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Today in History

9 months ago By News Staff

SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2023 Today is the 203rd day of 2023 and the 32nd day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1587, 115 English colonists arrived at Roanoke Island, near the coast of presentday North Carolina, to reestablish an earlier, deserted colony.

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‘SALT’ shakes up House GOP tax package discussions

9 months ago By Laura Weiss Cq-roll Call

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans opposed to limits on deductions for state and local taxes are making their first stand in a move that could test their newfound power in the GOP conference. Their push to force relief from the $10,000 “SALT” cap is shaping up as a major challenge to Republican leadership and underscores the political weight the issue carries in some of the country’s tightest swing districts.

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China’s Xi meets ‘old friend’ Kissinger amid US tensions

9 months ago By Bloomberg News

President Xi Jinping has welcomed former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to Beijing for their first known meeting in the Chinese capital in more than three years.

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President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. approves Major Disaster Declaration for Oklahoma

9 months ago By News Staff

WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Oklahoma to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes from June 14-18, 2023.

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Happenings & Announcements

9 months ago By News Staff

COFFEE W/ CASA Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) are community volunteers who represent the best interests of abused and neglected children who are wards of the Juvenile Court. Ponca City! CASA is delighted to be offering a Coffee w/ CASA opportunity.

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Police Blotter

9 months ago By News Staff

July 16, 2023 Intoxicated Pedestrian At 2:07 am, an employee at Frack It requested an officer in reference to someone that was passed out in the parking lot near the hair salon. The subject was moved along.

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Oklahoma AG wants law firms to investigate winter storm natural gas costs

9 months ago By Paul Monies Oklahoma Watch

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Tuesday promised the “largest lawsuit in state history” if natural gas marketers manipulated the trading market during a massive winter storm that hit the central United States in February 2021.

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Europe’s searing heat wave to intensify in Greece over the weekend

9 months ago By News Staff

Extreme heat across the Mediterranean is expected to build into the weekend, testing records in fire-ravaged Greece after easing slightly on Thursday. Temperatures on the Italian island of Sardinia climbed close to a record of 47.7C (118F) on Wednesday, but Greece and the Balkans are becoming the new focus of the Saharan anticyclone.

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Today in History

9 months ago By News Staff

Today is the 202nd day of 2023 and the 31st day of summer. TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1861, the First Battle of Bull Run -- the first major battle of the Civil War -- was fought in Virginia, ending in a Confederate victory.

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