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FILE - Hospital bed. ( Jeffrey Greenberg/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a portion of the state’s near total ban on abortion, ruling women have a right to abortion when pregnancy risks their health, not just in a medical emergency.It was a narrow win for abortion rights advocates since the U.S.

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. - Predicting exactly where a tornado might strike is no easy feat, but meteorologists can typically pick out areas in which the environment will be favorable for the development of tornadoes, sometimes up to a week in advance.However, until Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma was struck by an unusual pair of twisters in less than a week in March 1948, no such forecast indicating the potential for tornadoes had ever been made in America.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHERThat's when two Air Force meteorologists, Maj. Ernest Fawbush and Capt.

General views of the Idaho State Capitol Building on May 23, 2021 in Boise, Idaho. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho is poised to allow firing squads to execute condemned inmates when the state can't get lethal-injection drugs, under a bill the Legislature passed Monday with a veto-proof majority.Firing squads will be used only if the state cannot obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections — and one death row inmate has already had his scheduled execution postponed multiple times because of drug scarcity.Idaho previously had a firing squad option on the books but has never used it.

escaped pet monkey was shot and killed in southern Oklahoma after it reportedly mangled a woman’s ear and slapped a man across the face.Video filmed by Ardmore, Oklahoma, resident Randal Flinn shows the primate snacking on an orange as it sat at Flinn’s doorway."What’s a monkey doing in Oklahoma?" Flinn asks while taking video of the monkey through a screen door.When the monkey left the porch and started approaching Flinn’s dog in the yard, video shows him open the door and yell for the dog to get away.That’s when the monkey turned around and charged aggressively at the door where Flinn stood. Flinn managed to slam the door just in time. READ MORE: Ohio zebra badly mauls man's arm, deputies put it down: 'I think he tore my arm off'Flinn wasn’t the only person the monkey went after, according to police.

FILE - Marijuana plants at the mausoleum for reggae musician Peter Tosh (1944 - 1987) in the grounds of his former house in Belmont, Jamaica, June 3, 2011. (Kevin Cummins/Getty Images)OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma voters will decide Tuesday whether to make the state one of the most conservative to green light cannabis use for adults.State Question 820, the result of a signature gathering drive last year, is the only item on the statewide ballot.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Eight people were stabbed overnight  at a night club in Oklahoma City.Police say it started at 1:30 a.m. Saturday at a bar in the city’s Bricktown district.

Noor "Nuny" Alhayadir is a quadriplegic who wanted to bake a cake as her last wish. (Credit: INTEGRIS Health Children's Hospital) TULSA, Okla. - A quadriplegic teen hopes to empower others after she decided to bake a cake as her last wish.Noor "Nuny" Alhayadir is currently hospitalized at INTEGRIS Health Children's Hospital.

Camille Lewis and John Miles. (Credit: Tulsa Police Department) TULSA, Okla. - An Oklahoma couple has been charged after reports that a missing boy may be dead and his sister was abused.WARNING: This story contains potentially disturbing crime details. Reader caution is advised.Tulsa police say Camille Lewis and John Miles were arrested earlier this month and charged with child abuse and child neglect.Authorities say, in late January, a grandmother called the police about an 11-year-old boy who had been missing for several years and was possibly dead.

FILE - A sign with the Starbucks logo is seen at its coffeehouse. (Photo by Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) An Oklahoma man said he was forced to cancel a family vacation after a couple of cups of coffee at Starbucks cost him almost $5,000 because of a venti-sized tipping error.Jesse O’Dell reportedly thought he had spent around $12 for the coffee but found a $4,456.27 charge from Starbucks on his bank statement after his wife's credit card was declined while shopping for shoes and clothes ahead of the planned trip."I felt disbelief," O’Dell told told the Kansas City Star.

