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BREAKING: General Colin Powell dies at 84 of Covid complications

October 18, 2021 - 07:00 AM Washington (AP) - Colin Powell, the trailblazing soldier and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican and Democratic presidents was stained by his faulty claims to justify the 2003 U.S. war in Iraq, died Monday of COVID-19 complications. He was 84. A veteran of the Vietnam War, Powell spent 35 years in the Army and rose to the rank of four-star general before becoming the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. His oversight of the U.S. invasion of Kuwait to oust the Iraqi army in 1991 made him a household name, prompting speculation for nearly a decade that...

White House offers Nicki Minaj call to answer vaccine Qs

September 16, 2021 - 08:05 PM By ALEXANDRA JAFFE (AP) — The White House offered Wednesday to connect Nicki Minaj with one of the Biden administration’s doctors to address her questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, after the Trinidadian-born rapper’s erroneous tweet alleging the vaccine causes impotence went...

Mayors slam Georgia governor's move to limit virus measures

August 20, 2021 - 05:25 PM ATLANTA (AP) — The mayors of some of Georgia’s largest cities on Friday slammed Gov. Brian Kemp’s new order that aims to limit local efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic. In an open letter, the mayors of Atlanta, Savannah, Athens-Clarke County and Augusta-Richmond County sugge...

Ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards died; knew power and prison

July 12, 2021 - 07:45 AM NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — Edwin Washington Edwards, the high-living four-term governor whose three-decade dominance of Louisiana politics was all but overshadowed by scandal and an eight-year federal prison stretch, died Monday. He was 93. FILE - In this July 29, 2011, file photo, former Gove...

Democrat Troy Carter wins New Orleans-based US House seat

April 24, 2021 - 11:05 PM By MELINDA DESLATTE (AP) — Democrat Troy Carter won Saturday’s special election for Louisiana’s vacant U.S. House seat, defeating his state Senate colleague and ending an acrimonious, intraparty clash that divided politicians across New Orleans. Carter easily defeated Karen Carter...

Bernie Sanders' mittens, memes help raise $1.8M for charity

January 28, 2021 - 10:05 AM By LISA RATHKE (AP) - About those wooly mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration, sparking endless quirky memes across social media? They’ve helped to raise $1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in Sanders’ home state of V...

Candidate qualifying begins in Louisiana congressional races

January 20, 2021 - 05:25 PM By MELINDA DESLATTE (AP) — Candidate registration opened Wednesday for Louisiana’s March 20 election to fill two vacant U.S. House seats, one representing a majority-minority district centered in New Orleans and the other a rural district covering the state’s northeast and central ...

The New Stimulus Act: 15 Big Changes That Will Impact Your Small Business

December 28, 2020 - 09:43 PM By Gene Marks (Article from The Hartford) A new coronavirus relief bill was passed by Congress and has been signed into law. If you run a small business, here are 15 things you need to know about it. 1. There is another round of PPP. Who is eligible? The bill authorizes approximately $285 billi...

Louisiana virus aid programs run dry with requests pending

November 20, 2020 - 05:25 PM By MELINDA DESLATTE (AP) — Louisiana will run out of federal coronavirus money before it pays out grants to all eligible small businesses and local government agencies seeking dollars from COVID-19 aid programs created by Gov. John Bel Edwards and lawmakers. Officials running the pr...

Early voting starts Friday in Louisiana's runoff elections

November 19, 2020 - 01:50 PM By MELINDA DESLATTE (AP) — While most of the nation has wrapped up the 2020 election cycle, Louisiana voters will start casting ballots Friday as the weeklong early voting period begins in a slate of December runoffs. At the top of the Dec. 5 ballot is a runoff to determine which Re...

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BREAKING: General Colin Powell dies at 84 of Covid complications

White House offers Nicki Minaj call to answer vaccine Qs

Mayors slam Georgia governor's move to limit virus measures

Ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards died; knew power and prison

Democrat Troy Carter wins New Orleans-based US House seat

Bernie Sanders' mittens, memes help raise $1.8M for charity

Candidate qualifying begins in Louisiana congressional races

The New Stimulus Act: 15 Big Changes That Will Impact Your Small Business

Louisiana virus aid programs run dry with requests pending

Early voting starts Friday in Louisiana's runoff elections

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