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Soaring diesel prices taking a toll on Oklahoma rancher

In Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, third-generation rancher Scott Belden is in the middle of harvest. And anxious.

It's not just the demanding time of year that has the lifelong rancher uneasy -- the record-breaking cost of diesel is also putting additional pressure on him and his business.

"The inputs are out of control. The diesel prices are out of control, along with everything else. So we're just in a very trying time. Very uncertain," he said.

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Feds investigating letters with 'suspicious substances' sent to congressional offices

Federal law enforcement officers said they are working to intercept the letters. The FBI, U.S. Capitol Police and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating "multiple letters containing suspicious substances that were mailed to various addresses nationwide, including multiple Congressional offices," according to a notice sent to Senate staff on Thursday and described to ABC News. Preliminary information suggests there are over 100 letters circulating in the U.S. mail system that apparently contain white powder, law enforcement sources told ABC News.

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Mom of 5th-grade student recalls terrifying moment son told her about deadly shooting at Oregon elementary school

The mother of a 5th-grade student at Silver Rail Elementary School recalled the terrifying moment she received a text message from her son Thursday afternoon that there had been a shooting. “I instantly turned to social media, and it was blasted all over,” Jenn Johnston told NBC News. About 20 minutes earlier, Johnston said she had received an automated phone call and text from the Bend, Oregon, school telling her that there was a lockdown in place.