Holiday shoppers eager to snag big discounts turned to the internet in record fashion this week, one tracking company said, driving online sales on Black Friday to a new high. Consumers spent $3.34 billion shopping online on Friday, a 21.6 percent increase from the same day last year, according to Adobe, which tracks online…… MORE
Headphones Can Be Hacked And Used As Spying Microphones
Headphones can be hacked and used to bug conversations, studies have found. Researchers at Israel’s Ben Gurion University have developed a piece of malware which can hijack a computer using plugged in headphones to record audio – even when the device’s microphone has been removed or disabled. For more on this privacy vulnerability, click…… MORE
Texoma Families Welcome Airmen Into Their Homes
Thanksgiving is about family, football and food. Every year many airmen at Sheppard Air Force Base have to spend the holidays alone; enter Operation Thanksgiving. “I know how I would feel if it was my son or my husband that was not able to be with us during Thanksgiving,” Jennifer Cooper, a family member said.…… MORE
‘The Brady Bunch’ Matriarch Florence Henderson Dies At 82
Florence Henderson, who went from Broadway star to become one of America’s most beloved television moms in “The Brady Bunch,” has died. She was 82. Henderson died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Thursday night, a day after she was hospitalized, said her publicist, David Brokaw. Henderson had suffered heart failure, her manager…… MORE
The Weeknd Announces New ‘Visual Piece’ ‘Mania’
The Weeknd announced Monday that his upcoming LP Starboy will be accompanied by a “visual piece” titled Mania. The singer also shared an 18-second teaser for the Grant Singer-directed film and promised that Mania is coming soon, but didn’t pinpoint a premiere date. Starboy arrives November 25th. Find more details on the The Weeknd’s new album and film here.… MORE
On The Charts: A Tribe Called Quest Score First Number One In 20 Years
Twenty years and three months after A Tribe Called Quest last topped the Billboard 200 with Beats, Rhymes and Life, the hip-hop group returned to the Number One spot with their “final” album We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service. We Got It From Here…, a sendoff to the group’s late Phife Dawg, sold 135,000…… MORE
Canned Food Distributed To Area Food Banks
Kiowa Casino has been working to help feed those in need and on November 21, the goods brought in from the Can Hunger Food Drive were distributed. The food collected will go to many groups including The Wichita Falls Area Food Bank, Lawton Food Bank, Faith Mission, The Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma and other local area food banks.…… MORE
Reports: Kanye West Hospitalized In LA
After abruptly canceling the rest of his Saint Pablo tour, Kanye West has reportedly been hospitalized in Los Angeles. According to NBC News and TMZ, West was taken to UCLA Medical Center for observation Monday. Officer Mike Lopez from the Los Angeles Police Department could not specifically reference an incident with West, but told USA TODAY that the LAPD…… MORE
American Music Awards 2016’s 20 Best And Worst Moments
The 44th annual American Music Awards featured Green Day getting fired up, the Weeknd cooling out in an ice cave and Drake providing just a little bit of shade. Here are 20 moments that made the evening. … MORE
Early Childhood Intervention Services Return To Wichita Falls
Helen Farabee Centers in Wichita Falls will be providing Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) services in the Wichita Falls area. This news comes after North Texas Rehab Center discontinued their ECI services because of continued decreases in reimbursement, including the recent cuts to Texas Medicaid. For more information on the return of ECI services to Texoma,…… MORE
