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Month: April 2024

Remaining Tulsa Race Massacre survivors to speak before Oklahoma Supreme Court, fighting for reparations

By Audrey Goodson Click here for updates on this story     OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — The remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre are not backing down on their demand for reparations. The Oklahoma Supreme Court granted the survivors a chance to have their case heard, allowing Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Fletcher, both 109,

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Deadly severe weather roars through several states, spawning potential tornadoes

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. Parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia and Georgia were under tornado watches into Tuesday night, while Wisconsin was experiencing a

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Oklahoma court considers whether to allow the US’ first publicly funded Catholic school

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s attorney general is urging the state’s highest court to stop the creation of what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school. Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond and attorneys for the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board presented their arguments Tuesday to the

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NCAA investment in a second women’s basketball tournament emerges as a big hit in Indy

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The surging interest in women’s college basketball prompted the NCAA to double down on its investment last summer by backing the inaugural Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament. It already appears to be paying off. With Wednesday night’s championship game between fourth-seeded Illinois and top-seeded Villanova looming, the

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Katy Perry, Billie Eilish, J Balvin and more lash out against ‘enormous’ AI threats that ‘sabotage creativity’

By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — More than 200 artists, including Billie Eilish, Kacey Musgraves, J Balvin, Ja Rule, Jon Bon Jovi, The Jonas Brothers, Katy Perry, Miranda Lambert and more, are speaking out against artificial intelligence-related threats in the music industry. In an open letter organized by the non-profit Artist Rights Alliance, notable names

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Cyprus president asks EU Commission chief to get Lebanon to stop migrants from leaving its shores

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus says he has personally asked the head of the European Union’s executive arm to intercede with Lebanese authorities so that they could put a stop to boatloads of Syrian refugees from heading to the east Mediterranean island nation. President Nikos Christodoulides told

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