KOCO-TV(NORMAN, Okla.) — A racist video that swept across the campus of the University of Oklahoma (OU) this week received widespread condemnation and resulted in one student being kicked out of her sorority. The video was posted to Twitter on Friday and includes a student from the Tri Delta sorority filming her friend as she …
Jan 20
Viral video of teens taunting Native Americans draws widespread condemnation
David Cliff/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Outrage was growing across the political spectrum over the weekend after dozens of teens from an all-male Catholic school in Kentucky — some wearing bright-red “Make America Great Again” baseball caps — appeared to mock and chant over the voices of a small group of Native Americans who were singing …
Jan 19
Soil health boosts public perception
The National Corn Growers Association says collaboration among industry partners is giving momentum to soil health improvement. Soil health is getting more attention. There’s evidence by the number of people who attended the Soil Health Summit. Producers are giving cover crops a try now that there’s data suggesting they don’t create a yield drag, but …
Jan 19
Women’s March 2019: Thousands of protesters across US rally amid controversy over anti-Semitisms amid controversy
Carsten Koall/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the third year in a row, women across the world came out in the thousands Saturday to protest the Trump administration and to fight for women’s rights. But the Women’s March looked different from the first one in 2017. Back then, it was organized in response to the incoming …
Jan 19
How one architect is helping young people remember Beirut’s complicated past
Simone Cecchetti/Corbis/Getty Images(BEIRUT) — To enter the Beirut nightclub B018, one arrives on what appears to be a helicopter landing pad and descends a staircase to enter the underground music mecca. The club is located on the spot where 20,000 Palestinian, Kurdish and South Lebanese refugees were massacred in 1976 during Lebanon’s civil war, which …
Jan 19
Body cam video shows cop fatally shoot 14-year-old as he ran away from police
iStock(TEMPE, Ariz.) — Police released body cam footage on Friday of a shooting from earlier in the week in which a 14-year-old was shot and killed while running away from a Tempe Police Department officer. The video shows the teen — who ended up being armed with a replica airsoft gun instead of an actual …
Jan 19
Third annual Women’s March ascends upon cities amid controversy
Carsten Koall/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — For the third year in a row on Saturday, women across the world will protest in response to the Trump administration. But the Women’s March of today is poised to look different from the Women’s March of 2017. The first Women’s March was organized in response to the presidency of Donald …
Jan 19
Elon Musk warns ‘the road ahead is very difficult’ as Tesla lays off 7 percent of workforce
Robyn Beck-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tesla announced on Friday that it will cut 7 percent of its workforce, marking the second round of job cuts in just over six months, as it faces the pressure of building and delivering its long-promised, lower-priced Model 3s at scale while keeping costs down. The news comes just one …
Jan 19
Wind Chill Advisory issued January 19 at 4:30AM MST until January 19 at 9:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING… * WHAT…Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 30 below zero ongoing. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast South Dakota.