Chairman Michael Cawley, University of Oklahoma President Joseph Harroz Jr. and Athletics Director Joe Castiglione, from left, shake hands after a July 2021 meeting by the OU Board of Regents that approved the vote to accept the invitation to join the Southeastern Conference. Tomorrow, Oklahoma will wake up in SEC Country. July 1, 2024, marks […]
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7 Financial Steps I Wish I’d Taken Sooner
kate_sept2004 / iStock.com You might think that people in the upper middle class — they who generally earn anywhere from $150,000 to $250,000 a year — have it all figured out. But even upper middle class earners sometimes make mistakes along the way. In some cases, they’ll look back on their financial journey and think […]
Sooner softball fan asks, ‘Would a Muslim or Jew or non-believer be as welcome?’
Would kumbaya spirit include Muslims, Jews? I’m an 86-year-old OU alum and rabid follower of Sooner softball from afar. I respect and admire these young women for their passion, determination, infectious kumbaya spirit and athleticism. And Patty Gasso is a great, great coach who, based on her televised post-game press conferences, is a laudable, sensitive […]
Sooner softball fan asks, ‘Would a Muslim or Jew or non-believer be as welcome?’ | Letters
Would kumbaya spirit include Muslims, Jews? I’m an 86-year-old OU alum and rabid follower of Sooner softball from afar. I respect and admire these young women for their passion, determination, infectious kumbaya spirit and athleticism. And Patty Gasso is a great, great coach who, based on her televised post-game press conferences, is a laudable, sensitive mentor who […]
Brookfield Piggly Wiggly closes doors Thursday, sooner than owner previously planned
Aisles were sparse around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 6, as the last shoppers walked into the Brookfield Piggly Wiggly, 2315 N. 124th St. The store ceased operations at 3 p.m., nine days sooner than the owner had originally planned. Janelle Steybe took a cart of Piggly Wiggly groceries to her car parked in Elmbrook Plaza […]
Still Down 80%, Did PayPal’s Management Just Make a Big Move That Investors Will Regret Not Noticing Sooner?
Shares of financial technology (fintech) pioneer PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) are down more than 40% over the last five years and are down 80% from their all-time highs. Before I explain the company’s recent announcement that could finally help turn things around, allow me to explain some of the problems it’s dealing with. First, PayPal is struggling […]
JK Rowling regrets not speaking out ‘far sooner’ on trans rights
JK Rowling said she spoke up about transgender issues because she believes she is witnessing “the greatest assault of my lifetime” on women’s rights and would have “felt ashamed for the rest of my days if I hadn’t”. The 58-year-old Harry Potter author has previously been criticised for her staunch views on gender identity, but […]
I should have met Grenfell Tower survivors sooner
Former prime minister Theresa May has admitted in a documentary that she should have met Grenfell Tower survivors sooner after the 2017 fire. Mrs May, who is standing down from Parliament at the election, also said she took responsibility for the UK home office’s hostile environment policies on immigration while she was Home Secretary. The […]
Intel’s next-gen Lunar Lake processors will launch in new AI PCs sooner than you think, hot on the heels of Snapdragon X and ARM
What you need to know Intel’s next generation of mobile processors, codenamed Lunar Lake, will be released with OEM devices in Q3 2024 (between July and September). Primarily focused on AI with an upgraded 45+ TOPS NPU, Lunar Lake will also include Intel’s codename ‘Battlemage’ GPU on what it calls the “XPU” system-on-a-chip. Details on […]
OK Dept. of Wildlife Conservation closes Sooner Lake ahead of Memorial Day
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation has announced Sooner Lake is closed. Oklahoma Wildlife officials say only waterfowl hunting by permit is allowed. Waterfowl hunters must hunt within 50 yards of staked, numbered blind sites. Numbered blind sites are designated on the Sooner Lake hunt map. All other areas of the lake closed to […]
Jamie Dimon could step down sooner than expected. Here’s who could run the country’s biggest bank
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has bumped up his retirement plans, the longtime head of America’s largest bank said Monday. Dimon is one of the most well-known and closely listened to CEOs in the world. Over the course of his tenure at JPMorgan Chase, he’s become somewhat synonymous with the largest US bank by assets. […]
New screening tool can identify preeclampsia risk sooner, test maker says
A new blood test can be performed in a pregnant person’s first trimester to help assess their risk of developing preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening pregnancy complication. It’s the first and only test of its kind available in the United States that can be used between 11 and 14 weeks gestation to determine the risk of […]