AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Samantha Sorsby-Jones watched friends at her Texas high school go to great lengths to get birth control: Secretly arranging rides to clinics that didn’t require parental consent and hiding phones in bushes in case parents were tracking them.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy will come 'perilously close' to a recession this year, led by weaker growth in all the world's top economies — the United States, Europe and China — the World Bank warned Tuesday. In an annual report, the World Bank, which lends money to poorer countries for development projects, said it had slashed its forecast for global growth this year by nearly half, to just 1.7%, from its previous projection of 3%. If that forecast proves accurate, it would be the thirdweakest annual expansion in three decades, behind only the deep recessions that resulted from the 2008 global financial crisis and the pandemic in 2020.

Schools have two new SROs

Clinton Public Schools has two new School Resource Officers, Shannon Greear and Dillon Whitten, to help keep students and staff safe while attending school.

Custer County Commissioners discussed ongoing problems with recent door installations along with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funded projects at their weekly meeting Monday.

Stephanie Frank, 36, of Clinton is wanted on charges of forgery with intent to cheat and defraud after using stolen checks to withdraw money from an Oklahoma Bank and Trust ATM.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador said Monday he would consider accepting more migrants than previously announced under U.S.

FRIDAY DAY SHIFT Responded to a report of an accident with unknown injuries in eastbound lane of Interstate 40, exit 66. Oklahoma Highway Patrol took over scene.

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