NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Perhaps it was fate that a man’s pickup truck became trapped in the rising floodwaters that Hurricane Francine not far from Miles Crawford’s home. The 39-year-old emergency room nurse is professionally trained to save lives — fast — and that’s exactly what he did when he saw what happened in his […]
DULAC, Louisiana (AP) – Shortly after Hurricane Francine As a storm surge inundated a cemetery in the Louisiana bayou town of Dulac, Lori-Ann Bergeron came Thursday to check the graves of three generations of families. Their headstones were fine, but coffins lay next door next to broken crosses and soggy bouquets. “It’s like this almost […]
Amazon gives its employees another pay raise Subcontractors for delivery drivers in the USA in the face of growing pressure from unions. Drivers who Amazon’s delivery service partnersor DSPs, will earn an average of nearly $22 an hour, 7% more than the previous average of $20.50, the company said Thursday. The Wage increase is part […]
Chad McQueen, an actor known for his performances in the “Karate Kid” films and son of the late actor and race car driver Steve McQueen, has died. He was 63 years old. McQueen’s attorney and friend Arthur H. Barens confirmed to The Associated Press that he died on Wednesday. The cause of death was not […]
MORGAN CITY, La. (AP) — Francine weakened Thursday after Louisiana hit as Category 2 hurricane Hundreds of thousands of customers lost power, a storm surge swept through coastal communities, and fears of flooding grew in New Orleans and elsewhere. As the system moved inland, emergency crews began clearing roads and restoring power while neighborhoods and […]
WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) – Three large forest fires in Southern California expanded dramatically – houses, cars and horse stables burned in the mountain communities, at least a dozen people were injured, officials said on Wednesday. In the close-knit community of Wrightwood, trees burned behind homes as authorities pleaded with residents to evacuate the surging Bridge […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Frankie Beverly, who, with his band Maze, inspired generations of fans with his soft, soulful voice and enduring anthems such as “Before I Let Go,” has died. He was 77. His family said in a post on the band’s website and social media accounts that Beverly died on Tuesday. In the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake is scheduled to make a new guilty plea on Friday in his drunken driving case in New York’s Hamptons, prosecutors said. Details of the plea were not disclosed, but a person familiar with the deal said Timberlake agreed to plead guilty to a less serious offense than the original […]
Laura Loomer, a right-wing activist who posted last year that 9/11 was an “inside job,” joined the Republican presidential candidate. Donald Trump in New York and Pennsylvania on Wednesday, when he attended the Anniversary of the attacks. The 31-year-old provocateur and influencer posted photos from Ground Zero and shared a video of Trump speaking to […]
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — The shooting that a 15-year-old critically injured At an Omaha high school on Tuesday, two boys got into a physical altercation before one shot the other in the stomach with a gun hidden under his hoodie, court documents show. The 14-year-old suspect appeared in court Wednesday afternoon and was charged as […]
