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A man reeled in a massive 95-pound flathead catfish in southern Oklahoma, breaking a local record, the state’s wildlife officials said Tuesday. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation said in a social media post that Bradly Courtright caught the fish in Pine Creek Reservoir on a trotline, a fishing tool commonly used to catch catfishes. The department said it’s the …

Next month marks 30 years since Nicole Brown Simpson was found dead outside her home in Brentwood, California. Brown Simpson’s ex-husband and former NFL starO.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder in the slayings of Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, in what was dubbed the “trial of the century.” Simpson, who died in April, was later found liable for …

Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan survived the nasty primary runoff for his seat while fellow conservative state Rep. Justin Holland lost his suburban Dallas seat to Trump 2016 spokeswoman Katrina Pierson in two of the highest-profile races in the increasingly bloody internal war among Texas Republicans. Despite the Republicans’ 84-66 majority in the state House of Representatives and successful conservative …