Garrett Brown being honored at a school assembly after saving a choking student. (Credit: Norman Public Schools) NORMAN, Okla. - An eight-year-old boy is being hailed a hero after saving a classmate who was choking. The incident took place on September 15 at Lakeview Elementary School in Norman, Oklahoma. Music teacher Jordan Nguyen said she was the adult on duty during 3rd grade lunch period when she heard "He's choking! Cashton's choking!""I immediately ran over to help," Nguyen told FOX Television Stations. RELATED: Video shows NJ teacher save student choking on water bottle capThe teacher said student Cashton York was taking a bite, started choking, and couldn’t breathe.His classmate, 8-year-old Garrett Brown, noticed right away. "Without thinking twice, he [Garrett] ran to the other side of the table and began performing the Heimlich Maneuver while the other boys around him called for help," Nguyen added.

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - A person of interest in a homicide investigation in Oklahoma, where four friends went missing and were later found shot and severely dismembered in a river, was arrested in Central Florida Tuesday, according to police. Police in Okmulgee, a city located about 40 miles south of Tulsa, said Joe Kennedy was taken into custody in Daytona Beach Shores after being found in a vehicle that had been reported stolen Monday to the Okmulgee County Sheriff's Office. The district attorney and the sheriff will begin the process of getting him back to Okmulgee County, where they will question him. A warrant was also issued for his arrest in an unrelated Okmulgee County case for an application to accelerate a judgement and sentence he received in relation to a shooting in 2012.

Billy Chastain, 30, Mark Chastain, 32, Alex Stevens, 29, and Mike Sparks, 32, are pictured in provided images by police. (Credit: Okmulgee Police Department) OKMULGEE, Okla. - Authorities in Oklahoma are searching for a person of interest after the disappearance and gruesome killing of four friends, who were found shot and dismembered in a river.Police in Okmulgee, a city located about 40 miles south of Tulsa, said on Monday that the dismembered remains discovered last week belonged to missing individuals Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29.Okmulgee Police Chief Joe Prentice on Monday told reporters that all four men were shot and severely dismembered before being placed in the river."I’ve worked over 80 murders in my career, involving multiple victims, dismemberment, but this case involves the highest number of victims, and it’s a very violent event," Prentice told reporters.

Four men have gone missing from Okmulgee, Oklahoma. (Credit: Okmulgee Police Department) Police in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, found "multiple objects in the water that appear to be human remains" in the Deep Fork River Friday amid a days-long search for four missing cyclists, authorities said.Mark Chastain, 32, Billy Chastain, 30, Mike Sparks, 32, and Alex Stevens, 29, of Okmulgee, were reported missing Monday evening.

Kayla Shanee McNeal (Credit: Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office) SPENCER, Okla. - Authorities in Oklahoma have charged a woman in the fatal stabbing of her neighbor after their young daughters were involved in a fight. The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a home in the Spencer neighborhood Thursday for a report of a stabbing. They found 29-year-old Vaneesa Wade in critical condition, and she later died after being taken to a local hospital. RELATED: Bristol Police Shooting: Wounded officer shot, killed suspect who killed 2 colleaguesAuthorities identified and arrested the suspect, Kayla Shanee McNeal, 31. They said she lived across the street from Wade. Investigators said McNeal's 10-year-old daughter was involved in a fight with her 17-year-old daughter.McNeal told authorities that she intervened and both of the daughters returned to their homes.

Natalie Davis and Callie Ramsey (Credit: Hannah Ward) WEWOKA, Okla. - Natalie Davis and Callie Ramsey have been best friends their entire lives, and their bond deepened on the gridiron when they were asked to play football for a local team to prevent a forfeit. The Wewoka Tigers in Wewoka, Oklahoma, said they came close to not playing football last week due to a lack of players. So they asked the two high school seniors to suit up. "When asked to play, I did not hesitate to say yes cause I know what it is like to not have enough players to play the game you love as we struggled with that issue with softball this year," 17-year-old Ramsey told FOX Television Stations. "At first, I was nervous being out there, but as the game went on, it became fun and exciting especially with all the support and excitement we received from other teammates, coaches and the fans as we ran onto the field to play," she continued. The Tigers ended up losing to Mounds High School 47 to 14, but it was still a night to remember.Although the girls said they didn’t score, there was one specific moment during the game that left them proud. RELATED: Philadelphia shooting: Teen killed, 4 others injured in shooting after high school football scrimmage"I was not able to score, but I kept one guy from scoring," 18-year-old Davis said.

