Articles from the October 3, 2021 edition
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Tesla reports stronger-than-expected Q3 sales
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Tesla says it delivered 241,300 electric vehicles in the third quarter even as it wrestled with a global shortage of computer chips that has hit the entire auto industry. The Palo Alto, California, company's sales from July t...
By Pharmacies face 1st trial over role in opioid crisis
CLEVELAND (AP) — So many prescription painkillers were dispensed in Lake County, Ohio, between 2012 and 2016 that the amount equaled 265 pills for every resident. Just to the south, the flood of prescription opioids during the same period equated t...
US envoy says climate summit can yield 'enormous progress'
MILAN (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Saturday he thinks "enormous progress" can be made at the upcoming U.N. climate talks in Scotland but more governments must come up with concrete commitments in the next 30 days. Kerry attended a p...
Bash back better: Here's what governing by crisis looks like
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington's tempestuous week of walking, chewing gum, juggling balls and spinning plates at the same time is giving rise to apocalyptic rhetoric about the state and future of the country. Four big things are happening at once, a...
Abortion, guns, religion top a big Supreme Court term
WASHINGTON (AP) — The future of abortion rights is in the hands of a conservative Supreme Court that is beginning a new term Monday that also includes major cases on gun rights and religion. The court's credibility with the public also could be on t...
European-Japanese space mission gets 1st glimpse of Mercury
BERLIN (AP) — A joint European-Japanese spacecraft got its first glimpse of Mercury as it swung by the solar system's innermost planet while on a mission to deliver two probes into orbit in 2025. The BepiColombo mission made the first of six f...
Alva man charged with leaving scene of accident
A stop sign and the adjacent Northwestern Oklahoma State University retaining wall were damaged by a motor vehicle Saturday, Sept. 25. The driver is now facing two misdemeanor charges. According to...
Texas man charged with violating sex offender safety zone
A stop of five ATVs traveling on the shoulder of a highway resulted in the arrest of one driver. Woods County court records show on Saturday, Sept. 15, about 12:15 p.m. Oklahoma State Park Ranger...
Continuing a family legacy
Watching her father draw inspired Charlotte New to try art for herself. "My father drew these wonderful cartoon characters," she said. He was encouraged to travel to California to try for a job with W...
Pursuing a lifelong passion
She doesn't know exactly when it began, maybe in kindergarten, but Elizabeth Miller always liked to draw and kept drawing. "I guess all through my life, even now, I pursue it," she said. "It's like a...
Honeycutt reaches 1000 career kills during Friday's match against East Central
Ada, Okla. – Northwestern volleyball continued their road trip on Friday evening for game two of the five-game road trip. East Central used a strong second set comeback to help lead to a 3-1 match victory over the Rangers Friday. Addison Wimmer l...
Crews race to limit damage from major California oil spill
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly Sunday to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history, caused by a suspected leak in an underwater pipeline that f...
US official in Haiti apologizes for treatment of migrants
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A top U.S. official on Friday apologized for how Haitian migrants were treated along the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it's not how border officials or the Department of Homeland Security behave. The comments from Juan Gonza...
Leaked records open a 'Pandora' box of financial secrets
Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter-century,...
31 October tornadoes in Oklahoma breaks monthly record
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A total of 31 tornadoes last month was a record-high for October in Oklahoma dating to 1950, according to the National Weather Service. The previous high for October, the fifth most active month for tornadoes, was 27 in 1998, a...
Texas defense bracing for another dose of Sooners QB Rattler
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is ranked again and on a three-game win streak powered by tailback Bijan Robinson and an explosive offense. Scoring points in bunches has helped prop up a defense has been good enough so far, but has shown just enough c...
Stillwater to host Afghanistan refugees with help of veteran
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A retired Army colonel is helping the city of Stillwater prepare to host dozens of refugee families from Afghanistan. U.S. Army Col. Mike FitzGerald, a 20-year veteran and current operations manager for Catholic Charities of...
Kansas farmers making progress harvesting their fall crops
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Fall harvest is well underway in Kansas with farmers already bringing in more than half of this year's corn crop. The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday that the 51% of the corn crop has been cut, well a...
GOP leader in Kansas accuses another of forcibly kissing her
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Wyandotte County Republican leader has filed a battery complaint against a Republican leader in neighboring Johnson County saying he forcibly kissed her at an anti-abortion event in August. Stephanie Cashion, the vice chair o...
Nurse accused of taking fentanyl from 2 KC-area hospitals
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A nurse has been charged with taking the powerful opioid fentanyl from medicine cabinets at two Kansas City-area hospitals. The U.S. attorney's office for Kansas announced Monday that a federal grand jury has indicted F...
Kansas Highway Patrol says man killed in head-on crash
HAYS, Kan. (AP) — A man from central Kansas has died in a head-on crash near Hays, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported. The patrol said the crash happened around 10:15 a.m. Sunday on U.S. 183 south of Hays, killing James Kohl, 56, of Schoenchen. I...
How did white students respond to school integration after Brown v. Board of Education?
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Local governments struggle to hire public sector workers
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Some local Kansas governments are operating with 10% of their positions unfilled, making it hard to deliver the services that citizens expect. Across the state, Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that Kansas has seen a 4.7% d...
Biden tells GOP to 'get out of the way' on debt limit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday urged Republican senators to "get out of the way" and let Democrats suspend the nation's debt limit, hoping to keep the U.S. government from bumping dangerously close to a credit default as Senate R...
Biden lifts abortion referral ban on family planning clinics
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Monday reversed a ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics, lifting a Trump-era restriction as political and legal battles over abortion grow sharper from Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court. The...
