Articles from the August 23, 2020 edition
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Police: 18-year-old shot, killed in Kansas City, Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an 18-year-old was shot and killed in Kansas City, Kansas. Police said in a news release that officers responded around 1:40 a.m. Saturday. The victim had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was...
Computers, tablets in short supply in Wichita district
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Wichita school district has only received two-thirds of the computers and tablets it has ordered to equip students for distance learning because of worldwide supply chain problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Until the...
Oklahoma governor to release virus reports, 853 new cases
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma health officials will begin releasing the coronavirus reports that Gov. Kevin Stitt receives from a White House task force, according to Stitt. "We have asked the Oklahoma State Department of Health to begin making the...
Kansas commission adds LGBT nondiscrimination protections
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The commission that enforces Kansas' nondiscrimination laws will begin hearing claims from people who allege they are being mistreated because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The Kansas Human Rights Commission...
Arkansas man trying to save child drowns in Oklahoma lake
POTEAU, Okla. (AP) — An Arkansas man drowned Friday while trying to save a 3-year-old boy who fell from a boat into an Oklahoma lake, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Marlon Alexander Garcia, 45, of Van Buren drowned in Long Lake near...
Moderate Tulsa mayor faces fierce political crosscurrents
By all accounts, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum has been a fast-rising political star in Oklahoma. Part of a political dynasty whose uncle, grandfather and great-grandfather all served as mayor of the state's second-largest city, the mild-mannered,...
Saved by suburbs: Food trucks hit by virus find new foodies
LYNNWOOD, Wash. (AP) — On a warm summer night, two food trucks pulled onto a tree-lined street in a hilltop neighborhood outside Seattle. The smell of grilled meat filled the air, and neighbors slurped on boba tea drinks. Toddlers, teens, their par...
Pompeo, Kushner to Mideast as US presses Arab-Israeli peace
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will send two top officials to the Middle East this week in a bid to capitalize on momentum from the historic agreement between Israeli and the United Arab Emirates to establish diplomatic relations. Three...
Site studied for proof of mass extinction 66M years ago
STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — In a trench behind an apartment complex off Highway 182 in west Starkville, a team of paleontologists were gathering handfuls of 66 million-year-old fossils. From fossilized molds of snail shells to evidence of ammonites...
2 tropical storms heading for double blow to US Gulf Coast
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two tropical storms advanced across the Caribbean on Saturday night as potentially historic threats to the U.S. Gulf Coast, one dumping rain on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands while the other was pushing through the...
Trump ordered to pay $44,100 in Stormy Daniels legal fees
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California court ordered President Donald Trump this week to pay $44,100 in attorney fees to porn actress Stormy Daniels to pay for her legal battle over her effort to cancel a hush money deal brokered to keep her quiet about...
Rockets take 2-1 lead into game 4 against the Thunder
Houston Rockets (44-28, fourth in the Western Conference during the regular season) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (44-28, fifth in the Western Conference during the regular season) Lake Buena Vista, Florida; Monday, 4 p.m. EDT LINE: Rockets -2;...
Average US gas price remains steady at $2.25 per gallon
CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline held steady over the past two weeks at $2.25 per gallon. That's 41 cents below the average pump price from a year ago. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg...
Execution of Native American man stirs emotion within tribe
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Late on a fall evening in 2001, Alyce Slim and her granddaughter stopped at a gas station on the Navajo Nation after searching for a traditional healer for leg ailments. There, in an area where hitchhiking is common, Slim...
Texas county threatened with lawsuit over COVID-19 order
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Efforts by officials in one South Texas county to delay the start of face-to-face classes due to the coronavirus pandemic could face a legal challenge on claims of religious freedom. Cameron County, which has been one of...
Report: Data shows Oklahoma face mask mandates are working
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Face mask mandates adopted in some Oklahoma communities to reduce the spread of COVID-19 seem to be working, according to a newspaper report. Data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health shows cities with mask mandates...
First-year teacher navigates challenges of virtual learning
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Freddie Abeyta's first day as a teacher will not come close to what he envisioned. The rookie English teacher at Santa Fe High School pictured his students walking into his classroom and seeing the hours of work he put into...
Residents flee as Gulf Coast sees possible tandem hurricanes
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Gulf Coast braced Sunday for a potentially devastating hit from twin hurricanes as two strong storms swirled toward the U.S from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Officials feared a history-making onslaught of...
Kansas candidate who admitted to revenge porn drops out
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old Kansas House candidate who had been disowned by some Democrats for his incendiary social media posts and because he abused girls online when he was 14 years old announced Sunday that he is dropping out of the...
Appeals court rules Augusta University can build hospital
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Augusta University may finally get to build a 100-bed hospital in the rapidly growing suburb of Columbia County after the Georgia Court of Appeals rejected a protest from the competing Doctors Hospital of Augusta. The court...
US envoy joins Taiwan president at military memorial
KINMEN, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. envoy to Taiwan joined President Tsai Ing-wen at a military memorial service Sunday in a fresh show of warming relations that threatened to add to irritants in Washington's relations with Beijing. Neither the...
Trump delivered on some big 2016 promises, but others unmet
WASHINGTON (AP) — He's broken his pledge never to take a vacation or play golf for pleasure. His plan to update the nation's infrastructure has become a running punchline and he's dropped his threat to throw Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl out of a...
Trump to announce plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — After expressing frustration at the slow pace of approval for coronavirus treatments, President Donald Trump was set to announce on Sunday the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 patients. The announcement...
'Hoax' book reveals extent of internal unease at Fox
NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Stelter knows critics accuse Fox News of bending the truth in order to maintain its staunch support of and closeness to President Donald Trump. As CNN media reporter and host of "Reliable Sources," he's often one of them. He...
Dog reduces wildlife, aircraft encounters at WVa airport
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hercules, the 3-year-old border collie charged with keeping birds and other forest-dwelling animals off Yeager Airport's runways and taxiways, is credited with dramatically reducing the number of wildlife strikes to...