Tulsa
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The last two elephants, Billy and Tina, were transferred last year to the Tulsa Zoo after decades of campaigns by animal rights advocates over living conditions and a history of deaths and health challenges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The last two elephants, Billy and Tina, were transferred last year to the Tulsa Zoo after decades of campaigning by animal rights advocates over living conditions and a history of deaths and health challenges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
He married his college sweetheart, with whom he would have triplet sons, and joined Exxon as a research engineer in Tulsa, Okla., in 1963.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
A recent report by ADP Research ranked our cities—Birmingham, Ala., and Tulsa, Okla.—among the six best for college graduates to find employment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
High-school students from Tulsa, Oklahoma, sent the FCC a petition with sixty-six signatures asking that CBS air The War of the Worlds again.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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