BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana voters could determine on a parish-by-parish basis whether to legalize sports betting, under a bill that has won support from the state Senate. Senators voted 29-8 Wednesday for the proposal by Republican Sen. Cameron…
Carnival Cruise Line has announced the projected date for Carnival Fantasy to begin sailing out of Mobile again is September 5. Carnival announced May 4 that other ships will begin sailing out of ports in Florida and Texas in early…
HARTFORD, ALA. (AP) — A man is accused of performing sexual acts on a 1-year-old girl while the child's grandmother livestreamed it on a pornographic site, authorities in Alabama said. Lisa Williamson, 41, and Steven Anthony Jackson, 19, both of…
The Walt Disney Company announced Tuesday it's fast-tracking the premiere of Hamilton the Musical on Disney+. It'll now stream on July 3. The film of the much celebrated musical is being billed as a "live capture" that "transports its audience…
Twitter says it will start labeling information about COVID-19 it deems misleading. The social networking service says it will use labels or warnings for coronavirus-related tweets it classifies in three categories: Misleading information Disputed claims Unverified claims The labels will…
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Jerry Stiller has died at 92. His son Ben Stiller said the actor died of natural causes in a tweet posted early Monday. https://twitter.com/RedHourBen/status/1259759084309446657 Jerry Stiller began his career in the…
WALKER, La. (AP) - Police in Louisiana say officers are searching for an “aggressive chicken” accused of engaging in fowl play at a bank. The Walker Police Department posted on social media over the weekend that officers responded to a…
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Nearly every woman in a Louisiana prison dormitory has tested positive for COVID-19, and two-thirds of them showed no symptoms, state figures show. The women at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St.…
By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Don Shula has died at his home in South Florida. He was 90. The Miami Dolphins say Shula died Monday morning. He won the most…
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. economy slid further into a crisis that is becoming the most devastating since the 1930s. Roughly…
OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — A former Louisiana priest convicted of molesting an altar boy has been released from jail on bond over coronavirus safety concerns. The Advertiser reports 77-year-old Michael Guidry was released Friday from St. Landry Parish Jail nearly…
By Associated Press MCDONOUGH, Ga. (AP) — A Tulane University basketball player who recently declared for the NBA draft has been charged in a Georgia slaying. Henry County Jail records show 22-year-old Teshaun Hightower was booked into jail Saturday on…
President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that he has instructed the US Navy to "shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats" that harass US ships. "I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the first at-home tests for coronavirus. They're called "pixel" by LabCorp CVODI-19 test home collection kits. They allow patients to collect nasal swab samples at home and mail them in for results.…
By ANDREW TAYLOR and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says agreement has been reached on major elements of a nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid package for small businesses, as well as additional help…
WASHINGTON — A majority of voters — 58 percent — favor a nationwide reform of election rules that would allow all eligible voters to cast their ballots by mail, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds. And nearly ten…
Over half a million people have recovered from COVID-19 worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. As of Thursday morning, the university reported 528,000 recoveries from the novel coronavirus. Most of the recoveries have occurred in China, where the pandemic began.…
PERSIAN GULF — Wednesday, eleven Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels repeatedly conducted dangerous and harassing approaches of the USS Lewis B. Puller, USS Paul Hamilton, USS Firebolt, USS Sirocco, USCGC Wrangell and USCGC Maui. The U.S. vessels…
(AP) — China is refuting allegations that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated in a laboratory near the city of Wuhan where contagious samples were being stored. Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian cited the head of the World Health Organization…
The government began issuing one-time economic impact payments this week. Most adults who earned up to $75,000 will see a $1,200 payout, while married couples who made up to $150,000 can expect to get $2,400. Parents will get payments of…
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s name will be printed on the stimulus checks that the Internal Revenue Service will be sending to tens of millions of Americans around the country. It's…
(NBC News) — President Trump announced Tuesday he is cutting off millions in funding to the World Health Organization, blaming the agency for making the coronavirus crisis worse. Trump claims the W.H.O. did not warn early enough about COVID-19 "...severely…
By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama plans to endorse Joe Biden in a video on Tuesday, giving the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party’s biggest fundraiser and one of its most popular figures.…
The nation’s first presidential assassination took place on this day 155 years ago. Lincoln was shot April 14, 1865, while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. His assassin, actor John Wilkes Booth, shot him as he sat…