KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists Wednesday, taking a risky and deeply unpopular step that follows humiliating setbacks for his troops nearly seven months after invading Ukraine.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Devastating floods in Pakistan’s worst-hit province have killed 10 more people in the past day, including four children, officials said Wednesday as the U.N. children’s agency renewed its appeal for $39 million to help the most vulnerable flood victims.
NEW YORK (AP) — After a year spent off-air, the Golden Globe Awards are returning to NBC in January, when the embattled Hollywood Foreign Press Association will seek a primetime comeback. NBC, the Hollywood Press Association and dick clark productions on Tuesday made the Globes’ return official.
DURANT – The age of supercomputing is thriving at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Supercomputing uses multiple computers in concert to process code or analyze data, giving it “super” powers to solve problems with huge information processing needs.
Tommy Lynn Geurin, 68, passed away on September 20, 2022. A celebration of his life will take place at 10:00 a.m.
Betty Lois Brown Murrah The daughter of the late Clyde Wilson Brown and Elizabeth Foster Brown, Betty was born on August 4, 1930 with her identical twin sister Berta Lou White in McAlester, Oklahoma and passed away on September 19, 2022 at her home in Ardmore, Oklahoma at the age of 92 years old. Betty and William Eugene “Bill” Murrah were married on September 27, 1952 in Ardmore, Oklahoma and he preceded her in death on September 15, 2009.
With a 3-0 victory, the Lady Comets put themselves in the driver's seat for second place in District 4A-3.
Editor’s note: Sept. 18-24 is Banned Books Week, with events nationwide protesting censorship.
Since taking office, President Joe Biden has significantly slowed down energy production in the United States to pursue his unreliable and disastrous “Green New Deal.” In turn, our country and our allies have been forced to rely on other nations around the globe for energy and gasoline, even those that do not have our best interests in mind. Not only has this caused energy prices to skyrocket, but it also presents a security threat to the U.S. and our allies in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked aggression against Ukraine.
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Naomi Watts had some reservations about remaking the Austrian horror “ Goodnight Mommy.” The 2014 film from directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala about twin boys who start to suspect that their mother, covered in surgical bandages, is not really their mother had achieved a kind of cult status. It was the kind of cred that made Academy: Smith refused to leave Oscars after Rock slap The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Wednesday said that Will Smith was asked to leave Sunday’s Oscar ceremony after hitting Chris Rock but refused to do so.