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- NFL and its players union working on anthem resolution
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 11:46 PMBy ROB MAADDIThe NFL and National Football League Players Association have agreed to halt enforcement of rules regarding the new national anthem policy while the two sides work on a resolution.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Oklahoma oil prices and drilling report for Friday, July 20, 2018
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 06:13 PMOklahoma crude oil prices as of 5 p.m. Thursday:
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Sunoco Inc.Read more on NewsOK.com - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, rebuked for comments on Holocaust deniers, tries to explain
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 08:59 PMFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tried to walk back remarks he made on a podcast saying some people who deny the Holocaust aren't doing it intentionally.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Big move for Big Bird: Sesame Street is entering classrooms
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 08:17 PMSEATTLE (AP) — Sesame Street is taking its beloved, critically acclaimed brand of educational television into the highly profitable world of classroom curriculum — a move that experts say could open the door for other companies to move into the sensitive learning space with possible influence on children.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tornado hits factory in Iowa; some injuries reported
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 07:32 PMDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A tornado slammed into an agricultural machinery plant in Iowa as some people were working on Thursday and police said a number of people were taken to a local hospital.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State governors delve into foreign diplomacy on trade war
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 06:13 PMSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — State governors discussed ways Thursday to court foreign investment in the wake of President Donald Trump's trade disputes with countries including China, Canada and Mexico.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Federal judge tosses out climate change lawsuit
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 05:51 PMNEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has tossed out New York City's effort to hold oil companies responsible for global warming, saying it's not the judiciary's responsibility.
U.S. District Judge John Keenan ruled Thursday.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New Mexico regents move forward with cutting sports
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 04:04 PMALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Board of Regents at New Mexico's flagship university voted Thursday to eliminate four sports teams and make other changes to its troubled athletic department to address persistent budget problems and failures to meet federal gender equity requirements under Title IX.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Years of work ahead to study chemical pollution at NASA site
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 04:30 PMRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Understanding the extent of contamination at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility from dangerous industrial chemicals that also made their way into the drinking water for the nearby island town of Chincoteague will take years, officials said this week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Whiskey summit planned in hopes of defusing trade conflicts
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 03:48 PMFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Concerned that global trade disputes could escalate — with Kentucky bourbon makers caught in the crosshairs — the industry has invited whiskey associations from across the world to discuss ways to defuse the conflicts.
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- Vietnam convicts, deports US man who joined rare protest
Friday - 07/20/2018 - 01:31 AMHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese court on Friday convicted an American man of disturbing public order after he took part in a rare protest and ordered him deported.
William Nguyen, from Houston, Texas, was arrested June 10 during protests in the southern commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City against a proposed law on special economic zones that many say would benefit Chinese investors.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democrats wrestle with election-year message on health care
Friday - 07/20/2018 - 12:50 AMWASHINGTON (AP) — Cheered on by a handful of activists, liberal House Democrats announced outside the Capitol that they were forming a caucus to push for "Medicare for All" — shorthand for government-financed health care.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Starbucks' 'Signing Store' will let deaf customers order using sign language
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 09:02 PMNow ordering a cup of Starbucks coffee could become a lot easier for the hearing impaired – at least in Washington, D.C.
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Starbucks is opening its first U.S. cafe staffed by employees who are partially or fully deaf and capable of communicating in American Sign Language in early October. - Reversal: Kentucky restoring Medicaid benefits for thousands
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 07:43 PMFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Dental and vision care benefits will be restored for hundreds of thousands of Medicaid recipients in a sudden reversal by Kentucky Gov. Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Latest: Nolan: 'Zero tolerance' for harassment
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 06:05 PMST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Latest on U.S. Rep. Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US prosecutors: Water company illegally dumping toxic waste
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 06:21 PMLOS ANGELES (AP) — A California bottled water company has been charged with illegally disposing of arsenic-tainted wastewater.
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced charges Thursday against the company that bottles Crystal Geyser water and two companies that transported and dumped the toxic waste.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former Florida State linebacker faces tax fraud charges
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 05:10 PMTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida attorney who started at linebacker for Florida State's 1993 national championship team is facing federal tax fraud charges.
Court records show that a federal grand jury in Tallahassee indicted 46-year-old Ken Alexander this week on nine counts of preparing false tax returns, filing a false tax-related document, theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Truck driver using GPS damages historic covered bridge
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 04:16 PMCORNISH, N.H. (AP) — A truck driver using a GPS navigation system drove an oversized box truck through an historic covered bridge that connects New Hampshire and Vermont, causing thousands of dollars in damage.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Latest: Trump: US needs 'people with training' for jobs
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 03:40 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's job training initiative (all times local):
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President Donald Trump says nearly two dozen companies and trade organizations are signing his pledge to provide job training and apprenticeship programs as a way to boost the U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- With Comcast out, how Disney's empire will look with Fox
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 03:02 PMNEW YORK (AP) — The Mouse House is getting close to catching the Fox.
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- The Latest: NFL, NFLPA working on anthem resolution
Friday - 07/20/2018 - 01:12 AMThe Latest on the Miami Dolphins anthem policy (all times local):
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The NFL and National Football League Players Association released a joint statement, saying:
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Paramount fires its top television executive over comments
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 10:28 PMLOS ANGELES (AP) — Paramount says it has fired the head of its television division for making unspecified comments that drew complaints from employees.
Paramount Pictures CEO Jim Gianopulos wrote in a memo Thursday that Amy Powell had been fired for making comments that were "inconsistent with company values.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Latest: 7 injured when tornado hits Iowa factory
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 09:00 PMDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on severe weather and tornadoes in Iowa (all times local):
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Seven people inside a Pella manufacturing plant when it was struck by a tornado have been treated for injuries at the local hospital and released.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - APNewsBreak: Dolphins anthem punishment includes suspensions
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 07:19 PMMiami Dolphins players who protest on the field during the national anthem could be suspended for up to four games under a team policy issued this week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - California sues over Trump halt to truck pollution rule
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 06:54 PMSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California and 14 other states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday over its decision to suspend an Obama-era rule aimed at limiting pollution from trucks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In reversal, Pentagon now says it backs GOP measure on birds
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 05:29 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — In an abrupt reversal, the Pentagon now says it supports a Republican proposal in a defense policy bill that would bar the Fish and Wildlife Service from using the Endangered Species Act to protect two chicken-like birds in the western half of the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - BancFirst: 2Q Earnings Snapshot
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 05:02 PMOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ BancFirst Corp. (BANF) on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings of $30.6 million.
The bank, based in Oklahoma City, said it had earnings of 91 cents per share.
The results topped Wall Street expectations.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Microsoft: Fiscal 4Q Earnings Snapshot
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 04:20 PMREDMOND, Wash. (AP) _ Microsoft Corp. Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Canada threatens to retaliate if Trump imposes auto tariffs
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 04:30 PMOTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada's government is warning the Trump administration that it will hit back if the U.S. imposes tariffs on imports of Canadian automotive products.
Kirsten Hillman is Canada's deputy ambassador to the U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Mexican company reopens distribution center after violence
Thursday - 07/19/2018 - 03:10 PMMEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexico-based food products company says that one of its distribution centers near the U.S. border is operating at full capacity after closing due to security concerns.
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