Articles from the March 16, 2018 edition
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Fire west of Alva Tuesday
Numerous fires have kept the Alva Fire Department busy recently. And when they haven't been at fires, they're being called out to auto accidents and ambulance runs. Tuesday, March 13, the department...
Storm Fall to Arkansas Tech
EDMOND, Okla. — Southern Nazarene won two singles matches as it fell 7-2 to Arkansas Tech Thursday in a Great American Conference match. Noelia Gomez and Polina Chala each won their singles matches, but the Golden Suns (6-1, 3-0 GAC) won the other f...
Golden Suns win fourth straight, start conference 1-0
BETHANY, Okla. - The Arkansas Tech Golden Suns secured their fourth consecutive win on Thursday, defeating Southern Nazarene 7-2 in the Suns' opening game of the Great American Conference season. NEXT UP Arkansas Tech is scheduled to host Northwest...
Reddies Take Five in Singles, Defeat Harding 6-3
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — After falling behind 2-1 following doubles play, Henderson State rallied to win five of the six singles matches to defeat Harding 6-3 on Thursday afternoon at the Bettye Wallace Tennis Center. The win over the Lady Bisons is j...
Sheriff: Vet shot self after killing 3 mental health workers
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A combat veteran killed himself after fatally shooting three mental health workers at a California veterans home, authorities said Thursday. The Napa County Sheriff's Office said Albert Wong, 36, shot the three workers in t...
Footbridge collapses onto busy highway, crushes 8 vehicles
MIAMI (AP) — A pedestrian bridge that was under construction collapsed onto a busy Miami highway Thursday, crushing at least eight vehicles under massive slabs of concrete and steel and killing multiple people, authorities said. Search-and-rescue c...
Sweden hosts North Korean foreign minister amid speculation
STOCKHOLM (AP) — North Korea's foreign minister met with his Swedish counterpart Thursday after making a surprise trip to Stockholm that has fueled speculation about a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong U...
Donald Trump Jr.'s wife, Vanessa Trump, files for divorce
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Vanessa Trump, may be getting divorced. Vanessa Trump, a former model, is seeking an uncontested divorce from the president's son, according to a public court record filed Thursday. Details of the d...
Doctors to examine US man sought by Poland in Nazi case
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — American authorities are moving ahead with Poland's request to extradite a 99-year-old Minnesota man to be tried on allegations he was involved in a World War II massacre of civilians, Polish prosecutors said Thursday. Polish a...
US gets tougher on Russia; new sanctions, accusations
WASHINGTON (AP) — In its toughest challenge to Russia to date, the Trump administration accused Moscow on Thursday of an elaborate plot to penetrate America's electric grid, factories, water supply and even air travel through cyber hacking. The U...
Congress demands Pentagon, DOJ investigate child sex assault
Senior members of Congress have called for investigations and a hearing in response to an Associated Press report that details how the U.S. military frequently fails to protect or provide justice to the children of service members when they sexually...
Trump's company turning over documents to investigators
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's company said Thursday that it has been turning over documents for months in response to requests from the special counsel looking into Russian election interference and possible coordination with Trump a...
Trump wildlife protection board stuffed with trophy hunters
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new U.S. advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members with direct ties to President Donald T...
Thousands flee violence in mass exodus from Syrian towns
BEIRUT (AP) — Tens of thousands of terrified men, women and children streamed out on foot and in pick-up trucks Thursday from besieged enclaves on two fronts, fleeing bombings from the Syrian military near the capital, Damascus, and Turkish troops i...
Trump owns up to making things up
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has owned up to making things up. For a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trump was by his own admission unprepared — deficient in the fundamentals of the Canada-U.S. trade relationship that...
Without Toys R Us, 30,000 jobs, a black hole for toy makers
NEW YORK (AP) — The demise of Toys R Us will have a ripple effect on everything from toy makers to consumers to landlords. The 70-year-old retailer sought court approval Thursday to liquidate its remaining 735 stores, eliminating the jobs of some 30,...
Report: ESPN president resigned over cocaine extortion plot
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former president of ESPN said he resigned from the sports network after an extortion plot by someone who sold him cocaine. John Skipper told the Hollywood Reporter in an interview published Thursday that the drug seller, w...
UN gets $100M in new funds for Palestinian aid after US cuts
ROME (AP) — The United Nations received pledges Thursday of nearly $100 million in new funding for the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians after the U.S. slashed its aid, but it is still facing a nearly $350 million shortfall this year. A dozen c...
US, France, Germany join UK in blaming Russia for spy attack
LONDON (AP) — The United States, France and Germany joined Britain on Thursday in condemning Russia for the nerve-agent poisoning of a former spy, calling it an "assault on U.K. sovereignty," as the Kremlin vowed to expel British diplomats soon in r...
Afghan baby named Donald Trump proves divisive
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — When Asadullah Poya's wife gave birth to their third child in a tiny village in rural Afghanistan, he immediately thought of Donald Trump. Not Donald Trump the upstart politician, who at that time was in the thick of the 2...
Man gets 30 years for road rage killing of ex-NFL player
GRETNA, La. (AP) — The man convicted of manslaughter in the 2016 road rage shooting death of former NFL running back Joe McKnight was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday. Ronald Gasser, 56, had faced up to 40 years in prison. Defense lawyers a...
Dylann Roof's sister accused of bringing weapons to school
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The sister of the man sentenced to die for killing nine people at a South Carolina church in 2015 has been arrested at her school and charged with bringing pepper spray, a knife and marijuana onto the campus. Morgan Roof, 18, w...
United to issue special pet carrier tags after dog's death
CHICAGO (AP) — United Airlines has announced it will issue special bag tags for animal carriers and prosecutors have launched an investigation to determine if criminal charges are warranted following the death of a French bulldog puppy that was force...
Adults: It's your move, students say after historic walkouts
They bowed their heads in honor of the dead. They carried signs with messages like "Never again" and "Am I next?" They railed against the National Rifle Association and the politicians who support it. And over and over, they repeated the message:...
Tillerson's dismissal may hasten demise of Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Iran nuclear deal was in near terminal condition and on life support even before President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Tillerson's dismissal this week may hasten its demise. As CIA chief and Iran hawk M...