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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's long-delayed lab module successfully docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, eight days after it was launched from the Russian space launch facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The 20-metric-ton (22-ton) Nauka module, also called the Multipurpose Laboratory Module, docked with the orbiting outpost in an automatic mode after a long journey and a series of maneuvers. Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, confirmed the module's contact with the International Space Station at 13:29 GMT. The launch of Nauka, which i...
NEW YORK (AP) — Robinhood has already changed how people trade stocks and who's doing it. Now its sights are on the rest of the financial industry. Shares of Robinhood Markets are set to begin trading on the Nasdaq Thursday, a highly anticipated initial offering by the company that's drawn a new generation of investors into the market and forced the industry to stop charging fees for trading. But while the IPO is a milestone, it's not a culmination, according to CEO Vlad Tenev. In an interview with The Associated Press, Tenev said he wants R...
BOSTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday announced it allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing that its hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled it could only be extended until the end of the month. The White House said President Joe Biden would have liked to have extended the federal eviction moratorium due to spread of the delta variant. Instead, Biden called on "Congress to extend the eviction moratorium to protect such vulnerable renters and their families without delay." The moratorium was put in p...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fueled by vaccinations and government aid, the U.S. economy grew at a solid 6.5% annual rate last quarter in another sign that the nation has achieved a sustained recovery from the pandemic recession. The total size of the economy has now surpassed its pre-pandemic level. Thursday's report from the Commerce Department estimated that the nation's gross domestic product — its total output of goods and services — accelerated in the April-June quarter from an already robust 6.3% annual growth rate in the first quarter of the y...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stinging from the disappointment of Bernie Sanders' loss in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary, supporters pumped millions into the powerful advocacy group Our Revolution to keep the progressive fight alive and prepare for another swing at the White House. But after another defeat in 2020, the 79-year-old Vermont senator is unlikely to run for president a third time. And the organization centered on his fiery brand of politics is undergoing a rebranding. Rather than insisting on "Medicare for All" — Sanders' tra...
TOKYO (AP) — An American finished atop the podium in the women's Olympic gymnastics all-around, just like always. Sunisa Lee became the fifth straight American woman to claim the Olympic title on Thursday, edging Rebeca Andrade of Brazil in an entertaining and hotly contested final while defending champion Simone Biles watched from the stands. Lee's total of 57.433 points was just enough to top Andrade, who earned the first gymnastics all-around medal by a Latin American athlete but missed out on gold when she stepped out of bounds twice d...
MALIN, Ore. (AP) — Judy and Jim Shanks know the exact date their home's well went dry — June 24. Since then, their life has been an endless cycle of imposing on relatives for showers and laundry, hauling water to feed a small herd of cattle and desperately waiting for a local well-drilling company to make it to their name on a monthslong wait list. The couple's well is among potentially hundreds that have dried up in recent weeks in an area near the Oregon-California border suffering through a historic drought, leaving homes with no run...
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby accused ESPN of encouraging other conferences to pick apart the league so Texas and Oklahoma can move to the Southeastern Conference more quickly and without paying a massive buyout. "I have absolute certainty that they (ESPN) have been involved in manipulating other conferences to go after our members," Big 12 Commissioner Bowlsby told The Associated Press on Wednesday after sending a cease-and-desist letter to the network. The letter addressed to ESPN executive Burke Magnus, President of Programming and Content...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man police say was involved in a fatal crash in Topeka over the weekend has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and driving under the influence. Cesar Carreto Orozco, 39, was charged Tuesday in the early-morning Saturday crash that killed a passenger, 37-year-old Erasmo Ramirez Soto of Topeka, the Capital-Journal reported. Police said Ramirez Soto was riding in the sport utility vehicle driven by Carreto Orozco when it left the road and struck a business sign. Ramirez Soto died at the scene. Carreto Orozco was b...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday announced that she's imposing a mask mandate for Kansas state government workers and visitors to state buildings in the wake of a "self-inflicted" surge in new COVID-19 cases fueled by the faster-spreading delta variant. Kelly's announcement came after a central Kansas school district mandated masks in its building and public health officials in two of the state's most populous counties recommended that even vaccinated residents wear masks in at least some indoor public spaces. And all of the d...
BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court ruled Thursday that the golden shade of the foil wrap on Lindt & Spruengli's Gold Bunny, a popular chocolate Easter bunny, enjoys protected status. The Federal Court of Justice delivered its verdict in a battle between Switzerland's Lindt and a German company, Heilemann, which in 2018 also marketed a chocolate bunny in a gold foil wrap. Lindt argued that it had a trademark on the color acquired by use, that its rival had infringed that trademark and that Heilemann should be prevented from selling its p...
LONDON (AP) — A woman who secretly swapped seven pebbles for 4.2 million pounds ($5.7 million) worth of diamonds has been sent to prison for her role in the audacious heist at a luxury jewelry store in London's tony Mayfair district. Lulu Lakatos, 60, was sentenced Wednesday to 5 1/2 years in prison after a jury at Southwark Crown Court in London found her guilty of conspiracy to steal. Lakatos was part of an international gang that fled to France after stealing the diamonds from Boodles on New Bond Street on March 10, 2016. The gems haven't b...
BOSTON (AP) — Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was defrocked after a Vatican investigation confirmed he had sexually molested adults as well as children, has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy during a wedding reception in the 1970s, court records show. Court documents obtained by The Boston Globe shows that McCarrick is charged with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14. McCarrick is the first cardinal in the U.S. to ever be criminally charged with a sexual crime against a minor, according t...
Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Nathan Braudrick. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Sunday: Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship is at 10:30 a.m. Evening worship begins at 5:30 p.m. Young adults gather at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Wednesday services include 7 p.m. Bible Study, and youth group also meets at 7 p.m. Alva Friends Church Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.; coffee and donut fellowship at...
This week we will read I Chronicles. This book begins with genealogies tracing all the way back to Adam. Most of the men we have read about can be found here. Genealogy was important to people at the time Jesus lived. Combining the genealogy from Matthew with that found in I Chronicles provides a solid perspective for understanding many of the events and issues of Jesus’ time. Chronicles also retells some of the events of the kings of Israel. David is told that Solomon will build the temple in Jerusalem. David accepts this and spends the r...
Only two counties in Oklahoma, Alfalfa and Beaver, are in the low risk green level for Covid-19, according to information released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) on July 28. Woodward County is one of 12 counties designated yellow while 63 counties are at orange level. The state had 1,474 new cases reported Wednesday with a total of 9,762 active cases. Hospitalizations for Covid-19 are increasing with a total of 607 in acute care OSDH licensed facilities with 191 of those in the ICU. In the OSDH Region1 (northwestern Oklahoma...
The 2021 Woods County Free Fair will be held Sept. 9–11 (Thursday–Saturday). If you had a booth in 2019, please contact Sandy at the Woods County Fairboard at 580-327-2786, if you wish to purchase a booth again this year and for pricing. All unclaimed booths will become available to the public on Monday, Aug. 2. The Merchant’s Building will be open from 1-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 8, for booth set up. The proposed hours for the public will be Thursday and Friday, 3–9 p.m. and Saturday, 8 a.m. – noon. All booths must be disassembled by 2 p.m....
Services for Janis Schupbach are pending with Marshall Funeral Home of Alva....
Services for Jean Wunschel are pending with Marshall Funeral Home of Alva....
The news articles are rich with the stories of electric vehicles – those with familiar names such as Tesla, and startups like Lucid and Lordstown. Do we need more brands? It was General Motors that introduced Saturn vehicles that failed and dragged Pontiac and Oldsmobile down with them. Imports have diluted the domestic market and while most have good reputations, the engineers and designers are shared, built of the same materials, by the same assembly people in factories local and abroad. The q...
As we saw last week, nine times in U.S. history a vice president has succeeded to the office of president of the United States because the previous holder of that office died or resigned. Five of those presidential successions occurred in the first year of a presidential term. Consequently, the new presidents served three-plus years in office with no vice president since that office remained vacant. Of these five deceased presidents, two died in the first year of their first term (William Henry...
Alva, Okla – The return of Northwestern Oklahoma State football continues to inch closer. Head Coach Matt Walter has announced the 2021 media day and the team's camp schedule including 17 total practices and two scrimmages before the Sept. 2 Thursday night game opener. The deadline for all players to report is Aug. 5, as the veteran players arrive on Aug. 4, with the newcomers following on Aug. 5. The first practice will open the following day, on Aug. 6, at 7:30 p.m. The first scrimmage for Rangers football will be on Saturday, Aug. 21, at 7...
