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Federal tax probe into Biden’s son continuing

WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury has heard testimony in recent months about Hunter Biden’s income and payments he received while serving on the board of a Ukraine energy company, according to two people familiar with the probe.

Death row inmate, advocate wed

McALESTER, Okla. – Anti-death penalty advocate Lea Rodger says she is keenly aware of the realities facing her and Richard Glossip, who she married this week inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary where he sits on death row.

Biden’s migrant woes continue

WASHINGTON – The ban on asylumseekers at the U.S-Mexico border on public health grounds was imposed by a president who wanted to restrict immigration entirely. It will soon be ended by a president who is facing increasing pressure from within his own party to welcome immigrants.

Nancy Jo (Bray) Blount

ARDMORE - Nancy Jo (Bray) Blount, of Ardmore, departed this life on Thursday, March 31, 2022 at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, OK at the age of 57 years, 11 months, and 25 days. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 P.M. April 5, 2022 at the First Baptist Church of Ardmore. Interment will follow in the Newport Cemetery in Lone Grove. Services are under the direction and care of Alexander Gray Funeral Home of Wilson.

Building on a strong foundation

This is the theme of the upcoming Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Throughout the evening we will reflect on the recent successes of the Chamber, Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Ardmore Development Authority, and Ardmore Tourism Authority, that are built on the foundations laid by Ardmore dreamers and doers who came before us.

The First Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

New vehicles must average 40 mpg by 2026

DETROIT – New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average at least 40 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026, up from about 28 mpg, under new federal rules unveiled Friday that undo a rollback of standards enacted under President Donald Trump.

West, Russia ponder nuclear steps amid war

WASHINGTON – Russia’s assault on Ukraine and its veiled threats of using nuclear arms have policymakers, past and present, thinking the unthinkable: How should the West respond to a Russian battlefield explosion of a nuclear bomb?

Ex-UN official: Arrest Putin

GENEVA – The former chief prosecutor of United Nations war crimes tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda has called for an international arrest warrant to be issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin.