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Police Blotter
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Jan. 23, 2024 Suspicious Person/Vehicle - At 12:08 am, the reporting party advised of a male that got into a black car near Clarke and Hartford.
Seasons of Aging event to be held on Feb. 2
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The Senior Resource Committee is hosting a Seasons of Aging event on Friday, Feb. 2 at 11 am at the Carolyn Renfro Event Center located at 445 Fairview in Ponca City.
Iran urges diplomacy as US weighs response to deadly attack
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Iran urged the U.S. to use diplomacy to ease tensions in the Middle East, as Tehran braces for a military response to a deadly attack on an American base over the weekend.
Happenings
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THIS WEEKEND AT THE PONCA CITY GOSPEL JUBILEE The Ponca City Gospel Jubilee will feature “Emily Burrus Cates” Saturday Feb 3rd at 6:30 p.m. Emily is Originally from Northwest Arkansas, and moved to Newkirk, Oklahoma, in September 2022 “I sang in a gospel quartet for 15 years in the 80s and 90s.
Frontier students take second place in international coding competition
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Every year, the Hour of Code is celebrated during Computer Science Education Week, where teachers from all over the world prepare fun activities for students to learn about computer science and programming.
‘Delusions of immortality’: These lawmakers want Congress to get real about continuity
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Brian Baird didn’t see the plane hit the Pentagon, but from the window of his seventh-floor office in the Longworth House Office Building, he could see the smoke in the distance. “I had this surreal moment of running, thinking, ‘Are we about to die?’ And then thinking, what happens constitutionally if we do die?” Baird recalled recently.
Lawmakers struggle to limit US tech investment in China
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China hawks who want to limit how U.S. investors send money and share industrial know-how with Chinese businesses in sensitive advanced technology sectors see signs of halting progress from the Biden administration and Capitol Hill, but aren’t optimistic that serious action is coming this year.
Israel rules out freeing thousands of prisoners in hostage deal
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out the freeing of thousands of prisoners or pulling troops out of Gaza as part of any hostage-exchange or ceasefire deal with Hamas. “We will not withdraw the IDF from the Gaza Strip, and we will not release thousands of terrorists.
Weekly Best Sellers
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Courtesy of Magic City Books in Tulsa; Best of Books in Edmond; Brace Books in Ponca City; and Full Circle Books in Oklahoma City Fiction 1. “The Longest Autumn” by Amy Avery (Flatiron Books) 2.