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WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI leaders and local law enforcement officials are studying shootings in schools to piece together trends and come up with ways to prevent future violence, officials said. The FBI on Wednesday hosted a daylong session at its headquarters to discuss common warning signs of shooters, information sharing among law enforcement and response plans among schools. "We can't allow ourselves to become numb to it," Josh Skule, the FBI's executive assistant director for intelligence, said in an interview. "We just cannot think that t...
Happy Birthday To June 28: Dudley Winn, Dawn Page June 29: Jim Russell, Mckenna Nixon June 30: Ashtyn Pierce, Bradley Irving July 1: Maurice Farr, Cindy Wilson July 2: Chelsea Ferguson, Janell Reutlinger July 3: Shawn Walker, B.G. Laughton July 4: Randy Schroeder, Marty Province, Debra James July 5: Dale Sample, Keith Melkus, Barclay Holt July 6: Bo Gassett July 7: Sherry Beagley, Rex Beagley, Drake Brady July 8: Allison Ledford, Bretta Woodard, Mariah Luddington July 9: Skylar Smith, Kamas Rooney July 10: Ronda Perry July 11: Destanee Bolar...
A Freedom man was injured in a one-vehicle rollover Friday near Woodward. Jeremy Hopper, 33, of Freedom, was transported by Air-Evac to St. Mary’s Regional Hospital in Enid. He was then taken by ambulance to OU Medical in Oklahoma City where he was admitted in stable condition with head injuries. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol report, Hopper was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Impala on U.S. Highway 183 approximately 3 miles southeast of Woodward at 2:56 a.m. Friday. He was traveling southeast and for an unknown reason, the vehicle d...
On Sunday, June 24, the Freedom United Methodist Church order of services was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Invocation by Pastor Todd Finley Call to Worship: Psalm 85 led by Shirley Wagner Opening hymn “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” led by song leader Debbie Brown Affirmation of Faith Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Grace “Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling” Offertory: Janell Reutlinger Usher: Bruce Stansberry Offertory Prayer by Pastor Todd Finley Special Music: “I Will Rise,” sung by Lori Louthan Scripture Reading: Matthew 6:14-15 Mor...
One of the central issues in the debate over the medical-marijuana question on Tuesday’s election ballot is whether scientific research confirms that marijuana can offer health benefits. Up to now, a marijuana-derived drug had not been approved as a medicine by the Food and Drug Administration. But on Monday, the agency approved the first such drug, called Epidiolex, which contains cannabidiol and will be used to treat two rare forms of epilepsy in children. The drug does not have the properties that make people high. The FDA requires c...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin says she respects voters' wishes but is concerned that the approval of medical marijuana "opens the door" for recreational use. Voters easily approved a state question Tuesday to allow cannabis to be used as medicine in the state. The term-limited Republican governor said she and other state officials are responsible for public health and safety, and that they'll work to determine how to add proper regulatory framework for medical marijuana. State health officials will meet July 10 to consider e...
Your new Medicare card is coming soon. From now until April 2019, Medicare is mailing new cards to the more than 60 million Americans with Medicare. The 713,000 Oklahomans with Medicare will begin receiving their cards this week. The new cards will no longer have your Social Security number on them. Instead, they’ll have a new Medicare number that’s unique to you and will be used for only your Medicare coverage. Don’t worry. Your Medicare benefits will remain exactly the same. Nothing about your health care coverage will change. A recent feder...
DENVER (AP) — Documents show a Colorado school district paid $2.2 million as part of a confidential agreement to settle a federal lawsuit filed against it. The lawsuit contended that school administrators failed to report to police complaints about a Littleton teacher that went on to repeatedly sexually assault a 14-year-old girl. The Denver Post reported Tuesday that the Douglas County School District denied the allegations in the lawsuit and did not admit any wrongdoing as part of the 2016 settlement. Wendy Jacobs, the incoming acting g...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A professor at Miami University in Ohio has been indicted on charges of traveling to Missouri to have sex with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl. The U.S. attorney's office says federal grand jurors returned the indictment Tuesday against 52-year-old Kevin Connor Armitage, who is a professor of American Studies. The indictment replaces a criminal complaint that was filed in May. Court records say an FBI employee was monitoring a website on which prostitution is discussed when Armitage indicted he would be v...
DENVER (AP) — Colorado's Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates wasted little time Wednesday in staking out their starkly contrasting visions — one liberal, one aligned with President Donald Trump — in a state whose unaffiliated voters will have a decisive role in choosing a successor to term-limited Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper. Republican Walker Stapleton, the two-term state treasurer and winner of Tuesday's GOP gubernatorial primary, lashed out at Democratic candidate U.S. Rep. Jared Polis as a free-spending liberal out o...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Not so long ago, people like my Aunt Muriel thought of sunburn as a necessary evil on the way to a “good base tan.” She used to slather on the baby oil while using a large reflector to bake away. Aunt Muriel’s mantra when the inevitable burn and peel appeared: Beauty has its price. Was she ever right about that price – but it was a lot higher than any of us at the time recognized. What sun addicts didn’t...
NEW DELHI (AP) — The United States on Wednesday announced postponement of a high-level dialogue with India scheduled for next week in Washington, D.C., without assigning any reasons even as its ambassador to the United Nations met with top Indian leaders in New Delhi to step up ties in various fields. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and expressed regret over the dialogue postponement for "unavoidable reasons," said India's External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar in a t...
