Oil operations resume after Oklahoma quake
CUSHING, Okla. (AP) – State regulators in Oklahoma say normal operations have resumed at the Cushing oil storage terminal after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck Sunday night. Oklahoma Corporation Commission spokesman Matt Skinner says pipelines are operating Monday at the storage terminal, which is one of the world’s key oil hubs. Cushing is located about…
Defying partisan reality, mayor pushes to make DC a state
WASHINGTON (AP) – Voters in the nation’s capital will decide next week whether they want their city to become the nation’s 51st state. The referendum backed by Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser is expected to pass easily. But even staunch statehood supporters say they’re not sure of the path forward. The referendum doesn’t address the partisan…
Man accused of leaving son to die in hot car won’t testify
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) – A Georgia man accused of intentionally leaving his toddler son in a hot SUV to die has told the judge presiding over his murder trial that he will not testify. In court proceedings streamed live online, Justin Ross Harris on Friday told Cobb County Superior Court Judge Mary Staley Clark he…
