Articles from the January 12, 2018 edition
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Delta's profit dips 8 percent but tops Street's expectations
DALLAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines reported Thursday that fourth-quarter profit slipped 8 percent, but the results still beat expectations as average prices for passengers continued to creep higher. The airline also raised its forecast of 2018...
Oil industry group challenges petition for teacher raises
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma oil and gas industry group has challenged a proposed state question that seeks to give teachers a $4,000 pay raise by equalizing gross production taxes on oil and gas wells. The Oklahoma Independent Petroleum...
Vietnam prosecutors seek jail terms for former oil execs
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnamese prosecutors requested long jail terms on Thursday for former oil company executives accused of mismanagement or embezzlement, including an ex-senior Communist Party official and an executive whom government agents...
China's modern Silk Road hits political, financial hurdles
BEIJING (AP) — China's plan for a modern Silk Road of railways, ports and other facilities linking Asia with Europe hit a $14 billion pothole in Pakistan. Pakistan's relations with Beijing are so close that officials call China their "Iron...
Chinese authorities demolish well-known evangelical church
BEIJING (AP) — Authorities in northern China's coal country this week demolished a well-known Christian mega-church, underscoring long-standing tensions between religious groups and the officially atheistic Communist Party. Witnesses and overseas...
Standoff rancher draws advocates' ire, supporters' cheers
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Nevada rancher who led a 2014 armed standoff with government agents spoke Wednesday saying that it's up to people in states, not the federal officials, to manage vast expanses of rangeland in the U.S. West. To conservative...
Federal judge invites states to discuss opioid crisis
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge who's overseeing lawsuits from around the country against the pharmaceutical industry has invited state attorneys general to join discussions and provide input. Judge Dan Polster in Cleveland is overseeing a...
Eastern Iowa hospitals limit visitation as flu season rages
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Some eastern Iowa hospitals have announced restrictions on visitation in the wake of a vicious flu season that has strained hospitals across the country. Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque and Dyersville and UnityPoint Health...
The US may be in for a tough flu season: 4 questions answered
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Editor’s note: This year, Australia suffered a record number of flu infections. This has some experts concerned...
Some fans of Trump and pot feel allegiances go up in smoke
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Trump administration's anti-marijuana move has some members of the president's voting base fuming. Fans of President Donald Trump who use marijuana say Attorney General Jeff Sessions' move to tighten federal oversight of...
Fort Smith hospital sets up flu clinic to ease ER crowding
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — To keep flu sufferers from clogging its emergency room, a Fort Smith hospital has opened a separate clinic to keep non-emergency patients away. The president of Mercy Clinic, Dr. Cole Goodman, said the emergency room at...
What robot strippers say about sexism, tech and the future
LAS VEGAS (AP) — On a recent evening in Las Vegas during the CES technology show, robot strippers offered a window into technology's gender fault lines — not to mention our robot future. From a distance, the mechanical humanoids on a strip-club s...
Uber used tech tool to shield data from police outside US
NEW YORK (AP) — The ride-sharing company Uber confirmed Thursday that it had technology to shield company data when law enforcement raided its offices outside the U.S. Uber spokeswoman Melanie Ensign said this tool — no longer in use — could lo...
Digital currencies dip as South Korea considers trading ban
Digital currency prices wobbled Thursday after South Korea, a hotbed for currencies like bitcoin, said it will consider a trading ban. The country's justice minister said South Korea is planning a ban, but the presidential office said later that a...
YouTube punishes star blogger over apparent suicide post
TOKYO (AP) — YouTube said Thursday it has punished well-known blogger Logan Paul over a video that appeared to show a body hanging in a Japanese forest that is said to be a suicide spot. The company said in a statement that it has removed Paul's...
Study: Warming puts millions more at risk from river floods
BERLIN (AP) — Global warming will increase the risk of river flooding over the coming decades, endangering millions more people around the world, according to a study published Thursday. Using computer simulations, researchers in Germany examined...
US cold snap was a freak of nature, quick analysis finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consider this cold comfort: A quick study of the brutal American cold snap found that the Arctic blast really wasn't global warming but a freak of nature. Frigid weather like the two-week cold spell that began around Christmas is...
Storm blew historic building to Canada; Maine wants it back
LUBEC, Maine (AP) — A fishing-industry building on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places is half-submerged in waters near a Canadian island, and conservationists fear it could disintegrate before legal tangles are resolved. The Jan. 4...
Outdoor center warns skiers of dive-bombing owl
NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine (AP) — Officials at a Maine outdoor center are warning skiers to watch out for an "aggressive dive-bombing" owl that recently struck a man. Pineland Farms says in a Facebook post the owl cut the man's head when it attacked,...
Beach blades! Maine teen glides over frozen sand, surf
YORK, Maine (AP) — Beachgoers in Maine have caught an unusual sight — an ice skater's blades gliding over frozen sand and surf. Grant Long celebrated his 18th birthday Saturday by skating on the newfound patch of ice after record-low...
Tattoos lead Thai police to arrest Japanese gang member
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police said they have arrested a 74-year-old fugitive Japanese gang member who was recognized when photos of his full-body tattoos were circulated online. A police statement said Shigeharu Shirai was arrested Wednesday in a...
Guam's governor fooled by Russian comedians via phone call
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Guam's governor was duped by a pair of Russian comedians who pretended to be officials from Ukraine. Pacific Daily News reports that Guam officials received an email in September 2017 requesting a phone call with Gov. Eddie...
Newkirk runs doom Alva, Ladybugs fall 41-30
NEWKIRK, Okla. – The Alva Ladybugs struggled to score the ball in the second half on Thursday as they suffered a loss at Newkirk 41-30. The Ladybugs fall to 8-3 on the season. They will look to rebound in a rare Saturday afternoon game on Saturday...
Sluggish start too much for Lady Rangers to overcome
ALVA, Okla. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State women's basketball team couldn't overcome an early 20-4 deficit and eventually dropped a 76-54 contest on the road at Southern Nazarene. The Lady Rangers hit just 16-of-62 (25.8 percent) shots...
California suspect in fatal hoax 911 call sent to Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A California man accused of making a hoax emergency call that led to the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man in Kansas has been extradited to face charges. Jail records in Kansas' Sedgwick County show that 25-year-old...