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News Articles: Tulsa

A Kansas City Chiefs fan, ChiefsAholic, poses for photos while walking toward Empower Field at Mile High before an NFL football game between the Denver Broncos and the Chiefs,on  Jan. 8, 2022, in Denver.

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Chiefs superfan 'ChiefsAholic' sentenced to 32 years in Oklahoma prison

A Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as "ChiefsAholic" was sentenced Monday in an Oklahoma courtroom to serve 32 years in state prison for robbing a Tulsa-area bank.

May 13, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Scientists at the site in Tulsa, Okla., will begin excavating by hand, using finer grain tools to clean up the coffins. That will help researchers analyze the construction style and hardware of the caskets in order to determine when they were interred.

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  • Race

21 more unmarked graves are discovered in the Tulsa Race Massacre investigation

Historians say up to 300 Black people were killed in the 1921 attack and the days that followed. Nearly all are believed to have been buried in mass graves approved by white authorities of the time.

November 02, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
People look on as 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.

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  • National

8 are found dead in a Tulsa suburb house fire and homicide is feared

Eight people were found dead Thursday in a burning Tulsa-area house in what was being investigated as multiple homicides, police said.

October 28, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Three AR-15 rifles.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Calls for gun safety continue after mass shooting in Tulsa

Thursday on Political Rewind: The Tulsa shooting raises the stakes in the gun control debate as the U.S. House prepares to pass bills in response. Our guests weigh in on how it'll impact Georgia races this fall.

June 02, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
Emergency personnel respond to a shooting at the Natalie Medical Building on Wednesday in Tulsa, Okla.

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  • National

5 people dead at Tulsa medical building, in the 233rd mass shooting of 2022

"Four innocents and one shooter" are dead, says Jonathan Brooks of the Tulsa police department at a news conference on Wednesday.

June 02, 2022
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  • Fernando Alfonso III
Two people hug outside at Memorial High School where people were evacuated from the scene of a shooting at the Natalie Medical Building on Wednesday, in Tulsa, Okla.

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  • National

The Tulsa gunman's doctor was among those killed in Wednesday's mass shooting

The shooter had complained multiple times about pain following back surgery and sought additional treatment days before the attack, which left five people dead, including the gunman, police said.

June 02, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
Two people hug outside at Memorial High School where people were evacuated from the scene of a shooting at the Natalie Medical Building on Wednesday, in Tulsa, Okla.

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  • National

The Tulsa gunman's doctor was among those killed in Wednesday's mass shooting

The shooter had complained multiple times about pain following back surgery and sought additional treatment days before the attack, which left five people dead, including the gunman, police said.

June 02, 2022
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  • Rina Torchinsky
The base where the Marjorie Tallchief sculpture once stood is seen outside the Tulsa Historical Society on May 2 in Tulsa, Okla.

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  • National

A statue of a Native American ballerina that was stolen in Tulsa will be restored

Enough pieces of a bronze statue of Marjorie Tallchief have been recovered to restore it. The statue was cut into pieces that have been found at recycling centers in the Tulsa, Okla., area.

May 10, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Glenda "Cookie" Parton, 80, disappeared when she was searching for her son, Dwayne Selby, 59. Selby and his friend Jack Grimes, 76, were also missing.

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  • National

An Oklahoma woman vanishes while searching for her missing son and his friend

Eighty-year-old Glenda Parton's vehicle was found abandoned near Tulsa last Tuesday after she was searching for her son and his friend who also had gone missing.

November 02, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Imam Mohamed Herbert of the Islamic Society of Tulsa, the city's only mosque, whose congregation is preparing to aid in resettling the 850 Afghan refugees bound for the city.

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  • Politics

Oklahoma Welcomes Hundreds Of Afghan Refugees — Despite The State GOP's Objections

Oklahoma is welcoming more Afghan refugees than any state besides California and Texas. The state Republican party opposes it, but elected GOP leaders are defying it and eager to help new arrivals.

September 29, 2021
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  • Chris Polansky
The oldest living survivor of the Tulsa race massacre Viola Fletcher listens as President Joe Biden speaks to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, at the Greenwood Cultural Center, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: The Parallels Between Tulsa, Atlanta, The Wealth Gap And Racial Justice

Wednesday on Political Rewind: President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre in Oklahoma yesterday. What is being done to address those horrendous parts of our history — here in Georgia and across the country?

June 02, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
John Rogers, co-CEO of Ariel Investments, stands for a Bloomberg Television spot in Atlantic City, N.J., July 22, 2013. Rogers tells NPR about the emotional and financial impact the Tulsa riots had on his family.

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  • Business

How Tulsa Race Massacre Shaped Today's Most Successful Black CEOs

Ariel Investments CEO John Rogers, TIAA CEO Thasunda Duckett, and former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault reflect on what the Tulsa events a century ago has meant to them.

May 31, 2021
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  • David Gura
Artist Paul Rucker is creating a new multimedia work to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. That's when a thriving African American community was destroyed in a horrific act of violence that wiped out hundreds of Black-owned businesses and homes. Above, an aerial view of Tulsa, Okla., Fowler & Kelly, 1918.

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  • Art & Design

Artist's Black Wall Street Project Is About Tulsa 100 Years Ago — And Today

Paul Rucker's multimedia work tackles mass incarceration, lynching, police brutality and the ways America has been shaped by slavery. His latest marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

May 31, 2021
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  • Neda Ulaby
The original cover of Jewell Parker Rhodes' novel, <em>Magic City.</em>

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  • Race

In Both Fact And Fiction, The Truth Of Tulsa Is Hard To Stomach

When author Jewell Parker Rhodes tried to publish a novel retelling the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre, she found that not everyone was ready to reckon with the city's painful, traumatic history.

May 29, 2021
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  • Karen Grigsby Bates
This archival photo shows crowds of people watching fires during the June 1, 1921, Tulsa Race Massacre.

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  • Race

Code Switch's Recommended Reads About The Tulsa Massacre

Here's the books and articles about the 1921 Tulsa massacre that we recommend for a deeper dive into the events from the day.

May 28, 2021
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  • Karen Grigsby Bates
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