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TULSA, Okla. — For the first time in school history, Southern Nazarene knocked off an NCAA Division I opponent with a 68-60 win at Oral Roberts in an exhibition Friday night. Micah Speight had a game-high 21 points as he was 7-for-14 from the field and hit three 3-pointers. He also had four rebounds and two steals while going 4-for-5 at the line. Noah Starkey added 10 points and five rebounds. Quaylon Newton posted a game-high 12 rebounds to go with seven points and three blocks. The Storm held the Golden Eagles to 32.7 percent shooting from th...
WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Men's Basketball led Panhandle State by as many as 12 with 12:21 remaining in the second half, but the Aggies inched their way back and eventually won the game on a desperation deep three point shot as time expired – handing the Bulldogs an 84-83 loss on their home court. Leading 83-82 with nine seconds left in the game, Charles Beauregard, Jr. was fouled and put on the free throw line with a chance to push their margin to three points and avoid any heart break on a single possession. Beauregard sunk his first mak...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump paid tribute Saturday to the leaders and foot soldiers of the civil rights movement whose sacrifices help make the United States a fairer and more just country, though protests surrounding his visit to Mississippi laid bare the stark divisions among Americans about his commitment to that legacy. As Trump gazed at an exhibit on Freedom Riders at the new Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, demonstrators near the site held up signs that said "Make America Civil A...
BAGHDAD (AP) — After more than three years of combat operations, Iraq announced Saturday that the fight against the Islamic State group is over after the country's security forces drove the extremists from all of the territory they once held. Iraqi and American officials warned, however, that key challenges remain despite the military victory. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi formally announced the victory in an address to the nation aired on Iraqi state television Saturday evening. "Honorable Iraqis, your land has been completely liberated," h...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed two Hamas members early Saturday following a rocket attack on Israel, in the latest fallout from President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital — a development that has roiled the region and the larger Muslim world. The Israeli military said it targeted four Hamas facilities in response to rockets fired the previous night, including one that landed in the town of Sderot without causing casualties or major damage. The military said it struck warehouses and wea...
FALLBROOK, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters in Southern California were on high alert for dangerous fire potential even before the first blazes broke out. But once flames met ferocious winds, fire crews were mostly powerless to stop infernos that destroyed more than 750 buildings, killed dozens of horses and forced hundreds of thousands of people to run from six out-of-control fires that have burned over 270 square miles (700 square kilometers) since Monday. "The crews were trying to stay out ahead of this as quickly as they could," said Capt. K...
LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — Egypt on Saturday announced the discovery of two small ancient tombs in the southern city Luxor dating back some 3,500 years and hoped it will help the country's efforts to revive its ailing tourism sector. The tombs, located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery for noblemen and top officials, are the latest discovery in the city famed for its temples and tombs spanning different dynasties of ancient Egyptian history. "It's truly an exceptional day," Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani said. "The 18th dynasty p...
PENSACOLA, Florida (AP) — President Donald Trump is trying to push embattled GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore across the finish line in Tuesday's election in Alabama by contending the Democratic nominee would oppose "what we must do" for the nation. Trump, in a tweet early Saturday, hours after boosting Moore's campaign during a Florida rally, framed the race as a referendum on his efforts to reshape the country and said Democrat Doug Jones would work in lockstep with his party's leaders on Capitol Hill to oppose the Trump agenda. With Moore deny...
AZTEC, N.M. (AP) — A northwestern New Mexico high school where a deadly shooting occurred will remain closed until further notice. Authorities say 21-year-old William Atchison, a former student at Aztec High School, shot and killed two students at random Thursday before killing himself. School district Superintendent Kirk Carpenter says counseling services will be available Monday as Aztec High School staff members meet at another school for a "family gathering" and debriefing. The Daily Times in Farmington reports that Carpenter declined to c...
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Authorities in West Texas say an elementary school student took a gun to his campus that had been reported stolen in New Mexico in 2012. The El Paso Times reports an investigation by police determined the gun and ammunition were found by the student, who took it to his campus on Thursday. Staff at the school learned of the .45-caliber handgun and called police. Ysleta school district officials in El Paso say the student, whose name was not released, has been disciplined. Police say because of the child's age, Child P...
AZTEC, N.M. (AP) — A 21-year-old gunman who disguised himself as a student to get into a New Mexico high school where he killed two students had caught the attention of U.S. investigators more than a year ago, authorities said Friday. William Atchison, a former student at small-town Aztec High School, had legally purchased a handgun at a local store a month ago and planned the attack, authorities said. He left a message on a thumb drive found on his body that detailed his plan to wait until the students got off buses and made their way to c...
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A Chicago-based steel company is seeking assurances of low electricity prices before it commits to a $500 million upgrade at a Colorado mill that would add 200 jobs. The Pueblo Chieftain reports that state and utility officials say without the guarantee, EVRAZ North America could pick another state for the project and eventually close its mill in Pueblo. The Pueblo mill is the largest Colorado customer for utility Xcel Energy. The Colorado Economic Development Commission has pledged up to $17.3 million toward the mill e...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Even as it clashes with American Indians over reductions to national monuments in the Southwest, the Trump administration is engaging with a Montana tribe over the creation of a new monument on the border of its reservation. The Blackfeet Indian Tribe has long fought oil and gas drilling and other development within the Badger-Two Medicine area — a mountainous expanse bordering Glacier National Park that's sacred to the tribe. Blackfeet Chairman Harry Barnes told The Associated Press that protection of that 200...
