Articles from the November 14, 2019 edition


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  • Freedom anniversaries

    Nov 14, 2019

    Happy Anniversary To Nov. 15: Mr. & Mrs. Donald Reutlinger Nov. 23: Mr. & Mrs. Terry Welty Nov. 30: Mr. & Mrs. Tracy Walker (Note: Send corrections, additions to: [email protected] or call 800-305-2111)...

  • Freedom birthdays

    Nov 14, 2019

    Happy Birthday To Nov. 14: Jared Wise, Kay Scates, Don Reutlinger, Barrett Bradt Nov. 15: Danny Whittet, Jennifer Thorton Nov. 16: Darrel DeVine, Angela Sample, David Kirkpatrick, Dalton Hughes Nov. 17: Greg Ledford, Dayna Boham Nov. 18: Natalie Elwood, Ryan Plumlee, Doug Walker Nov. 19: E.F. Wise, Rosalie Bliss, Amanda Jo Bradt, Mardonna Brady Nov. 20: Myles Nixon, Collin Pierce, Jenny Jessup Nov. 21: Rick Brown, Dawn Loomis, Scott Hull, Loran Morris, Linda Leist Nov. 22: Jacy Wise, Brian Bowles, Staci Davey, Dwight Hughes Nov. 23: Heather...

  • Freedom United Methodist Church news

    Nov 14, 2019

    On Veterans Day Sunday, Nov. 10, the order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Nov. 17 there will be a Thanksgiving Dinner at the Baptist Church in Mooreland at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 21 there will be a Birthday/Thanksgiving Dinner at Quinlan UMC at 6:30 p.m. Invocation by Pastor Todd Call to Worship: Psalm 135:1-14 led by Julie Russell Opening Hymn: “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” led by Debra Brown Affirmation of Faith Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Grace: “Onward Christian Soldiers” Offertory: Janell Re...

  • BJCC honors veterans

    Nov 14, 2019

    Staff, volunteer and inmate veterans were honored at a celebration of those in faithful service at Bill Johnson Correctional Center in Alva. Several guests attended to enjoy the program. Veterans Day began on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11th to commemorate the soldiers who fought in World War I. The day was originally known as Armistice Day for the day an armistice was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in WWI... Full story

  • Students shine at FPS awards assembly

    Nov 14, 2019

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  • Gun rights activist facing charges for rifle in restaurant

    Nov 14, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A gun rights activist accused of illegally taking a rifle into an Oklahoma City restaurant is facing a felony charge. Timothy A. Harper, 52, was arrested Tuesday after he violated a state law that bars possessing or carrying a rifle in any establishment where alcoholic beverages are consumed, authorities said. Harper told another activist in an online interview on Monday that he took his rifle into Twin Peaks Nov. 2 in celebration of Oklahoma’s new ‘permitless carry’ gun law, which went into effect Nov. 1, The Oklahoman rep...

  • Oklahoma City police fatally shoot suspect in death of clerk

    Nov 14, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City police say a man suspected of fatally shooting a convenience store clerk during a robbery was himself fatally shot minutes later. Police Capt. Larry Withrow says 39-year-old Justin Anderson was shot to death outside a home in southwest Oklahoma City shortly before 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, less than 30 minutes after Ross Garrett was found fatally shot inside the convenience store. Withrow says as officers investigated the fatal shooting of Garrett, a caller to 911 sent police to a house less than three miles (5 k...

  • County agrees to pay $10M to settle Oklahoma jail death suit

    Nov 14, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Officials have agreed to settle a lawsuit over the death of a 37-year-old man, who died in 2011 after lying naked in a Tulsa County, Oklahoma, jail cell for five days with a broken neck. Documents filed in federal court in Tulsa last Thursday said the estate of Elliott Williams and Tulsa County settled and have 20 days to file the agreement, but do not list a settlement amount. Estate attorney Dan Smolen told the Tulsa World the settlement is for $10 million. Smolen and a county official did not immediately return a phone c...

  • Chinese citizen pleads guilty to theft of trade secrets

    Nov 14, 2019

    TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Chinese national employed by a U.S. petroleum company has pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing trade secrets from his employer. Authorities say 35-year-old Hongjin Tan pleaded guilty on Tuesday in federal court in Tulsa to theft of a trade secret, unauthorized transmission of a trade secret and unauthorized possession of a trade secret. A plea agreement calls for Tan to serve up to two years in prison and pay restitution of $150,000. Tan’s attorney, Ryan Ray, hasn’t returned a telep...

