By Nuria Martinez-Keel Staff writer nmartinez-keel@oklahoman.com Oklahoma City Public Schools is mulling a return to four-day-a-week schooling, as COVID-19 rates decrease and surrounding districts leave split class schedules behind. The district school board discussed three options Monday night: make no changes to the current two-day school schedules, bring only elementary students back four days a week or have all students attend four days week. No student would return four days a week until April 5, if the district decides to make that change. Read more on NewsOK.com ..read more

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A framework that outlines how Puerto Rico will restructure at least $35 billion in public debt and more than $50 billion in public pension liabilities threatens a 10% cut to public pensions if no agreement is reached with retirees. The amended plan of adjustment of 233 pages was filed late Monday in U.S. court by a federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances and was created by Congress to lift the U.S. territory’s government out of bankruptcy. The plan includes a proposed cut of up to 8.5% to monthly pensions of at least $1,500. Read more on NewsOK ..read more

RADNOR, Pa. (AP) _ Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc. Read more on NewsOK.com ..read more

To look at year-old photographs is to revisit a world divided. There were places where life had already been short-circuited by a raging plague -- and others where it was just becoming apparent that the monster was in the house. In Madrid, store shelves are empty as residents prepare for a lockdown. Read more on NewsOK.com ..read more

DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than 854,000 cars in the U.S. and Canada because the brake lights might not come on when the driver presses on the pedal. The recall covers certain Sentra compacts from the 2016 through 2019 model years, including more than 807,000 in the U.S. Nissan says silicon contamination from grease used in nearby components can cause oxidation that can make the stop lamp switch near the brake pedal malfunction. Read more on NewsOK.com ..read more

MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) — About a thousand demonstrators against last month’s military seizure of power in Myanmar emerged cautiously Tuesday onto the streets of the country’s second-biggest city, those in the vanguard carrying homemade shields bearing images of the three-fingered salute, the movement’s symbol of defiance. The protest in Mandalay took place even though security forces have shown little reluctance to use lethal force to break up crowds. Read more on NewsOK.com ..read more

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) _ Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. Read more on NewsOK.com ..read more

MILAN (AP) — Russia has signed a deal to produce its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Italy, the first contract in the European Union, the Italian Russian Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday. The deal was signed with Adienne Srl, the Italian subsidiary of a Swiss-based pharmaceutical company, and Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund. Read more on NewsOK.com ..read more

DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas police officer who was recently charged in an alleged murder-for-hire scheme was under investigation for longer than authorities have previously acknowledged, sharpening questions about why he continued to patrol the city as his colleagues looked into whether he was involved in a 2017 killing. After Bryan Riser was arrested Thursday, former Dallas police Chief U. Reneé Hall said he was “first identified as a person of interest in 2019” and was kept on the job to avoid tipping him off to the investigation. Read more on NewsOK.com ..read more

PARIS (AP) — The world economy is bouncing back from the pandemic crisis faster than expected, thanks in part to successful coronavirus vaccines and U.S. stimulus efforts, but the improvements are uneven and joblessness remains a big concern, according to a new forecast. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday raised its expectations for global GDP growth to 5.5% this year and 4% next year. Read more on NewsOK.com ..read more