The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life of Custer-Beckham Counties will take place from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. today at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) Wellness Center, located at 100 Campus Dr. in Weatherford.
Residents Jerry Cook and John Francis share laughter with Western Oklahoma Christian School sixth-graders, from left, Bryndee Driskill, Ayra Hulett, and birthday girl Finnlee Roberson during a visit to the Clinton Veteran’s Center.
Elise Martinez, a student in the Head Start program, got her classmates moving and grooving with a lively song and dance activity following the morning meal. The energetic leader had everyone on their feet, starting the day on a positive note.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. But across the African continent malaria has never left, killing or sickening millions of people.
In 1865, John Wilkes Booth, President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, was killed by Union troops in Virginia.
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Responded to a report of a single-vehicle accident on 40th St. and W. Modelle Ave., Clinton.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York's highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein 's 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with 'egregious' improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren't part of the case.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from January to March.