A cheetah in India (Credit: Press Information Bureau) NEW DELHI (AP) - Seven decades after cheetahs died out in India, they’re back.Eight big cats from Namibia made the long trek Saturday in a chartered cargo flight to the northern Indian city of Gwalior, part of an ambitious and hotly contested plan to reintroduce cheetahs to the South Asian country.Then they were moved to their new home: a sprawling national park in the heart of India where scientists hope the world’s fastest land animal will roam again.RELATED: Huge 8-foot alligator carries new hatchlings in Oklahoma: videoIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the cats into their enclosure Saturday morning. The cats emerged from their cage, tentatively at first while continuously scanning their new surroundings."When the cheetah will run again … grasslands will be restored, biodiversity will increase and eco-tourism will get a boost," said Modi.Cheetahs were once widespread in India and became extinct in 1952 from hunting and loss of habitat.

A video of an 8-foot alligator carrying its new hatchlings to water was recently posted on Facebook by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. The gator had been working for months to build a nest and guard its eggs before they hatched.

The Artemis I rocket is seen from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site flagpole, near the countdown clock. (FOX photo) WASHINGTON - It's not just rocket fuel propelling America's first moonshot after a half-century lull. Strategic rivalry with China's ambitious space program is helping drive NASA’s effort to get back into space in a bigger way, as both nations push to put people back on the moon and establish the first lunar bases.American intelligence, military and political leaders make clear they see a host of strategic challenges to the U.S.

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has voluntarily recalled Starbucks Vanilla Espresso Triple Shot over concerns the product may contain metal fragments. The recall affects over 200 cases of the 15 oz, 12 bottles per case, packages. According to the FDA's report, the recall started on August 15 but was made public on September 8. The product was sold in seven states: Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma and Texas.RELATED: Starbucks to spend nearly half a billion dollars to revamp image, make stores more efficientCustomers are urged to stop using the product and return it to its place of purchase. FOX Television Stations has reached out to Pepsico for comment. This story was reported from Los Angeles. 

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma County inmate found dead in his jail cell over the weekend was a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the county alleging that in 2019, he and other inmates were tortured by jail employees who forced them to repeatedly listen to the children’s song "Baby Shark" for hours.John Basco, 48, was found unresponsive in his cell early Sunday morning, Oklahoma County Detention Center officials said in a news release. He was pronounced dead after jail workers began lifesaving efforts, they said.

CHICAGO - A 21-year-old sailor will be laid to rest on Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II.Members of Herbert "Bert" Jacobson’s family have waited all their lives to attend a memorial for the young man they knew about but never met. Jacobson was among the more than 400 sailors and Marines killed on the USS Oklahoma during the Dec.

STILLWATER, Okla. - It was the point in their son’s journey when Mark and Julie Lambert started to feel at ease. They were initially worried and expressed concerns when 32-year-old Grady Lambert told them he was going to run across the country, from Oregon to South Carolina, to thank frontline workers at various hospitals for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic."He said, ‘I’m finishing this race one way or another, Mom,‘" Julie told FOX Television Stations. On August 28, Grady was nearly halfway done with his journey when he was hit and killed by a pickup truck driver in Carson County, Texas, near Amarillo. "The driver told the police that when he came over that crest [of the road], the sun hit his eyes and he did not see Grady," Julie said. Grady’s mother said she knew something was wrong because she always tracked her son’s progress via Life360, a location-sharing app. RELATED: Boy born with 12 fingers writes inspirational children's book: 'It’s okay to be different'On that fateful day, the app told her Grady was traveling 96 miles per hour. After calling authorities in the Amarillo area, she found out her son was sent to Northwest Texas Hospital where he was in a coma. The Lamberts rushed to the hospital.

NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma opens its college football season with a matchup against UTEP. Coverage kicks off at 3:30 p.m.

A 10-year-old boy from Oklahoma is being hailed a hero after he saved his mom from drowning when she suffered a seizure in their backyard pool.

Ron DeSantis, a rising conservative star frequently mentioned as a top alternative to Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential contest. In New York, redistricting has left two longtime House Democratic colleagues competing for the same seat, while the head of the party's campaign arm in the chamber is running in new territory and faces a challenge from the left. Oklahoma Republicans will choose between two Trump loyalists competing in a runoff to be their party's nominee to finish the term of retiring GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe.

File Photo by Wodicka/ullstein bild via Getty Images MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A military veteran pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to faking his own death off the Alabama coast to try to avoid sexual abuse charges in Mississippi.Jacob Blair Scott pleaded guilty to charges of sending a false distress call that led to a Coast Guard search; illegally shipping weapons across state lines and giving false information, according to court records.A federal judge will sentence Scott in November.

Sgt. Bobby Swartz (Credit: Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office) OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot and killed and a second deputy wounded while the two were serving eviction papers at a home on the southwest side of Oklahoma City, authorities said.Both deputies were transported to the University of Oklahoma Medical Center, where Sgt.

Shopping carts with the Walmart logo are seen outside a Walmart store in Burbank, California on August 15, 2022. - Walmart, the largest retailer the United States, will report second quarter earnings on August 16, 2022.

FOX Forecast Center, due to the abundant moisture, any storms that develop could be slow moving and capable of producing torrential rain.The rain forecast over the next five days.(FOX Weather) Flood Watches have been issued for parts of eastern Texas, southern Oklahoma, northern Louisiana and southwestern Arkansas through at least Monday night.The Dallas-Ft. Worth metro is one major city in Texas in the zone for flash flooding over the next few days.Forecast models show some areas could see between 5 and 8 inches of rain in some communities in higher elevations.NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REVAMPS FLOOD ALERTSFlood Watches in effect through Monday.

MCALESTER, Okla. - For many families, back-to-school season can be a mix of excitement and jitters as children prepare for the year ahead with new teachers, classrooms, and the promise of learning. But for one mother in Oklahoma, it’s also a reminder of the ongoing anxiety and fear that many U.S.

DALLAS, Texas - Federal law enforcement officials say there is growing concern that federal agents will be targeted in retaliation for the FBI executing a search warrant at former President Donald Trump's estate in Florida.Lester Hayes Jr., the new special agent in charge of Homeland Security investigations in the North Texas and Oklahoma region, says federal law enforcement is monitoring potential threats online."I've never witnessed this never thought it would manifest itself in this way," said Hayes. The search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate led to armed protests outside the Phoenix FBI office and a shootout in Cincinnati with a man who tried to storm the FBI office.RELATED: Timeline of events leading up to FBI search of Trump's homeRELATED: Ohio FBI shooting: Gunman reportedly threatened agency following raid of Trump's homeHayes has been a member of federal law enforcement for more than 20 years, but only recently came to Dallas.He says he is focused on border security because what comes across Texas-Mexico border often comes through Dallas and on to the rest of the country."Not only drugs, but people," Hayes said. "They are all traveling on the same highway." The Department of Homeland Security is also conducting multiple investigations into catalytic converter thefts across North Texas.A Dallas man confronted a suspect who appeared to be in the middle of stealing a catalytic converter from his van last week.The car parts are then sold overseas for millions of dollars, according to Hayes.Hayes is asking the community to help law enforcement catch criminals."We want to get out in the community.

