A look back at Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ eight years in office
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, currently the lone Democratic governor in the Deep South,…
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ABC-7 First Alert: Calm for now; dangerously cold wind chill ahead
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We remain under an ABC-7 First Alert for strong winds, dangerously cold wind chill temperatures, and snow potential,…
Continue Reading Orthodox mark Christmas, but the celebration is overshadowed for many by conflict
By The Associated Press Orthodox Christians packed churches Saturday night for Christmas Eve services, a holiday overshadowed for many believers by…
Continue Reading Death toll from Minnesota home fire rises to three kids; four others in family remain hospitalized
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The number of children who died as a result of a fire in their St. Paul home has risen to three. At a news conference…
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New January 6 footage shows tense exchange between GOP congressmen and Capitol rioters
CNN By Melanie Zanona and Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department has released new footage from the January 6, 2021, attack on the US…
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Taylor Swift’s associates dismayed by New York Times piece speculating on her sexuality: ‘Invasive, untrue and inappropriate’
CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — A controversial New York Times opinion piece that openly speculated this week whether Taylor Swift is a closeted…
Continue Reading Things to know about a school shooting in the small Iowa town of Perry
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press A small town in Iowa is stunned but pulling together after a school shooting in which a 17-year-old killed a…
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Empowering Connections: Seniors Helping Seniors Redefines Care with Compassion
In the compassionate world of senior care, Mr. and Mrs. Mercadel, proud veterans, stand as the driving force behind Seniors Helping Seniors. This…
Continue Reading Nearly 3,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents released, but some questions remain unanswered
NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly two decades, journalists, police detectives, FBI agents, lawyers and amateur sleuths have pried into the depraved world…
Continue Reading Cumbersome process and ‘arbitrary’ Israeli inspections slow aid delivery into Gaza, US senators say
By LEE KEATH Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — At Egypt’s Rafah border crossing, lines of hundreds of trucks carrying aid wait for weeks to enter…
Continue Reading Florida’s Greek community celebrates the Epiphany with annual dive into water to retrieve cross
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — After thunderstorms moved past, Florida’s largest Greek Orthodox community celebrated the Epiphany on Saturday as…
Continue Reading Polish farmers suspend their blockade at the Ukrainian border after a deal with the government
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s state news agency is reporting that Polish farmers who had blockaded a border crossing to Ukraine have ended…
Continue Reading Trump downplays Jan. 6 on the anniversary of the Capitol siege and calls jailed rioters ‘hostages’
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, JILL COLVIN and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, campaigning in Iowa…
Continue Reading Jordanian army says it killed 5 drug smugglers in clashes on the Syrian border
AMMAN (AP) — The Jordanian army says it has killed five drug and weapon smugglers and arrested 15 in a day of clashes with armed groups of…
Continue Reading Senior Biden leaders, Pentagon officials unaware for days that defense secretary was hospitalized
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Biden administration leaders, top Pentagon officials and members of Congress were…
Continue Reading Boeing faces new questions about the 737 Max after a plane suffers a gaping hole in its side
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The emergency landing of a Boeing 737 Max jetliner with a gaping hole in its side is renewing safety concerns…
Continue Reading 11-year-old killed in Iowa school shooting was a joyful boy known as ‘Smiley,’ his mother says
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ahmir Jolliff dashed out of his home in Perry Thursday morning, eager to see his…
Continue Reading FBI arrests 3 in Florida on charges of assaulting officers in Jan. 6 insurrection
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three Florida residents are in FBI custody on charges that they assaulted officers…
Continue Reading Prominent Black church in New York sued for gender bias by woman who sought to be its senior pastor
By DARREN SANDS Associated Press Over its 215-year history, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has earned a reputation as the flagship of…
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Family of woman killed by deputy after calling for help seeks $30 million in claim against LA county, sheriff’s department
CNN By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The family of a woman who was shot and killed by a responding deputy after calling for help in a domestic…
Continue Reading Russian shelling kills 11 in Donetsk region while Ukraine claims it hit a Crimean air base
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Eleven people were killed Saturday in Russian shelling in Ukraine’s partially occupied Donetsk province, according to…
Continue Reading DeSantis and Haley are battling to emerge in Iowa as the preferred Republican alternative to Trump
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The rivalry between GOP presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley has become a…
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El Paso County Launches ‘Sneakers for Asylum Seekers’ Event in honor of MLK Day of Service
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County encourages residents to donate new or gently worn athletic shoes to support asylum seekers. They will be…
Continue Reading A minibus explodes in Kabul, killing at least 2 civilians and wounding 14 others
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A minibus exploded in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul killing at least two civilians and…
Continue Reading Winter weather batters both US coasts; Sierra snow shuts down I-80; East Coast storm into Monday
By STEVE LeBLANC and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Winter weather is battering parts of both U.S. coasts. In the West, a Sierra…
Continue ReadingOpinion: The brutality and racism I saw on Jan. 6
CNN Opinion by Harry Dunn (CNN) — For 15 years, I’d had the honor of working at the US Capitol and drawing inspiration from its magnificent…
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Scare on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282: A loud bang, a whooshing sound and a boy’s shirt sucked right off
CNN By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — It happened in a moment: The Boeing 737 Max-9 was gaining altitude after taking off from Portland. Then a loud…
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Navajo Nation’s objection to landing human remains on the moon prompts last-minute White House meeting
CNN By Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — The White House has convened a last-minute meeting to discuss a private mission to the moon — set to…
Continue Reading Biden will give the State of the Union address March 7 in a ‘moment of great challenge’ for the US
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will give his annual State of the Union address on March 7. The…
Continue Reading Alaska Airlines says flight disruptions will likely continue as FAA inspections of 737 Max 9 aircraft will ‘take more time’
CNN By Sara Smart, Sharif Paget, Pete Muntean and Raja Razek, CNN New York (CNN) — Alaska Airlines says emergency inspections of its fleet of…
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