By Troy Washington Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport man wants city leaders to see fair grounds field as more than just an old, condemned ballfield. Devante Austin is posting names of homicide victims outside of the stadium he believes bringing back the home of the Shreveport Swamp
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By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Shares of Biogen have tumbled a day after regulators slapped strict limitations on coverage the drugmaker’s new Alzheimer’s disease treatment. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Tuesday that patients taking Biogen’s Aduhelm will have to participate in clinical trials to assess the drug’s effectiveness in order for
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s leader believes that the detention of the man who has headed both of Denmark’s spy agencies at different times on suspicion of “disclosing highly classified information from the intelligence services” won’t harm the service’s contacts with foreign partners. News of the detention of Lars Findsen immediately sparked speculations that it
Continue Reading By CAROLINE HECKER Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES, Missouri (KMOV) — Pictures are all Fatima and Zahra Nazari have of their life in Afghanistan. Fatima was a nationally-known female skier, while her sister Zahra helped women start their own businesses in the market in town. “Never would we have thought we
Continue Reading By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Flags in the state of Wisconsin will be flown at half-staff starting Wednesday, Jan. 12, in honor of two firefighters that died in a crash Jan. 6. Last week, James Ludlum and Captain Brian Busch of the Mineral Point Fire Department
Continue Reading By STEPHEN BOROWY, JAMES FELTON Click here for updates on this story DAVISON, Michigan (WNEM) — The Genesee County Republican Party Chair, who also serves on the Davison School Board of Education, has been sentenced in a malicious phone call incident. Matthew Smith has been placed on one year of probation, ordered to pay $650
Continue Reading By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — A government officials says a prominent Cameroon lawyer and opposition member of the senate was shot dead in the city of Bamenda in the country’s North West region. Jean Michel Nintcheu, from the Social Democratic Front political party, said its senator Henry Kemende was shot
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it used a so-called “VIP lane” to award lucrative contracts to suppliers of personal protective equipment during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Two groups brought the legal action against the Department of Health and Social Care. They
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it used a so-called “VIP lane” to award lucrative contracts to suppliers of personal protective equipment during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Two groups brought the legal action against the Department of Health and Social Care. They
Continue Reading By Zoe Brown Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — Kansas has received $72.1 million to help families pay their energy bills this winter, according to Rep. Sharice Davids’ office. The increase in energy cost assistance — a record — is due to the American Rescue Plan, which Davids was
Continue Reading By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military organization and Russia have agreed to try to schedule more meetings, despite tensions over Moscow’s military buildup near Ukraine. Speaking Wednesday after chairing a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, Stoltenberg said that both parties had “expressed the need to dialogue
Continue Reading By Gabby Orr, CNN Donald Trump is facing weak support among Republicans for his calls to depose Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and aides and allies say it’s forcing the former President to confront new limitations on his influence over the party. In the 11 months that have passed since Trump first called for the
Continue Reading By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the International Energy Agency has blamed Russia for worsening Europe’s natural gas crisis. Fatih Birol said Wednesday that high prices and low storage levels largely stem from the behavior of state-owned gas supplier Gazprom. He says Gazprom could send up to a
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices paid by U.S. consumer jumped 7% in December from a year earlier, the highest inflation rate since 1982 and the latest evidence that rising costs for food, gas, rent and other necessities are heightening the financial pressures on America’s households. Inflation has spiked during the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Voters in Columbia will decide the outcome of two city council races and the mayoral race in April. On Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the city clerk’s office shared the final list of candidates for the April 5 election. The candidates had until 5 p.m. on Tuesday to file their paperwork with Columbia.
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By ISABEL DEBRE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The British Council says an Iranian employee arrested in Tehran has been acquitted by a court and is now in the United Kingdom. Aras Amiri was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 2019 on widely criticized espionage charges. The British
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — The next book in Ibram X. Kendi’s prolific and award-winning publishing career is a picture story with a hopeful message. Penguin Young Readers announced Wednesday that in Kendi’s “Goodnight Racism,” the author seeks to connect with children’s capacity to imagine a better world. The book is illustrated by Cbabi Bayoc and
Continue Reading By HASSAN BARISE Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A car bomb has exploded outside the international airport in Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu. A local doctor says it has killed at least eight people and wounded nine others. Dr. Abdulkadir Adam with Medina hospital shared the toll with The Associated Press. Witnesses at the scene
Continue Reading SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A couple accused of refusing to fill out the required COVID-19 entry form at Puerto Rico’s airport and providing proof of a negative test have been detained after they locked themselves in their minivan for several hours, prompting police to send a negotiator. The couple detained late Tuesday are
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By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Ryanair has restarted one of its most popular services: trolling Boris Johnson. The budget airline posted a spoof summer drinks menu on its Twitter account on Tuesday, mocking the prime minister over a “bring your own booze” event that was held in Downing Street’s garden at the height of the
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