Here are the top stories involving the U.S. government this past week.

FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau is cutting ties with the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center, which has tracked domestic extremism and racial and religious bias for decades.

Week 5 of Oklahoma high school football kicked off on Thursday, with the rest of the state playing under the Friday night lights later.

Oklahoma City police are investigating a hit-and-run near Scissortail Park Friday night after two trucks collided and a driver fled the scene on foot.

Oklahoma lawmakers are examining ways to solve cold cases, inspired by the unsolved murders of two sisters at the state fair in 1987.