Oklahoma

Nov 15, 2024
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WILL PAVIA IN OKLAHOMA
We live in America’s ghost towns. This is why we love it

Settle in a place others have abandoned and you win the freedom to live how you like. Getting fresh food and water is the tricky bit

The Times
Oct 9, 2024
a man with a beard is sitting on a couch holding a tablet .
FBI arrests man for ‘plotting Isis terror attack on US election day’

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, a 27-year-old Afghan living in Oklahoma, had allegedly bought AK-47s and is accused of planning to open fire on voters

The Times
Jun 3, 2024
an aerial view of an oklahoma city skyline with a church in the foreground
Is America’s tallest skyscraper coming for tornado country?

A businessman with an ‘opaque background’ wants to defy the critics and build the 120-storey Legends Tower as a symbol of Oklahoma City’s renaissance

The Times
May 27, 2024
Hugo Parra directed his family and about 60 others to safety in the lavatories of a collapsing truck stop
Father’s quick thinking saves dozens as US tornado death toll hits 21

Storms have left a trail of destruction across Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma, obliterating homes and forcing drastic evasive action

The Times
May 6, 2024
A tornado through Sulphur, Oklahoma, left a trail of damage
WEATHER EYE
Outbreak of violent tornados in US shows location trend

Plus: the weather forecast where you are

The Times
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Feb 4, 2024
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He’s survived death row nine times — and put capital punishment on trial

American opinion was already shifting before the latest twist in Richard Glossip’s startling story of survival

The Sunday Times

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Nov 15, 2024
WILL PAVIA IN OKLAHOMA
We live in America’s ghost towns. This is why we love it

Settle in a place others have abandoned and you win the freedom to live how you like. Getting fresh food and water is the tricky bit

The Times
Oct 9, 2024
FBI arrests man for ‘plotting Isis terror attack on US election day’

Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, a 27-year-old Afghan living in Oklahoma, had allegedly bought AK-47s and is accused of planning to open fire on voters

The Times
Jun 3, 2024
Is America’s tallest skyscraper coming for tornado country?

A businessman with an ‘opaque background’ wants to defy the critics and build the 120-storey Legends Tower as a symbol of Oklahoma City’s renaissance

The Times
May 27, 2024
Father’s quick thinking saves dozens as US tornado death toll hits 21

Storms have left a trail of destruction across Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma, obliterating homes and forcing drastic evasive action

The Times
May 6, 2024
WEATHER EYE
Outbreak of violent tornados in US shows location trend

Plus: the weather forecast where you are

The Times
ADVERTISEMENT
Feb 4, 2024
He’s survived death row nine times — and put capital punishment on trial

American opinion was already shifting before the latest twist in Richard Glossip’s startling story of survival

The Sunday Times

Oklahoma is a state in the South Central region of the US and is a major producer of natural gas, oil and agricultural products. The landscape is diverse with ancient mountain ranges, prairie and forests and most of the state lies in regions prone to severe weather. In the 2020 census, 14.2 per cent of Oklahomans identified as Native Americans — the highest indigenous proportionate percentage by any state — and there are 26 indigenous languages spoken in Oklahoma. It leans politically conservative and the Republican party has held significant sway in both state and federal elections with the state voting consistently for Republican presidential candidates since 1968.