Hunger experts say the risk of famine in Gaza remains high
The international authority on hunger crises says the Gaza Strip is still at risk of famine more than a year into the Israel-Hamas war. That’s even as the number of people facing the most extreme ...
Arrest made in Seabrook neighborhood homicide
On Wednesday, Oct. 16, officers arrested 35-year-old Eric Christopher Gentris in connection to the shooting death of a woman in the Seabrook neighborhood. According to officers, at 7:15 p.m. they were ...
Death of ex-One Direction member Liam Payne at 31 shocks fans around the world
Shockwaves spread around the world Thursday at the death of Liam Payne, who shot to stardom as a member of British boy band One Direction and had to deal with ...
Jefferson Parish Council votes to go ahead with brewpub project, I.G. investigation
The votes came after Inspector General Kim chatelain publicly criticized the plan, laying out how the council put the parish ...
Trump is consistently inconsistent on abortion and reproductive rights
Donald Trump has had a tough time finding a consistent message to questions about abortion and reproductive rights. The former president has constantly shifted his stances or ...
McConnell called Trump ‘stupid” and ‘despicable’ in private after the 2020 election, a new book says
Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was “stupid as well as being ill-tempered,” a ...
GOP cringes over Trump’s vow to wield military against opponents
Former President Trump’s incendiary comments about deploying the military and using other powers of the executive branch to pursue his political enemies, including a sitting member of Congress, is ...
5 takeaways from the last full fundraising quarter before Election Day
Federal candidates have now submitted their reports for what was the final full fundraising quarter before Election Day, offering a snapshot of their financial status with just three weeks to go.
Pakistani police fire tear gas at protesting students as anger spreads over alleged on-campus rape
Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday, as anger spread over an alleged on-campus rape. Tensions have ...
UN expert wants probe into reports of Iranian border forces’ deadly attack on Afghan migrants
A United Nations expert is calling for an investigation into reports that an attack by Iranian security forces on the border with Afghanistan killed and wounded ...
Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over deaths of protesters
A special court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants on Thursday for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, ...
Middle East latest: An Israeli strike wounds 2 civilians, Syrian military says
Syria’s military says Israel wounded two civilians and damaged a military post a strike early Thursday in the coastal city of Latakia, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of the Lebanese border.