Articles from the January 5, 2020 edition
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Winner of $400M border wall contract: 'a gung-ho, smart guy'
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Tommy Fisher peered into a Fox News camera and talked up his North Dakota-based company's ability to build a border wall faster and cheaper than others could, with technology "so revolutionary, it's like comparing the iPhone t...
AP FACT CHECK: Lest old distortions be forgot
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump closed out the old year by reprising a selection of his most familiar falsehoods and putting a few of his predecessor's accomplishments in his own win column. A look at some of his rhetoric on impeachment, t...
Flagstaff school district to provide iPads to all students
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — All students in the Flagstaff school district will be provided with iPads under a loan program that starts next week with middle and high school students and continues with elementary school students at the start of the next s...
Iowa men will fly around world to bring vaccines to children
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — While Peter Teahen and John Ockenfels aren't Santa, they are flying around the world to give the gift of crucial vaccines to the most vulnerable children. Their goal is to fly eastward this spring from Cedar Rapids, r...
Woman sues TripAdvisor after falling off runaway camel
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A woman is suing TripAdvisor after a runaway camel tossed her to the ground during a tour in Morocco. Breanne Ayala, 24, is accusing Massachusetts-based TripAdvisor and its subsidiary Viator of negligence and breach of contract f...
Goldbugs win 60-52 over Frontier Mustangs
After a disappointing loss at Blackwell Friday night, Coach Shane Feely urged his team to be more aggressive for the Saturday afternoon contest with Frontier at home. It must have worked because the...
Ladybugs continue streak with 64-43 win over Frontier
After a game at Blackwell Friday night, the Alva Ladybugs came home for an unusual afternoon game on Saturday against Frontier. It looked like the Ladybug record might be in danger at halftime as...
Creating beauty from oil and cold wax
Mixed media artist Sherry Ball Schoenfeldt of Edmond has been an artist her entire life. While she was growing up in the Houston and Dallas, Texas, areas, her parents noticed her interest and signed h...
Developing a skill set leads to repurposed art
Skills picked up in his full time job put Nick Bradt on the path to a hobby that has become an art form. Bradt grew up in Alva and has been teaching high school competitive speech, theater and debate...
The perfect paradox
Kathleen House liked art but it wasn't at the forefront of her early life in Anthony, Kansas. From first grade to graduation, there was no opportunity in school to study art. Instead, she was...
Parity party has college basketball's best on constant edge
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The season was barely a week old when Michigan State lost to Kentucky in the Champions Classic, a defeat of the nation's No. 1 team that could be written off easily as a high-profile battle of heavyweights on a neutral court e...
WVU, Oklahoma St. seek first conference win
West Virginia (11-2, 0-1) vs. Oklahoma State (9-4, 0-1) Gallagher-Iba Arena, Stillwater, Oklahoma; Monday, 9 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: West Virginia takes on Oklahoma State as both teams look for its first Big 12 win of the season. West Virginia fell...
Navajo maintains electric line that carried coal-fired power
KAYENTA, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is spending close to $2 million to maintain access to a transmission line once used to send electricity from a coal-fired power plant to western states. The tribe acquired the 500-megawatt transmission line a...
Oklahoma man sought in child's death found dead in refuge
MEDICINE PARK, Okla. (AP) — A 38-year-old man wanted on a murder warrant in the death of a 2-year-old boy in Norman has been found dead in a southwestern Oklahoma wildlife refuge where investigators were searching for him, according to Comanche C...
Insider Q&A: How YouTube decides what to ban
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Matt Halprin, the global head of trust and safety for YouTube, has a tough job: He oversees the teams that decide what is allowed and what should be prohibited on YouTube. The Google-owned site has come under fire recently for a...
Rural Kansas struggles to attract psychiatrists
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Psychiatrists are so hard to come by in some rural parts of Kansas that out-of-state doctors now commonly treat patients through video conference. Kansas, like the rest of the U.S., is seeing an increase in patients seeking m...
CES gadget show: How watching TV will change in the 2020s
NEW YORK (AP) — What will watching TV be like in the 2020s? Amid new gadgets and glitz, the CES tech show in Las Vegas aims to offer some answers, many of which boil down to more streaming and more efforts to glue you to your phone. The show's k...
Advocate: Colorado River Basin states need to cut water use
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A longtime water conservation advocate says Arizona and the other Lower Colorado River Basin states need to cut their water use more and faster. Sustainable Waters president Brian Richter says Arizona, California, and Nevada n...
Indicted Oklahoma judge is removed from criminal trials
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma County judge facing a felony charge of failing to file her state income tax returns has been removed from presiding over criminal trials. The Oklahoman reports that Judge Kendra Coleman was reassigned Friday by P...
2020 box office starts off with 'Star Wars' still on top
NEW YORK (AP) — The box office in 2020 started off where last year left off: with "Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker" still on top. After a historic year, the Walt Disney Co. opened the new year approaching one milestone and surpassing another. With $...
Trump returns to Washington to face a pair of challenges
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — As his two-plus week stay at his Florida resort draws to a close, President Donald Trump returns to Washington on Sunday facing twin challenges: the fallout from the strike he ordered to kill an Iranian general and his l...
Blowback: Iran abandons nuclear limits after US killing
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The blowback over the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general mounted Sunday as Iran announced it is abandoning the limits contained in the 2015 nuclear deal and Iraq's Parliament called for the expulsion of all American troops f...
US restricts exports of AI for analyzing satellite images
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. technology companies that build artificial intelligence software for analyzing satellite imagery will face new restrictions on exporting their products to China and elsewhere. The Commerce Department said new export rules t...
Virtual reality lets visitors experience Table Rock summit
PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — A virtual reality project is letting people experience a tough hike at a South Carolina state park in a matter of minutes and without taking a step. Many people aren't able to make the strenuous 3.6-mile trek that climbs 2,000 f...
Cards from around the world pour in for cancer patient
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A Virginia cancer patient says her faith in humanity has been restored after she received thousands of pieces of mail from around the world this holiday season. The Free Lance-Star reports Jean Lee, 61, hoped a few cards w...