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — One of the world's largest meat producers has increased its investment in a company that makes meatless meat. Tyson Foods had previously had a 5 percent stake in the protein producer Beyond Meat, and said in a statement that it had made an additional investment. Justin Whitmore, Tyson's chief sustainability officer, said global demand for all types of protein remains high and that the investment helps give consumers an alternative. Beyond Meat says a recent fundraising campaign will help it increase production and f...
AUGUSTA, W.Va. (AP) — Calvin Riggleman, 36, got his start in farming the way many do. He grew up on his family's multigenerational farm in Hampshire County, working in his grandparents' orchard. "It's something I did all the time, and it was never like I had to go to work," he said. "It's something I enjoyed." When Riggleman graduated from high school, not much had changed at the family fruit stand — an offshoot of the orchard — since the 1940s. And the industry that had sustained his family since before the American Revolution was becom...
DENVER (AP) — After a 2015 rainstorm, bait shop owner Kenny Condrey went to check on some river-fed ponds near his eastern Colorado home. What he found confirmed his fears. Dead fish lined the banks and floated on the water. It was bad news for Condrey. Fishing spots were already rare north of I-70 along the Kansas Border. Business at Pappa's Bait Shop in Idalia, Colorado, had all but dried up along with Bonny Reservoir, which was drained in 2011 to keep a water compact with Kansas. He counted on the South Republican State Wildlife Area for t...
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The work is only beginning for the U.S. Forest Service when the last wisp of smoke disappears from any large wildfire. After more than 700,000 acres of national forest lands burned in Montana this summer, the agency decided the usual way of doing business wasn't going to cut it this year. Somewhere close to 2,000 fires were reported on national forest lands. Thirty-six of those grew large enough to require what the agency calls a burned area emergency response (BAER). Those efforts consider everything from replacing c...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado's crisis hotline is taking on a population that might not occur to you: Farmers and ranchers. The statewide, 24-7 crisis line was launched by Gov. John Hickenlooper and the Colorado Department of Human Services in August 2014 as part of an effort to boost mental health services in the wake of the Aurora theater shootings. Now Agriculture Commissioner Don Brown wants to make sure farmers and ranchers are getting the specialized help they need to deal with the specific mental health challenges faced by t...
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma mother and father couldn't figure out what was happening to their child's pacifiers until the baby's grandmother saw the family dog swipe one off a counter. One nauseous pooch and a trip to their veterinarian's office confirmed the couple's hunch: Dovey had 21 pacifiers lodged in her stomach. The couple told the veterinarian Dovey had slowed her eating and was vomiting for a few days, but other than that, they thought she seemed fine. KFOR-TV reports that at first, the veterinarian thought there were only s...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — University of Minnesota researchers have created new technology aimed at making it easier to detect the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers from the Center for Drug Design used a camera to gather images of light interacting with the retina, which can catch Alzheimer's in its early stages, the Minnesota Daily reported. "Our goal is to detect the disease as early as we can, which will help in the progression and the success of treatments as well as drug discovery," said Swati More, a university professor and c...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mary Ciochetty stood in the middle of John C. Hodges Library at the University of Tennessee and wrote a note, "You are loved!!!" She posted it on a billboard filled with other words of encouragement. You can do it. Only one more week. You're amazing. The exercise in leaving notes for other students to take was part of an outreach effort by the UT Student Government Association and the Ambassadors for Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention. End-of-the-semester exams are one of the most stressful times on campus f...
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — More and more Delaware companies are seeking out people with autism because they're finding they have qualities — particularly their attention to detail and fierce loyalty — that make them high performing employees. Statistics show that about 70 to 90 percent of people with autism in the U.S. are highly underemployed or unemployed. Katina Demetriou, director of Autism Delaware's Productive Opportunities for Work & Recreation, said Delaware is at the forefront in terms of states looking at employing autistic peopl...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow and others are sounding the alarm over the expiration of federal funding that provides health insurance to 116,000 lower-income children in Michigan, saying cancellation notices may be sent to families as early as next month despite bipartisan support for continuing the program. The Children's Health Insurance Program was not reauthorized by the Republican-led Congress in September, and lawmakers are at odds over how to pay for a five-year extension. CHIP funds programs such as MIChild, which p...
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — As soon as a rattlesnake sinks its fangs into a victim, the venom starts traveling through the bloodstream. Within seconds, people can experience pain, swelling, bleeding and trouble breathing. It's a race against time to get to a hospital, the only place that readily offers anti-venom. The longer it takes to get treatment, the higher the odds of long-term injury or death. One University of Arizona doctor hopes to buy people more time before they get to the hospital. Professor Vance Nielsen, the vice chair for research i...
MIAMI (AP) — When two security dogs reacted to a suspicious crate before an art show opening, Miami police officers briefly shut down the area to investigate the possible threat. But when they opened up the crate Saturday morning, officers found something else instead: a portrait of Hillary Clinton in a studded jacket and shaggy pink haircut. The Miami Herald reports officers ran the acrylic-on-wood artwork through an X-ray machine, which turned up no suspicious material. The painting — titled "Punk Hillary" — had been shipped with a simil...
