People gather outside the Stonewall Inn on Feb. 26 in New York City for a vigil for Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old who identified as nonbinary. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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Nex Benedict was frequently targeted by bullies at their Oklahoma high school because of their gender identity. Kasandra Phelps via GoFundMe hide caption
A photograph of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary teenager who died one day after a fight in a high school bathroom, is projected during a candlelight service at Point A Gallery, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, in Oklahoma City. Nate Billings/AP hide caption
An ice fisherman stands on the frozen Molly's Falls Pond in Marshfield, Vt., on Sunday. Lisa Rathke/AP hide caption
McAlester Regional Health Center's administrative offices in McAlester, Oklahoma. Mitchell Black for KFF Health News hide caption
Glynn Simmons reacts as he leaves court after a judge ruled to approve his "actual innocence" claim during a hearing at the Oklahoma County Courthouse on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Oklahoma City, Okla. Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman via AP hide caption
FILE - Delegates hold up their ballots at the Southern Baptist Convention in New Orleans on June 13, 2023. On Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, Southern Baptist leaders ousted an Oklahoma church whose pastor defended his blackface performance at one church event and his impersonation of a Native American woman at another. Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP hide caption
Nicole Blackmon says she is mourning two children, the teenager she lost to gun violence and her stillborn baby. She is suing Tennessee because she says abortion bans interfered with her care. Splash Cinema/Center for Reproductive Rights hide caption
Women fight abortion bans in 3 more states with legal actions
Forrest Avenue, in the South Highland neighborhood, is dark except for streetlights in the early hours of Saturday, June 17, 2023, following a storm, in Shreveport, La. Henrietta Wildsmith/AP hide caption
An Endangered Missing Advisory issued Monday said 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer were last spotted with Jesse McFadden, a convicted sex offender. Oklahoma Highway Patrol hide caption
Dustin and Jaci Statton in an engagement photo from 2021. Jaci found out she had a partial molar pregnancy and couldn't get the abortion she needed in Oklahoma. They traveled to Kansas for care. Rachel Megan Photography hide caption
'I'll lose my family.' A husband's dread during an abortion ordeal in Oklahoma
Police and firefighters investigate the scene of a house fire where eight people were found dead in Broken Arrow, Okla., on Oct. 27, 2022. Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP, File hide caption
Anti-abortion and abortion rights activists protest in Washington, D.C. at the March for Life rally in January. The decision triggered strict abortion bans in more than a dozen states. A new study shows widespread confusion about abortion bans at Oklahoma hospitals. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt delivers his State of the State address on Feb. 6 in Oklahoma City. He has called on county officials heard making racist remarks to resign. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption
A dozen Black men were convicted of murder by all-white juries in connection with the 1919 massacre in Elaine, Ark. Above, defendants S.A. Jones, Ed Hicks, Frank Hicks, Frank Moore, J.C. Knox, Ed Coleman and Paul Hall with their attorney at the state penitentiary in Little Rock in 1925 after the Supreme Court overturned their convictions. Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System hide caption
Jake Flint performs in January of 2020 at Mercury Lounge in Tulsa, Okla. Melissa Payne Photography hide caption
The Oklahoma City Zoo welcomed four lion cubs on Sept. 26, its first litter of African lion cubs in 15 years. Oklahoma City Zoo hide caption
Logan Johnson, 11, carries a sign that reads "Thankful" after he recovered it from his family's destroyed home on Saturday after a tornado hit in Powderly, Texas. LM Otero/AP hide caption
Scientists at the site in Tulsa, Okla., will begin excavating by hand, using finer grain tools to clean up the coffins. That will help researchers analyze the construction style and hardware of the caskets in order to determine when they were interred. City of Tulsa hide caption
A gurney in the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. on Oct. 9, 2014. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt speaks after signing into law a bill making it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, on April 12, 2022, in Oklahoma City. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt poses for a photo with the bill he signed, making it a felony to perform an abortion, punishable by up to 10 years in prison, on April 12, 2022, in Oklahoma City, following a bill signing ceremony. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on April 12 in Oklahoma City. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption