven-hour search, authorities said. David Ware, 32, w...

WINFIELD, Kan. (AP) — A pedestrian was hospitalized after she was hit Monday by a train in Winfield, police said. The female pedestrian was taken to Wesley Medical Center in critical condition, The Wichita Eagle reported. Her age and city of r...

GODDARD, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have identified the body of a missing swimmer found in a Kansas lake. A Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office spokesman said 29-year-old Zachariah Shepherd of Andover disappeared in the water around 2 a.m. Saturday as h...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ted Thornhill, Florida Gulf Coast University (THE CONVERSATION) In 2018, sociologist Ted Thornhillfound that Black students who profess...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of reported coronavirus cases in Oklahoma has surpassed 13,000 with more than 200 additional reported cases, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health on Monday. The department reported 228 newly c...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Federal regulators have cited aircraft maker Textron Aviation for a December 2019 explosion that injured 15 workers at its Wichita manufacturing plant. U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration s...

DESOTO, Kan. (AP) — Merck Animal Health said Monday it plans to invest $100 million to expand and enhance its manufacturing facility in DeSoto, Kansas. The company, a division of Merck & Co. based in Kenilworth, New Jersey, said in a news release t...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly says she will issue an executive order mandating the use of masks in public starting Friday to stop the spread of COVID-19. "The evidence could not be clearer — wearing a mask is not only safe, but it is...

SEATTLE (AP) — A Boeing 737 MAX took off from a Seattle airport on Monday, the start of three days of re-certification test flights that mark a step toward returning the aircraft to passenger service. The Federal Aviation Administration test flights...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the outlook for the U.S. economy is "extraordinarily uncertain" and the success of the recovery effort will depend in large part on the country's ability to contain the spread of the c...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday that President Donald Trump wasn't briefed on U.S. intelligence assessments earlier this year that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in A...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The commander of the International Space Station said Monday that losing a mirror during last week's otherwise successful spacewalk was "a real bummer." NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy said he has no idea how the small m...

At least 285 U.S. children have developed a serious inflammatory condition linked to the coronavirus and while most recovered, the potential for long-term or permanent damage is unknown, two new studies suggest. The papers, published online Monday in...

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards will still go ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic. An MTV spokesperson confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday that the show will take place Aug. 30 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New Y...