  • Oklahoma prosecutors question proposal to free more inmates

    Nov 14, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s district attorneys are raising concerns about a proposed new ballot measure aimed at further reducing the state’s prison population. In a statement late Tuesday, Oklahoma District Attorneys Association President Jason Hicks said one problem is that crimes such as child trafficking, aggravated assault and battery, and domestic abuse aren’t technically violent crimes under state law. The proposed state question filed on Tuesday would prohibit prosecutors from using previous nonviolent felony convictions to enhance...

  • Santa Claus back at work in Germany answering Christmas mail

    Nov 14, 2019

    HIMMELPFORT, Germany (AP) — Santa Claus is at it again, answering thousands of Christmas letters from children around the world at a special post office in the northern German town of Himmelpfort. As part of the annual event organized by Germany’s Deutsche Post, Santa and 20 helpers last year responded to 277,200 letters from 64 countries. They answer in various languages and also in braille, and each letter has a special Santa postmark. The tradition began when postal workers in 1984 received two letters addressed to Santa in Himmelpfort, whi...

  • US court rules Kentucky man can get 'IM GOD' license plate

    Nov 14, 2019

    FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A federal court is allowing a Kentucky man to personalize a license plate with the phrase "IM GOD” after a three-year legal battle over the custom engraving. Court documents show Ben Hart, a self-identified atheist, set out to get the Kentucky plate in 2016. But Hart's request was denied by the state transportation department on the basis it violated antidiscrimination guidelines. News outlets report similar plates had been approved before, including "TRYGOD" and "NOGOD." Kentucky’s American Civil Liberties Union and t...

  • Rescue: 'Unicorn' puppy doesn't notice 'tail' growth on head

    Nov 14, 2019

    JACKSON, Mo. (AP) — A rescued puppy is attracting a lot of attention because of his resemblance to a unicorn. The nearly 10-week-old puppy, named Narwhal, has a tail-like appendage growing from his forehead. Narwhal was rescued over the weekend and sent to Mac’s Mission in Jackson, which specializes in fostering animals with special needs. Mac’s Mission founder Rochelle Steffen says Narwhal doesn’t notice the extra tail and is otherwise a happy, healthy puppy. Although it looks like a tail, Narwhal cannot wag it. Steffen says the rescue...

  • NJ will trap turkeys troubling Jersey Shore neighborhood

    Wayne Parry|Nov 14, 2019

    TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has drumsticked up a plan to deal with flocks of wild turkeys that are ruffling some feathers in a Jersey Shore neighborhood. And it doesn’t involve them winding up on dinner plates in two weeks. The state Department of Environmental Protection will trap scores of turkeys that have descended on a retirement community in Toms River and relocate them. The move comes as some residents say large flocks of turkeys have invaded the area, pecking at cars, and at some people who venture too close. “I had a small...

  • Hawaii man proposes to girlfriend while surfing

    Nov 14, 2019

    HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii man was surfing with his girlfriend when — instead of hanging 10 — he knelt down on one knee on his board and proposed. Hawaii News Now reported that Lauren Oiye said yes just before Chris Garth dropped the ring in the ocean. Multiple photographers nearby captured the Sunday moment. Luckily, he had a spare. Garth said he knew it could go wrong, so he used a stand-in while they were out in the water. The real ring was on shore at Queen’s Beach in Waikiki, where the two met years before. Details about the rings were no...

  • Beer insulting California utility PG&E brews backlash

    Nov 14, 2019

    SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Anger over devastating California wildfires sparked by Pacific Gas & Electric power lines is coming to a head — in a beer. And an outcry is brewing. Steve Doty, owner of Shady Oak brewery in Santa Rosa, announced a new beer called “F--- PG&E,” describing it on Facebook last week as “a classic California pale ale, featuring Cashmere and Simcoe hops and a touch of malt sweetness.” Doty told the Press Democrat that he meant to draw attention to the negligence of PG&E executives and was stunned by the onslaught o...

  • Israel, Islamic Jihad truce appears holding despite rockets

    FARES AKRAM and TIA GOLDENBERG|Nov 14, 2019

    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s Islamic Jihad militant group appeared to be holding Thursday despite an earlier barrage of rocket fire that briefly disrupted a truce to end two days of intense fighting that killed at least 34 Palestinians, including three women and eight children, and paralyzed parts of Israel. Before the truce was announced, a pre-dawn Israeli airstrike killed eight members of the same family in Gaza. Among them were five children, the youngest being 7 years old. It was the deadliest sin...

