August 2021

Now Is Not the Time for the International Community To Turn Its Back on the Afghan People

2 years ago By Dominic Macsorley Insidesources.com

The people of Afghanistan need the support of the international community now more than ever. Throughout the decades of failed military interventions, humanitarian organizations have stayed, working with communities that have been ravaged by years of conflict, climatic disasters, poverty, and persecution.

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Deadline to request absentee ballot for October 12 election approaches

2 years ago By Press Release

Voters in Kay County who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the October 12,2021 Ponca City School District I-71 Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Carol Leaming said today.

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‘Excited to see what boxes I can check off’: OU’s Spencer Rattler has lofty goals for 2021

2 years ago By Ryan Aber The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City

Aug. 29—NORMAN — Spencer Rattler has never shied away from dreaming big.

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Major structural damage, flooding seen in Louisiana

2 years ago By Sergio Chapa, Josh Saul And Ari Natter Bloomberg News

New Orleans warned residents to stay indoors as fires burned out of control and more than a million people were without power a day after Ida rolled ashore as a powerful hurricane. The storm, which packed some of the most powerful winds ever to hit the area, drove a wall of water inland when it made landfall Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane about 60 miles south of New Orleans.

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Today in History

2 years ago By News Staff

Today is the 243rd day of 2021 and the 73rd day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1888, the body of the first victim of London serial killer Jack the Ripper was found.

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‘A tough one to simulate’: Lincoln Riley says Sooners still are seeking a primary kick returner

2 years ago By Ryan Aber The Oklahoman Oklahoma City

Aug. 30—NORMAN — While receiver Marvin Mims figures to be the Sooners’ primary punt returner after handling those duties a year ago, with Drake Stoops backing him up, there’s much more uncertainty as to who will handle the kick return duties.

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A Tale of Two Airlifts

2 years ago By Michael Barone Creators Syndicate

“This is now on track,” said White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday, “to be the largest airlift in U.S. history.” On the process of bringing American citizens, Afghan partners and allies out, she continued, “I would not say that is anything but a success.”

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NOC Soccer celebrates 25 years

2 years ago By Press Release

The 2021 Northern Oklahoma College Soccer season celebrates the 25th year of soccer at NOC Tonkawa as the Mavs begin play this fall. Current men and women’s coach Michael DuRoy has been at NOC since the soccer program’s inception in 1997, first as an assistant and later as head coach of both programs.

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Crowds throng Kabul airport as deadline looms; Pentagon now says only one blast hit

2 years ago By Bloomberg News

Large crowds milled around Kabul’s international airport on Friday despite repeated warnings of more terrorist attacks, a day after 13 U.S. service members and at least 75 Afghan citizens died in what the Pentagon now says was a single suicide bombing rather than the two previously reported.

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Today in History

2 years ago By News Staff

Saturday, August 28, 2021 Today is the 240th day of 2021 and the 70th day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1867, the United States took possession of Midway Atoll.

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