Oklahoma

Backers of Jewish school file federal lawsuit challenging Oklahoma ban on religious charter schools

The lawsuit asks a federal judge to strike down Oklahoma’s ban on religious charter schools and to order the state to stop denying applicants on the basis of their religious character.

Peter Deutsch, founder of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on January 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board discussed and rejected an application from the National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation on Feb. 9, 2026.

Oklahoma attorney general accuses officials of rigging vote on proposed Jewish charter school

Peter Deutsch, founder of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on Jan. 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City.

Jewish group threatens lawsuit over ban on publicly funded religious schools

Starling's new VTOL drone design for enhanced operational flexibility

Taiwan teams up with US firm Kratos to build Mighty Hornet IV attack drones to counter China


Trump's Tulsa rally crowd underwhelms despite early expectations

Trump campaign officials had said prior to the event that demand far outstripped the capacity of the venue.

A supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump shoots a video with his mobile phone from the sparsely filled upper decks of the arena as the president addresses his first re-election campaign rally in several months in the midst of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the BOK Center in Tulsa,

Trump moves Oklahoma political rally date from Juneteenth after criticism

Tulsa, a city important in African-American history, in 1921 was the site of one of the bloodiest cases of racist violence in US history in which white mobs attacked black residents and businesses.

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a campaign rally in Dallas, Texas, U.S., October 17, 2019

Trump faces backlash from African-American leaders on Tulsa rally

In 1921, Tulsa was the site of one of the country’s bloodiest outbreaks of racist violence, when white mobs attacked black citizens and businesses with guns and explosives dropped from airplanes.

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Sunrise, Florida, U.S., November 26, 2019

Oklahoma City suspect who died in 2019 said 'I can't breathe'

Police officer said 'I don't care.'

Police detain Derrick Scott in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., May 20, 2019 in this framegrab from police body cam footage released on June 10, 2020.

Oklahoma passes anti-BDS bill

The legislation confirms that Oklahoma will not sign any contract with a company, unless the company submits a written certification that it's not currently boycotting Israeli goods or services.

An anti-Israeli protest inspired by BDS

'Miracle baby of Dachau' dies

Known to some as the "miracle baby of Dachau," Helga Page's story was featured in a 2006 article in The Oklahoman.

A sign at Dachau Concentration Camp reading "Never Again"