Preliminary hearing in Robert Morris criminal trial canceled
The founder and former pastor of Gateway Church waived his right to a preliminary hearing.
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The founder and former pastor of Gateway Church waived his right to a preliminary hearing.
Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam the GOP-dominated state's top education official says is designed to safeguard against "radical leftist ideology."
The woman who accused Morris of sexually abusing her four decades ago will have to wait a while for justice in her civil case.
Police responded to a shooting that broke out at a busy Juneteenth celebration near downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night. No arrests have been made.
The announcement comes nearly a year after Robert Morris, the church's founding pastor, stepped down following allegations of sexual contact with a 12-year-old girl 40 years ago.
The former Gateway Church pastor, facing criminal charges of lewd or indecent acts with a child, claims he is owed retirement benefits.
Cindy Clemshire, the victim in the case, was also in attendance. The judge set the next hearing for September.
Before stepping down, Robert Morris led one of the nation's largest churches and served as a spiritual advisor to President Trump.
Two people died Saturday night in an Oklahoma City suburb after floodwaters swept their truck into a creek, police said. One of the deceased was 12 years old.
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Wendell Grissom received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was pronounced dead at 10:13 a.m.
Robert Morris resigned from Gateway Church in 2024 after a woman accused him of sexually abusing her in the 1980s.
More than 400 homes were damaged, Oklahoma officials said, and a red flag warning was in effect Tuesday.
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Morris, 63, was booked into the Osage County Sheriff's Office at 7:57 a.m. on Monday. By 8:11 a.m., just 14 minutes later, he had posted a $50,000 bond and was released, according to jail records.
A former pastor of a Texas megachurch surrendered to Oklahoma authorities on child sexual abuse charges.
Robert Morris, 63, is surrendered to officials in Osage County, where he was charged last week with five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, according to the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office.
The accusations date back to the early 1980s in Oklahoma, but charges were only officially brought this week.
It is something Morris' attorneys will likely challenge.
Bond for the former Gateway Church pastor has been set at $50,000 and Oklahoma officials said they expect Morris to surrender himself early next week.
The reunion has been nearly three years in the making.
Clara Robinson, 8, was swept away by floodwaters after her family's vehicle crashed into a fast-flowing drainage ditch on Christmas Eve.
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Residents described a tense, daylong shelter‑in‑place as they opened their homes to neighbors and waited for updates.
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Dallas police revised their policy to align with state law, but say officers will not question a person's immigration status when detained.
Figor, a 4‑year‑old Belgian Malinois credited with saving his handler's life, was celebrated Wednesday as the most decorated K‑9 in department history.
Residents described a tense, daylong shelter‑in‑place as they opened their homes to neighbors and waited for updates.
Oneil Cruz had the hardest-hit homer in the majors this season, a three-run shot off the top of the right-field foul pole in the ninth inning that powered the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-4 win over the Texas Rangers.
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Dallas police revised their policy to align with state law, but say officers will not question a person's immigration status when detained.
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About half of Iran's stockpile of ballistic missiles and its associated launch systems were still intact as of the start of the ceasefire in early April, officials said.
"Am I gonna replace a controller and have AI manage the airspace? The answer to that is hell no, that's not gonna happen," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told CBS News.
President Trump said he's extending the ceasefire until Iran has submitted a proposal in talks with the U.S. "and discussions are concluded."
Dallas County Elections said the issue stemmed from the Texas Secretary of State's voter registration database.
A federal grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on wire and bank fraud-related charges on Tuesday, the Justice Department says, accusing it of paying members of extremist groups as part of its efforts to investigate them.
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The University of Dallas men's basketball team raised more than $60,000 for the trip that is no longer happening.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was concerned about Kanye West's planned appearances at a London festival, given the rapper's past antisemitic remarks.
The Red Bull Flugtag Airshow returned to Las Colinas on Saturday after a 12-year hiatus. Teams are tasked with constructing a flying machine and putting it to the test. It's estimated that around 25,000 people attended the event.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit babies at Texas Health locations across North Texas celebrated Valentine's Day.
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