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Trump administration to take 10% stake in USA Rare Earth in $1.6b. deal, sources say

The Trump administration is set to take a 10% stake in USA Rare Earth as part of a $1.6 billion investment package aimed at boosting domestic rare earth mining and magnet production.

A wheel loader operator fills a truck with ore at the MP Materials rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California, January 30, 2020; illustrative.
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.

Tulsa’s Jewish community pushes back on Oklahoma Jewish charter school proposal

Boys in the hallway at Jewish day school

Oklahoma board to vote on application for religious Jewish charter school

Sunny view of the Tulsa Route 66 Sign at Oklahoma.

Lech L'Tulsa program provides pathway for Jewish Canadians to escape surging antisemitism


Archaeologists uncover 15,000 unexpected artifacts beneath Tulsa cemetery

A routine search for unmarked graves at Oaklawn Cemetery has instead uncovered 15,000 artifacts that reveal a vivid, unexpected picture of early Tulsa.

The Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma sex offender on Most Wanted List found in NYC, 13 years after staged abduction

The now 44-year-old was convicted in a 2008 case after he was found guilty on five counts of possession of child pornography.

Anthony Lennon, one of Oklahoma’s Ten Most Wanted, was arrested in New York after staging his own kidnapping 13 years ago

Avdija, Blazers rally from 22 down to hand reigning NBA champs Thunder first loss of season

Israeli forward Deni Avdija delivers a near triple-double in a dramatic comeback win, as talk grows about his next big NBA contract.

DENI AVDIJA powered Portland past OKC, handing the reigning NBA champion its first loss of the season, November 5, 2025.

US National Guard soldier charged for attempting to send 3D-printed gun parts to al-Qaeda

Andrew Scott Hastings, 25, allegedly shipped 3D-printed gun parts to an agent posing as an al-Qaeda contact, the Justice Department announced.

A 3D printer creating a pistol; illustrative.

'Hate has no place': Oklahoma signs IHRA definition of antisemitism into state law

“We can’t combat what we can’t define. This framework is going to help us understand what is and isn’t antisemitism.”

 Emily Gise, R-Oklahoma City, carried both Senate Bill 942 and Senate Bill 991 on the House floor.

Afghan national pleads guitly to plotting 'ISIS-inspired' US election-day terror attack

Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, and Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, were arrested and charged with attempting to carry out an ISIS-inspired plot during the 2024 US Presidential Election.

ISIS fighters.

'Oklahoma!' shines in Israel: LOGON’s latest musical triumph

Theater review: Light Opera Group of the Negev Netanya Community Center

 THE LOGON presentation of  ‘Oklahoma.’

Oklahoma advances two bills that would solidify IHRA antisemitism definition into state law

The bills were backed by the Combat Antisemitism Movement, an international network of 850 groups dedicated to combating antisemitism.

Oklahoma Senate Majority Floor Leader Julie Daniels, CAM Founder Adam Beren, State Senator Kristen Thompson, CAM CEO Sacha Roytman, and State Representative Emily Gise stand for a group photo inside the Oklahoma State Capitol, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Feb. 19, 2025.

A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years

The museum said the remains likely dated back to before the year 2000, when it was more common for museums to accept human remains into their collections.

 The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 1, 2014.

Oklahoma amends request for Bibles in public schools, removes Trump-endorsed Bible specifications

State Superintendent Ryan Walters said, "The left-wing media hates Donald Trump so much, and they hate the Bible so much, they will lie and go to any means necessary to stop this from happening."

 An illustrative image of a holy Bible.