Articles from the October 18, 2020 edition
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Four killed in head-on collision in central Oklahoma
EL RENO, Okla. (AP) — Four people were killed and another person was critically injured in a head-on collision early Saturday in central Oklahoma, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The four, who have not been identified, were the driver a...
Police: Man upset with mask mandate threatened Wichita mayor
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A retired firefighter who was upset with Wichita's mask ordinance was arrested on suspicion of threatening to kidnap and kill the mayor of Kansas' largest city, authorities said. Police said the 59-year-old suspect who was a...
Kansas deputy shoots Colorado driver of stolen vehicle
COLBY, Kan. (AP) — A Thomas County sheriff's deputy shot and wounded the driver of a stolen vehicle at a rest stop in northwest Kansas, authorities said. The deputy was responding at 8:40 p.m. Friday to a report of a stolen vehicle from the Pilot T...
Ex-teacher charged with sexually abusing 3 Missouri students
KIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A former suburban St. Louis high school teacher accused of raping a student in the 1990s now faces charges of sexually assaulting two more students. Prosecutors dismissed the September indictment against former Kirkwood High S...
Oklahoma virus hospitalizations remain near record high
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The number of hospitalizations due to the coronavirus remained near a record high in Oklahoma on Saturday while the number of reported cases increased by 1,195 and deaths rose by 14, according to the Oklahoma State Department o...
By US resorts adapt to new normal of skiing amid pandemic
DENVER (AP) — Helmet, goggles, skis? Check. Hand sanitizer, face covering, reservation? Check. Roughly seven months after the coronavirus cut the ski season short at the height of spring break, resorts across the United States and Canada are s...
Strong winds fan Colorado's largest recorded wildfire
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The largest wildfire in Colorado history grew overnight as high winds pushed the blaze through rural communities and the forecast predicts more "extreme fire behavior" on Saturday. Gusts of up to 70 mph (112 kph) overnight c...
Denver mayor OKs more funds for social services program
DENVER (AP) — Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said the city will invest $3 million into the STAR Program in 2021, which pairs mental health experts with social services on certain 911 calls. The operation will be moved to the city's public health d...
Dallas Morning News staff votes to unionize newsroom
DALLAS (AP) — The staff of the Dallas Morning News voted to unionize Friday, becoming the first newspaper in Texas to do so amid a recent wave of labor organizing at news outlets across the country. The Dallas News Guild announced that employees o...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump sees what others do not in the pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — "I believe we're rounding the corner." "We're a winner on the excess mortality." "We have the vaccines coming and we have the therapies coming." "We have done an amazing job." President Donald Trump sees in the pandemic what he w...
'Not just shop class:' Gulfport teacher wins $50K award
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — For nearly 15 years, Robert Caylor has taught Gulfport High students how to repair cars and watched as they started careers as mechanics all over the Coast, but on Oct. 14, he was rewarded in a different and surprising way. C...
'Home Improvement' actor Zachery Ty Bryan arrested in Oregon
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Zachery Ty Bryan, the actor who played the oldest son on the long-running 1990s sit-com "Home Improvement" was arrested in Oregon and faces charges of strangulation and assault. The Eugene Police Department said officers were d...
Artist hikes length of Vermont, painting along the way
MANCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — After hiking over 200 miles (320 kilometers) on the country's oldest long-distance trail, Rob Mullen had just 3 miles (5 kilometers) to go in the rain to meet up with his wife and father for a break. He kept dry with his f...
Dutch king returns from vacation after lockdown uproar
THE HAGUE (AP) — The Dutch royal couple were back in the Netherlands Saturday after their vacation trip to Greece had to be abandoned because of an uproar back home, where people are urged to stay at home as much as possible. King Willem-Alexander an...
Officers: Woman charged for feeding black bear in Tennessee
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Wildlife officers say a Virginia woman has been charged after they say she fed a black bear while on vacation in Tennessee. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Association said Friday that a video posted on social media shows 2...
Truex to start at back for Cup Series race at Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. will start from the back of the field for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway on Sunday after his car failed inspection twice, leaving him with an even longer way to go to advance to the final r...
COVID-inspired mask chain store aims to become obsolete
LONE TREE, Colo. (AP) — Darcy Velasquez, 42, and her mother, Roberta Truax, were walking recently in the Park Meadows mall about 15 miles south of downtown Denver, looking for Christmas gifts for Velasquez's two children, when they spotted a store w...
Torched Black churches weigh justice, forgiveness
PORT BARRE, La. (AP) — From her front steps, Debra Mallet can see the plot of sandy-colored earth where her church once stood. It was where her daughter got married and where her husband is buried, a sacred house of memories that, on a rainy spring n...
Atlanta Public Schools: No in-person classes this year
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Public Schools won't have in-school classes at least through the end of the year because COVID-19 data continues to trend the wrong way, says Superintendent Lisa Herring. "Despite downward trends in recent weeks, our c...
Oklahoma COVID-19 hospitalizations remain high
The number of hospitalizations due to the coronavirus dipped on Sunday but still remained high as the number of reported cases increased by 796 and deaths rose by 3, according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health. There were a reported 715...
Tulsa digs again for victims of 1921 race massacre
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A second excavation begins Monday at a cemetery in an effort to find and identify victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and shed light on violence that left hundreds dead and decimated an area that was once a cultural and e...
Evacuations remain in place for north-central Colorado fire
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Nearly 3,000 people were forced to flee from a fast-moving fire in north-central Colorado and authorities believe some buildings were lost. The CalWood Fire started around noon Saturday near the Cal-Wood Education Center, w...
Arkansas Supreme Court rules to keep proposals on ballot
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that two proposed amendments will not be removed from the general election ballot next month, upholding a lower court's decision to dismiss the case against the secretary of state. Tom S...
Think Snow: New York ski resorts can open at 50% capacity
NEW YORK (AP) — Ski resorts in New York will be allowed to open next month at half their indoor capacity with restrictions on sharing gondolas and face coverings required off the slopes, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. The governor said ski resorts c...
UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, despite objections from the United States, w...
