NORMAN — One of Ted Roof’s first calls when he decided to come to OU as defensive coordinator was to linebacker DaShaun White. Roof had to sell White on staying for another year instead of making the leap to the NFL.
STILLWATER — Oklahoma State’s first football practice of the spring had yet to begin, but Derek Mason’s gravelly voice was already audible throughout the Sherman Smith Training Center on Tuesday afternoon.
“The Cartographers,” by Peng Shepherd (William Morrow) Nell Young has lived with maps her entire life, first as the only child of eminent cartographers and later as an expert in cartography herself. Even so, Nell doesn’t realize just how magical maps can be until her estranged father dies suddenly in his office at the New York Public Library and she finds a document that offers a surprising pathway into a strange, secret world.
“Destruction of the Steamboat Sultana” by Gene Eric Salecker (Naval Institute Press) Nearly 1,200 people perished when the steamship Sultana exploded and burned in the early morning hours of April 27, 1865, in the Mississippi River. It’s the worst maritime disaster in United States history, yet it’s not as well known as other doomed ships such as the Titanic or the Lusitania.
Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I have gotten engaged and we are being married in a year or so. Everything about him is wonderful, and I’m excited to share my life with him – except for one worry. I have been an animal lover my entire life. After living with him this past year with my two cats, I have slowly come to the realization that he absolutely loathes the idea of pets.
Ex-Nickelodeon star Bynes freed from conservatorship after 9 years Actor Amanda Bynes was released Tuesday from a court conservatorship that put her life and financial decisions in her parents’ control for nearly nine years. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Roger Lund terminated the conservatorship at a hearing in a courtroom in the Southern California city of Oxnard, her attorney David A.
It’s safe to say a squad usually wins when seven batters finish with a hit. That was the case Tuesday as the Lone Grove High School baseball team cruised to a 13-0 shutout of Sulphur in five innings.
DETROIT – U.S. securities regulators said they have legal authority to subpoena Tesla CEO Elon Musk about his tweets, and that Musk’s move to throw out a 2018 court agreement that his tweets be pre-approved is not valid.
A Chinese airplane with 123 passengers and nine crew members crashed on Monday in the southern province of Guangxi. Data from the flight tracking website FlightRadar24.com shows the China Eastern flight was traveling at about 30,000 feet at a cruising speed of 523 mph before it dropped.
Two years in and we're still struggling. • The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has taken another step toward normalcy as children and adults in schools recently could opt to ditch the face mask. While some families welcomed the change, others grew more anxious. • But for some, to feel overwhelmed is like admitting defeat. In turn, many people brush off or ignore signs that something may feel off. • Bottom line, that simply does not work, said Bill Pearson, a program manager for Rochester Regional Health's Community Youth Behavioral Program, a program that brings therapy and other services to children at their schools throughout the region, giving kids access to mental health care without missing full days of class. • "The best thing you can do is to acknowledge when you are struggling," he said. "Talk about it." •Then you can start working toward how to improve the circumstances. • These past two years have impacted us all with prolonged stress and uncertainty.