Articles from the July 5, 2018 edition
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GOLDEN SUNS PLACE THREE ON WGCA ALL-AMERICAN SCHOLARS TEAM
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. - The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholars were announced Tuesday, and Arkansas Tech's Makenzie Douglas, Holly Standing and Allie Weiner were three of the 1,011 women's collegiate golfers recognized with...
@WEEVILSBASEBALL SEES FOUR SELECTED TO NATURAL STATE BASEBALL ALL-ARKANSAS TEAMS
MONTICELLO — The University of Arkansas at Monticello baseball team earned four total selections to the 2018 All-Arkansas Collegiate Team, as was announced Natural State Baseball. Andres Rios earned a spot on the All-Arkansas Team after finishing f...
Harding Women's Golf Places Four on WGCA All-America Scholar List
SEARCY – Four members of Harding women's golf team earned All-American Scholar honors Tuesday from the Women's Golf Coaches Association. The WGCA's minimum 3.50 GPA is one of the most stringent in collegiate athletics. Junior Brooklyn Terry, freshman...
Reed, Wright Honored as 2017-18 WGCA All-American Scholars
CORAL SPRINGS, Florida — Henderson State golfers Sarah Wright and Taylor Reed were honored for their achievements in the classroom on Tuesday morning when they were named 2017-18 Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholars. The W...
Nguyen, Murders Receive CSCAA Scholar All-American Honors
NORFOLK, Va. — Two Henderson State men's swimmers picked up national recognition for their work in the classroom on Wednesday, as Tom Nguyen and Caleb Murders were named 2017-18 CSCAA Scholar All-Americans. The CSCAA Scholar All-American awards r...
Female pygmy hippo dies at Oklahoma City Zoo
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Francesca, a female pygmy hippopotamus at Oklahoma City's zoo, has died at age 26. The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden announced the hippo's death Wednesday, and said caretakers examined Francesca last week after she s...
By Oklahoma nun opens homes for seniors to join new 'family'
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — First came Anna. The 98-year-old woman was living alone on a diet of Ensure and coffee and weighed 77 pounds when a Catholic priest learned of her plight. Then there was Isaac. Diagnosed with a terminal illness and given only t...
Tulsa police officer to host new A&E show 'PD Cam'
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Tulsa police sergeant will be the face of a new cable TV show aimed at looking at law enforcement work from officers' perspective. A&E says Sgt. Sean Larkin is host of "PD Cam." The 30-minute show will offer unfiltered video f...
Man facing murder charge in death of girlfriend's baby
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City man is facing a murder charge in the death of his girlfriend's infant daughter. Oklahoma City police said Tuesday that 8-month-old Amilia Tuell had died in a hospital after being found critically injured over t...
Revenue collections reach all-time highs in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State finance officials say Oklahoma's economy is continuing to show positive signs and state treasury collections are reaching all-time highs for both the last month and year. State Treasurer Ken Miller released figures T...
New hiring rule for child protection workers faces push back
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Ann Goodall's work with the Kansas Department of Children and Families is often traumatic, she said, and though she's been there for 16 years with no thought of quitting, many co-workers do. Child protection specialists such as G...
University of Kansas bans tobacco, vape use on campus
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — University of Kansas students and faculty can no longer use tobacco or vaping products on campus under a new policy pushed by health-conscious students. The university banned smoking, vaping or using any other tobacco p...
St. Louis district makes changes amid teacher shortage
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis schools are trying a new approach to hiring teachers as Missouri districts face a teacher shortage. St. Louis Public Schools opened a staff recruitment office last year to address issues in the hiring process that d...
Trump says gas prices are up, OPEC 'doing little to help'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says OPEC is "doing little to help" rising gas prices and claims "if anything, they are driving prices higher." Trump tweeted Wednesday: "The OPEC Monopoly must remember that gas prices are up & they are d...
Renewable energy push in sunny Arizona draws political fight
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's largest utility is fiercely opposing a push to mandate increased use of renewable energy in the sun-drenched state, setting up a political fight over a measure funded by a California billionaire. Clean Energy for a Healthy A...
US to keep Persian Gulf waterway open despite Iran threats
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military is reiterating a promise to keep Persian Gulf waterways open to oil tankers as Iran renewed threats to close off the region. Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman for the U.S. military's Central C...
Archaeologists urge Albania to protect underwater heritage
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Hundreds of Roman and Greek artifacts and ancient shipwrecks sitting under Albania's barely explored coastline are in danger of falling prey to looters or treasure hunters if not properly protected, researchers and archaeologis...
Crowd watches wheat harvested the old-fashioned way
MILTON, Ind. (AP) — In an age of high technology and mechanization on farms, people are very interested in how farmers did it a generation or two ago. Not deterred by heat in the high 90s, a large crowd including a few men aged 90-plus, turned out S...
Scientists create hybrids in race to save rhino sub-species
BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say they're several steps closer to perfecting a method that could prevent the extinction of northern white rhinos, of which only two animals are known still to be alive. According to a paper published Wednesday in the journa...
An early expression of democracy, the US patent system is out of step with today's citizens
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued its 10 millionth patent. But are all of these patents...
Police: 2 more exposed to same nerve agent that sickened spy
AMESBURY, England (AP) — For the second time in four months, two people lie critically ill in England's Salisbury District Hospital after being exposed to a military-grade nerve agent developed in the Soviet Union, British police confirmed late W...
Mother: Caring for girl amid brain-death debate 'worth it'
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mother of a girl at the center of a medical and religious debate over brain death said she does not regret moving from California to New Jersey so her daughter could receive care after being declared dead. Nailah Winkfield t...
US regulators delay Utah study of marijuana effects on pain
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's plan to study the effects of marijuana on pain has been delayed because of slow approval from the federal government to ship the drug to Utah researchers. The Deseret News reports the study from the Utah Science T...
Judge's ruling slows plans for Medicaid work requirement
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's drive to wean poor people from government benefits by making them work has been slowed by a federal judge framing a fundamental question: Are poverty programs meant to show tough love or to help the needy?...
New Mexico tech firm crowdfunding for Wi-Fi space project
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The founder of a Santa Fe-based tech firm that wants to bring commercial Wi-Fi to space is offering a stake in the company. Solstar Space Co. founder and CEO M. Brian Barnett filed an offering statement with the Securities a...