Assistant Head coach Cale Gundy of the Oklahoma Sooners watches the team before their spring game at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on April 23, 2022 in Norman, Oklahoma. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images) NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma assistant head football coach Cale Gundy announced his resignation Sunday after using offensive language during a film session last week.Gundy, who had been with the program as an assistant since 1999, made the announcement in a social media post on Sunday, and the school confirmed it with a statement shortly thereafter.Gundy apologized in his post and explained why he resigned.

early childhood education, the quality of early education, resources and economic support.PARENTS AND TEACHERS SEEK OUT RETAILER BACK-TO-SCHOOL SALES AMID HIGH INFLATIONWalletHub also ranked states based on specific metrics within those categories. For example, Washington, D.C. was found to have the highest share of 3- and 4-year-olds enrolled in pre-K, pre-K special education and Head Start, while Nevada had the lowest share.THE MOST EDUCATED METRO AREAS IN AMERICA IN 2022: REPORTThree states – New Jersey, Hawaii and Oregon – plus Washington, D.C., tied for the highest total reported spending per child enrolled in preschool. Six states – New Hampshire, Wyoming, South Dakota, Indiana, Idaho and Montana – tied for the lowest total reported spending per child enrolled in preschool, according to the report. DESPITE HIGH INFLATION, BACK-TO-SCHOOL SPENDING PROJECTED TO HIT $37BWalletHub also found that six states, including New York, Alaska, Oklahoma, California, Oregon and Iowa, tied for the state with the highest monthly child care co-payment fees as a percentage of family income, while Hawaii was found to have the lowest. To see the overall list, here are the states – including Washington, D.C. – with the best and worst early education systems in 2022, according to WalletHub. GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HEREFILE - Skyline of Little Rock with Arkansas River, Arkansas.

FILE - A drone aerial view of downtown Wichita, Kansas, is pictured in a file image. (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Rent prices across the United States have skyrocketed in the two years since the COVID-19 pandemic, and residents in many big coastal cities have continued to face higher prices. But there are still many livable cities where renting remains affordable — and even some regions where it’s falling sharply.Rent.com, an online property rental site, compiled the 100 cheapest cities for renters in the country.

LAWTON, Okla. - A city driver in Oklahoma got a morning surprise when a deer went flying through the windshield.City officials in Lawton said the incident happened in June and the driver was Alisha Sutton— who had only been on the job for 10 months. The city also released a video of the crash, saying the deer stood up immediately and Sutton opened the door to let it back out. "I was like, I guess I gotta slow this bus down," Sutton said in a news release. "I slowed it down and brought it to a stop right there in the road.

TOPEKA, Kan. - Japan’s Panasonic Corp. selected Kansas as the location for a multibillion-dollar mega-factory to produce electric vehicle batteries for Tesla and other carmakers, Gov.

Lethal injection chamber (Photo by William F. Campbell/Getty Images) OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - Oklahoma will execute about one inmate each month for the next 29 months, a number that accounts for more than half of the state’s death row population.According to the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit death penalty research organization, the first scheduled execution is set for Aug.

Photo via Horry County Sheriff's Office COLUMBIA, S.C. - "Tiger King" star Bhagavan "Doc" Antle has been charged with buying or selling endangered lemurs, cheetahs, and a chimpanzee without the proper paperwork, federal prosecutors in South Carolina said Thursday.The latest charges are on top of money laundering counts, where authorities said Antle tried to hide more than half a million dollars made in an operation to smuggle people across the Mexican border into the U.S.Antle is featured prominently in "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness," a 2020 Netflix documentary miniseries that focused on tiger breeders and private zoo operators in the U.S. The series focused heavily on Oklahoma zoo operator Joe Exotic, who also was targeted for animal mistreatment and was convicted in a plot to kill a rival, Carole Baskin.'TIGER KING' JOE EXOTIC RESENTENCED TO 21 YEARS FOR MURDER-FOR-HIRE PLOTThe U.S.

