OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has launched a criminal probe into the Commissioners of the Land Office amid allegations that the state agency misspent public funds and that its top official abused his position, the Tulsa World reported Wednesday.
Did you catch the supermoon? There was a full moon Wednesday night, and at the same time, the moon was closer to Earth than usual. That combo is called a supermoon.
LONDON (AP) — A previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has been discovered behind another of the artist’s paintings, the National Galleries of Scotland said Thursday. The self-portrait was found on the back of Van Gogh’s “Head of a Peasant Woman” when experts at the Edinburgh gallery took an X-ray of the canvas ahead of an upcoming exhibition.
Joy Harjo picture book ‘Remember’ to come out next year NEW YORK (AP) — Joy Harjo, who recently completed a three-year run as the country’s poet laureate, will have a picture book out next spring. Random House Children’s Books announced Wednesday that Harjo’s “Remember,” adapted from her celebrated poem of the same name, is scheduled for March 21, 2023.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation $3 million to continue the study of the anti-aging abilities of a diabetes drug. The five-year grant will allow OMRF physiologist Benjamin Miller, Ph.D., to continue his investigation of the ability of metformin, the world’s most prescribed diabetes drug, to slow the biological process of aging.
After a week of action at the International Finals Youth Rodeo, champions will be determined after tonight’s event finals at the Expo Center. The final performance begins at 7:30 p.m. For more, go to ifyr.com.
• The final performance of the International Finals Youth Rodeo will take place Friday, July 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center.
Please send items for the calendar to Elisabeth Slay, eslay@news-star.com and/or newsroom@news-star.com. July 15 The Arts @317 will host its own Block pARTy on Friday, July 15, from 5:30-8:30 PM.
Relentless triple-digit temperatures are prompting AAA Oklahoma to issue an alert: Take precautions to never leave a child in a vehicle – even for a few minutes. “The temperature inside a car can spike to life-threatening levels within minutes in this heat,” according to Leslie Gamble, AAA Oklahoma Public and Government Affairs manager.
The International Finals Youth Rodeo in ongoing at the Expo Center in Shawnee. There are two performances daily, 9 a.m.