  • Despite female push, Garth Brooks bests Underwood at CMAs

    Mesfin Fekadu|Nov 14, 2019

    The Country Music Association Awards almost fully honored and highlighted the women of country music — whose songs have been heavily dismissed on country radio over the years — until two words were uttered when they named its entertainer of the year: Garth Brooks. Wednesday night’s show kicked off with a performance featuring country female acts across generations, included three female hosts and had Maren Morris as its top nominee. But in the final moments, Brooks won the top prize over Carrie Underwood, who many had hoped would be the first...

  • AP-NORC/USA Facts poll: Americans struggle to ID true facts

    Nov 14, 2019

    By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and USA Facts finds that regardless of political belief, many Americans say they have a hard time figuring out if information is true. Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they often come across one-sided information, and about 6 in 10 say they regularly see conflicting reports about the same set of facts. The poll found that 47% of Americans believe it’s difficult to know if the inf...

  • Battle lines harden as Trump impeachment inquiry goes public

    LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK|Nov 14, 2019

    WASHINGTON (AP) — With historic impeachment hearings underway, Democrats and Republicans are hardening their arguments over the actions of President Donald Trump as they set out to win over a deeply polarized American public. Democrats say Wednesday’s extraordinary public session in the House revealed a striking account of Trump abusing his office by pressing the newly elected president of Ukraine for political investigations of rival Democrats, all while holding up needed military aid. “Bribery,” they said, and “extortion.” Republicans...

  • AP Exclusive: Data shows upswing in child exploitation cases

    Colleen Long|Nov 14, 2019

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security investigators who uncover child exploitation initiated more than 4,000 cases around the world in the 2019 budget year, resulting in thousands of arrests and the identification of more than 1,000 victims, according to new data obtained by The Associated Press. Their caseloads are growing because of the ease with which offenders can post graphic images of children online. “With the dark web on there, the content is becoming more prevalent and more horrific,” said Matt Wright, the chief for the Child Exploitatio...

  • Power struggle in Bolivia: Añez at home vs Morales in exile

    LUIS ANDRES HENAO|Nov 14, 2019

    LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Where does the power line stand in crisis-torn Bolivia? Jeanine Añez, the Senate leader who has claimed the interim presidency of the Andean country, seems to have the backing of the police, the military and the Roman Catholic Church. But even in self-exile in Mexico after resigning under pressure from the armed forces, former President Evo Morales says he would be willing to return to Bolivia, and his supporters are making a show of force in the streets while his party controls a majority in both houses of Congress. Norm...

  • Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Patrick announces Dem presidential bid

    JULIE PACE and BILL BARROW|Nov 14, 2019

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Thursday he is running for president, making a late entry into the Democratic race less than three months before primary voting begins. In an announcement video, Patrick highlighted his poverty-stricken childhood on Chicago’s South Side, saying he’s running for the “people who feel left out and left back.” As the first in his family to go to college and law school, Patrick said, “I’ve had a chance to live my American Dream.” But over the years, the “path to that dream” has c...

  • Walmart hires off-duty officers ahead of El Paso reopening

    Cedar Attanasio|Nov 14, 2019

    EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Walmart has quietly hired off-duty officers at its stores in El Paso, Texas, where a gunman police say targeted Mexicans opened fire in a store in August and killed 22 people. Walmart plans Thursday to reopen the store where the attack happened and amid ongoing lawsuits over safety. Walmart didn’t have a guard in the store the day of the mass shooting. The reopening will happen unceremoniously, Walmart spokeswoman Delia Garcia said, and will follow a brief meeting with employees. She declined comment on security mea...

  • Old dogs, new tricks: 10,000 pets needed for science

    Carla K. Johnson|Nov 14, 2019

    SEATTLE (AP) — Can old dogs teach us new tricks? Scientists are looking for 10,000 pets for the largest-ever study of aging in canines. They hope to shed light on human longevity too. The project will collect a pile of pooch data: vet records, DNA samples, gut microbes and information on food and walks. Five hundred dogs will test a pill that could slow the aging process. “What we learn will potentially be good for dogs and has great potential to translate to human health,” said project co-director Daniel Promislow of the University of Washingt...

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