Trusting a vaccine; veterans honored with memorial; taking a look at OKC's new head coach. Your morning headlines for Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020

DAILY HEADLINES [The Oklahoman]( 12 Nov, 2020 [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SUBSCRIBE FOR ALL ACCESS]( What stories do you wish The Oklahoman were chasing? What do you wish we knew? [Tell us!]( Contact information is optional. Are you a subscriber? View the [print replica]( of today's newspaper for more stories! [Sign up here]( to get daily coronavirus updates in your email. [Vaccine will be safe and end pandemic, head of Oklahoma research institute says]( Americans need to trust the vaccines ultimately approved for use against COVID-19 and ignore "absolutely false" notions that the development process has been unsafely accelerated, according to the head of an Oklahoma company that has conducted clinical trials for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Latest News/Sports [New OKC memorial honors veterans]( Mayor David Holt says a park honoring military veterans deepens the bonds among Oklahoma City residents. [Pandemic fight over abortion clinics could cost taxpayers a lot]( The attorneys who fought to keep Oklahoma abortion clinics open at the start of the pandemic want the state to pay them $548,143 in legal fees for their work. [Subscribe to The Oklahoman]( [Tramel: OKC Thunder hire of Mark Daigneault unsurprisingly surprising]( Mark Daigneault becomes first G League coach to ascend to the parent team's top job. [Big 12 football roundtable: Who plays in the title game? Wins player of the year? Is the biggest surprise?]( Back when the Big 12 remade its football schedule, this November bye week was built in for more than half of the league's teams in case someone needed to play a game postponed by the pandemic. [Kingfisher point guard Bijan Cortes' meteoric rise leads to signing with Sooners: 'I'm just really blessed']( Bijan Cortes remembers nearly every detail of the slam dunk. Business [Oklahoma Gas and Electric's insurance offer jolts customers in the midst of dealing with ice storm damages]( Oops. Officials said Thursday a well-intentioned program being introduced by Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. Opinion [Clarence Page: Time for both parties to examine themselves]( Call me skeptical, but something doesn't make sense about President Donald Trump's refusal to concede the election to Joe Biden by citing unsupported charges of vote fraud. You are receiving this communication as a member of the The Oklahoman. The Oklahoman values your online privacy. For more information, view our [privacy policy]( now. Please do not reply to this message. [Manage Preferences Or Unsubscribe]( The Oklahoman 100 W Main St, Suite 100 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 © 2020 The Oklahoman. All rights reserved.