French Heiress Ratchets Up Battle With US Over Nazi-Looted Painting

A French Holocaust survivor battling with an American university over a painting by Camille Pissarro that was stolen by the Nazis went to court in Paris on Tuesday to try block the university from suing her for millions of dollars.

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Oklahoma Seeking to Return $2M Worth of Hydroxychloroquine

The Oklahoma attorney general's office is attempting to return $2 million worth of a malaria drug once touted by former President Donald Trump as an effective treatment for COVID-19, a spokesman said Wednesday.

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Cyberstalking Sentence

A Virginia man was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for sending harassing and threatening messages to the Republican mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in an effort to force the cancellation of a Donald Trump rally last summer.

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Exotic Animals

The new owners of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park, which was featured in Netflix’s “Tiger King” documentary, must turn over big cats that are one year old or younger and their mothers to the government, a federal court in Oklahoma ruled.

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Court Rules ‘Innocent Man’ Defendant to Remain Imprisoned

A man who has spent 35 years in prison in a murder case featured in the book and television series "The Innocent Man" must remain incarcerated even after a judge ordered his release, an appeals court ruled Thursday.

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Railroad Crossing

Oklahoma’s “Blocked Crossing Statute,” which limits the amount of time that a train can block traffic at a railroad intersection with a highway or street, is “facially unconstitutional,” a federal court in the state ruled, finding that it is preempted by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act.

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Ex-Cop Faces Federal Murder Charge After Seeking Release Under High Court Ruling

Federal prosecutors announced Friday the murder indictment of a former Tulsa cop convicted in state court for killing his daughter’s boyfriend, but who is now demanding his release after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidated Oklahoma’s criminal jurisdiction on Native American tribal lands.

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