Roe v. Wade last week. A cursory look at Google Trends shows searches for the word "vasectomy" jumped on the morning of June 24, which was the day the Supreme Court’s ruling came down. There was a staggering increase of over 850% for the search term "where can I get a vasectomy," according to preliminary data collected by Innerbody Research, a telehealth and health research company. The top two states where people searched for the term were in Texas (No.

FILE - Voting booths are ready at the Ames Public Library on primary Election Day on June 7, 2022, in Ames, Iowa. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)NEW YORK - Seven states are set to host primary elections Tuesday as the nation comes to terms with last week's stunning Supreme Court ruling eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.This week's nominating contests could offer the first clues as to whether the political landscape has shifted.

Meaonia Michelle Allen confessed to the 1993 murder of her infant son to hide the pregnancy. (Credit: Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation) CHOCTAW COUNTY, Okla. - A mother turned admitted to the 1993 murder of her baby son after surrendering to authorities. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said authorities arrested 53-year-old Meaonia Michelle Allen last Wednesday after she turned herself in for an outstanding warrant for one count of first-degree murder.

Tiger Woods at the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club on May 21, 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) Tiger Woods has been keeping golf fans on the edge of their seats for decades, both on and off the course. His accomplishments are mind-blowing, including 15 Major wins and a record-tying 82 wins on the PGA Tour.

HOUSTON - "Baby Holly", who had been missing since her parents were found murdered in Houston in 1981, was dropped off at a church in Arizona decades ago and taken into their care, Texas officials said.On Thursday, the Texas Attorney General’s Office announced that Holly Marie Clouse had been found alive more than four decades after her parents' murders.MORE: 'Baby Holly' found alive 42 years after her parents were murdered in HoustonBaby Holly and her parents Tina Gail Linn Clouse and Harold Dean Clouse Jr. had last been seen by family in 1980 before they left their home in Volusia County, Florida so Dean could pursue carpentry work in Texas.The newlywed couple’s bodies were found in a wooded area of Houston in January 1981, but were not identified until October 2021.The couple's young daughter was not found with the remains of the Clouses, and the search continued for decades. Holly Marie Clouse in a 1980 photo taken in Lewisville, Texas.

SMITHSBURG, Md. - Three people are dead after a shooting at a manufacturing facility in Smithsburg, Maryland, according to authorities.FOX News confirms that the shooting happened at Columbia Machine on 12900 block of Bikle Road near Smithsburg High and Middle Schools.Maryland State Police confirmed to FOX 5 that initial reports indicate three people were killed in the shooting.Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he has been briefed on the shooting.

FILE: Larry Nassar sits in court listening to statements before being sentenced by Judge Janice Cunningham for three counts of criminal sexual assault in Eaton County Circuit Court on February 5, 2018 in Charlotte, Michigan. Nassar has been accused o DETROIT - Former Olympic gymnasts, including gold medalist Simone Biles, are among dozens of assault victims who are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop sports doctor Larry Nassar, lawyers said Wednesday.There’s no dispute that FBI agents in 2015 knew that Nassar was accused of molesting gymnasts, but they failed to act, leaving him free to continue to target young women and girls for more than a year."It is time for the FBI to be held accountable," said Maggie Nichols, a national champion gymnast at Oklahoma in 2017-19.Under federal law, a government agency has six months to respond to the tort claim.

An attendee holds a Stag Arms AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas on May 28, 2022. (Photo by PATRICK T.

Jacob Blair Scott (photo credit: US Marshals Service) PASCAGOULA, Miss. - A military veteran who once faked his own death to try to avoid criminal charges has been convicted of sexually assaulting a girl and impregnating her when he was 40 and she was 14.A jury convicted Jacob Blair Scott of Moss Point, Mississippi, on Thursday. Jackson County Circuit Judge Kathy King Jackson sentenced him to 85 years in prison, saying it is essentially a life sentence.