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By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The head of Oklahoma public schools will switch parties and run as a Democrat to challenge Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt for governor next year. Oklahoma State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister made the announcement Thursday, accusing Stitt of “running our state into the ground.” Hofmeister is a former
Continue ReadingBy Jake Kwon and Jack Guy, CNN Netflix has said it will edit scenes featuring a phone number in the smash hit show “Squid Game” after a woman in South Korea said she was inundated with thousands of calls and texts. Kim Gil-young runs a dessert shop in Seongju county and has been using the
Continue Reading TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is proposing to lift its three-decade ban on catching and killing goliath groupers after wildlife officials argued their numbers have rebounded. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved a draft proposal on Wednesday to allow the recreational harvest of 200 goliaths per year. Agency spokeswoman Amanda Nalley says the
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Temple has named Arthur Johnson the Owls’ new athletic director. Retired Temple basketball coach Fran Dunphy held the job on an interim basis since Pat Kraft left in 2020 to become AD at Boston College. Johnson had been the senior associate athletic director for administration and operations at Texas since 2014.
Continue ReadingBy Joyce Lupiani Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL) — A 30-year-old Douglasville woman named Terresha Lucas has been charged with making terroristic threats in the Brookmont subdivision of Douglasville. According to the Douglasville Police Department, residents on Manning Drive began receiving notes last December from a person who claimed to be
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says Russia has the potential to boost natural gas supplies to Europe as surging gas prices put pressure on consumers. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says existing gas transit routes allow for bolstering supplies before the new Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany begins operating. Europe’s
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says Russia has the potential to boost natural gas supplies to Europe as surging gas prices put pressure on consumers. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says existing gas transit routes allow for bolstering supplies before the new Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany begins operating. Europe’s
Continue ReadingBy Allen Devlin Click here for updates on this story MARIETTA, Georgia (WGCL) — A father son duo in Marietta were woken up early Wednesday morning by their pet dog, Alaska, barking hysterically on their back porch. “I hear my dog barking, and I went outside and there was something black on her bed that
Continue ReadingBy Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Allies of former President Donald Trump testified under oath that they did little to check out some of the uncorroborated claims they made about 2020 election fraud before amplifying them on the national stage, according to newly available court records reviewed by CNN. While the bogus fraud claims
Continue Reading KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian lawmakers have voted to dismiss a speaker, a move that comes as part of infighting in the ruling party. Dmytro Razumkov was stripped of his duties Thursday by the Verkhovna Rada after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People party initiated his dismissal. Relations between Zelenskyy and Razumkov have grown
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Andrew Lloyd Webber says he now has a therapy dog, thanks, in part, to the trauma of the “Cats” movie. In an interview with Variety, the creator of the legendary musical lamented about the film version of his musical, which he said was “was off-the-scale all wrong.” “There wasn’t really
Continue Reading By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says Russia once again accounted for most state-sponsored hacking, with a 58% share of intrusion attempts it detected in the past year. The targets were mostly government agencies and think tanks — in the United States, followed by Ukraine, Britain and European NATO members. The
Continue Reading By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says Russia once again accounted for most state-sponsored hacking, with a 58% share of intrusion attempts it detected in the past year. The targets were mostly government agencies and think tanks — in the United States, followed by Ukraine, Britain and European NATO members. The
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Jon Rahm has made a superb start in his first tournament in his Spanish homeland in two years. He shot an 8-under 63 in the first round of the Spanish Open. Rahm started on the 10th hole and was two shots behind clubhouse leader Ross McGowan.
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With the return of free Fall concerts in the park Thursday, locals can get out to enjoy good music, food, and the company of others. The concerts usually happen every year but was put off like many other events because of the pandemic. Every Thursday in October there will be live music at Palm Desert
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, CNN A rare moment Wednesday on Capitol Hill gave way to a potential deal on the debt ceiling. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blinked after a three-month stalemate with Democrats. Democrats appear to have taken a deal that many in the caucus acknowledge is little more than kicking the can down the
Continue ReadingCNN By Lauren Fox, CNN A rare moment Wednesday on Capitol Hill gave way to a potential deal on the debt ceiling. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blinked after a three-month stalemate with Democrats. Democrats appear to have taken a deal that many in the caucus acknowledge is little more than kicking the can down
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN As soon as the US Food and Drug Administration authorizes the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 in the United States, pediatricians’ offices, local pharmacies and even some schools will be ready to help get those first doses into young arms. Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech announced on
Continue ReadingBy Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Friday’s jobs report will shed some light on whether August’s disappointing numbers were just a blip — or the start of an unwelcome trend. Either way, the recovery could be bumpy until America gets all the way through the Covid crisis. “The pandemic has always been in the driver’s seat
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Friday’s jobs report will shed some light on whether August’s disappointing numbers were just a blip — or the start of an unwelcome trend. Either way, the recovery could be bumpy until America gets all the way through the Covid crisis. “The pandemic has always been in
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