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Michael S. Jaffee, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) As we prepare to “spring forward” for daylight saving time on March 11, many of us dread the loss of the hour’s sleep we incur by moving our clocks forward. For millions, the loss will be an added insult to the inadequate sleep they experience on a daily basis. Surveys show that 40 percent of American adults get less than the nightly minimum of seven hours of sleep recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the National Sleep Foundation. The National Institutes for H...
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel has lost the second prominent member of its news team in a month, with Thursday's announcement that Washington reporter Catherine Herridge is leaving for a job at CBS News. Like anchor Shepard Smith, who abruptly quit on Oct. 11, Herridge had been working at Fox News since the network began in 1996. She covered the criminal justice system and national security. CBS News said Herridge will join the network in November as a senior investigative correspondent, covering national security, intelligence and c...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Measles has a stealth side effect: New research shows it erases much of the immune system's memory of how to fight other germs, so children recover only to be left more vulnerable to bugs like flu or strep. Scientists dubbed the startling findings "immune amnesia." The body can rebuild those defenses — but it could take years. And with measles on the rise, "it should be a scary phenomenon," said Dr. Michael Mina of Harvard's school of public health, lead author of research published Thursday in the journal Science. "This goes...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — More than 400 Oklahoma inmates are expected to walk out of prison Monday in what state officials say is the largest single-day mass commutation in the nation's history. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board is expected to approve the commutations Friday and forward them to Gov. Kevin Stitt, a former CEO who has made it a priority for Oklahoma to lose its ranking as the state with the highest incarceration rate in the nation. "The governor plans to review and take immediate action on the ... docket as soon as he receives t...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The sole Democrat in Oklahoma's congressional delegation now supports the House impeachment inquiry of Republican President Donald Trump. Rep. Kendra Horn is among a handful of Democrats from conservative districts who told The Associated Press they would not support or were undecided on the inquiry. But the 5th District congresswoman voted with most of her party Thursday in pushing through a resolution to establish procedures for a public phase of the inquiry to "ensure transparency." Horn says her support of the r...
Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Thursday after investors got spooked by a published report that cast doubt on the prospects of a long-term U.S-China trade deal. Bond prices surged, sending yields sharply lower, as traders turned cautious. The sell-off was a marked shift from a day earlier, when the S&P 500 notched its second all-time high this week. Despite the sell-off, the benchmark index closed out October with its second straight monthly gain as an easing of trade tensions and surprisingly good corporate earnings gave investors...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top White House official confirmed Thursday that military aid to Ukraine was held up by President Donald Trump's demand for the ally to investigate Democrats and Joe Biden, but he testified he saw nothing illegal about the quid pro quo at the center of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry. Tim Morrison, who stepped down from the National Security Council the day before testifying, was the first White House political appointee to appear and spent more than eight hours behind closed doors with House investigators. "I wa...
In a story Oct. 29 about AT&T's upcoming streaming service HBO Max, The Associated Press reported erroneously when it will become profitable. This version corrects that date based on updated information from AT&T and clarifies its spending plans for the service. A corrected version of the story is below: AT&T says HBO Max streaming service to launch in May for $15 AT&T says its HBO Max streaming service will join a crowded field in May By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer AT&T said Tuesday that its HBO Max streaming service will launch in May for...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the streaming wars near a fever pitch and viewers are targeted from every vantage point — Disney Plus has the Marvel and Star Wars brands! HBO Max counters with "Game of Thrones" and DC superheroes! — Apple TV Plus could be cast as the highly pedigreed and improbable underdog. While the venture counts Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg among its first wave of talent, Apple TV Plus launches Friday with just a handful of original programs. It also lacks a warehouse of old shows and franchise films that can reliably draw...
