News headlines from the week of Oct. 4-9:
- OU to remove Baboons from facility (Norman Transcript)
The University of Oklahoma’s Health Sciences Center will end a long-running baboon research program within four years. 676 baboons will be removed from its facility in El Reno.
- Company that built controversial Ten Commandments monument still unpaid (AP)
Wilbert Memorials said the company was never reimbursed for the construction of the second Ten Commandments monument after the original was destroyed when a car drove into it. The latest monument was removed Monday night based on an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling.
- US forces bomb Afghan hospital, Obama issues apology (New York Times)
U.S. forces bombed a Doctors without Borders hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, which killed at least 22 people. On Wednesday, President Obama personally apologized to the head of the organization for the incident and promised a full investigation.
- Wrong drug may have been used in January execution (NewsOK)
According to autopsy reports from the execution of Charles Warner on Jan. 15, Oklahoma Corrections Department officials used bottles labeled potassium acetate instead of potassium chloride for the injection. The same drug was delivered to corrections officials on Sept. 30 for the scheduled execution of Richard Glossip that was halted last minute.
- Historic storm floods South Carolina (CBS News)
Central South Carolina continues to reel from the devastation caused by up to two feet of water dumped by a historic storm. Gov. Nikki Haley encouraged additional evacuations Thursday as flood waters head to the coast.
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