Oklahoma Historical Society Director Chantry Banks, left, introduces the new director for the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum, Cory Cart, Tuesday at the museum. CDN | Christian Jacobsen

The Oklahoma Route 66 Museum has a new director that has a deep love of small communities and looks forward to the future. He met with the public Tuesday at the museum during a meet and greet.

(AP) – A radio feed from a police helicopter captured two loud banging sounds and a voice saying “we’re going down,” just before it crashed, killing the two people on board, according to a preliminary investigation report released Tuesday.

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has rejected a request for a new trial for a Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, a case that became a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration.

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