Articles from the June 1, 2018 edition
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Hazardous golf: Utah couple flees lumbering moose
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah couple ran into a different sort of hazard during a round of golf on Memorial Day near Salt Lake City. A young moose bigger than their golf cart chased them off the links at the Park City Golf Club. Emily Clearwater o...
Attempt to remove goose from baseball stadium ends in chaos
DETROIT (AP) — A Canada goose settled into right-center field during a rain delay at the Detroit Tigers game, and an attempt to remove it ended in chaos. The grounds crew at Comerica Park in Detroit set off two firecrackers and another member gave c...
Girls discover World War I practice bomb in Michigan lake
ARGENTINE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Two girls have found what authorities say is a World War I-era practice bomb while swimming in a lake in Michigan. The Flint Journal reports that 10-year-old Paige Burnett and 9-year-old Sage Menzies were searching f...
Hotel valet has lucky escape, but Porsche gets crunched
SYDNEY (AP) — A hotel valet had a lucky escape — but the luxury sports car he was trying to park did not. Australian media say the valet drove the soft-top Porsche Carrera under another vehicle Thursday outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sydney. Eme...
Ex-Sooner Chamberlain: Jocelyn Alo comparisons are valid
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Former Oklahoma star Lauren Chamberlain understands why so many compare Oklahoma slugger Jocelyn Alo to her. After all, Chamberlain matched the national freshman home run record with 30 in 2012. Alo plays for the same school a...
Washington tops 2-time defending champ Oklahoma in WCWS
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma had all the experience at the Women's College World Series, but a freshman put the Sooners on the brink of elimination. Washington's Gabbie Plain threw 5 2/3 strong innings, and the Huskies defeated two-time defending n...
Nevada man sentenced for carrying explosives in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to prison after authorities found him traveling through Oklahoma City last year with loaded guns and explosive materials. An Oklahoma County District judge sentenced Scott Boden Wednesday to t...
Fallin taps longtime GOP leader as secretary of state
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Mary Fallin has chosen her general counsel to be the next secretary of state. The governor announced Thursday that she was naming longtime Oklahoma GOP leader James Williamson to oversee the office that serves as the f...
Charges against man who forced flight diversion to Oklahoma
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Investigators say charges have been filed against a man whose screaming and threats aboard a Delta Air Lines flight prompted an emergency landing in Oklahoma. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Tulsa says 29-year-old Bolutife O...
Resentencing ordered for Tulsa man who killed ex-girlfriend
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Tulsa man sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his former girlfriend will receive a new sentencing hearing. Renese Bramlett was convicted of the strangulation of Michelle Spence in 2015. The Oklahoma Court o...
Man acquitted for destroying 2nd Ten Commandments monument
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man who destroyed a Ten Commandments monument outside of Oklahoma's state Capitol was acquitted Thursday of destroying another one three years later outside of Arkansas', with the judge citing evidence that the man s...
Death sentence upheld for Oklahoman in bus station stabbing
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the murder conviction and death sentence of a man who stabbed his estranged girlfriend to death at an Oklahoma City bus station. The court on Thursday rejected numerous appeals b...
Fallin lifts burn ban in 5 counties in western Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is lifting burning restrictions in five of the seven counties that were under a burn ban because of extreme fire conditions. Fallin said Wednesday that she's removing bans in Beaver, Ellis, Harper, W...
5 Kansas siblings whose case drew national attention adopted
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Thousands of adoption inquiries rolled in from as far away as Ireland and New Zealand after a simple plea from five Kansas siblings: They wanted to be adopted together. The flood of offers followed a story in the Kansas City S...
Candidate's wife is running mate in Kansas governor's race
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican running for Kansas governor has named his wife as his running mate. Former state Sen. Jim Barnett announced Thursday that Rosemary Hansen is his choice for lieutenant governor. She and the previously divorced T...
Kansas woman sentenced in stabbing of grandfather, mother
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita woman has been sentenced to 10 ½ years in prison for a knife attack that severely injured her 90-year-old grandfather and an attack on her 52-year-old mother. The Wichita Eagle reported Thursday that 26-year-old Ke...
Judge: Kansas law bars out-of-state candidates for governor
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A state court judge has ruled that Kansas law bars out-of-state residents from running for governor even if there's not a specific prohibition. Shawnee County District Judge Teresa Watson ruled Thursday in lawsuit filed by A...
Trump tariffs on US allies draw retaliation threats
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration delivered a gut punch to America's closest allies Thursday, imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum from Europe, Mexico and Canada in a move that drew immediate vows of retaliation. Stock prices slumped amid...
Kim Jong Un complains of US 'hegemonism' as summit nears
TOKYO (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un complained of "U.S. hegemonism" to Russia's visiting foreign minister on Thursday, as one of his top lieutenants was in New York trying to pave the way for a summit with President Donald Trump. Kim told S...
Trump pardons favor the celeb-connected, conservative causes
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned a conservative commentator he claims "was treated very unfairly by our government!" and announced he's thinking about clemency for Martha Stewart and former Illinois Gov. Rod B...
Trump revises Comey firing, Giuliani blasts 'lynching mob'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Thursday that he didn't fire FBI Director James Comey over the Russia investigation, despite previously citing that as the reason. His lawyer, meanwhile, blasted federal investigators as "a l...
North Koreans to meet Trump; 'good progress' toward summit
NEW YORK (AP) — A top aide to Kim Jong Un will make a rare visit to Washington Friday to hand a letter from the North Korean leader to President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after reporting "good progress" in talks between the t...
Body of woman shot by US border agent returns to Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The body of a young Guatemalan woman who was shot dead last week by a U.S. border agent near Laredo, Texas, arrived Thursday in her home country and was turned over to her grieving parents. Lidia and Gilberto Gomez received t...
Makeup and pig's blood: Reporter describes his faked slaying
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — To mimic gore, they used makeup and pig's blood. They shot bullet holes in one of his sweatshirts. And to top off Arkady Babchenko's staged murder, they even took him to the morgue. The journalist revealed Thursday how U...
AP source: Ex-FBI deputy McCabe wrote memo on Comey firing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe drafted a memo on circumstances leading up to the firing of his onetime boss, James Comey, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of a...