Oklahoma
The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court is recommending the removal of District Judge Traci Soderstrom, who exchanged more than 500 texts with her courtroom bailiff during the trial.
The new law will make it a felony crime for health care workers to provide gender-affirming care to young transgender people.
“Whether you support capital punishment or oppose it, one thing is clear: From start to finish, the Oklahoma capital punishment system is fundamentally broken.”
Samantha Hayes, 27, of Idabel died Friday at Broken Bow Municipal Airport after the wing of a plane hit her while she was mowing grass.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Far-right Oklahoma state school superintendent Ryan Walters got a visit from a bird in the middle of a meeting.
The "I Remember Everything" singer said his "emotions" got the best of him during what he described as an "incident" with Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Ruben Armendariz, 28, is suspected of killing Cassandra Flores, 29, and their children Wednesday.
Chase Ainsworth was taken into custody on Friday after police accused him of killing his ex-wife and kidnapping their 5-year-old.
The Republican governor ordered state agencies to use narrow definitions of "male" and "female" in their operations.
The state judge, who is under investigation by an Oklahoma judicial ethics panel, was sworn in to a four-year term in January.