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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill on Wednesday that would increase punishments for those found stealing catalytic converters.

In his new book, ProPublica reporter J. David McSwane says a shocking number of companies that received funds at the beginning of the pandemic to distribute protective gear had no experience doing so.

Police hope to lower the city's raging homicide rate by focusing more resources on shootings that don't kill." We're modeling a lot of our things on what homicide does," says Lt. Dennis Rosenbaum.

At least $500 million of black market marijuana was seized during a multi-agency operation led by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics this week, after a yearlong investigation of nine Oklahoma farms.

Specific homeless camps may fuel property crime, but one researcher says on average, camps do not appear to increase city-wide crime rates.

Catherine Kim's family kiosk is just one business targeted by shoplifters in California in recent weeks in what California Attorney General Rob Banta says is an organized operation.

The number of murders increased nearly 30% in 2020, according to new FBI data. It's the highest one-year increase since record-keeping began in 1960.

On Thursday, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled last summer's U.S. Supreme Court McGirt v. Oklahoma decision will remain the law of the land, but it will only apply going forward when it comes to criminal cases.

People who are personally affected when justice is denied will never think about the state's courts and law enforcement in the same way. Wrongful convictions can do long-lasting harm and change how individual Oklahomans view the criminal justice system.

Violent crime is on the rise in many urban areas across the country, giving Republicans what they believe is an opening in key swing districts that could decide control of Congress next year.