Articles from the October 13, 2017 edition
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Girl Scouts help with pumpkin decorating at the Homestead
Girl Scouts with Troop 969 helped the residents at the Homestead decorate pumpkins for their fall decorations. Carla Hess, the activity director, asked the girls to come help with their craft project....
By Hoover Honored by GAC
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist's Abby Hoover earned Great American Conference Runner of the Week honors, it was announced Thursday. Hoover, a senior from Sapulpa, was the first college athlete to cross the finish line in the OBU Invitational Saturday, l...
GAC Selects Janzen as Runner of the Week
SHAWNEE – Jacob Janzen of Oklahoma Baptist is the Great American Conference Runner of the Week, the conference announced Thursday. Janzen, a junior from Tulsa, was the first collegiate athlete to finish in the OBU Invitational Saturday. He posted a...
Mason Banger Named GAC Golfer of the Week
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced its Golfer of the Week awards for the sixth week of the fall season. Southern Arkansas' Helle Leed claimed the Women's award while Harding's Mason Banger earned the Men's honor. GAC W...
Kidnaped, held 5 years, US-Canadian family freed in Pakistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years after they were seized by a terrorist network in the mountains of Afghanistan, an American woman, her Canadian husband and their three children — all born in captivity — are free after a dramatic rescue orche...
Grim search for victims as wildfires grow to size of NYC
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Teams with cadaver dogs began a grim search Thursday for more dead in parts of California wine country devastated by wildfires, resorting in some cases to serial numbers stamped on medical implants to identify remains that t...
NYC, London police taking fresh look at Weinstein claims
NEW YORK (AP) — Police detectives in New York City and London are taking a fresh look into sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein now that some 30 women have accused the Hollywood film producer of inappropriate conduct. New York P...
Dangerous sound? What Americans heard in Cuba attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — It sounds sort of like a mass of crickets. A high-pitched whine, but from what? It seems to undulate, even writhe. Listen closely: There are multiple, distinct tones that sound to some like they're colliding in a n...
Ryan blasts states that send billions to federal government
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top House Republican on Thursday blasted high-tax states that deliver billions to the federal government as he faced a backlash from rank-and-file GOP lawmakers over a sweeping tax-cut proposal. But beyond the tough rhetoric fro...
Trump lashes out at Puerto Rico as House weighs aid package
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out at hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico on Thursday, insisting in tweets that the federal government can't keep sending help "forever" and suggesting the U.S. territory was to blame for its financial s...
EPA orders cleanup at Texas toxic site flooded by Harvey
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has handed a rare victory to environmentalists, ordering two big corporations this week to pay $115 million to clean up a Texas toxic waste site that may have spread dangerous levels of pollution during f...
It's Boy Scouts vs. Girl Scouts as BSA moves to admit girls
NEW YORK (AP) — Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts pledge to be friendly and helpful. But their parent organizations may find that promise hard to keep as they head into a potentially bitter competition triggered by the Boy Scouts of America's dramatic move...
Trump's health care end run reflects frustrations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated over setbacks in Congress, President Donald Trump wielded his rule-making power Thursday to launch an end run that might get him closer to his goal of repealing and replacing "Obamacare." Whether Trump's executive o...
Congress OKs expanded protections for federal whistleblowers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress voted Thursday to boost the protection of federal whistleblowers from retaliation, part of a bid to uncover bad behavior at the Department of Veterans Affairs and other government agencies. The House easily cleared the b...
Kelly: N. Korea threat 'manageable'; hopes diplomacy works
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said Thursday the North Korean nuclear and missile threat is "manageable" for now but the isolated nation can't be allowed to develop the ability to strike the U.S. homeland. Although P...
US, Israel to exit UN agency over alleged anti-Israel bias
PARIS (AP) — The United States announced Thursday it is pulling out of the U.N.'s educational, scientific and cultural agency because of what Washington sees as its anti-Israel bias and a need for "fundamental reform" in the agency. Israeli Prime M...
Israeli defense experts warn against dropping Iran nuke deal
JERUSALEM (AP) — If President Donald Trump moves to scuttle the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Israel's nationalist government can be expected to be the loudest — and perhaps only — major player to applaud. But the true picture is more compl...
Palestinian rivals reach preliminary deal on governing Gaza
CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas reached a preliminary agreement Thursday that could return the Gaza Strip to President Mahmoud Abbas' control and ease a decade-old Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the coastal territory, but past a...
Dog days? In Italy, count them like family sick days
ROME (AP) — An Italian librarian who says her English setter is her family has won the right from her employer to use family sick leave to care for her ailing pet instead of having to use vacation days. Italian animal advocacy group LAV says it h...
APNewsBreak: US closes trucking firm tied to smuggling case
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Federal safety regulators have shut down a troubled Iowa trucking company that owned the semitrailer involved in a human trafficking case in which 10 immigrants died in Texas. Pyle Transportation was placed under an "...
AP-NORC Poll: Americans blame wild weather on global warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — After hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria blitzed the nation, most Americans think weather disasters are getting more severe and see global warming's fingerprints. A new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs R...
Turkey blames US envoy for souring ties; won't buy US guns
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that the United States is "sacrificing ties" by supporting its ambassador to Turkey in a diplomatic spat that resulted in the two countries suspending the issuing of travel v...
Witness at Malaysia trial says 4 more suspects in Kim murder
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian police officer testified Thursday that the two women on trial in the murder of the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader were seen on airport security videos with two men believed to have provided the V...
'Ring of Fire' volcanos remind Asia of seismic peril
The horseshoe-shaped string of active volcanos bounding the Pacific Ocean has lived up to its "Ring of Fire" name in the past month, sparking mass evacuations in Indonesia and Vanuatu and now setting parts of southwestern Japan on edge. The 450 or...
