Mayors of three of Oklahoma’s largest cities joined a bipartisan coalition of over 400 mayors from across the country in signing a letter urging Congress to pass President Joe Biden’s
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A light covering of snow lay outside the Integris Baptist Medical Center Portland Avenue campus that cold Monday in December as Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt announced the first doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine had arrived in Oklahoma. Hope is near, the governor said.
Stitt, Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt and other health officials held a news conference before giving the state s first COVID-19 vaccinations before the cameras.
Emergency room nurse Hannah White, 31, stood by, ready to be the first in Oklahoma to receive the inoculation against the novel coronavirus that had been sickening and killing people across the nation and worldwide,
Video makes false claims about Insurrection Act, transfer of power
By ALI SWENSON, ARIJETA LAJKA and JUDE JOFFE-BLOCKJanuary 20, 2021 GMT
A nine-minute video that has thousands of shares on Facebook and other social media mimics an emergency broadcast alert while peddling false claims regarding the transfer of the presidency. The video falsely suggests that President Donald Trump won the 2020 election and will be staying in office. In fact, former Vice President Joe Biden won the election and is slated to be inaugurated on Wednesday. It also peddles the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory that Trump is battling political enemies who are part of a pedophile and child sex trafficking ring, and suggests he will prevail to stay in power. The video claims the information comes from a Zoom conference with retired colonels, generals and L. Lin Wood Jr. Wood is an attorney who has been known to spread misinformation.
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt congratulated President Joseph Biden on his inauguration Wednesday and said on Twitter that Skydance bridge would be illuminated in red, white and blue Wednesday night to mark the occasion.
"On behalf of the people of Oklahoma City, I send congratulations to President @JoeBiden and Vice President @KamalaHarris," Holt tweeted after Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath of office.
"We are grateful for their willingness to serve our nation. A special congratulations to Madam Vice President on her especially historic achievement," Holt wrote.
"Cities are the nation’s chief economic and cultural engines," wrote Holt, who serves on the board of directors of the National League of
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Like many annual holidays and celebrations across the world this year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day will look a little different than usual.
For this year’s celebration, the Oklahoma City Martin Luther King Jr. Coalition has planned for a virtual event to commemorate one of the most influential civil rights leaders in the history of the United States.
The annual celebration comes after months of countless protests and calls to address systemic racism in many facets of American society. “Remember, Celebrate and Act!” is the slogan for this year’s 41st anniversary of the OKC celebration.
William Jones, parade coordinator for the event, said the theme is in response to the division and racism endured by Black Americans.