CAIRO (AP) — The U.S., France, Italy and Britain say they are concerned about the self-styled Libyan National Army's decision to hand over management of vital Libyan oil terminals to a rival firm controlled by an interim government in the east. In a joint statement released Wednesday, the western countries said Libya's oil facilities must remain under the control of the "legitimate National Oil Corporation and the sole oversight of the Government of National Accord" in Tripoli, as called for by U.N. Security Council resolutions. They urged "...
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's warring parties on Wednesday agreed to a permanent cease-fire to take effect in 72 hours, as long-suffering citizens wondered whether this latest attempt at peace would fall apart as well. South Sudan's government confirmed the deal was signed after face-to-face talks between President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar in Sudan. The discussions followed their meeting last week in Ethiopia, their first in nearly two years. The new agreement also calls for the opening of corridors for h...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday began dismantling the sanctions relief that was granted to Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal, a step that follows President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the international accord. The Treasury Department announced it had revoked licenses that allowed U.S.-controlled foreign firms to export commercial aircraft parts to Iran as well as permitted Americans to trade in Iranian carpets, pistachios and caviar. It said businesses engaged in any such transactions have to wind down those o...
NEW YORK (AP) — It may seem like a contradiction, but more adults in the U.S. say they are exercising at the same time more of them are becoming obese. About 24 percent of adults last year said they exercise enough each week to meet government recommendations for both muscle strengthening and aerobic exercise, according to a large annual health survey. That was up from 21 percent in 2015. The same survey says 31 percent of adults indicated they were obese last year, up slightly. Another, more rigorous government study has also found adult o...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's interim health commissioner says the state Department of Health will be ready to implement a new law allowing medical marijuana. Tom Bates said Wednesday the agency has been working to develop rules and regulations for medical marijuana since he was appointed on April 1. He said the rules will be ready according to the requirements of the law, which is scheduled to go into effect 60 days after passage. The medical marijuana question was approved by voters during Tuesday's elections. The measure makes it legal t...
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that hashish does not qualify as a protected drug under the state's medical marijuana law. The court's ruling came Tuesday in the case of Rodney Jones, a card holder in the state's medical-marijuana program. Police say he was found in possession of .05 ounces of hashish in a jar in March 2013. Hashish is extracted from marijuana plants, and is used in cannabis oils and other medical marijuana products. Jones was appealing his conviction in the case on a count each of cannabis and drug p...
GATESVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities now say 15 construction workers were hurt, most from blast and burn injuries, in an explosion at a Central Texas hospital that killed one man. Officials at a news conference Wednesday did not provide the conditions of the victims but said in the aftermath of Tuesday's explosion at Coryell Memorial Hospital in Gatesville that at least three were in critical condition. Authorities initially said 12 were injured. Gatesville police Chief Nathan Gohlke on Wednesday identified the construction worker who was k...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — As the number of children living in poverty and without health insurance increased in New Mexico, the state fell to last place nationwide in child well-being, a new report released Wednesday showed. The state's standing in the Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual Kids Count report marked a five-year low for New Mexico, which has struggled for years in the rankings and historically has had one of the nation's highest poverty rates. The state slipped from 49th to 50th in the recent analysis for the first time since 2013, wh...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The Food and Drug Administration on June 25 approved for the first time a drug made from cannabidiol (CBD), a molecule derived from the cannabis plant. The drug, Epidiolex, was approved for the treatment of two types of epilepsy, Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, that have been resistant to treatment. Well-designed clinical trials have shown that the Epidiolex product of CBD can be helpful in reducing o...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Latest on Oklahoma's primary election (all times local): 2:55 p.m. Oklahoma's interim health commissioner says the state Department of Health will be ready to implement a new law allowing medical marijuana. Tom Bates said Wednesday the agency has been working to develop rules and regulations for medical marijuana since he was appointed April 1. He said the rules will be ready according to the requirements of the law, which is scheduled to go into effect 60 days after passage. Voters approved the medical marijuana questi...
An article in the Chronicles of Oklahoma, a quarterly publication of the Oklahoma Historical Society, tells the story of banking in one of the state’s smallest communities. “Banking in Oklahoma’s Smallest Certified City: Alva State Bank and Trust Company, Freedom Branch” provides a picture of community banking in Oklahoma. Author Michael J. Hightower has conducted numerous oral history interviews in support of the Oklahoma History Center’s Crossroads of Commerce: A History of Free Enterprise in Oklahoma exhibit. Hightower spoke with current B...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump de-escalated a confrontation with China on Wednesday, dropping plans to impose strict limits on Chinese investment in U.S. technology companies and instead urging Congress to strengthen existing laws that apply to all foreign countries. The administration's more conciliatory stance raised at least the possibility that the two sides could work toward a negotiated end to the punishing tariffs they're set to impose on each other's goods beginning July 6. And it fueled a rally in financial markets, which h...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's next-generation space telescope has been delayed yet again at a staggering cost of $1 million a day. For the third time in less than a year, the space agency announced a lengthy postponement Wednesday for the James Webb Space Telescope . The observatory will now fly no earlier than 2021; until last fall, it was on the books for a 2018 launch. The telescope's overall cost is now expected to reach nearly $10 billion. Development cost alone will exceed the $8 billion cap set by Congress by more than $800 m...
