LONDON (AP) — British prosecutors said Thursday they have charged actor Kevin Spacey with four counts of sexual assault against three men. The Crown Prosecution Service said Spacey “has also been charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.” The alleged incidents took place in London between March 2005 and August 2008, and one in western England in April 2013.
The 2022 legislative session is winding down. This past week, we approved the largest and most comprehensive budget in state history. The $9.7 billion FY’23 budget addresses a long list of state needs while boosting savings to a record $2.6 billion to prepare our state for future economic downturns, which seems all but inevitable given high inflation rates, the falling stock market and soaring prices everywhere we turn. We must be prepared to weather any economic storm that comes our way.
Dear editor, Owning a building in Oklahoma entails unending efforts to maintain that building, inside and outside. To the latter, regardless of the type of exterior materials used--even if concrete, masonry, tile, plastic, but especially if wood--watchfulness remains a constant.
Dear editor, With the expected overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Republican Party becomes the party of choices.
DEAR ABBY: One of my siblings was abused as a child. In turn, he abused me when he was a pre-teen and into his teens. It stopped when he got a girlfriend at the age of 14. This was news to my parents.
We’re wrapping up our work at the Capitol. We continued to pass bills to the Governor this week and completed our work on the state budget for Fiscal Year 2023, which begins July 1.
DEAR ABBY: My husband of 20 years has had DUIs in the past. He has always been a binge drinker when socializing. He has been going out once a week after work for three hours, during which he drinks and then drives home. He tells me he has a couple beers, but his tab and his face tell a different story.
DEAR ABBY: I am a freshman at a Midwestern university, and I love it. I finished my first semester with straight A’s, and my second semester has been strong. I have a great group of friends and have already made plenty of memories. My problem is I have been having a disagreement with my mom. I would like to rush a sorority in the fall, and while my dad is fine with it, my mother won’t even entertain the topic.
It was an absolute privilege to host my mom, wife and daughter at the Capitol this past week. It was very special to have them with me, and my daughter even assisted me in presiding over the Senate during one of our chamber sessions.
Every year in May a colleague and I take about a dozen students on some type of weeklong outdoor experience. In the past we have done backpacking or canoeing, but this year we camped at different historical and environmental locations in western Oklahoma. We spent a few days camping at Black Mesa, followed by a few days at Alabaster Caverns, and concluded at the Battle of Washita. It was on our last day while watching a video about the Battle that a line caught my attention. The video asked, “What was the price of progress?” I have thought about this for a few days. Historically speaking, there have been too many instances to count where we thought we were doing the right thing at the time, in the name of progress, only to realize later that we had made mistakes. It makes me wonder, with so many social and cultural changes, what will our price be for progress.