BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — It was 2012 and Louisiana was spiraling toward a historic budget crisis, with public colleges bracing for another round of cuts that campus leaders said were chasing away students and shuttering programs. John Bel Edwards, then-a rural state representative, had had enough. He turned to a fellow lawmaker and said
NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly two decades, journalists, police detectives, FBI agents, lawyers and amateur sleuths have pried into the depraved world of Jeffrey Epstein.Yet even after the release of thousands of pages of court records in recent days, some questions about the millionaire pedophile remain unanswered. The documents have gotten a lot of
BALTIMORE (AP) — Minkah Fitzpatrick will miss a third straight game for Pittsburgh as the Steelers try to boost their playoff chances on Saturday in their regular-season finale at Baltimore.Fitzpatrick had been listed as questionable with a knee injury.The Ravens, who have already clinched the top seed in the AFC, are resting quarterback Lamar Jackson
Dogodilo se | 06.01.2024 | access_time 10:40 Foto: BETA/ARMENIJA ZAJMI BESEVIC 1322 – U manastiru Žiča krunisan je srpski kralj Stefan Dečanski Nemanjić, sin kralja Milutina. Tokom vladavine do 1331. pobedio je vojsku bosanskih feudalaca, Bugare kod Velbužda (1330) i osigurao prevlast nad Makedonijom. Zbacio ga je s prestola sin Dušan. Umro je pod nerazjašnjenim
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Eleven people were killed Saturday in Russian shelling in Ukraine’s partially occupied Donetsk province, according to regional Gov. Vadym Filashkin. Five children were among the dead and eight further people were wounded in the attack on the Pokrovsk district, he said.Ukraine’s military claimed Saturday it successfully attacked the Saki military airbase
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish farmers who had blockaded a border crossing to Ukraine ended their protest after reaching an agreement with the government that met their demands, Poland’s state news agency PAP reported Saturday.The frustration of the farmers was one of the challenges facing the new Polish government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which
AMMAN (AP) — The Jordanian army said Saturday that it killed five drug and weapon smugglers and arrested 15 in a day of clashes with armed groups of smugglers attempting to cross into Jordan from Syria.The army statement said the clashes broke out before dawn between Jordanian border guards and armed organizations “that practice smuggling
BOSTON (AP) — Residents across the eastern U.S., particularly in New England, are gassing up snow blowers, dusting off shovels and gearing up for a wintry mix of precipitation as a potent storm system bringing snow, freezing rain and ice bears down on the region.The system was expected to track along the northeastern coastline throughout
Over its 215-year history, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has earned a reputation as the flagship of the Black church in America.Based in Harlem, it became a famous megachurch with the political rise of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. perhaps the most influential of the many men who have led the
Boeing faces new scrutiny about the safety of its best-selling plane after federal officials announced the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 Max planes on Saturday, following a harrowing flight in which an Alaska Airlines jetliner was left with a gaping hole in its side.The Federal Aviation Administration said it was requiring immediate inspections of