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The Romanian capital Bucharest has hosted what organizers claim is Europe's biggest pumpkin carving event. Thousands of visitors tried their hand at sculpting more than 30,000 pumpkins in a public park ahead of Halloween, spending hours on their work. The results of their endeavor were then displayed on a 4-meter-high and 100-meter-long scaffold. Halloween was virtually unknown in Romania before the fall of communism in 1989. It has since become increasingly popular with Romanians of all ages and is now an e...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Forget reheated, freeze-dried space grub. Astronauts are about to get a new test oven for baking chocolate chip cookies from scratch. The next delivery of supplies for the International Space Station — scheduled for liftoff this weekend — includes the Zero G Oven. Chocolate chip cookie dough is already up there, waiting to pop into this small electric oven designed for zero gravity. As a tantalizing incentive, sample cookies baked just this week are also launching Saturday from Virginia on Northrop Grumman's Cygnu...
CHICAGO (AP) — It was a real dog of a ceremony this week during a swearing-in at the state's attorney's office in Chicago. The newly sworn-in worker is a Labrador retriever named Hatty. The 2-year-old will be on a 9-to-5 human schedule. But she's being asked to work like a dog, to just do what comes naturally to most dogs: show affection. Her job is to ease the strain of criminal proceedings on young children and those with mental-health issues who have been victims of assault. She'll handle up to 200 cases annually. Hatty is the office's f...
HAWNEE – The OBU men's basketball team opened the 2019-20 season with a 71-64 exhibition victory over Oklahoma City University Thursday night at the Noble Complex. Redshirt senior point guard Rashad Lewis led the way for the Bison with 16 points, to go along with three assists and a pair of steals, while junior transfer Jaquan Simms chipped in 11 points and three steals in the winning cause. OBU dominated the glass, outrebounding the Stars 42-23, led by senior forward Dishon Lowery with seven boards, followed by junior Harrison Stoddart and s...
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – In a battle of the top two teams in the Great American Conference, Oklahoma Baptist flexed its bona fides in a 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-20, 25-17) road triumph over Southwestern Oklahoma State on Thursday night. With the win, OBU moves two matches clear of SWOSU at the top of the GAC standings, and completes the series sweep of the Bulldogs. Hayley Daniel and Malia Leatherland, the reigning AVCA National Player of the Week, did the heavy lifting for OBU with 33 of OBU's 54 kills. Daniel led the way with 17 on 53 attack a...
ADA, Okla. – The OBU women's soccer team won big against East Central, 6-0, in a Thursday afternoon contest. The victory completes a regular season sweep of ECU. The Bison previously beat the Tigers earlier this month, 2-0, in Shawnee. Ruth King, Hannah White, and Abigail Parker all came out with strong performances putting in two goals apiece. King now has eight goals on the season, setting her as the overall team leader. She also recorded an assist on Abigail Parker's first goal of the day. King also leads the team in assists with four, a...
NORMAN, Okla. – Caroline Griffith posted 10 kills and hit a team-high .476 but it was not enough to lift Southeastern in a 3-0 loss on Thursday night in Alva, Okla. The Savage Storm slip to 2-21 on the year overall and 1-11 in Great American Conference play heading into a 6 p.m. Nov. 1 matchup with Southwestern Oklahoma State on Friday. Griffith connected on 10 kills with no errors in 21 attempts to lead the SE offense, while Hannah Grant, Aleksandra Rodic, and McKenzie Turkoly each finished with seven. Arabella Bouchard dished out 32 a...
ADA, Okla. – Southern Nazarene's volleyball team made short work of East Central on Thursday night as they completed the 3-0 sweep inside the Kerr Activities Center. Amidst the solid all-around performance from the Crimson Storm (19-8, 8-4 GAC), Kylie Smith reached yet another milestone in her illustrious career with SNU. In her 39-assist performance against the Tigers (2-25, 1-11 GAC) on Thursday night, the senior moved into second place all-time in school history for career assists. Smith now has 3,687 assists as she passed Heather O...
