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As Trump weighs tariff, US steelmakers enjoy rising profits

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has chosen an odd time to offer special protection to the U.S. steel industry. As President Donald Trump prepares to impose a 25 percent tax on imported steel, America's steelmakers are actually faring prett...

 

Watchdog: Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway violated Hatch Act

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal watchdog says White House counselor Kellyanne Conway violated the federal law prohibiting government officials from using their positions to influence political campaigns. The Office of Special Counsel, which is unrelated...

 

Tillerson heads to Africa with explaining to do for Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — As far as Africa's concerned, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the Trump administration have some explaining to do. President Donald Trump's description of "shithole countries" in January was greeted with a mix of horror and out...

 

North Korea said to be open to nuke talks with US

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After years of refusal, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is willing to discuss the fate of his atomic arsenal with the United States and has expressed a readiness to suspend nuclear and missile tests during such talks, a seni...

 

GLEN WILLIAM ELLIOTT

Funeral services for Glen William Elliott will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 6, 2018, at the Burlington School with Rev. Dale Carney officiating. Interment will be at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday at the Wellston...

 

SHIRLEY ANN WHEAT

Memorial services for Shirley Ann Wheat will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Marshall Funeral Home Chapel, Alva, Oklahoma. Inurnment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the...

 

DONALD PATRICK (PAT) PARKHURST

Donald Patrick (Pat) Parkhurst, age 68, was born on March 16, 1949, in Pittsburg, Kansas, and passed away on Monday, February 19, 2018, at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona. Pat was a longtime resident of Alva, Oklahoma, and a 1967 graduate of Alva...

 

Probe finds deadly Niger mission lacked proper approval

WASHINGTON (AP) — A military investigation into the Niger attack that killed four American service members concludes the team didn't get required senior command approval for their risky mission to capture a high-level Islamic State militant, s...

 

Russian plane crash in Syria kills 39 servicemen

BEIRUT (AP) — A Russian military cargo plane crashed near an air base in Syria on Tuesday, killing all 39 Russian servicemen on board in a blow to Russian operations in Syria. The Russian military quickly insisted the plane was not shot down and b...

 

Trump administration once again lifts elephant trophy ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has quietly decided once again to allow Americans to import the body parts of African elephants shot for sport, despite presidential tweets decrying the practice as a "horror show." President Donald Trump p...

 

Britain vows response if Russia is behind ex-spy's collapse

SALISBURY, England (AP) — Britain's counterterrorism police took over an investigation Tuesday into the mysterious collapse of a former spy and his daughter, now fighting for their lives. The government pledged a "robust" response if suspicions of R...

 

Trump on Korean news: Could be 'progress' or 'false hope'

WASHINGTON (AP) — A cautious President Donald Trump spoke of possible progress Tuesday after South Korea announced that North Korea would halt nuclear weapons and missile tests and put its entire atomic arsenal up for discussion if the U.S. agrees t...

 

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Medicine Lodge boys basketball

The Medicine Lodge Indians played the West Elk Patriots, losing 62 to 49. Indians stats: Dakota Bayliff nine points, Drew Honas five points, Garrett Burden 15 points, Cason Liebst six points, Garrett Randels six points, Blake Winter six points,...

 

South Korea meeting gives Kim Jong Un new role: Statesman

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un grins, just on the verge of a belly laugh, as he grasps the hand of a visiting South Korean official. He sits at a wide conference table and beams as the envoys look on deferentially. He smile...

 

In reversal, former Trump aide says he'll probably cooperate

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Trump campaign aide spent much of the day promising to defy a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller, even throwing down the challenge to "arrest me," then backed off his defiance by saying he would probably c...

 

What's fresh at McDonald's? The beef in some burgers

NEW YORK (AP) — The Quarter Pounder is getting a fresh makeover. McDonald's said Tuesday that it is serving Quarter Pounders with fresh beef rather than frozen patties at about a quarter of its U.S. restaurants, a switch it first announced about a y...

 

Another strong earthquake hits northern Oklahoma

AMORITA, Okla. (AP) — For the second time in three days, an earthquake stronger than magnitude 4.0 has been recorded in northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.1 magnitude quake hit early Tuesday afternoon near the town of A...

 

Oklahoma grass fires force partial closure of state highways

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Grass fires have scorched pastures across Oklahoma and caused the partial closure of a busy interstate highway south of Oklahoma City. Authorities say a large grass fire driven by dry conditions and gusty winds partially c...

 

1 of last survivors of 1921 Tulsa race riot dies at age 99

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — One of the last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race riot has died. The daughter of Hazel Smith-Jones of Tulsa, Yolanda Mitchell, says Jones died Sunday. She was 99. Smith-Jones was not yet 3-years-old when the May 31-June 1 r...

 

Lawsuit filed over fatal gas rig explosion in Oklahoma

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed over a natural gas rig explosion in southeastern Oklahoma that killed five men — three from Oklahoma, one from Texas and one from Colorado. The lawsuit by Dianna Waldridge, the wid...

 

Oklahoma lawmakers reject crossbow limits after boy's death

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers have defeated legislation to limit children's access to crossbows after a 13-year-old boy was charged with murder after his playmate was killed by an arrow. The Oklahoma House voted 54-38 against the bill M...

 

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