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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday a bill sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff strengthening requirements for internet providers and websites to submit reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children when they suspect a child is being sexually exploited online.

Russians are learning to live with the war that Vladimir Putin has unleashed in Ukraine. With Putin being sworn in on Tuesday for another six years as president, the invasion has become part of everyday life for many Russians, confounding expectations that the pressure of international sanctions and deepening isolation would eventually turn them against him.

Leaders of the Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee and Seminole nations are urging the FCC to establish a new event code to help locate missing and endangered adults — a crucial tool for tribal nations impacted by the MMIP crisis.

Today is the 130th day of 2024 and the 52nd day of spring. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first presidential proclamation calling for a national Mother’s Day holiday.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS WEEKLY MEETING The Welcome Home Ponca City meeting of Overeaters Anonymous is on Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 at the Connect Church on Grand and Peachtree, or members can join via zoom. Information for the link can be found at OA.org under “find a meeting.” This meeting is an open meeting.

May 2, 2024 Miscellaneous - At 2:52 am, the reporting party advised that a transformer blew north of Oklahoma. A second reporting party at Otoe and Oak advised it was a tree and the power was out. They advised a tree was blocking the roadway.

DAVID G. SAVAGE Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — After steering clear of the divisive issue for months, the Supreme Court may be on the verge of deciding whether to jump into the national debate over medical treatment for transgender youths.