Articles from the August 16, 2019 edition
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AP sources: Trump has talked about buying Greenland for US
By ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to put his mark on the world map, President Donald Trump has talked to aides and allies about buying Greenland for the U.S. A Trump ally told The Associated Press on Thursday...
S. Korea says N. Korea has fired more projectiles into sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's military said North Korea fired more projectiles into the sea Friday to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy. South...
The Latest: Philly police: Gunman had AR-15, handgun
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the standoff in Philadelphia that injured six police officers (all times local): 2:50 p.m. Philadelphia's police commissioner says a gunman who barricaded himself in a rowhouse and exchanged gunfire with police...
Virgin Galactic reveals futuristic outpost for space tourism
UPHAM, N.M. (AP) — Spaceport America is no longer just a shiny shell of hope that space tourism would one day launch from this remote spot in the New Mexico desert. The once-empty hangar that anchors the taxpayer-financed launch and landing facilit...
Weak global growth likely to mean US slowdown, not recession
WASHINGTON (AP) — How fragile is the global economy? The U.S.-China trade war is weakening businesses in both countries, Germany's economy shrank in the second quarter, and Britain appears headed for a disruptive exit from the European Union this...
Autopsy: Man killed by police was shot 3 times in back
DENVER (AP) — A black man was running from Colorado police officers when they shot him three times in the back and he collapsed on a street, according to footage from cameras worn by police and an autopsy report released Thursday. The Colorado...
Climate change still threatens key US river after wet winter
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Snow piled up in the mountains across the U.S. West last winter, leaving enough to thrill skiers into the summer, swelling rivers and streams when it melted, and largely making wildfire restrictions unnecessary. But the wet...
Israel bars US congresswomen - with a nudge from Trump
JERUSALEM (AP) — With a push from President Donald Trump, Israel on Thursday barred two Muslim-American congresswomen from entering the country for a visit, an extraordinary step bringing the longtime U.S. ally into Trump's domestic fight against...
Police departments confront 'epidemic' in officer suicides
NEW YORK (AP) — A rash of suicides by police officers has shaken the New York Police Department, leading the commissioner to declare a mental health emergency and highlighting the problem of untreated depression among law enforcement officers...
AP Analysis: Trump uses Israel to fuel partisan fires
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's encouragement and support of Israel's decision to ban two Democratic lawmakers may play well to his political base, but it could endanger the foundations of the U.S.-Israel relationship in the longer...
SWOSU Athletics Hosting Bulldog Pride Night on Tuesday Evening
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The SWOSU Athletic Department will hold their annual kickoff event for student-athletes, Bulldog Pride Night, on Tuesday, August 20th, at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center beginning at 6:00 pm. Bulldog Pride Night is an annual...
SWOSU Volleyball Tabbed as GAC's Preseason Favorite
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – High expectations await the SWOSU Volleyball team after they have been chosen as the preseason favorite to finish atop the Great American Conference in 2019. The preseason poll, which is voted on by the 12 head coaches within...
Lone Star Conference announces creation of digital network
RICHARDSON, Texas (Aug. 16, 2019) – The Lone Star Conference is pleased to announce the debut of the first league-wide digital network in partnership with BlueFrame Technology. The two-year agreement will include live and on-demand content from all...
Harding Volleyball Picked Second in GAC
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Three weeks in advance of the start of the 2019 volleyball season, the Great American Conference's head coaches narrowly established Southwestern Oklahoma State as the preseason favorite, the league office announced on Thursday...
Harding Football Selected Second in GAC Preseason Poll
SEARCY – The Harding football team will open its 2019 season playing four consecutive games against teams selected in the top five in the Great American Conference Preseason Poll, released Tuesday by the conference office. The GAC's coaches...
Country's largest tribal nation seeks congressional delegate
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The newly elected chief of the Oklahoma-based Cherokee Nation plans to appoint the tribe's first-ever delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, which is outlined in a nearly 200-year-old treaty with the federal...
1 dead, 2 hurt in shooting outside Oklahoma City home
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police in Oklahoma City say one person is dead and two others injured after a triple shooting in the northeast part of the city. Oklahoma City police say officers were called to a reported shooting early Friday. Once there,...
83-year-old convicted of killing man who was buying his home
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An 83-year-old man has been convicted of fatally shooting the buyer of his Topeka home because he felt too much was being asked of him before he moved out. WIWB-TV reports that jurors found Anthony Darcy guilty Friday of...
Mother, 2 young children killed in eastern Kansas house fire
BURLINGTON, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a mother and her two young children have been killed in a house fire in eastern Kansas. WIBW-TV reports that Coffey County Sheriff Randy Rogers says a fourth person suffered severe burns Friday morning while...
Kansas cancels grant for early literacy program in schools
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has canceled a grant for an early literacy program for public school children after a previously unreleased audit found that the company administering the course received millions of dollars it wasn't entitled to during f...
The Latest: 4.2 magnitude earthquake reported in Kansas
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on a series of earthquakes in Kansas (all times local): 2:30 p.m. A series of earthquakes shook parts of Kansas near Hutchinson, knocking down ceiling tiles and breaking some windows. The largest earthquake...
Republicans still waiting on Pompeo in Kansas Senate race
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Even though U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has declared a Senate run to be "off the table" next year, many fellow Republicans in Washington and his home state of Kansas aren't buying it. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is...
Man pleads no contest in woman's death in Dodge City
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old Kansas man is awaiting sentencing after pleading no contest in the death of a woman at a Dodge City hotel. Ford County Attorney Kevin Salzman said Boston Boswell pleaded no contest Monday in the death of...
Missing Kansas sheriff's deputy believed to be in Turkey
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A missing Sedgwick County Sheriff's deputy is believed to be in Turkey. Sheriff Jeff Easter says Homeland Security was able to confirm that Deputy Derick Chandler flew to Istanbul. KAKE-TV reports Chandler Chandler is...
Sailing team to fly 2 crew to US to bring Thunberg boat back
BERLIN (AP) — The sailing team that's taking climate activist Greta Thunberg from England to the United States aboard a high-tech racing yacht says it will fly two crew across the Atlantic to bring the boat back, but that the carbon emissions from...