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In this Oct. 22, 2018, file photo, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain a person during a raid in Richmond, Va. More than 10 months after a Maryland mother of five was killed while out on a run, authorities on Saturday said they brought murder and rape charges against a Salvadoran man (not pictured) who is in the country illegally and has ties to international gang MS-13. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) **FILE**

Illegal immigrant with ties to MS-13 charged in 2023 killing of Maryland mother

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

In this image provided Malia Pila, Nex Benedict poses outside the family's home in Owasso, Okla., in December 2023. Police in Oklahoma are investigating the death of Benedict, a 16-year-old student who died a day after an altercation in a high school bathroom that may have been prompted by bullying over gender identity. Neither police nor school officials have said what led to the fight. But the family of Benedict says there had been harassment because the teen was nonbinary. (Sue Benedict via AP)

Oklahoma police are investigating a nonbinary teen’s death after a fight in a high school bathroom

By Sean Murphy - Associated Press

Country singer Tennessee Jet canceled illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Two plus two is not five: The courage of country singer Tennessee Jet

By Everett Piper

Bishop Carlton Pearson speaks at a news conference accompanied by several other clergy members, April 4, 2013, in Chicago. Before his peers would label him a heretic, the late Bishop Carlton D. Pearson was once one of the best known preachers in the nation. In the 2000s. Pearson underwent a cataclysmic theological shift that altered the course of his life – and his legacy among the canon of American Christian leaders. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, file)

Send-offs show Carlton Pearson’s split legacy spurred by his inclusive beliefs, rejection of hell

By Darren Sands - Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on Thursday, July 13, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Supreme Court rejects Tulsa’s request to issue speeding tickets to Native Americans

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

This Sept. 3, 2021, file photo shows the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Speeding ticket dispute heads to Supreme Court in fight over city versus Native American rights

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt delivers his State of the State address, on Feb. 6, 2023, in Oklahoma City. On Wednesday, June 28, a federal court ruled that a speeding ticket issued by the City of Tulsa to a Native American man cannot be enforced because the city is located within an Indian reservation. “Citizens of Tulsa, if your city government cannot enforce something as simple as a traffic violation, there will be no rule of law in eastern Oklahoma,” Stitt said in a statement. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Court says Tulsa can’t give a Choctaw man a ticket because the Oklahoma city is on reservation land

By Sean Murphy - Associated Press

FILE - Colorado Rockies television color analyst George Frazier looks on during his retirement ceremony before the Rockies host the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, in Denver. Oklahoma has announced that former pitcher George Frazier has died at age 68. Frazier played for Oklahoma on College World Series teams in 1975 and 1976, and played parts of 10 Major League Baseball seasons with five clubs. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Former Oklahoma and Major League pitcher George Frazier dies at age 68

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Broken Arrow, Okla., police and fire department investigate the scene of a fire with multiple fatalities at the corner South Hickory Ave. and West Galveston St. on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Eight people were found dead Thursday after a fire was extinguished at a Tulsa-area house, and police said they were investigating the deaths as homicides. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)

8 found dead after house fire in Tulsa area; homicide feared

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Senate candidate U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin gives his victory speech at his watch party, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP)

Mullin wins U.S. Senate GOP runoff in deep-red Oklahoma

By Sean Murphy - Associated Press

In this June 2, 2021 file photo, Damario Solomon-Simmons speaks at a news conference in Tulsa, Okla. An order from an Oklahoma judge dismisses eight plaintiffs and two entities from a lawsuit seeking reparations for survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The order signed Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022 by Tulsa County District Judge Caroline Wall allows the three known massacre survivors to continue seeking reparations under the state nuisance laws, but dismisses six descendants of victims. (Stephen Pingry/Tulsa World via AP)

Judge: Tulsa Race Massacre victims’ descendants can’t sue

By Ken Miller - Associated Press

Tulsa Police talk to a young man at Memorial High School as he waits to be reunited with a family member who was evacuated from the scene of a shooting at the Natalie Medical Building Wednesday, June 1, 2022. in Tulsa, Okla. Multiple people were shot at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus Wednesday. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)

Police: Tulsa gunman targeted surgeon he blamed for pain

By Sean Murphy and Jill Bleed - Associated Press

Will Zalatoris catches his ball on the eighth hole during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Luck of the draw at the PGA, and now a level playing field

By Doug Ferguson - Associated Press

FILE - The helmet of Washington Commanders NFL football team new quarterback Carson Wentz sits on a table during a news conference in Ashburn, Va., Thursday, March 17, 2022. The Washington Commanders are refuting a report that alleged they withheld ticket revenue from visiting teams. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Commanders round out draft with Chris Paul, Christian Holmes

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

Navy quarterback Tai Lavatai (1) throws in the first half of an NCAA college football game against Tulsa, Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Navy comes from behind on Lavatai TD, upends Tulsa 20-17

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President Joe Biden speaks as he commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, at the Greenwood Cultural Center, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Joe Biden visits Tulsa to honor Black victims of 1921 massacre

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, 2021, in Arlington, Va. Biden on Tuesday will take part in a remembrance of one of the nation’s darkest — and largely forgotten — moments of racial violence, marking the 100th anniversary of a massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, that wiped out a thriving Black community. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Joe Biden to honor forgotten victims of Tulsa race massacre

By Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, May 27, 2021 file photo, Darius Kirk looks at a mural depicting the Tulsa Race Massacre in the historic Greenwood neighborhood ahead of centennial commemorations of the massacre in Tulsa, Okla. The horror and violence visited upon Tulsa’s Black community in 1921 didn't become part of the American story. Instead, it was pushed down, unremembered and untaught until efforts decades later started bringing it into the light. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Tulsa massacre documentaries offer deep dive into tragedy

By Jonathan Landrum Jr. - Associated Press

The Rev. John R. Faison Sr. kneels in prayer after preaching at a joint service for the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre at First Baptist Church of North Tulsa, Sunday, May 30, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Tulsa pastors honor ‘holy ground’ of Greenwood community

By Peter Smith - Associated Press