A Canadian freighter gets trapped in ice on Lake Erie
A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment ...
SHARE foundation will be hosting Narcan trainings
Opioids are given out daily to people all over the world. Some individuals can get addicted to them and sometimes overdose on the drug. The SHARE foundation is doing ...
Lawmakers push forest management bill amid California wildfires
As more dangerous wildfires threaten Southern California, lawmakers say reforms to forest management are desperately needed, and the country cannot wait any longer.
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater to take place at West Monroe Convention Center in February
A Murder Mystery Dinner Theater will take place at the West Monroe Convention Center on 901 Ridge Ave., with “Death by Doo Wop” being performed on ...
Trump signs order directing release of JFK assassination files
The order directs the director of national intelligence and attorney general to present a plan within 15 days for the “full and complete release of records relating to the assassination of ...
Police review writings tied to Nashville school shooter who killed female student and himself
Authorities are examining “very concerning online writings and social media posts” connected to the shooter who killed a female student and wounded another student in a ...
Trump order ending federal DEI programs leaves agencies and stakeholders on uncertain ground
From federal agencies to stakeholders who get federal dollars for special training, many are trying to process how President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order putting a stop to diversity, ...
FEMA faces shakeup under Trump while it wrestles with disasters on both coasts
President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to recent wildfires in California and last ...
Texas’ bar association drops lawsuit against AG Ken Paxton over 2020 election challenge
The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that his failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 ...
Suburban Seattle officer gets over 16 years in prison for fatally shooting a homeless man
A suburban Seattle police officer was sentenced to over 16 years in prison on Thursday in the 2019 shooting death of a 26-year-old homeless man he was trying to arrest for disorderly conduct ...
USDA secretary nominee says politics shouldn’t influence California wildfire response
Efforts by the U.S. Forest Service to fight wildfires in California shouldn’t be influenced by politics, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
Senators press Agriculture Secretary nominee on aid, trade and immigration
Senators from across the agricultural heartland pressed President Donald Trump’s nominee for agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, on Thursday, seeking firm commitments to support struggling ...