State Question 844, on the Aug. 25 ballot, would give Oklahoma lawmakers authority to change how the state reimburses local governments for property tax breaks given to manufacturers, with supporters and opponents debating its potential effects.

The Israeli military said two of its soldiers were killed in combat in southern Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since the implementation of a shaky truce between Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in June.

A mass shooting in North Carolina left three people dead and another injured. Authorities say the shooting was confined to one home.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported that two people died after a Wednesday afternoon wreck along the Turner Turnpike in Creek County.

The United States says it has suspended all government operations in the Mexican state of Michoacan because of a “threat to U.S. interests,” including the inspections of avocados required for their export.