The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied an Oklahoma man’s challenge to his criminal convictions, rejecting his argument that the state lacked jurisdiction because he is a member of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma and that the crimes occurred on the Citizen Potawatomi Nation reservation.

(AP) — Newly released surveillance video appears to show a man buying a fuse at a fireworks store days before authorities say he and another man brought homemade bombs to a protest outside the New York City mayor’s residence.

Blood drive

Canda Dupree waits to donate blood Tuesday at the blood drive at the First Christian Church’s Family Life Center.

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In 1781, Germanborn astronomer William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man was put to death Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 8-year-old son in 2013, apologizing profusely to her older son who survived with multiple stab wounds and witnessed the execution.

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