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – SWOSU Soccer and Ouachita played to a 1-1 draw on Thursday night in a match that was moved to Hot Springs due to field conditions in Arkadelphia. The two teams entered the contest holding down the top two spots in the Great American Conference standings and they'll leave it in second and third place after Oklahoma Baptist defeated East Central 6-0 on Thursday to move back into first. SWOSU had an advantage of 23-15 in shots and 9-8 in shots on goal and the Dawgs got on the board first as Brianna Benitez scored her third g...
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Volleyball could not sustain the momentum of a first-set win as Oklahoma Baptist rallied to win three straight and defeat the Dawgs on Thursday evening at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center. SWOSU started strong and forced OBU into eight hitting errors in the first set, but the Lady Bison got more efficient as the match went along and took advantage of several unforced errors by SWOSU, including 13 service errors, as they made their comeback. The Bulldogs hit .130 for the match with 23 hitting errors while OBU a...
PORTALES, N.M. (Oct. 31, 2019) – Needing a win to keep alive their postseason hopes, the Oklahoma Christian Eagles came through in dramatic fashion on Thursday night at Greyhound Stadium. Taking advantage of two big breaks, OC erased a two-goal deficit in the final 33 minutes and Carlos Trapero scored the decisive goal in the 87th minute as the Eagles stunned Eastern New Mexico 3-2. OC (5-8, 2-5 Lone Star Conference) snapped a five-game skid and moved into seventh place in the LSC with six standings points. The top six teams will advance to t...
PORTALES, N.M. (Oct. 31, 2019) – Denise Bennett put Oklahoma Christian ahead early in the second half and Corina Marin added a goal, but Eastern New Mexico rallied for a 5-2 win over the Eagles on Thursday night at Greyhound Stadium. Bennett, a sophomore from Lewisville, Texas, scored her second goal of the soccer season off an assist from Carson Hazel in the 50th minute to break a scoreless deadlock and put OC (2-13, 2-8 Lone Star Conference) ahead, but the Eagles' lead proved short-lived. Brianna Remedios assisted on a goal by Lauren D...
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The Harding women's soccer team shutout Northwestern Oklahoma 3-0 Thursday in Great American Conference action at Lakside High School. The game was scheduled to be played in Searcy but was moved to Hot Springs due to the amount of rain Searcy had the last couple of days. Harding improves to 6-7-2 overall and 5-3-1 in the GAC. Northwestern Oklahoma falls to 6-8-1 overall and 3-5-1 in the GAC. GOALS Harding 1, Northwestern Okla. 0 – 8th minute – Emma Welch sent a through ball to Melanie Spurgeon who found the lower right...
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The Harding volleyball team had four players in double-figure kills as the Lady Bisons defeated Southern Arkansas 3-1 (25-18, 20-25, 25-23, 25-11) Thursday in Great American Conference action. Harding improves to 16-9 overall and 7-5 in the GAC. Southern Arkansas falls to 3-20 overall and 1-11 in the GAC. FIRST SET Trailing 8-7 in the first set, Harding went on a 5-1 run on three kills to lead 12-9. Leading 17-16, the Lady Bisons scored eight of the next 10 points to win the set 25-18. Harding hit .345 in the set with Ally S...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gun rights advocates are celebrating the start of a new law that allows most adults in Oklahoma to carry a firearm in public without a background check or training. More than 100 people rallied outside the state Capitol on Friday, the first day the law took effect. An Oklahoma County judge and the state Supreme Court this week rejected Oklahoma City Democratic Rep. Jason Lowe's requests to put the so-called "permitless carry" law on hold. Supporters dubbed this type of law "constitutional carry." Republican Gov. Kevin S...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former four-term Democratic congressman from Oklahoma is quitting his position as a member of the National Rifle Association's 76-member board, citing the organization's "mounting troubles." In his resignation letter obtained Friday by The Associated Press, Dan Boren suggests some current and past NRA members have lost trust in the group, which has been roiled by infighting that included severing ties with Ackerman McQueen, its longtime Oklahoma-based public relations firm. Boren didn't immediately respond to a request f...
